Wolf Justice by Doranna Durgin

Author:Doranna Durgin [Durgin, Doranna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, redemption, unicorns, revenge, fantasy, love, obsession, heroic
Publisher: Book View Cafe
Published: 2015-06-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“We need to stop for the night!” Lamar, the young Local assigned to Kacey and Rethia upon their arrival in Pasdon, raised his voice against the wind. Kacey blinked so rapidly against the fall of snow on her cheeks and lashes that she could barely discern where they were going; darkness closed fast upon them.

But riding next to her, Rethia mutely shook her head, and Kacey prodded her horse to a little more speed.

Kacey missed her little black mare. This Pasdon livery rental plodded along no matter what she asked of it. Rethia rode a horse of similar attitude and seemed oblivious to the creature’s disregard; she didn’t bother with the reins, but kept her hands tight on her over-cape, her startling eyes unfocused and unheeding of the snow that whipped against her face.

Neither of them had been prepared for the weather of this higher altitude; Lamar had quickly provided them with cold weather gear, chattering something about the changeable spring days. He didn’t seem the least put off by his assignment to accompany them while Rethia chose their way, and spoke freely of the unusual incidents around Pasdon in recent days.

Kacey immediately recognized Reandn’s hand, but kept the news to herself. Rethia stayed deeply inside herself, giving no clue that any of Lamar’s chatter meant anything to her at all.

Lamar pulled his horse out in front of them and turned it sideways across the road. “We can’t even see where we’re going!”

Rethia came out of her distraction with surprising alacrity. “I don’t need to see,” she said firmly. “I just need to get there.”

Lamar shook his head. “We’ll gain more time than we lose if we get a night’s rest behind us and daylight around us. This road has shortcuts, and I’m sure we’ve missed at least one.”

Rethia looked at Kacey, her expression troubled. “But I can’t get them separate! I need to go far enough to figure it out.”

“Get them separate?” Kacey asked, frowning.

Rethia nodded, and her gaze went inward — searching, as her knuckles went white and tense around the cape. Although such moments happened very rarely these days, Kacey found she’d lost the habit of patience with them. “Rethia. Come back and explain it to us!”

Rethia started, refocusing on them as though she’d only just realized she’d wandered off in the first place. Kacey, pinned to the here and now by the cold wind and the snow on her face, couldn’t imagine how she managed it.

Rethia finally said, “The amulet is too loud. I can’t get any sense of where Reandn is.”

“With the amulet, I would think,” Kacey said. “Rethia, maybe Lamar’s right. We’ll never find him in this.”

Rethia’s aghast expression hit her like a blow. “Kacey... he needs us. Can’t you feel all the magic? He’s right in the middle of it!”

“I know,” Kacey snapped, wincing under the onslaught of guilt and worry. “But at this rate, we’ll miss the right turnoff.”

“Kacey —” Rethia’s plea went to her eyes, wordless and more effective than anything else she could have done.

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