Katie Watson Mysteries in Time Box Set by Mez Blume

Author:Mez Blume [Blume, Mez]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781999924294
Publisher: River Otter Books
Published: 2019-11-18T22:00:00+00:00

21

The Peddler’s Potion

Wattie didn’t speak as we made our way to the Garrison gates. His shoulders slumped, but a fire still raged in his eyes.

“There must be another way… someone else we can go to,” I said, wanting to encourage him. But if there was another way, I sure couldn’t see it.

Wattie stopped in his tracks like something had just struck him. He smacked himself on the forehead. “I forgot to ask the Governor if he knew of your uncle. I…I’ll go back―”

“It doesn’t matter,” I said, grabbing his arm and turning him back towards the gate. “He won’t let you back in. You saw how desperate he was to get rid of us. And I doubt Blunt has any information about our uncle anyway.”

“But you’ve come all this way to help me, all for nothing. I just can’t believe the Governor dismissed us like that,” Wattie fumed. “Wait until my father hears—” His face dropped again, as if he would be sick. “How can I face my father? He’ll be furious. He forbade me to come here, and now I’ve crossed him with nothing to show for it. If anything, I’ve made matters worse.”

Before I could think of anything worth saying, Wattie staggered off and slumped down on a wooden barrel near the stables with his head in his hands.

Imogen, who had kept her mouth shut since we’d left the Governor’s mansion, couldn’t keep her thoughts to herself any longer. “Well, he’s right about one thing. This was all an idiotic waste of time. Like the Governor was ever going to believe our testimony against the word of his precious Lieutenant.”

My face went hot. “Well we couldn’t do nothing! Do you really want Lovegood to get away with what he’s done to Nickajack?”

Imogen pressed her palms over her eyes. “I don’t care. I don’t care what happens to anybody. I just want to go home.” And without another word, she stormed off as fast as she could go on her crutch towards the gate, leaving me to stand alone in the middle of the Garrison yard.

I looked back at Wattie on his barrel, not sure whether to follow Imogen or hang back. That’s when I saw the grey horse at a mounting post outside the stables. Just heaving his leg over the horse’s back and sitting up proudly in the saddle was Lieutenant Lovegood.

Lovegood tipped the brim of his hat with the two gold sabres to the groom and turned the horse about. I stood fixed to the ground as horse and rider cantered past. He slowed slightly, and for the briefest moment, I felt his cold gaze. Did I imagine it, or had a sinister smile flashed across his face?

I watched the guards salute Lovegood as he rode out of the Garrison, probably on his way to Nickajack. Once again, everything inside me was screaming and kicking to do something. But I could do nothing. You’ve failed everyone, a nasty voice in my head chided. I was no sign of hope.

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