Eventide (Meratis Trilogy Book 2) by Krista Walsh

Author:Krista Walsh [Walsh, Krista]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Raven's Quill Press
Published: 2014-06-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Jayden sent Tanya back to work and strode up the stairs to the library, Jeff and Michael keeping pace behind him. He tried the door, and when he found that it was locked, pounded on it with his fist.

“Brady, open up. News.”

Nothing happened for a minute, and then the lock clicked, and the door slid open. Brady’s face appeared in the crack. His eyes were glazed, not quite seeing them.

“Let us in. What are you doing in there?”

“Meditating,” the scholar replied, sounding as zoned out as he looked.

Jayden grabbed the door and pushed it open, resting his hand on Brady’s shoulder and guiding him into one of the tall chairs. He sat down in the one across from him and said, “Sorry to interrupt, but Jeff has a theory. My sister is shirking her responsibilities yet again, so we need your input.”

“Hmm,” Brady replied. He opened and closed his eyes a few times, as though trying to blink and not really remembering how.

“Is he all right?” Michael asked, waving a hand in front of Brady’s face.

Jeff poured a glass of wine from the desk and handed it to him. “Maybe this will help bring you back to the world of the English speaking.”

Brady brought the glass to his lips and took a sip, holding the liquid in his mouth for a moment before swallowing. A few more times and his eyes cleared, his gaze focused on Jeff.

“What have you figured out?” he asked, apparently happy to carry on without any explanation.

“Venn talked,” Jeff said to the other three as he dropped down onto the sofa. “Turns out she knew where I was because she ‘overheard’ a conversation in the Queen’s Head a few nights before we got there. They knew we were on our way.”

“How is that possible?” Jayden asked. “It’s not like we announced our arrival with a parade.”

“Haven’t you heard? I’m a hot commodity!” Jeff stretched out his arms. “Andvell’s biggest celebrity. Everyone knows who I am.”

“You?” Jayden snorted.

Jeff dropped his arms by his sides. “As much as I’m hurt by your low opinion of me, I agree completely. It’s too convenient that the woman who’s been vocal in her desire to kill me happened to catch news that I’m back and coming right to her.”

“What’s the alternative? That someone rode from the palace in order to set it up? How would they know who she was? Where to find her?”

“Venn says she spends most of her time around the Queen’s Head. They give her the best deal on deer or something.”

“So it’d have to be someone as goes there regular,” Michael pointed out.

“Right,” Jeff agreed. “The queen just sent out five hundred scouts, so it’s not all that difficult to believe one of them detoured to the inn. But that’s not all. She couldn’t recognise the faces of anyone at the table, but she saw one of the guards had a shield. With a bear on it.”

He waited expectantly for the outburst of amazement, but Brady, Jayden, and Michael just stared.

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