Caelihn by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

Author:Jenna Elizabeth Johnson [Johnson, Jenna Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fairies, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781310775710
Publisher: Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Published: 2015-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

-Chapter Nine-

Send-Off

The four men, who had so boisterously interrupted our morning, shuffled toward the door. Meghan and I joined them, trailing behind at a comfortable distance. Fergus, the white wolfhound whom I hadn’t seen since meeting him the other day, bolted forward to keep up with his master.

Outside, the rain had tapered off to a steady drizzle, and in the distance those black clouds loomed even closer than before. Their color was so unnaturally dark, it made that deep, instinctual well of fear inside of me hiss in retaliation. Would two hours be enough time for Cade and Devlin to get to Kellston and back again? It had to be, because I did not want either of them outside when that boiling mass of terrible magic and violence broke loose.

Taking a deep breath to clear my head, I focused on putting one foot in front of the other. We moved through the courtyard and out onto the road, approaching the wide valley that stretched before Luathara Castle. As we crossed the uneven field at a brisk pace, I tried not to grumble about what the soggy ground was doing to my shoes.

“Where are we going?” I hissed at Meghan, as my shoe sank halfway into a patch of mud.

“The stables,” she answered, waving her hand toward the large wood and stone building in the distance. “We’ll see them off from there.”

I squinted a little and tried to get a better view of the building. From what I could tell, it looked like the nicer stables I’d seen in Santa Ynez, a wealthy, equestrian-friendly community located about sixty miles south of San Luis Obispo. On one end of the structure, the roof had not yet been fully completed, but many heavy beams had been set in place, waiting for the workers to finish their job. When we came within a hundred feet of the stables, several enthusiastic neighs greeted our ears as the horses registered our approach. I breathed in deeply through my nose, and beneath the fresh, clean scent of rain, I picked up hints of hay and manure.

One of the horses, a tall, solid black stallion, stuck his head out from one of the stalls, his ears pricked forward in curiosity. His nostrils flared, and his black eyes flashed before he gave a more robust call of welcome. Thick, glossy ropes of horse hair fell like waves of satin against his muscular neck, and he tossed his proud head anxiously.

“Wow,” I breathed, truly impressed with the massive animal.

“That’s Speirling,” Meghan said with a grin, “Cade’s horse.”

As we piled into the open space of the stable, a man and a boy stepped from one of the stalls several spaces down carrying a bucket of oats and a rake. The man’s initial expression was one of surprise, but it soon faded as his eyes took us all in. The boy by his side, however, wasn’t so practiced at hiding his emotions. His big brown eyes held nothing but curiosity and wonder.

“The horses have been a bit restless this morning, Cade,” the man said by way of greeting.

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