Travel Glasses by Chess Desalls

Author:Chess Desalls [Desalls, Chess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780990379966
Google: R2VbCAAAQBAJ
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Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-12-02T07:00:00+00:00

SHIRLYN OPENED her eyes first. “Calla, look! The glasses—they must have worked.”

I propped the travel glasses on my head like a headband. “I guess Sable’s camera wasn’t broken after all.” I beamed.

“We’re not sailing anymore. We’re flying up in the air! Why, this is simply amazing, isn’t it, Romaso?”

Romaso glowered as he took in so many changes at once, trying to make sense of them all. “The boat is no longer a boat. What are we riding?”

I located a gas pedal and a brake. Then, very carefully, I tried steering to the left. “I’m not sure, exactly. It seems to be a kind of a cross between a motorcycle and hovercraft, only we’re pretty high up.”

“A what?” asked Shirlyn.

“Never mind. Look at how dark the sky is here.”

“Yes and with everything else being so clearly lit up. Calla, can we get closer to the ground? I want to see whether that red and purple material is grass or soil.”

“How about we wait until we get to the tower over there? That’s where I remember seeing Valcas standing in his portrait.” I looked down below us. “We’re eventually going to need to find a place to park.”

“How can anything be so bright without the sun?” Shirlyn asked. “The tower looks like a big white rook from a chess game. Maybe it’s being lit from the inside.”

Fiery slivers of moon disappeared and reappeared in the sky. The tower became brighter with no apparent outward source of light. It reminded me of white landscaping stones glittering in the sunlight. I was relieved that Shirlyn was enjoying herself. However, I wasn’t quite sure how to descend once we reached the tower. The flying vehicle rose higher when I applied the slightest bit of pressure on the accelerator.

Shirlyn pointed out that the tower did not stand alone. A long, narrow wall of the same color and material stretched out from behind it. “The wall keeps going. I can’t see where it ends. The family and all of their attendants couldn’t all live in the tower.”

“All of their attendants? Do others live here aside from Valcas, Jim and Sable?”

“Aunt Sable and Uncle Jim didn’t have any other children, and I doubt anybody else from either side of the family lives here, but there would be so many people under their employ. You know, cooks, maids, gardeners, caretakers, security—”

“Security?” I winced.

“This is a castle, Calla. Nobility requires protection.”

I eased up on the gas pedal and tested the brake. In response, the vehicle descended slightly and hovered. “How do we get inside?”

“We could try the tower to see if there’s an entrance where visitors are accepted. Pull up closer and let’s see if there’s anything on the other side of that wall.”

We jerked forward as I applied the gas in combination with the brake. “I can’t get it to go straight without going higher. It’s getting kind of annoying.”

“Just drive upward until we’re about a third of the way there and then maybe we can coast the rest of the way.

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