Touch of Gold: (Rumpelstiltskin) (Tangled Tales Series Book 4) by Elizabeth Rose

Author:Elizabeth Rose [Rose, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Rose Novels
Published: 2016-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“Kin, get up!” came Arnon’s voice in Kin’s ear, pulling him from his slumber. He rolled over with his eyes closed, settling himself and went back to sleep.

“Lord Kin,” Lady Olivia needs you,” came his squire’s voice next.

“Lady Olivia,” he repeated and smiled, hoping to get back to the lusty dream he was having about her. He almost did, but next came a poking sensation on his side and then his brother, Wolf’s voice.

“Do it again, Squire,” said Wolf. “If we don’t wake him, Olivia’s going to be in quite a predicament.”

Another jab to his side, and with his eyes still closed, Kin’s hand shot out and grabbed the object. He sat upright in the process.

“What the hell are you poking me with, Quaid?”

He opened his eyes to see Quaid letting go of the long distaff and jumping backward. His brothers were keeping their distance as well.

“Look at it,” said Quaid with a tremble to his voice.

“What is all the babbling about?” Kin focused his blurred vision on the distaff. Like a river flowing through it, a stream of gold started where his fingers gripped the wooden pole, and spread outward, turning the wood into gold!

Kin dropped the distaff and sprang to his feet.

“Now do you see why we refused to touch you?” asked Wolf.

Looking at his surroundings, Kin realized he was still in the solar. He’d been sleeping on the floor.

“I’m surprised at all of you,” he told them. “You all just let me roll around the floor in the dirty rushes like a rat?”

“We couldn’t risk it,” said Arnon. “And I’m glad we didn’t try to move you. Just look at the distaff and you’ll see what we mean.”

“That’s right,” said Wolf. “I don’t think Red would like it if I returned to her as a hunk of gold.” Red was the name he called his wife, Winifred – a beautiful girl with long, red hair.

“Oh, I see what you mean,” said Kin, licking his dry lips and spying a goblet and decanter of wine on a table across the room. “Quaid, I’m parched. Bring me that goblet and wine.”

The boy walked over to the table. His hand went out, but then he dropped it back down to his side. “I think you’d better get it yourself.”

Kin’s eyes shot upward. “Did you really say what I think you did?”

“It’s not safe,” Arnon explained. “The boy is doing the right thing.”

“That’s right,” said Wolf. “Your curse is too unstable. Until we figure out how it works, we can’t take a chance of even touching something at the same time as you.”

“You three are being ridiculous,” said Kin with a chuckle. “I know exactly how it works now. When I’m drunk or tired, I’m able to turn things to gold. I’m neither now, so you don’t need to worry. However, if you want me to prove it, I will.”

He walked over and picked up the goblet, filled it with wine and held it in the air. “See? Nothing happened at all.

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