Call of Kythshire by Missy Sheldrake

Author:Missy Sheldrake [Sheldrake, Missy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen: The Bargain

As Flit and I move deeper into the forest in search of Rian, I can’t help but be amazed by its strange beauty. Giant mushrooms of every shape and color sprinkle the forest floor. The trees are adorned with fluffy blossoms of every color. The morning dew sparkles in the golden sunlight that streams through the canopy. Flit glides along beside me, unusually quiet. My boots and trousers grow soaked with dew as I scan the grass for Rian’s path, but there’s no sign of anyone passing this way. Just when I begin to feel slightly panicked that I might not be able to find him in this vast forest, I realize I’ve been going about it the wrong way.

“Why didn’t you say anything?” I ask Flit, laughing.

“I wanted to see how long it’d take you to figure it out! Go on, then.” she perches on my shoulder as I close my eyes and think of Rian.

The ground shifts beneath us and falls away, and then I feel Rian’s arms catch me. His laughter is drowned out by the rushing wind as we soar high above Kythshire. I cling to him and squeeze my eyes shut as we rise. The height invokes memories of Dacva and his gang dangling me over the cliff wall, and as we climb even higher I try hard not to imagine the sickening thud my body would make or the crack of my bones if I was to plummet to the ground so far below us.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” he asks, oblivious to the chatter of my teeth. I’m not sure whether I’m shaking from the chill wind or my own terror, but either way squeezing him tighter and burying my head into his chest seems to help.

“Where is it, Flit? I want to see...” Rian swoops even higher.

“You can’t,” Flit cries from somewhere beside us, “you shouldn’t!”

“Is that the ocean to the west?” Oblivious to her protests, Rian speeds our pace.

“It’s the ocean, watch out for the Guardian!” I turn my head and peek for just long enough to see the torso of an enormous man forming from the sands of the beach. It rises up, watching us, and Rian laughs as we swoop past.

“Amazing!” he cries.

“Please, Rian,” I’m ashamed by the pathetic whimper in my plea as I close my eyes again. My heart is racing so fast that I fear I might suffer an attack. I need to get down.

“Look, Azi, your favorite.” The grass brushes my feet as we speed along, and behind us we leave a trail of bright yellow roses in our wake. “Or would you rather pink?” As he says the words, the roses we leave change to pink. “It has to be close, I can feel it.” He rises up again and I can’t hold back my sob as I press my face against him again.

“Rian, please listen!” Flit cries again as our speed increases so that my skin feels as though it might be torn from my bones.

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