Raven Magic by Jennifer Willis

Author:Jennifer Willis [Willis, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Heimdall was the first to stumble onto the creek bank. Not being able to see as well as Laika and Fenrir in the darkness, he splashed into the water before he knew where he was. At least now he understood why Laika and Fenrir had suddenly stopped just inside the tree line.

Opal emerged from the woods behind Heimdall. He called out before she could make the same mistake, and she caught herself with her walking stick.

Heimdall stepped up out of the stream and tried to shake the water out of his boots as he peered into the woods. “You could have warned me.”

Laika poked her head out of the underbrush and snorted. Heimdall swore she was laughing at him.

Fenrir walked out of the woods on two legs. He looked past Heimdall and Opal and glanced around the creek. “I do not see the Rune Witch.”

“But she was here, right?” Opal asked.

Fenrir nodded, and Opal sighed with relief. “At least we’re still on her trail. Right?”

Heimdall didn’t look at her. He lowered Opal’s backpack to the ground, then bent down by the stream and cupped his hands in the cold water. “This would be a good time to refill.”

While the girl was busy digging a pair of water bottles out of her pack, Heimdall eyed Fenrir. “Where to now?”

Fenrir stood at the edge of the water and looked both upstream and down. Laika sniffed at the dirt around the sharpened claws of Fenrir’s not quite human-looking feet. She glanced up at him, and he nodded.

Heimdall didn’t like this new bond between his wolf-dog and the Fenris Wolf. It was auspicious that they were working together to find Sally, but he’d have to make sure this friendship didn’t develop any further.

Fenrir turned to Heimdall. “This is where her trail ends.”

“Would she have traveled in the water?”

“Maybe, but that would make for some chilly toes.” Fenrir shrugged.

“She didn’t just disappear into thin air.” Heimdall huffed and turned away from Fenrir. He nearly stumbled over Opal crouched beside him as she filled her bottles from the stream.

“So, we meet again,” a woman’s voice came from the trees on the opposite side of the creek. Heimdall looked up and found Moon smiling at him in the darkness.

“I didn’t think I’d be seeing you in the forest,” she continued in a pleasant tone.

Clutching her water bottles, Opal rose to her feet. “Where is she? What have you done with Sally?”

Moon leveled her gaze at Opal and narrowed her eyes. On instinct, Opal shrank away, spilling water with every step.

Heimdall caught her elbow. “It’s okay,” he whispered.

“So, you choose to interfere in my tutelage.” Moon crossed her arms over her chest and stepped to the edge of the bank, the water rushing between them. “I suppose you’re retrieving this one now that you’ve already absconded with Sally.”

Heimdall let go of Opal and looked hard at Moon. He could barely make out her features in the darkness, though he was pretty sure from her tone that she wasn’t messing with him.

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