The Misadventures of Ka-Ron the Knight by Donald Allen Kirch

Author:Donald Allen Kirch [Kirch, Donald Allen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-02-05T21:50:47+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

"Oh!"

Ka-Ron woke to a normal cabin.

The constant creaking of the Argo's wood attacked her senses. The cabin was once again warm and inviting. Rays of sunlight beamed down on the soft rugs decorating the floor, causing the knight a moment of reflection. Had all this just been a horrible dream? She had heard stories, growing up as a curious boy, about Idoshian women being cursed with nightmares and curious fears after the birth of a child. Had she just experienced the same?

She heard a sound coming from the corner of the room.

The same corner Kai had attacked from.

Ka-Ron relaxed.

Her intruder was Keeth.

Even half awake, Ka-Ron knew that something was wrong.

"Keeth?"

The wizard had such an expression upon his brow that it had caused Ka-Ron to pause. Her hands held tightly upon her bedclothes, not wanting to let go. Her cabin, it seemed, was quite normal. No milk stains. No soaked sheets. Nothing. Even her breasts were of normal size.

"Keeth, why are you&"

The old man held up a hand, causing the knight to stop in mid-sentence.

The room stank of earthweed. Obviously, while in her sleep, the wizard had passed the time by smoking. A small cloud of pipe smoke hovered above his head, making the old man appear to be almost god-like in his patient waiting. However, there was a silent pain beaming from Keeth's eyes that made the moment more awkward than it should have been.

Both had wanted to say something.

Neither knew how to start.

The Argo made a sharp turn to starboard, allowing the rays of the sun to transverse the entire length of the room, shining upon the wizard's countenances. He had blood-red eyes showing the knight, that, unlike her, he had a sleepless night.

"What could any man have done to make one suffer as much as you?" Keeth whispered, returning to his pipe. The wizard closed his eyes, trying his best to escape in a few clouds of smoke.

"What is going on here?" Ka-Ron demanded.

"My dear," Keeth said, tapping his pipe clean. "You must prepare for a shock. A lot has changed since you have slept."

Ka-Ron gave the room a quick inspection.

Nothing.

She explored her own body.

Nothing.

She even gave the wizard a quick up and down gaze.

Still nothing.

"This Kai woman has a lot to answer for, I wager," Keeth mused, scratching his beard, fighting off a tired yawn.

"What are you trying to say?" Ka-Ron stopped. "Where's En-Don? Where's Jatel?"

Keeth grumbled, saying nothing.

"Keeth," Ka-Ron demanded, "I wish to see both my son and squire, now."

"All right," the wizard agreed.

An uneasy knot of discomfort rose in the knight's throat as she watched the wizard walk to the cabin's door and open it. The bright rays of the suns attacked Keeth, casing the old man to place a protective hand outward so that he could see the others on deck. To Ka-Ron's taste, the others were standing quite too close to the cabin's door. As if the others had been close by, just waiting for the proper time to enter.

Things seemed quite dark.

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