The Thief of Hermes by Ru Emerson

Author:Ru Emerson [Emerson, Ru]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443445467
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

For a long, tense moment, she thought the baker’s son was going to protest—and from the look in his eyes, he was. But the anger went from him all at once, and his shoulders slumped. “Warrior—you can’t! I mean, we can’t! They— There’s no safe place to—”

“I think,” Xena said between clenched teeth, “that we agreed I was the one deciding the rules?” Adrik’s eyes kindled, but his father tugged at his arm and spoke against his ear urgently. “Good,” she said as neither man spoke again. “We can’t do anything against your Protectors until we find your people and get them to safety. We don’t need to have a fortress for them, just someplace they can hide for a day or so, until we remove the threat of your so-called Protectors.” She eyed both men sternly. “We tell no one else what Adrik and I are doing tonight, you got that?”

Silence. The baker nodded timidly; Adrik gave her a harsh stare and demanded, “Why?”

“Because the fewer of us who share the secret, the fewer there are who might give it away—not deliberately,” she added sharply as both men started and eyed her in sudden anger. “There are plenty of ways a secret can be broken, and the easiest is to share it. The three of us are the only ones who know—I’m not talking to Brisus, and neither of you are going to have the chance to say anything on purpose or accidentally, are you?”

“Never mind, Adrik,” the baker said soothingly. “I understand what she means: people don’t mean to break a secret but it happens. Remember the picnic for your mother’s birthday last year, boy?”

“I don’t— Oh.” The younger man considered this, then finally sighed, and let his eyelids sag shut. He nodded. “All right, warrior, you win. I’ll do as you say.”

“Exactly as I say,” Xena corrected him gently. Another silence followed; the baker prodded his son in the ribs. Adrik nodded again. “Good. So—get me back to that stable, so we can be ready to follow when Brisus’s stooge heads out. Baker. You think of a place we can hide those people, once your son and I get them safely back here. Not long,” she added as he frowned and stared at his hands. “A day, two at most. The quicker we act, the more surprised Brisus will be.”

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