No Longer A Secret
An Hope Holmes Adventure Book II Chapter XI
Faith Robin
"Its not that I don't trust you, I just need to make sure that your okay," My father said slowing his horse down.
"You were following me weren't you?" I asked quietly staring out at the sunset for the moment. Night was falling quickly and we needed to hurry. He sighed.
"Yes I was, but I didn't follow you out to the field. I was at the barn when your horse returned without you," He said. "I managed to grab the stable boy, John and ran out to find you."
"What about Dr. Watson, where was he in the middle of all this?" I questioned him.
"He was out tending to a patient and I managed to catch him and drag him out there to help." He said staring off at the woods ahead of us.
"We need to hurry, it will be dark soon and let me tell you, it is not child's play to try to find your way out of the woods at night," I said moving into a canter. I rode ahead and I managed to find the place where I had collapsed. I dismounted and began searching. I brushed some leaves aside and found the glittering hilt among the dead leaves. I picked the dagger up, feeling the cold hilt bite against my skin.
I hid it in my usual hiding place and began to mount up again when I saw my father's horse coming towards me, missing his rider. "Hey, where did you lose him," I murmured to the horse taking his reins. I began to follow the horse's trail to find my father. I expected to find him on the ground, muttering something about the beast. But I was wrong, I was dead wrong.
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