Thread and Spool by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1533168083
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

I led the way again, leading Sylvia into the mountain. The sun got blotted out as we entered and I blinked several times, letting my eyes adjust to the dim light. The orb overhead continued to shine. It was like stepping into a room lit with a dim light bulb.

"Whoa," I managed.

The room--no, the inside of the mountain--was full of treasure.

And I mean full.

Gold coins lay in stacks and towers everywhere. Silver ones, too. I felt as if I'd stepped into some pirates' hideout. Sylvia and I walked through a trail in the middle of the mountain, and the stone ceiling hung way overhead. I had to crane my neck to look at one pile of treasure, a huge stack of gold bars that had to be about ten feet tall. If it toppled on us, we might die from it. The dirt was worn under our feet like the bandits had come through here many, many times. I craned my neck to see around the piles of treasure ahead. We had to hurry. I couldn't sit here and marvel at this all day. It wasn't like I couldn't produce this stuff myself.

"What's in here?" Sylvia asked.

"We had better hope Henrik doesn't find this," I said. "It might make him powerful enough to rule Fable. He might not need me after all." Some of this might have belonged to him in the first place. Maybe some of this Stilt had spun in his past lives.

Sylvia reached out, trying to feel her way through. I kept her arm locked with mine. "Careful," I told her. "We don't want this stuff falling on us. It could. I don't think we should touch anything if we don't think it could help us." I think of Sylvia's desire to start a new life. She could, with this. Only a few gold bars could set her for a while. But if Sylvia knew that Fable's treasure surrounded her, she might ditch me as soon as she could find Stilt. What use would I be then?

"What's here?" she asked again. "There's a lot of magic in this place."

"Treasure," I told her. "Nothing useful that can help us, If we need money, we have me."

"I thought you wanted to get rid of your curse."

"I do." What would I be once it was gone?

What would I do? Paint pictures?

Could I manage on my own without it?

We walked deeper into the mountain. The ceiling got higher above us as we headed towards the center, the heart. I glanced up, and the yellow orb seemed almost blinding. I wondered what created it or if the magic here just kept it lit. I couldn't imagine bandits doing magic here. If they could, why would they steal?

I didn't like this.

The piles of gold grew monotonous after a while, and at last, I started to see some different stuff. Jewels lay in piles everywhere, and rubies shone like enchanted blood. Emeralds and sapphires reflected the pale light, and I had to resist grabbing a handful of the gems just to see how they felt toppling out of my hands.

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