The Serpent in the Glass (The Tale of Thomas Farrell)

by D. M. Andrews

  Thomas hadn’t realized at all, but now he knew why the place was so familiar to him. He’d spent the first two years of his life here. ‘Do you think I could stay and look around for a while? It’s just that it means more to me now, if you understand.’

  Trevelyan smiled and walked toward the doors. ‘I do understand, Thomas. I’ll be at the fountain in a couple of hours.’

  After the High Cap had gone, Thomas looked at the paintings on the wall and wondered what significance they’d held for his father. One was of the Battle of Hammerhoe. The battlefield even looked like the landscape in his dream. He passed through the corridors and gazed up at the portraits anew. Marganus the Misplaced now seemed to stare back at him with a knowing look in his eyes.

  The Grange, this strange yet familiar place, was his inheritance. It’s why the Inner Gate had obeyed his voice. Thomas wanted to try something. He wandered back to the vestibule fronting the Hall of Arghadmon and stood before the yellow square. ‘Lift to Hall!’

  The Anywhere Lift thudded down out of nowhere and the doors slid open. Thomas walked in. ‘Lift to Battlements!’

  The Lift lurched, landed, and opened its doors. Thomas found himself on the roof of the East Tower. He passed quietly over to the edge of the tower and looked out over the battlements, wondering how many times his father had done the same. He felt that familiar feeling again, but this time he knew what it was. He’d come home.

  And as he gazed out across the Grange a small, furry figure, no taller than his waist, appeared beside him from out of nowhere. A figure with a white crook staff in his hand, and a flat helm upon his head.

  THE END.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  D.M. Andrews has been writing fiction since his early teens. He enjoys reading historical, fantasy and children’s novels. Find out more at www.writers-and-publishers.com

  Table of Contents

  — CHAPTER ONE —

  — CHAPTER TWO —

  — CHAPTER THREE —

  — CHAPTER FOUR —

  — CHAPTER FIVE —

  — CHAPTER SIX —

  — CHAPTER SEVEN —

  — CHAPTER EIGHT —

  — CHAPTER NINE —

  — CHAPTER TEN —

  — CHAPTER ELEVEN —

  — CHAPTER TWELVE —

  — CHAPTER THIRTEEN —

  — CHAPTER FOURTEEN —

  — CHAPTER FIFTEEN —

  — CHAPTER SIXTEEN —

  — CHAPTER SEVENTEEN —

  — CHAPTER EIGHTEEN —

  — CHAPTER NINETEEN —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE —

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Table of Contents

  — CHAPTER ONE —

  — CHAPTER TWO —

  — CHAPTER THREE —

  — CHAPTER FOUR —

  — CHAPTER FIVE —

  — CHAPTER SIX —

  — CHAPTER SEVEN —

  — CHAPTER EIGHT —

  — CHAPTER NINE —

  — CHAPTER TEN —

  — CHAPTER ELEVEN —

  — CHAPTER TWELVE —

  — CHAPTER THIRTEEN —

  — CHAPTER FOURTEEN —

  — CHAPTER FIFTEEN —

  — CHAPTER SIXTEEN —

  — CHAPTER SEVENTEEN —

  — CHAPTER EIGHTEEN —

  — CHAPTER NINETEEN —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO —

  — CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE —

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR