"Perhaps you should tell our friends that the way is safe for Ruth to return to her father," he reminded the boy. Fred sighed and shuffled off to Pat's room. He reached the door and quietly knocked on the entrance. "Who is it?" Pat called out. "It's Fred, can I come in?" he whispered. He heard no...
She tossed it over Ruth. "Hurry. Help me hide Ruth beneath the hay. Then we can slip out the back," she whispered to Fred. "But we can't just leave her," Fred argued. She frowned at him. "Unless you have more strength than you've shown then we must," she countered. "I don't have strength, but I h...
Sampson was glad to hear all had gone well, and it was agreed the gargoyles would return to Tramadore that night to spread the news of victory to Tramadore and the Galaron refugees. Before he left he pulled his daughter aside. "I understand you stayed by our side while we slept," he told her. She...
The wings were occupied by guest rooms, and he showed them ones on the far left side of the castle. Their positions allowed them a magnificent view of the fields beyond the city, and for that Fred was relieved. He still felt stifled in such confined luxury as the city and the castle. Ned's room w...
His head still hurt, but most of the pain was gone. His eyes fluttered open and he found himself staring at the hold of a ship where crates and barrels were stacked on the opposite wall from where he lay. The vessel lurched side to side as it hurried on its way to an unknown destination. A wall w...