The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Dickerson Melanie

Author:Dickerson, Melanie [Dickerson, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2015-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

Odette walked beside Anna as they made their way home the next day with baskets full of fruits and vegetables from the market. Odette had a servant for that chore, but she had enjoyed choosing them in the bustling Thornbeck Marktplatz and talking with the various sellers.

“These melons look so sweet.” Odette thumped the round fruit with her finger.

“You paid too much for them,” Anna scolded. “The woman would have taken less.”

“I did not mind. Besides, she looked as if she needed it more than I did.” Her dress had been patched multiple times, and she wore no shoes at all.

A woman stood beside a cart with bunches of flowers and others planted in earthen pots. The seller held out a pot of bright-red geraniums and called, “Flowers make the heart merry!”

Odette was drawn like a honeybee to the red geraniums. She and Anna exclaimed over their favorite ones. While Anna bartered with the seller, offering her some carrots and leeks for a bunch of flowers, Odette wanted the geraniums.

A man’s voice near her caught her attention as he said, “That new girl is back at The Red House. Remember the young one with the pretty face?”

Odette glanced to the right. Two men were standing in front of a baker’s shop only a few feet away. One held a long loaf of bread under his arm. The other bent toward him, as if imparting a secret, with a leering grin on his whiskery face. She itched to slap that grin right off him.

The other man grunted and nodded.

“We should go over and give her a greeting, eh?” He laughed, an ugly sound.

“Agnes is protective of that one. She might not let you—”

“Aw, Agnes likes me. She lets me have any girl I want.”

Odette’s stomach turned as the blood drained from her face. She glared at the two men, but they did not even see her as they moved away from the front of the bakery and down the street.

Odette grabbed Anna’s arm. “Did you hear that?”

“Hear what?” Anna was just turning away from the flower seller with her bunch of flowers.

Odette stepped aside, out of the street, pulling Anna with her. “There were two men over by the bakery, and one of them said something that makes me think Kathryn went back to The Red House.”

“Oh no, I cannot believe that. It might not be Kathryn. It couldn’t be. She is with her brothers at the farm.”

“I have a strange feeling it is her. I have to find out.”

“How will you do that? You cannot!” Anna put her flowers in her basket and grasped Odette’s arm. “What are you thinking?”

Odette knew she probably shouldn’t tell Anna, since she might try to stop her. “I cannot let Kathryn be molested by that disgusting man. I will simply go to The Red House and see if she is there.”

“They will not let you in that place.”

They would if she wanted to work there.

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