The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones

Author:Frewin Jones [Jones, Frewin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780061973918
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-07-04T05:00:00+00:00

Her head throbbed. She could feel an intense pain in her shoulder and her ribs, and more pain driving up her right leg and into her hip.

There was light beyond her closed eyelids.

She groaned. The pain was real, there was no doubt about it—as real as the pain she had felt when she had first woken up after the accident on the Thames.

“At last!” She forced open her eyes, convinced that she would find herself in her hospital bed.

A cloudless blue sky stretched above her. She felt grass under her fingers.

“Oh, please, no!”

“Hush, my sister,” came a mellow, soothing voice. A face swam into sight. It was Hopie, her brown hair falling across her cheeks as she bent over Anita. Her hand felt cool as she rested it on Anita’s forehead.

Anita brought her hands up to cover her face. “I’m still here,” she breathed. “How can I still be here?”

“Is she badly hurt?” It was Cordelia’s voice.

“There are no broken bones,” Hopie said. “It was a long fall, but it could have been much worse. What was she doing here?”

“I do not know,” Cordelia said. “She ran from me. I followed, but she was like a wild thing. The hounds found her as you see her, at the foot of the steps. I could not make her wake. I left the hounds to protect her and ran to fetch you.”

“Tania? Can you stand?”

“Leave me alone.” Anita moaned.

“Sister!” Hopie’s voice took a hard edge. “Come now! You are not seriously hurt. Cordelia and I will support you. We must take you to my chamber. There are herbs and potions in my workroom that will give you ease.”

“Go away,” Anita breathed, but she felt strong hands on her, lifting her from the grass. She tested her feet under her. The pain still throbbed in her shoulder, ribs, and leg, but she could stand, as long as Hopie’s hand was at her elbow.

“Now, then,” Hopie said. “Lean on us as you walk. Be brave now, Tania. All will be well.”

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