Seven Stones: Part Seventy-Eight
Previously on Seven Stones: Kobb and the others defeat the compound’s inhabitants. Haelen discovers notes about the transformation of the horses; however, they are written in a language neither he nor Kobb recognises.
Anessa helped Haelen into a chair, then glances toward the pen. “Plummy Voice ain’t screaming, and I can’t hear chewing. Maybe, he ain’t dead.”
Kobb peered over the edge. A breath later, he shook his head. “Best not look.”
The desire to look tugged at her. Kobb wouldn’t have said it ’less the death was messy, though. And she didn’t want to spoil Anserth’s bravery with a memory like that. “Ain’t Anserth good at finding answers? Maybe she knows what the words mean.”
Kobb and Haelen frowned at each other.
“Why don’t you trust her?” Anessa looked back-and-forth. “She saved me from Plummy Voice.”
Kobb huffed. “She took the opportunity that presented itself. Whether — ”
Anessa spun on her heel and marched away.
Halfway down the stairs, she admitted she hadn’t trusted Anserth either till recently. Going back meant more not being able to help, though. Finding Anserth might mean finding something useful and proving she was an ally.
