Shadows of Glass by Kassy Tayler

Author:Kassy Tayler [Tayler, Kassy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

“We need to find their camp,” Lyon said. “The smartest way to beat the enemy is by knowing the enemy.”

We sit around a fire in the clearing across from the catwalk. In just a day the Hatfields have established a welcoming place away from the airship. The grass in the field I’d hid in the night before has been cut and stacked next to the new pen for the ponies and goats. They are within sight of the airship and well protected. Most of the cats have scattered, content to make it on their own, except for a few who make themselves at home on the catwalk, beneath the canopy and beyond in the darkness, where they sit, staring at us with their glowing eyes. The sky above is as clear as it was the first night, and its velvety blackness is covered once more with stars. The air has a bit more chill than the night before so the fire is most welcome.

A large tent is set up along with the awning and the table, chairs, and Pip’s cage, of course. It is nice and homey, but it is only a temporary fix. We’ve got to find a more permanent place to live. As Pace said, the Hatfields will not be here forever.

Jane spent the day taking care of the children, bathing them, feeding them, mending their clothes and helping Sally to get them back onto a normal schedule of lessons. Only now their lessons included learning about the actual world, instead of our former closed-off one. The rest of us had lessons also, about geography and the history of the past two hundred years, which brings us all up to date. My head hurt from all the things Jane and Dr. Stewart told us about the new world. It’s as if my brain can only absorb so much at a time. So much has happened in such a short time that it is hard to process it all.

Our meager supplies, scavenged from the floodwaters, have been organized so that if we need something to wear or a cup to drink from we have a place to find such. The children, along with Sally and George, are asleep in the tent and the rest of us sit around the fire, well sated after our meal of venison stew. There are guards stationed as usual. I found out during dinner that the Hatfields’ airship has a crew of eight soldiers along with a pilot, a copilot, a cook, and a steward who is in charge of the mundane day-to-day things, like setting up tents and tables. They all have quarters within the actual airship, which I find amazing. Apparently Alcide does too, because he told me he’d seen the inside. I cannot help but wonder if everyone in America is as rich as the Hatfields and as generous. I certainly hope so. The world outside would be a wonderful place if it were true.

“The first thing we need to do is to set you up with weapons.

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