Dragon's Bane by Linda McNabb

Author:Linda McNabb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: eion colfer, eragon, Paolini, dragon stories, Anne McCaffrey, how to train your dragon, Rick Riordan
Publisher: Southern Star Publishing
Published: 2015-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

SLEEP DID NOT COME easily, and Toby tossed and turned all night in the unusual heat. It was not the unseasonable weather that kept him awake, though. He had to find a way to fix all the trouble he had caused and he couldn’t figure out how.

He was more than pleased to hear the soft knock on his door that told him it was almost dawn. He went to leap out of bed, but fell back. His body ached from their two days on the caravans.

‘Do you still ache, too?’ Toby asked as he watched Riko get up slowly.

‘I always do for several days afterwards,’ Riko said with wry smile. ‘But it’s a quick way to travel and pays well, too.’

By the time they had both struggled up and met the girls downstairs, it was almost fully daylight.

‘We’d better get down to the markets straight away as they open in a few minutes,’ Riko said, leading them out a back door of the inn.

‘Riko and Sanelle can go to the markets to see if Blaise and Lark are there yet,’ Kaylene suggested. ‘I know where the well is — Toby and I will go there and keep an eye on it.’

Kaylene led Toby off to the right, while Riko and Sanelle headed for the markets. When they reached the well, everything looked normal. There was a line of people drawing water and carrying it off uphill, while a small channel carried water downhill to the rest of the village.

‘It ends up in a small fountain down by the markets,’ Kaylene told Toby as his eyes followed the path of the water for as far as he could. He could see people drawing from the small aqueduct as it flowed past. No wonder it was so easy to poison the water in large towns.

They had been watching the well for ten minutes when Riko came running up the hill towards them.

‘Come down to the market — we’re too late,’ Riko said, puffing breathlessly.

Kaylene and Toby hurried back down the hill, and when they reached the marketplace they saw an all too familiar sight. Dozens of people were crowded around Blaise’s wagon and he was doing a roaring trade.

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