Lightfall Three: Luck, Lost, Lady (Lightfall, Book 3) by Taylor Jordan

Author:Taylor, Jordan [Taylor, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adoxography Books
Published: 2015-01-08T08:00:00+00:00

Forty-Sixth

A Kingdom for a Horse

“Someone must do something—teach them—” Rosalía says.

“We’ve got to find it—” Ivy says.

“There’s a committee trying to work out how to defend—”

“Yes, Oliver told me. But, Rose, imagine—”

“Not that it will do any good. Brownlow wants a meeting with you—”

“Full of goods to a mining town rich in minerals and precious metals—”

“There’s a meeting Wednesday, I believe. Or—”

“Must be so close—”

“Serve them right if you wouldn’t attend.”

Ivy takes a bite of fresh flour tortilla she wrapped around the last of Winter’s cabbage. Rosalía chews a mouthful of taco, glaring toward tables now being cleared as the afternoon wears on. They sit side by side on the bench Grip, Ivy, and the little boy occupied two hours ago. Now scarcely anyone is about and they grabbed what they could of leftovers. Several men talk together in a mix of Spanish and English about what just happened, Mateo, Íñigo, and Zamorano among them, though Grip has vanished. The women speak in undertones as they clear up, shaking their heads, eyes anxious.

Rosalía will not look at her brothers, already having vented her feelings to Ivy on the matter of Mateo’s patronizing attitude and Íñigo’s inability to take anything seriously and treat all as a joke. Ivy had to take her word for it since she could not understand what the brothers said during or after the attack.

Now she cannot think of them, Rosalía’s words, or her snack as she eats almost blindly. She knows she needs additional nourishment before venturing out, however, and knows she cannot go alone.

“Rose, I’m sure it’s close. It has to be close. Anyone could come across it at any time with settlers moving to the city every day. Please, will you come with me?”

Rosalía looks at her, eyes shifting slowly into focus. “Excuse me?”

“The coach—Kiedrid’s coach. We’ll reach it in a day’s ride. Less, I bet. Volar is fresh and Luck can manage. She’s had a couple days’ rest and she was never hurt like Elsewhere and Chucklehead.”

Rosalía sits back, frowning. “Ivy....”

“I know we can find it. Please come with me.”

Rosalía glares toward the group of men.

Ivy smiles, heart leaping.

But Rosalía shakes her head and looks down at her plate. “We can’t, Ivy.”

“What do you mean ‘can’t?’ Why?”

Rosalía chews, swallows. “I’m no match for an attack. You might be able to keep us from being attacked, but if we are ... do you even know how to use that Lightning? I don’t mean offense, Ivy, but—”

“The Lightning is gone. I don’t have a gun anymore.”

“Yes.... And I have one carbine and ammunition is as high as anything else right now. I don’t make my own the way Grip and most do. Besides, we would have to sneak out of the city. Do you know how my brothers and your friends would respond if they realized what we planned?”

“I cannot ask Sam. His arm needs a chance to heal now or it never will. Melchior shouldn’t be riding. What about Grip?”

“No.” Tone cold, hostile. “I’m not going anywhere with Grip.

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