The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa

Author:Julie Kagawa
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

GRIMALKIN’S GUIDE

“Why are we waiting around, again?” I asked, pacing up the bank to where a small fire crackled in a shallow pit. Kenzie’s magic survival pack also contained a lighter and a tiny bottle of lighter fluid, and after a couple false starts I’d managed to coax a tiny flame to life, then fed it twigs until it could sustain itself. I had no idea why we were camping on the banks of the River of Dreams, but the Thin Man had told us we had to wait awhile before heading into the forest after Annwyl. Kenzie was sitting on a log close to the fire, and Razor was perched at its edge, tossing leaves into the flames and poking it with a stick, but I was getting impatient.

“Come on,” I told the Thin Man, who was sitting in the sand near the fire, the flat edge of his profile turned toward the flames. “Why are we sitting here? You know the Deep Wyld. You can get us through. We should be looking for Annwyl, not roasting hot dogs and making s’mores.”

“Mmm, s’mores,” Kenzie remarked in a wistful voice. “Hot dogs. Man, I could really go for some real food right now.”

The Thin Man smiled at Kenzie, then gave me an aggravated look. “And where do you suggest we start looking, Ethan Chase?” he asked in a sharp voice. “Do you see that forest behind us?” He didn’t point to the tangle of trees and undergrowth, but I glanced at it anyway. “That is the Deep Wyld. It is not like the wyldwood. You cannot simply march merrily through without knowing where you are going. If you thought it was easy to get lost in the wyldwood, you haven’t seen anything yet. If you stumble or lose sight of the path for even a moment, the Deep Wyld will swallow you whole.

“I do not know where the Summer girl is,” the Thin Man continued, as I gave the forest another wary look. It might’ve been my imagination, but the shadows that marked the edge of the Deep Wyld looked closer. “I do not know what the Summer girl is searching for. The Deep Wyld is far too vast to wander about blindly, hoping we will stumble into her by chance. If we are to have the barest sliver of hope in finding her, we must wait for the cait sith’s contact.” The Thin Man took off his bowler hat and twirled it between his fingers. “We must be patient awhile longer. The cat said he would be here, if he decides to come at all.”

“Yeah, it’s the ‘if he decides to come at all’ part that bugs me,” I muttered, but turned and wandered back to the fire pit. Kenzie scooted aside on the log, making room for me.

“Feeling better?” she asked, as I plunked down and stared moodily into the flames. I shook myself, realizing I was “brooding” again, and leaned against her, resting my head on her shoulder.

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