The Heart of the Falcon: The Guardian Maidens Book 3 by Marilyn Foxworthy

Author:Marilyn Foxworthy [Foxworthy, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Azure Mane Publishing
Published: 2018-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17 - Second Expedition

We were carrying quite a bit more equipment than we had on our first expedition to the cave. Jars of oil, torches, medicines and bandages, a large supply of lamps, and extra food. My plan was to find a place to create a storehouse and leave our provisions there, and not carry them back and forth with us. The next time we came, I would ask Gerald to loan me a cart and we would bring even more of what we expected to need. I could bring chests to put everything in and even lock them if we expected to need to. We probably wouldn’t need to lock anything. None of the villagers would come to the cave or disturb anything. It was pretty much known that this was my property, and it would be treated like a house that belonged to me. No one from the village would go into my house without an invitation for a number of reasons. The purpose of a chest would be mostly to keep out smaller insects, snakes, and rodents.

We went straight to the cavern entrance. It wasn’t really accurate to call it a cavern though. It looked like a cave from the outside, but there was a stone stairway leading down to an underground building. How big it was, we didn’t know. I had us all put down our packs as I took time to check everyone’s equipment and weapons. I asked Shaheen to double check and let me know if she found anything that I had missed.

I said, “OK. Our goals are these. First, to kill the creature that attacked us yesterday. I’m so glad that Shaheen recovered so quickly. I told you what we know about it already. I want to approach this like we did with the large rat chamber. We need light to see by, so we place a lamp at the bottom of the stairs, and then move in very carefully and place more lamps farther in until the first room is lit. If possible, we will put them near the walls. The staircase needs to be lit as well. I don’t want to have to run through the pitch black on the way out. If there are places for torches along the way, we will light them, or place our own. If not, we will place a lamp at intervals.”

Dawn said, “There are torches already there at 20 foot spacing. I could see them yesterday.”

We all had good eyesight, but Dawn especially. She had been in the rear, looking for different things than those of us who had been in the front.

I said, “And Dawn, you have the best aim. I want you near the front where you can throw the jars.”

She said, “Ronin, I have best aim perhaps, but not the best throw. I don’t know that I’m the best one for the job.”

I said, “OK. Harmony, you are a good throw with knives. Is this something that you can do? And Shaheen? The jars are small and not very heavy.

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