The Librarian's Treasure by Katherine H. Brown

Author:Katherine H. Brown [Brown, Katherine H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Katherine Brown Books
Published: 2021-08-18T22:00:00+00:00

15.

A t the port, Drake led Raegan to a bus stop where they took a complimentary connecting line to the main bus station. The hustle and bustle of the station took Raegan by surprise. Not to mention, it was so much busier than anywhere she’d ever been. She found herself people-watching instead of paying attention and twice nearly tripped over her own feet. Nessa didn’t help matters at all, alternately digging her claws into Raegan’s shirt or trying to jump down to investigate something.

“Are you coming?”

Raegan detached Nessa’s tiny, sharp claws from her arm and nodded. “Yes. Right behind you.” She hurried to get in line with Drake as he bought them tickets to Galway Station. “How long is our bus ride?”

“A little over two hours.” Drake set the bags and picnic basket down in front of the ticket window so he could reach his wallet. “Nothing compared to spending all day on the ferry.”

“Oh, okay.” Raegan scanned the station. Everything was a novelty. The noise of buses pulling in or out every few minutes, people yelling, the smells of smoke and perfumes. Her senses were going crazy.

“Raegan. Rae!”

Jolted, Raegan looked up to find that Drake was across the room and holding the door open to her expectantly. Raegan, tightening her grip on Nessa, skirted in and out of people and joined him outside.

“Well?”

“Well, what?” Raegan asked.

Drake gestured to the buses, the people, the luggage stacked everywhere they looked. “What do you think?”

“It’s so much busier than I expected,” Raegan admitted. She spun in a slow circle, taking it all in. A bus honked nearby, making her jump. A toddler began screaming and crying as his mother carried him toward the bus. “And louder,” she frowned.

“Don’t worry,” Drake said. “The village where we’re going is quiet. Almost completely quiet, unless you count the occasional bleat of a sheep or squabbling of some well-meaning farmers about the best direction to lay out the rows of crops in the fields.”

Across the street from the bus station was a pub and next door to that a haberdashery. Down the row of buildings, a hat store stood out, along with a flower shop. Of course, such shops were common in England as well. Raegan shouldn’t have been so excited about it all, but she was. It was her very own adventure, and nervous as she might be, she determined to enjoy every bit of it.

There were similarities to home, as well, mostly in the faces of passersby. Everyone looked busy. Few stopped to greet one another, instead bustling along to their destination in quick, efficient strides. In no time at all, Drake tapped her on the shoulder and said that their bus had arrived.

Drake stowed their belongings below the seats and was dozing against the window before the bus even left the station. Raegan watched him guiltily. Maybe if she hadn’t slept and left him to deal with Nessa on the ferry, he would have caught some rest earlier. With Drake asleep and blocking most of the window, she ran out of distractions, and her thoughts quickly grew nervous again.

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