Jalia on the Road (Jalia - World of Jalon) by John Booth

Author:John Booth [Booth, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Booth Enterprises Limited
Published: 2012-03-23T07:00:00+00:00

The Clan of Giants

Jalia was furious with Daniel. He dared to search through her things while she was away and took one of the jewels she had hidden. A feeling of violation filled her and would not let her go. ‘How dare he search my things?’ That the jewels should have been shared with him only made the incident worse.

Daniel had caught her cheating him and that hurt much worse than his lack of trust. Jalia spat at a passing fly, knocking it from the air. She wished she had some way of hurting Daniel as much as he had hurt her. She urged her horse to a trot. She needed to be far away from him.

Jalia took the bag of jewels and coins from her saddlebag and, balancing easily on her horse, let go of the reins and tipped its contents onto her hand. The only item missing was the black pyramid jewel.

She hated that jewel from the moment she saw it and was glad it was gone. If it hadn’t looked so valuable, she would have thrown it away herself. “Still,” she moaned, “It was mine and he had no right to take it from me without asking.”

Jalia soon arrived at the trade road linking the city of Bagdor with Delbon, but neither way appealed to her. The King of Bagdor would not welcome her return because she had humiliated him in front of his people. Besides which, Jalia no longer wanted to resume her relationship with Marco. Going to Delbon was no more attractive as there was the little matter of the guards she had killed there. There was a good chance the Guard would remember her and seek revenge.

She started on the road to Delbon. A few miles later she saw a track branch off towards the north. This would take her into the mountains that rose in the distance. After a moment’s reflection, Jalia decided it was as good a way as any. She left the road and followed the track. ‘At least there is no chance of meeting up with Daniel going this way,’ she found herself thinking in a bittersweet way.

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