The Emerald Staff by Alison Pensy

Author:Alison Pensy [Pensy, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Alison Pensy
Published: 2012-04-14T18:48:14+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

It didn’t take them long to reach the shack Etyran mentioned. It lived up to its description. From its appearance, Faedra guessed it was a one-roomed cabin that had obviously fallen into neglect over the years. The wood was rotting in places and the windows were boarded up in a shabby attempt to cover them. There was no light coming from within, but then, why would there be, no one was home.

Etyran stepped onto the uneven porch dodging around a hole in the rotting wooden planks. He waved his hand over the door with a fluid sweeping motion. Faedra gave a curious look when she saw some symbols glow for a split second on the frame before they disappeared and the door creaked open.

“Welcome to my humble abode.” Etyran said as he motioned for them to enter. “Be careful, I put my foot through that the first time I came here.” He pointed to the hole in front of the door. Skirting around it, Faen and Faedra walked past him into the shack. Etyran did a quick glance around outside before he closed the door behind him and did another sweep with his hand over the door. Again, the symbols glowed on the frame and he caught Faedra giving them a curious glance.

“Wards,” he stated, as if that were all the explanation needed.

Faedra nodded her head with understanding. Wards were something she did know about, although, she’d never physically seen one. The symbols sparked her interest. She wondered now what the symbols looked like that had been attached to her for the first seventeen years of her life. Had they been present on her skin and she’d never known?

Once inside, he lit a candle on a table in the center of the room. The windows on the inside had also been boarded up, but much more effectively this time. No light was going to leak out through those.

Etyran moved over to the large stone fireplace that took up most of one wall and lit a fire. The light from the candle and that from the fire drenched the inside of the modest little cabin with a warm welcoming glow. Faedra felt her shoulders relax as she slumped down on one of the chairs around the table, allowing herself a few moments of calm.

The inside of the shack was sparse. The only other piece of furniture that accompanied the table and chairs was an uncomfortable looking bed with a rickety wooden frame in the corner by the fire.

“How long have you been living here?” she asked, looking around at his mediocre living quarters.

“Just a few weeks.” Etyran replied. “You must be thirsty, I’ll heat up some water.” He filled a pot with some water from a jug and hung it above the fire, then wandered over to join Faen and Faedra at the table. “Are you hungry?”

“It’s okay, we have enough food in this backpack to last a week, Faen’s Mum saw to that.”

“Ah, and how is the lovely Janessa? I haven’t seen her for so long.

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