The Scarlet Thread by D.S. Murphy

Author:D.S. Murphy [Murphy, D.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-29T06:00:00+00:00

12

“That’s insane,” Mist snapped, “they would never attack us here.”

“She saw what she saw,” Sitri said gruffly, crossing his arms. Able held up his hand for silence. We were in the main dining hall, but the table was clear—the wood was so polished I could see a reflection of the tense faces around it.

After running into Matt I’d grabbed my coat and pulled Sitri away from the fire to tell him what I’d seen. We came back to the house and told Able. He called this meeting. The others had just arrived.

“Why don’t you go through it one more time,” Able said. “Even the smallest detail could be important.”

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to remember.

Pieces of the vision came back to me. Matt lying in a pool of blood. The blood soaking into the ground. Something shiny. Flashes of smoke and fire.

“It was dark,” I said. “I couldn’t see the attacker.”

“What about the ground beneath him?” Sam asked.

“Dirt,” I said. “And grass.”

“How soon will it happen?” Heph asked.

“I don’t know. Usually within a few months.”

“She’s worthless,” Mist said. “What are we supposed to do with that?”

“What about the weapon?” Sitri prompted.

I concentrated on the image in my mind. Blood. Darkness. Something shiny—a sword.

“It was sticking up out of his chest,” I said, touching the place over my heart. “A gleaming sword. The handle was set in gold, with blue stones. And there was a symbol… a crown I think.”

“The royal emblem,” Stephanie said solemnly. “All the hunters carry a sword like that. They think they’re protecting their one true king. There is no way she could have known that.”

“She could have seen it when we were attacked earlier,” Sitri said. “Even if she didn’t register it consciously.”

“Maybe Matt was planning on leaving the property,” Tori said. “He could have been attacked somewhere else. Outside of Nevah.”

“So we just make sure he sticks around. That’s easy enough,” Dion said.

Able sat in the chair at the head of the table and leaned back thoughtfully. The jeweled rings on his fingers sparkled as he stroked his beard.

“Nobody has ever attacked Nevah directly,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean they never will. It’s inevitable that Zeus would want to finish this war.”

“I didn’t see a war,” I said. “I just saw Matt.”

“But Matt’s also the only one you touched, right?” Sitri said.

I nodded.

“So we have her do her thing with everybody,” Heph said. “Gather as much information as possible. Maybe she’ll see something that will tell us when the attack is coming.”

I nodded, even though I was dreading it. Seeing just one death was a terrifying experience for me. I’d always tried to avoid it.

“I think we’ll have to assume,” Able said, “that we are no longer completely safe at Nevah. Zeus has left us alone in the past, because he knows another all-out battle could shift things in our favor. Instead he’s been picking us off, one by one, whenever he could catch one of us alone.”

“But why now? What’s changed?” Dion asked.

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