The Narrow Gate by Janean Worth

Author:Janean Worth
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Author's Art
Published: 2014-04-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“The city holds many attractions for those who wish to visit. Though many were destroyed, and others have turned to dust from age, there is still much to see. I am able to assist visitors in finding those attractions that still remain safe to visit and also offer assistance in any other way that a visitor asks which does not involve harm to another living human or animal and which does not involve breaking the laws of The Book,” Otto answered.

Mathew glanced at Otto as the huge metal creature walked beside him, thinking that now, in the light of the new day, the creature did not look so fearsome as it had in semi-darkness. Instead, it seemed rather sad, like someone’s pet that remains loyal to its master long after the master’s death.

Both he and Kara had dismounted from Gabert’s horse to give the beast a rest. They’d decided to call the horse Gallant for his valiant efforts both in helping them escape the Enforcers and in facing the creature, but also for retaining such a gentle and pleasant disposition even after having been owned by an Enforcer and kept in the House’s stables.

They all walked side-by-side down the hard surface of the wide city road towards the jagged jumble of what must have been once-tall buildings where many, many people had lived. The destroyed city stretched as far as the eye could see in the direction to the north, and Mathew was in awe that something so huge could have existed all of his life, yet he had never heard about it. His tutor had said nothing of a city. Nothing at all.

Mathew had taken the Old Tech from his pocket earlier and wedged it in a groove cut into the side of Gallant’s saddle, so that while they walked, the Old Tech could bask in the rays of the new day’s sun. He was eager for it to work again, so he could ask his father about the city, and also how to find the Narrow Gate.

Otto’s clomping strides mixed with the clippety-clop of Gallant’s hooves upon the road, and Mathew worried briefly that they were making too much noise as they approached the city. Before he could ask Otto if they were in danger from the Enforcers and their tracken, Kara spoke up.

“The Book? You are bound by the laws of The Book?” Kara’s voice held a note of wonder. “Was your creator a Believer, then?”

“My Creator was a Believer, yes,” Otto answered, blissfully unaware of all of the questions that were sparked from his admission. If his creator had been a Believer, then Mathew himself would be forced to reexamine his own thoughts of Believers.

“Are you from the time Before, or after The Fall?” Mathew asked, wondering if there had been Believers from Before, and if there had been, then why had it happened at all? Surely, Believers would have fought against the release of poisonous clouds that were meant to kill every living thing.

“I am from the time Before.

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