Chapter One Continued
February 17th 2007 08:23
‘See these wounds here?’ Earl asked her pointing to the long one that cut across his chest.
‘What about it? She asked with a growing uneasiness in the pit
of her stomach.
‘I would hazard a guess that it was made by a weapon very similar to this one’ he told her as he held up the sword once more, examining it more closely.
‘Why do you think that?’ She replied.
‘He could be dangerous, an escaped lunatic or something’ he carried
on saying.
‘Oh c’mon Earl you don’t think that really do you? She asked him.
‘Well what we do know is that, he is a stranger, carrying a weapon
and has been in some kind of conflict in his past and do you really
want him in your house alone Sarah?’ He replied with genuine
concern showing in his voice.
‘Look I know what you mean but I just don’t think he would be
dangerous’ she replied.
‘Oh and why do you think that?’ He asked in a surprised tone.
‘Well I just don’t think anyone dangerous would wear something like this’ she replied passing over a chain and pendent that the man had worn around his neck.
Earl examined it, ‘Heavy silver’ he said out loud before looking
closely at the pendent. It had an engraving of a flower on one side
with the words ‘with love’ written on the other side.
Just then they heard Becky call out from downstairs, ‘Up here’
By the time she had entered the room, they had laid him in the bed
and covered him up with blankets.
‘I have put the other horse in the paddock with Falte, how is he?’ She asked concerned.
‘We think he should be okay, I can just make out his chest rising up
and down with shallow breath’s’ Sarah replied with a weary smile.
‘Shall I make us all a coffee, as I expect after all this excitement, we
most probably need it’ Becky said with a grin.
‘I’d love a cup of Earl Grey’ Sarah replied before adding ‘I’ll just finish up here, then I’ll join you both’.
As Becky left the room and went back downstairs, Earl got up also
but as he went to leave, Sarah said ‘Thank you for your help today
Earl, we couldn’t have done it with out you’.
‘Think nothing of it Sarah, couldn’t let you two girls struggle all
alone and anyway what are friends for’ he replied with a warm smile.
‘Where have you come from?’ She thought gazing at him before
joining her friends down stairs. Dusk started to fall outside and
Becky said ‘Well I’d better get going, can you give me a ride Earl?’
‘Of course!’ he replied finishing his second coffee quickly.
‘You’ll give me a call if you get any problems?’ Earl said to Sarah
they passed her at the door.
‘Don’t worry, I will call you if there is a problem’ she replied with a
nod of her head.
After they had gone, she went outside, feeding and settling her
animals down for the night before going back inside and securing the door behind her.
‘C’mon Sasha’ she called out to her dog as she wandered into the
lounge and with that, she jumped onto Sarah’s lap.
‘What a day Sash’ she said with tiredness creeping into her voice, I
could do with a drink she thought, so holding the dog under one arm
she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of wine, opener and
glass before heading back into the lounge when the flames from the
open log fire was starting to cast flickering shadows upon the walls.
Sarah sat there, sipping from her wine glass as her thoughts
wandered to the events of the day. There was something about the
man that they had found that intrigued her, she knew it was a risk
having him in the house all alone but somehow she felt safe with him.
What it was she had no idea but there was some kind of aura around
him, almost as if she was drawn to him. But putting these thoughts
down to the wine and the warmth of the fire, she quickly fell asleep
with Sasha laying on her lap.
Sarah wasn’t too sure how long she had sleep but awaking with a stiff
neck and it still dark out side, she threw another log onto the fire
embers, watching as sparks drifted upwards as the fames started to
To be Continued.................... ......
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