The Torn Wing by Kiki Hamilton

Author:Kiki Hamilton [Hamilton, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical
ISBN: 9781470131432
Amazon: B0093H5YFW
Barnesnoble: B0093H5YFW
Goodreads: 11313669
Publisher: Fair Wind Books
Published: 2012-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Tiki didn’t know what to say to that so she didn’t say anything at all. The trees were further apart now, with small stretches of woodland grass growing at their feet. They turned at a wide bend in the trail and she spotted three deer grazing among the undergrowth.

“Sean, look.” She pulled on the faerie’s arm, pointing to the graceful creatures. At her words, all three deer jerked their heads up. For a split second, their great limpid eyes fixed on them, then they turned and looked down the trail from which Tiki and Sean had just emerged. They stood frozen long enough for Tiki to wonder what they were looking at, when they turned and with great leaps bounded off into the woods.

“That’s not good,” Sean muttered. He looked over his shoulder in the same direction the deer had been gazing. Suddenly the low vibration of hooves became apparent and Tiki realized the deer had heard something, rather than seen something, Sean grabbed her hand. “Run.”

Like a storm approaching, deep barks rumbled in the distance. She followed Sean as fast as her feet would take her. They zigged and zagged between the trees heading into the deepest shadows of the forest. Even clothed in her bark-like trousers the underbrush tore at her legs, but that only fueled her panic and spurred her to run faster.

It wasn’t long before the thunder of hoof beats shook the earth beneath Tiki’s feet forcing her heart to pound with the same rhythm.

“This way.” Sean grabbed her hand and pulled her into the water of a nearby river, leading her upstream. The water was icy cold, as if melted from mountain snow, but Tiki barely noticed. The barking was getting louder and it was clear that more than one hound was headed in their direction. “Go toward those rocks.”

Sean huffed as he pushed against the current, pointing to a group of rocks jutting into the river. The water was getting deeper the further they went. “We need to get around the corner.”

They’d just reached the turn in the river when a mournful baying split the air. Startled at the proximity of the sound, Tiki stopped and looked over her shoulder. Through the dappled shadows beneath the trees she could just make out two great black dogs, anxiously sniffing the ground on the other bank where they’d entered the river. Far behind, a horse and rider wove through the trees. Even at this distance she could see the fiery red hair of the rider.

Fingers wrapped around her wrist and yanked her around the corner.

“Don’t. Stop.” Sean growled in a low voice as Tiki stumbled to keep her balance on the rocky riverbed. If Sean hadn’t been holding her arm so tightly she would have fallen face first into the water. But his grip and her forward momentum kept her upright as he pulled her toward a group of great rounded boulders that towered over their heads.

Behind them, a man’s deep voice shouted above the wild barking and baying of the four-footed beasts hot on their trail.

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