Ruins of Magic by Julie Trettel

Author:Julie Trettel [Trettel, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

They were pointed east and without further ado the three friends headed off on a new adventure.

“You guys don’t have to do this,” Arion told them once more.

“We know. We know,” Garron said. “Geez, you sound as if you don’t want us to come along.”

“You know that’s not it. I just feel like I’m asking too much from the both of you.”

“You heard the druid. You are going to need your best friend and the love of your life. To be clear, I’m the best friend,” Garron said. “You’re cute enough I suppose, but really not my type. I prefer the female variety.”

Arion shoved him and shook his head. “Shut up. He was just a senile old man.”

“If you believed that, then why are we heading towards Keptra and not back to the knights?” Garron asked.

Valaria remained quiet, and Arion had no good answer to give. He wished he knew what she was thinking, and he also wished he could explain, even if only to himself. Something was pulling him do this. He couldn’t put it into words, but he knew it was his destiny to fulfill this trial.

None of them realized just how long they had been with the druids until only a few miles later the sun began to drop.

“We’ll need to make camp soon,” Valaria said. It was the first time she’d spoken in hours.

“We have no gear,” Garron said beginning to freak out for the first time. “We have no horses. Oh no, we have no food, or water! What are we doing? We need to turn back now.”

“People have survived off these lands for thousands of years. We’ll be fine,” Valaria said calmly. In truth she was just as terrified, but it would do no one any good for her to show it.

“We’ll be fine,” Arion said. “We’ll stop for the night at the next cave we see. In the meantime, be on the lookout for anything edible along the trail.”

“I found some berries,” Garron exclaimed a few minutes later. He was at work picking off bright red berries from a low bush.” He popped one in his mouth.

WHACK!

Valaria smacked the back of his head hard. “Spit that out, right now,” she screeched. “The bright red ones of poisonous, Garron.”

He quickly spat them to the ground. “Well why didn’t you tell me before I ate them?”

“New rule. No one eats anything without discussing it first. Are we clear? If you find something, then great. Gather it up and we’ll go through it all together,” Arion told them. They both nodded their heads in agreement.

By the time they found a cave to setup camp for the night, they each had their tunic pulled up to cradle a supply of vegetation they each felt was edible. In turn they dropped their bounty into one big pile.

“Before we eat, we need to find wood and start a fire,” Arion instructed.

The wood was collected quickly and soon they had a stack arranged for fire and another pile to maintain it through the night.

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