Seven Stones: Part Thirty-Four
Previously on Seven Stones: The insects leave the possessed workers and commit suicide. Most of the villagers die, and those who don’t are too weak to survive a night without shelter. Kobb manages to transport the survivors to the stone circle. Next morning, Haelen remains to watch over them while Kobb, Anessa, and Falcon travel through the next gate. Anessa is shocked to discover they have arrived near her home village.
Kobb peered at Falcon’s eyes, then ran his hands along Falcon’s body. Falcon whickered amiably. Satisfied the transition hadn’t upset his steed, Kobb considered the forest again.
Rain filtering through trees could be anywhere, but few sights would make Anessa forget her skills enough to stand on the skyline rather than in cover. The slight tremor in her otherwise rigid posture confirmed his fears were true: the stone had brought them to Morth. Keeping quiet had made sense when Haelen found the map. It still did once they knew what it meant: telling her would only have been a distraction from more immediate threats. With five stones unexplored, the chance the next one came here seemed low; so he’d decided to stay silent, just until they’d defeated enough evils that she trusted it could be done, trusted herself.
