Nora and the Sacred Stones by Laura Hatch Rupper

Nora and the Sacred Stones by Laura Hatch Rupper

Author:Laura Hatch Rupper [Rupper, Laura Hatch]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thief, Quest, palace, family, Prince, friends, assailant, sister, trespasser, sacred stones, brother
Publisher: Eagle Gate Publishing
Published: 2021-05-31T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter Ten

Pebble in a Quarry

Kyn and Ivin walked around the corner, finding themselves on yet another shop-lined street in Clove. Kyn groaned. “How many people do you suppose live here?”

Ivin squinted as he looked down the crowded street. “I believe there are around ten thousand, but at any given time there are probably several hundred more in town to trade goods.”

“Do you think she passed through without stopping?” Kyn asked.

“That’s possible.” Ivin never stopped scanning the people on the road.

Kyn rolled his shoulders back with a jerk. Why was Sir Ivin so calm about all this? They’d been searching for two days, asking every shopkeeper in town for any information about a red-headed girl named Nora, or her brother, Limar. They had talked to hundreds of people with no results. Kyn kicked at a pebble that was wedged in between two paving stones. He didn’t even know her last name.

“Chin up, Your Highness. Our best chance is to continue here in Clove until we’ve done a full sweep of the city,” Ivin said.

“That could take weeks.”

Sir Ivin nodded. He didn’t seem troubled by the task.

The sun beat down on them with little shade to be found. Staring down the crowded road, Kyn adjusted the sash of his thick, olive-green uniform. This mission would certainly be easier if he didn’t have to wear such heavy clothing.

Brightly colored shops that sold everything from fishing hooks to stone paper fronted the stone-paved streets. Poorer merchants who couldn’t afford a store lined the streets with their handcarts and called out their wares.

“Berries picked yesterday!” hollered a peasant girl wearing a bright red kerchief.

“Flowers! Fresh, fragrant flowers!” called an old woman with a cart full of bright yellow arleysums.

“It’s like finding a pebble in a quarry,” muttered Kyn, looking down the busy street.

Sir Ivin laughed. “A very elusive, red-headed pebble.”

Kyn squared his shoulders. He was the leader. He needed to be calm and optimistic. “Let’s work our way down the street.”

“Did you get a look at the younger boys who were with her?” Ivin asked.

“It was dark,” said Kyn, shrugging his shoulders. “We’ll find them, though. I have to find them.”

Suddenly, Kyn grabbed Ivin’s arm. “Look!” Kyn pointed at the large window of a store front. There, just past some orbs for sale, was a flash of red hair. Kyn rushed into the store, Ivin close on his heels. Kyn pushed past customers and ducked through the assortment of orbs that floated around the store like soap bubbles. In between the orbs he caught glints of red. Elbowing his way through, he finally got to the back of the store.

Kyn reached out and grabbed the red-haired woman by the shoulder. She spun around rather abruptly, and Kyn’s stomach sank. The red hair belonged to a shopkeeper. She was much older than Nora and had a stockier build. In fact, the only physical quality the two women shared was their red hair.

“Excuse me, ma’am. I thought you were someone else.” Kyn’s shoulders sagged.

“Prince Kyn,” gasped the woman.



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