by Lari Don
“Nor children?”
He glanced over at Emmie, Ruby and Jasper.
“Never again, no matter who tells me it’s my destiny.” Thomas almost smiled. Then he turned and walked away, carrying his staff.
“Let’s go home,” Pearl called to the triplets as she stood up and stretched. “The stars will give us enough light to hike through the Grey Men’s Grave, and we’ll get home before the sun comes up. I’ve worked out a quicker route than the one marked on Peter’s maps.”
“Couldn’t we use Emmie’s power to fly home?” asked Ruby.
“No.” Emmie curled her fingers round the flint. “The power isn’t really mine. It belongs to the land, and I don’t want to waste it. Not on a shortcut home. I’ll keep it for more important things.”
“Like what?” asked Jasper, helping Ruby to her feet and keeping an arm round her shoulders.
Emmie watched Thomas as he unlocked the door and left the feasting hall. “I don’t know yet. Let’s follow Thomas. I still have a lot to learn from him, but don’t dare tell him that.”
The Chayne children walked out of the castle together, leaving two old men behind them.
Pearl looked up at the dark spaces where the mountains hid during the night, and knew that she didn’t need her mother’s permission or her father’s company to make them her own now.
“I’m hungry,” said Jasper, as they crossed the narrow path under the arrowslits.
“We’re all hungry!” laughed Pearl. “But we won’t be for long. Mother sent me to fetch you for breakfast, and we’re only a day late.”
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Copyright
Kelpies is an imprint of Floris Books
First published in 2011 by Floris Books
© 2010 Lari Don
Lari Don has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the Author of this Work.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the prior permission of Floris Books, 15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh www.florisbooks.co.uk
British Library CIP Data available
ISBN 978–086315–895–7