The Fog of Forgetting by G. A. Morgan

Author:G. A. Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Islandport Press

Chapter 20

METRIA

That night, Evelyn, Chase, Knox, and Teddy slept in a cabin in the bow of a ship, which was outfitted with matching berths covered with soft sheets and blankets. The boat rocked back and forth lightly with the river’s subtle swell, and they slept deeply until pale pink morning light filtered through the cabin and woke Evelyn. She sat up and smacked her head on the bottom of Knox’s bunk overhead.

“Wake up, everyone,” she said, reeling a little and rubbing her forehead from the impact.

“Calla!” Teddy yelled. “She’th waiting for uth!”

“No, she’s not Tedders,” Knox said sadly. “She had to—uh—get back to her mom.”

“She didn’t thay good-bye!” Teddy sniffed. “And I didn’t get to thay good-bye to Axthl and Tar!”

Knox shrugged. “They don’t say good-bye in Melor, remember, Ted? They just go.”

“But what about Theaborne? And Mara?” Teddy’s lower lip quivered.

“I don’t know,” Knox said to the ceiling. He rubbed the hilt of one of his throwing knives. “I’m sick of all the things I don’t know.”

Evelyn twisted her legs over the side of her berth and stood up. Her head was even with Knox’s, who was lying flat on his pillow.

“So am I. We’re just being sent around to whoever will have us. I know a little something about that, and it hardly ever works out.” She chewed on her lip for a moment and added, “Rothermel says his sister is Dankar’s biggest threat. We should try to see her as soon as possible and figure out how to find Frankie. After that, we’ll ask her if we can borrow one of these boats to go home. It’s about time we started taking control of our own lives, not leaving them up to everybody else.”

Chase rolled over in his bunk on the other side of cabin, listening, feeling a shift almost back to normal. Evelyn was sounding a lot more like her old self, which was a relief.

“I wonder what they eat in Metria?” asked Knox, sounding happier. He swung off his bunk and vaulted down over the edge, landing on his feet next to Evelyn.

It wasn’t long before they found out. In the adjoining cabin, a long table had been set for them with fruit, fresh juice, eggs, butter, and honey. Sun streamed through four oval portholes recessed along each side of the boat.

“Now this is breakfast,” Knox said, settling down at once and helping himself to a huge serving of eggs. Chase sat next to him, taking it all in. When he looked up, Evelyn caught his eye.

“It’s a lot of food, isn’t it?” she said, pulling an orange from one of the piles.

“Enough to feed an army,” he said, and pushed his plate away with a hollow feeling in his stomach. He wondered what Seaborne, Calla, and Mara would be eating today.

“Or at least me,” said Knox, with his mouth full.

A delicious smell wafted through the cabin quickly followed by a woman in purple robes carrying a tray piled high with freshly baked bread. She had a wide, pale face and blue eyes that peered out from a curtain of sand-colored hair.

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