Chapter Four
Outside her window Kari could watch the waves carry ocean objects in and out. She wondered what was happening beneath the surface. She felt guilty about leaving Sinta alone to make her excuses, but she had no choice. Kari sighed, turning around to see Elana standing in her door way.
'I need to go to the library this morning,' the dark haired girl told her. Elana had been nice to her the night before and when she had learned that Kari had no place to go, she gave Kari use of a room in the palace. The princess was going to show her around that morning, but it now Elana had to do something first.
'You can come with me,' Elana continued, 'or you can stay here.' Kari motioned that go wanted to go with Elana. She had only hear about land dwellings and desired to see as much as she could before her three days were up. She followed Elana down the halls; trying to look at all she could without losing her guide.
When they reached the library, Elana headed off in look for what she needed, telling Kari that she would be done in about an hour and Kari could look at almost anything she wanted. Kari could not read any of the books, but it was nice to just walked through the silent library, looking at all the types of literature.
A noise behind her, warned Kari she was not alone. As she looked behind her, she saw it was Randal. He was also looking through the books and after finding the one he wanted, he saw her and spoke.
'Hullo. You're Kari, right?' he asked. Kari nodded as he continued, 'Are you here to read? I don't want to interrupt you if you were doing something.' This time Kari shook her head, wishing she could actually speak. She was going to get sick of head movements very quickly at the rate this was going.
'Well if you're not, maybe you would like to go to dinner with me.' When he said that Kari realized it was already after noon. She nodded but then realized that she should go tell Elana were she was going. Randal seemed to read her mind because he lead her to his sister and told Elana where they were going. Elana's eyes narrowed and something made Kari guess that Elana and Randal would be fighting if she wasn't there. Of course by the way the brother and sister were staring at each other, it seemed like they were already fighting.
Author's note: If you have read Far Side of Evil you will have probably guessed what is going on here. If you haven't, well poor you. It will be made clear in the later chapters, but only what Kari knows of it. You may get more out of it if you read Evil.