Wind-Scarred (The Will of the Elements, Book 1) by Sky Corbelli

Author:Sky Corbelli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, wind, future, wormhole, hawkins, stargate, element, ezra
Publisher: Sky Corbelli

Chapter 28

Working Hard and Hardly Working

Apparently traveling on foot was a good deal faster when the ground underneath moved forward too. They reached Southedge around mid-morning. People milled about, tracking their approach with cautious interest while surveying the damage caused by the water-seer the night before. Ezra glanced at the holes in the buildings where the seer had attacked them as Gaav marched them up to the Wellwards' inn.

“Mama! Papa! I'm home!” Kelly broke her grip on Gaav's hand and ran for the inn. Mr. Wellward, obviously still working on getting his ruined business back in order, smiled incredulously and dropped what he was doing just as his daughter hurled herself into his arms. He threw her up into the air and caught her on the way down with a joyous laugh, holding her tight to his chest.

Mrs. Wellward came down the remains of the stairs and let out a cry, then ran to Kelly and her husband. “Oh, thank you Mother, thank you!” she whispered fiercely, tears streaming from her eyes.

“Well, that's nice. Good to see everything turning out for the best.” Mat nodded sagely. “Looks like we've got a bit of a walk ahead of us though. So, thanks for everything Gaav, it's been a pleasure; I hope to never see you again.” Mat gestured to Sarah and Ezra and casually turned to walk out of town. “We'll just find our own way out.”

Gaav's massive hand clamped down on Mat's shoulder, stopping him in his tracks. “You said you were here to help people.” Gaav gestured with his free hand around the town. The inn and several other buildings were showing heavy damage from the fight the night before. A makeshift hospital had been set up behind the inn's bar and was full to overflowing with wounded people. The water-seer may have made it out of her scuffle in the bar with barely a hair out of place, but from the look of things she was the only one. “There is helping to be done right here,” the earth-crowned intoned quietly.

Mat looked around, taking it all in, then turned hopeless eyes to Sarah. She shrugged and started rolling up her sleeves.

There was plenty of work to be done. Being in the company of an earth-crowned returning a little lost girl was explanation enough for the team's presence, at least as far as the people of Southedge were concerned. Three more able bodies was just too much of a windfall to pass up. Ezra found whole new groups of muscles to exhaust as he carried wood from one place to another, held planks in place for the craftsmen, and generally tried not to make a nuisance of himself.

Sarah began by helping to clear broken glass, until she caught sight of the little forge where new windows were being molded. She watched intently as the craftsman removed the first pane, flinching a little at the yellowish tint of the glass. “Lead,” she muttered critically, “no potassium nitrate to correct it.” She gave a dramatic sigh and walked over to have a hushed conversation with Gaav.

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