The Kingdom Cursed (THE GOLD WEAVER #2) By Iron by Zara Storm EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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“Hold on, Dad, we’re nearly there.”
The cart judders, its old axles not built for the way we hurtle down
the uneven road. Parsley, the donkey I’ve commandeered from my friend
Sanna, gives an unhappy snort, and I know she’s probably going as fast as
she can too. But it still doesn’t feel fast enough.
I glance over my shoulder to check that the jolt didn’t disturb Dad. He’s still
lying unconscious in the back, his head lolling to one side. It means the
three-inch gash across his forehead is on full display, bracketed by a stream
of blood reaching down his face.
I can still see in my mind’s eye the awful way his body lay slumped in his
chair when I arrived at our cottage only to discover it ransacked. I’d been
traveling for two weeks, and yet my feet forgot all their weariness as I’d
rushed to his side. I didn’t know enough about head wounds to treat him; I
only knew it wasn’t a good sign when he could only slur a few words to me
before passing out.
The trees lining the road are thin and give way to the houses of our
neighboring village. Eventually, we reach one house in particular—the
home of the only person I know who might be able to help Dad. I tug on
Parsley’s reins to slow her and, in one swift motion, leap from the cart,
throwing myself at the door. My fist pounds on the wood until the door
swings open to reveal Ruth, the woman who’s been our region’s main
healer since Mom died.
I watch her eyes flash in recognition as I pull back the hood of my cloak,
then her normally calm, friendly face twists in a way I struggle to
recognize.
“You shouldn’t be here,” she says, her voice unexpectedly harsh as she
glances over my shoulder, checking to see who might’ve witnessed my
arrival.
“What do you mean?” Ruth and I have known each other for years. Her
mother, much older than mine, was a medicine woman who used to work
with Mom on difficult cases back in the day. Sometimes we’d sit at the
same table as they worked, me just a child, and Ruth watching her mother
with careful eyes, taking everything in for the day she’d step into her shoes.
“The king’s looking for you,” Ruth explains under her breath. “We’re
supposed to report any sightings of the ‘Gold Weaver.’” She shakes her
head. “I can’t get caught up in this.”
When Ruth goes to close the door, I block it with my foot.
“It’s Dad,” I say, gesturing back to the cart where he’s just visible, curled up
and wrapped in whatever blankets I could salvage from the cottage. “And
you took an oath.”
At the sight of someone in need of help, Ruth looks torn. She bites her lip—
weighing up the danger, I think—then she sighs deeply.
“All right, come in, quickly. I’ll have Danny carry him in.”
Ruth shoos her husband from the room once he’s laid Dad carefully down
on the work bench inside.
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