The Descendants Book One: The Broken Scroll by Smith Kurtis

Author:Smith, Kurtis [Smith, Kurtis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 The Company of Fugitives

The three weary travelers slept through the day and awoke around sundown. They noted quickly Kayleigh wasn’t anywhere to be found, so they settled in to filling their empty bellies. It was an odd sight. Each of them looked lethargic and grumpy as they sat munching on various fruits and bread from the house. They had in fact slept through the entire day and still Kayleigh had not returned.

As the evening grew later, though, another emotion grew inside him. He realized he was concerned for Kayleigh’s safety. Strangely, he wanted to rush to her, make sure everything was alright. But he kept his feeling to himself and tried push it away uncomfortably. It was a silly notion. He barely knew the girl.

Teague and Egan have to be thinking the same thing. He quickly hid it behind a display of simple curiosity.

“It is getting later than I ever expected her to return. And this town doesn’t carry the nicest reputation. Perhaps it would be wise to go look for her.”

Egan agreed.

They each gathered up their packs and stepped outside into the gloomy, cloud covered night. The breeze had picked up since their first arrival in the city, causing signs and shutters to creak as they passed. A chill resided in the air that reminded Davin of winter at home in the foothills. It wasn’t a normal kind of chill though. There was the possibility that the lack of moon made the darkness feel more complete, but Davin couldn’t rid of the feeling that something was out of place in city. The three of them kept silent as they strolled aimlessly through the streets.

As the stumbled upon an open air market place, they were greeted by carts and stands as poorly maintained as the men that ran them. Each grinned in a way that said they would as likely to take a knife to one’s neck as sell them their goods. It was hard to ignore their sallow faces, broken teeth, and scarred skin, but they all did their best.

Does no one live a descent life here?

In the middle of the market place there was a crowd of people gathered. They all seemed to be surrounding something in a circular fashion. The merchants who had been packing up for the evening had even stopped to watch the event taking place.

Drawing closer, they heard a man’s voice yelling out loudly from within the circle of people. As he came into sight, they saw that he was mostly naked except for undergarments around his waist. Stopping, they watched him for a couple of minutes.

He seemed to follow a pattern of sorts. He would say something incoherent and then grow silent again. Then he would lie on the street like a baby, shivering, and start the process over.

When Davin, Egan, and Teague had moved closer still, they saw the man fully for the first time. He did not look well. He was currently laying on the damp street, mumbling to himself.

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