The Crimson Crown by Chima Cinda Williams
Author:Chima, Cinda Williams [Chima, Cinda Williams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult, Adventure, Fantasy & Magic, Romance, Science Fiction, Love & Romance, Fantasy, Fiction - Young Adult, General
ISBN: 9781423144335
Amazon: 1423144333
Goodreads: 8069828
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Published: 2012-10-23T07:00:00+00:00
C H A P T E R T W E N T Y - E I G H T
CLIMBING
THE DEADLY
NEVERGREEN
After the final meeting between Alger and Lucius, Han stayed another day at the cabin on Old Woman Creek. The longer he stayed away, the greater the likelihood of Bayar mischiefâhe knew that. He hated to leave Cat responsible for Raisaâs safety, but there was business to do before he returned to town.
He hoped to go back with the armory as his bargaining chip. He visited Aediion twice more, looking for Crow, but Crow wasnât there. Worry pinged through him. Han had kept his part of the bargainâwould Crow keep his?
Dancer helped him go through Luciusâs sparse belongings. They found a will that Speaker Jemson had prepared for him, which designated Han Alister his sole heir. The old man had left Han everything he ownedâhis cabin, his distillery, his fishing gear, his dog, and the library of books heâd never read.
The place seemed desolate now, with Lucius gone. Han kept expecting the old man to come banging out the door, calling, âBoy! That you, boy? Got me some product to go to town!â
Lucius had done terrible things. Heâd betrayed his best friend and the woman he loved, and heâd lied to Han. He was weakâbut he was also one of the few pegs Hanâd had to hang his life on, growing up.
Was there any way to change a story that had been told for a thousand years? Han imagined himself going before the deans at Odenâs Ford, explaining that he and his dead ancestor, the Demon King, had interviewed the drunk hermit of Hanalea and it turned out Alger Waterlow wasnât a fiend after all. That the powerful Bayar family had caused the Breaking, then remade history to blame it on a love-struck young wizard who didnât know when to give up.
Dog moped about, inconsolable. Han didnât really know what to do with dogs. Heâd never had a pet of his ownâto Mam, that was one more mouth to feed. He allowed Dog to sleep at the foot of his bed, and woke in the morning to find himself crowded to the edge, Dogâs nose pressed into the small of his back.
When Han and Dancer returned to Marisa Pines, Han took Dog along. In the camp, Dog clung to Han like a sucker vine, growling and snapping at the camp dogs and defending Han against imagined threats. Willo was the only one who could win him over.
Han enjoyed the sanctuary of Willoâs hearth, for what he knew might be the last time. Everything would change when Elena and Averill learned of Dancerâs parentage, which they surely would. Dancer was growing edgy, being apart from Cat for so long. More and more, he mentioned returning to town.
Willo seemed loathe to let Dancer go. âI worry about you these days, whenever you are out of my sight. I think we were right in confronting Bayar. And if it helps Hunts Alone, thatâs a good thing.
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