The Salamander Spell by E. D. Baker

Author:E. D. Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2010-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

I ’m not going back down there!” Chartreuse cried later that night. “It’s a horrible place. I don’t ever want to set foot in there again.”

Grassina patted her sister’s arm. “It’s all right. I’ll go by myself. I want to see if the door to Father’s room is still locked. We’ll have to arrange for his funeral tomorrow, but I wanted to see him first.”

Chartreuse glared at her sister. “If you’re trying to make me feel guilty, it’s not going to work. I loved him, too, you know.”

“I’m not trying to do anything. Mother went out, so I came to see if you wanted to go with me. Since you don’t . . .” Grassina shrugged. She didn’t really want to go by herself, but she would if it was the only way.

Chartreuse sputtered. “You’re going down there? By yourself? At night? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!”

Grassina slipped off the edge of her sister’s bed and started for the door. “I’m sorry I woke you. I didn’t want to wait any longer to see him, and I thought you’d want to go, too. Go back to sleep and I’ll see you in the—”

Throwing back the covers, Chartreuse shot Grassina a nasty look. “Oh, stop being the martyr. You know I can’t let you go by yourself. I’d never forgive myself if something happened to you, too. Just give me a few minutes to get dressed and we’ll go to the lousy dungeon. I must be crazy to do this,” she muttered, reaching for her tunic.

“That is the absolute last place I want to go at night.”

“I don’t understand why,” said Grassina. “There’s nothing down there that can hurt us.”

“Oh yes, there is,” said Chartreuse. “Mother!”

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