Lost Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell

Author:Ari Marmell [Marmell, Ari]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
ISBN: 9781616148119
Amazon: 161614811X
Publisher: Pyr
Published: 2013-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

Getting off Delacroix lands hadn't ultimately proved that difficult. Cyrille might have lacked either Widdershins's skill or her god-given advantages, but he still had her to guide him, to watch and listen for any sign of the household guards. Furthermore, she'd gone briefly ahead to see if the two unconscious Crows had been discovered yet; when she realized they were gone, clearly having recovered and limped away, she left their lantern where they had lain, burning merrily away. That should attract attention, swiftly enough and in sufficient quantities, to make escape in an alternate direction that much easier.

Once off the House grounds, it was, perhaps ironically, the young Delacroix who took over as guide. This was, primarily, because he knew Aubier's streets and Shins didn't—but also because, even though they went nowhere near the gang's territory, the thief was nearly paranoid about watching for the appearance of the Thousand Crows.

Several hours before dawn, they had made their way to the Carnot property, scrambled atop a nearby house—or rather, Widdershins scrambled and Cyrille struggled—and firmly planted themselves.

And then they waited.

And waited.

“It's a natural phenomenon,” she explained the fifth or sixth time her companion expressed his boredom. “The hours between midnight and dawn pass three times slower for me than anyone else. You're just near enough to be caught in it, I'm afraid.”

More waiting.

“Let me get this straight.” Cyrille glanced at the palm of his glove, wet from the melted frost coating the roof, then idly wiped it dry on his cloak. “We're here to spy on the Carnot household. To see if anyone suspicious, or anyone I recognize as a foreigner to Aubier, enters or leaves.”

“Unless we changed the plan when I wasn't listening,” she confirmed.

“And we're doing this here, even though we both agree they're not going to be open or obvious about such things, and you aren't even certain the local Carnots are involved, because you don't know where the Thousand Crows are holed up, so we can't spy on them.”

“We've been through this already, yes? I'm positive we have. I think I remember actually being there for it.”

“You know there are multiple inns and hostels in Aubier that cater to outsiders, right? If you're correct about the Carnots coming here from Lourveaux, we know about when they'd have arrived. It'd take a bit of digging, but at least you'd be watching people you know are part of what's going on.” Cyrille sounded smug as a king's cat, presumably at having come up with a course of action Widdershins had missed.

“Mm-hmm. Cyrille?”

“Um, yes?”

“I'm an outsider to Aubier.”

“Yes.”

“The Thousand Crows, and possibly your mother's people, are looking for me.”

“Yes…”

“Where do you imagine, first and foremost, they'll be looking?”

Had his face fallen any harder, it might have cracked not only the frost, but a shingle or two beneath it. “Oh.”

Widdershins reached over, gently patting his hand. “If the Carnot house proves a dead end, that'll have to be our next step, yes. But first I'd rather exhaust the options that don't

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