Deniably Dead (Arucadi Series Book 4) by E. Rose Sabin

Author:E. Rose Sabin [Sabin, E. Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arucadi Enterprises, LLC
Published: 2019-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

revelations

Hot, tired, and eager to give Dark Star a rest, Renni rejoiced to see that she had at last reached the outskirts of a town that had to be Pescatil. Now she needed to find a place where she could stable and groom Dark Star, get food and water for him and for herself. She wondered whether she was the first to reach here or whether she might find Zauna or Lore here. Camsen would be coming along behind her, though necessarily traveling at a much slower pace. She had no idea where Zauna was or whether Lore was even alive. So searching for her companions would wait. Care for Dark Star would not.

She passed narrow dirt roads that seemed to lead to farms. She considered turning down one, finding a farmhouse, and asking for food and for grain for Dark Star. The problem was that she had little money, and she hated to have to beg. Also, gazing down these roads, she saw overgrown fields that suggested abandonment more than active farms. Furthermore, when she peered down those roads, she could see no buildings of any sort. So she kept going, hoping to see someone from whom to ask directions or perhaps to see a sign advertising an inn or boarding house. But the road seemed curiously deserted.

A little farther, and she came to the first sign she’d seen that indicated she was in fact approaching a town. A lamppost stood beside a road branching off from the main road on which she traveled. That lamppost seemed welcoming, and on an impulse she turned onto the road it guarded. Along one side of the narrow road were empty fields, but on the other she saw a house where several people were working on rebuilding what had clearly fallen into serious disrepair. She slowed Dark Star with the thought of dismounting to ask information, but the horse shook its head and continued past, apparently attracted to something further down the road.

She let the horse go, seeing first the neatly groomed lawn and then the house shaded by trees and looking well kept and inviting. And in back of it a barn! Dark Star turned in to it without guidance from her, perhaps sensing the possibility of food. She stopped in the welcome shade of a conellum tree, dismounted, and tethered Dark Star to a low limb, then made her weary way to the front door and knocked.

The door eased open and a motherly-looking gray-haired woman peered out. “Oh, dear! Are you another one?”

That puzzling question made Renni step back. “Another? I--I’m a traveler on my way to Pescatil from Marquez. I just wanted to ask directions. I’ve been riding quite awhile, and my horse needs a rest.”

“Oh, my! Like the young man who came yesterday. I let him board for the night, but he left in such a hurry--”

“Young man? Did he give you his name? I’m to meet someone here and--”

“He did, but I’ve had such a shock today, and I’m that flustered, I can’t remember what he told me.

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