The Riddle (Keepers of the Key Book 1) by L. M. Abbott

Author:L. M. Abbott [Abbott, L. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poppy Press
Published: 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00

chapter 12

Cailean groped the floor around the rock. “I have to find my bracelet.” She crawled to the pool. “What if it fell in the water?”

“I doubt that,” Josh said. “You would’ve noticed. Maybe you forgot it this morning.”

“I always put it on the second I wake up.” Her fingers sifted through rocks and clay. “Help me look.”

“That’ll take all day,” Seamus said.

Josh got down beside Cailean. “Then we’d better get started.”

Seamus whistled for Barlo. “Maybe he can find it.” The dog’s bark echoed into the cave. He remained outside. The three children searched the ground, side by side, moving through the cave. The flash light produced shadowy images which bobbed every which way on the walls.

At the entrance, Cailean closed her eyes against the sun. “My bracelet’s gone for good. I won’t get back to the strange hillside city without it.”

“Maybe you lost it on the way here,” Josh said. “Let’s go see.”

“What’s the use? A squirrel or rabbit probably made off with it.”

Seamus cleaned his hands on a thick patch of grass. “We’re bound to come across it. Barlo can lead us home the way we came.”

Josh sucked on Bullseyes, inspecting the ground and bumped into Seamus. “Sorry, didn’t see you.” When they came out of the woods, he tripped over a log and landed on top of Barlo. The dog carried him a short distance before he fell off.

Seamus hauled him to his feet. “We’re supposed to be looking for the bracelet, not watching out for you.”

Hot and tired, they reached Cailean’s house. She kicked a bundle of leaves, sending them flying upwards.

Josh tried to produce a reassuring smile. “It’s probably on your night table. I don’t think you were wearing it when we left.”

Cailean bounded up the stairs to her bedroom with Seamus and Josh in pursuit. Everything was in its proper place on the night table; her mother’s photo, the alarm clock, the two books, the lamp. A half-eaten Kit Kat bar sat in the wrapper. The table looked empty without the bracelet. The desk held the lap top and nothing else. All three scoured the floor, looked under the bed and in the closet. “I should’ve been more careful,” Cailean said and plunked down in the wicker chair. She couldn’t bare to look at her mother’s photo.

Seamus pulled out the desk chair. “It’s really no big deal. Maybe Mellie can make one just like it.”

“Even if she could, it wouldn’t be Mom’s.”

Josh sat at the foot of the bed. “We have to prevent Mr. Murphy from buying your land. We’ll have plenty of time after that to look for the bracelet.”

Cailean rubbed blood shot eyes. “Nothing is working out. The poem said to follow the wolf. One almost got me killed and we couldn’t find the other one.”

Seamus swung his legs up on the desk. “Maybe it wasn’t the dark wolf’s fault you almost died.”

“How did you come up with that conclusion?” Josh said. “She followed it to the cliff and fell over.”

“The wolf stopped in the clearing.

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