by James Erith
The corners of Kemp’s mouth turned up. Of course! He started walking, limping towards her.
‘Daisy,’ he called. ‘Stop.’
She wiped her tears. ‘Why?’
‘I didn’t mean it. You know that ... I had to.’
‘But ... murder?’ she cried again. She wanted to punch him.
‘Because, Daisy, we’re all going to die—’
‘No, we’re not!’ she cried, her voice quivering. ‘We’re going to find the tablets – you’ll see.’
‘You won’t. There’s too much for you to do. Deep down you know it’s beyond you—’
‘Then we’ll die trying.’ She rubbed her eyes and faced him. ‘That’s all you need to know.’
‘Look,’ he said, ‘there was only ... only room for one of us. Me or Gus.’
‘What are you talking about?’
‘It’s the ghost. He can take only one other, to be a part of him. Soon there won’t be anyone left on this planet. Just a spirit, and me and well, there’s an arrangement. The winner can take one other. A girl. So it was a choice.’
Daisy glared at him icily. ‘You killed him, Kemp. You’re a bloody murderer.’
Kemp stared at the ground and wiped his bloody lips. Then he looked her in the eye. ‘You helped me, Daisy. That makes you complicit. So you are also a murderer.’
She reeled, stunned that he understood her actions too.
Kemp’s bloody face stared at her imploringly. He stepped forward. ‘You don’t understand. If Gus had won, he’d have taken Sue—’
‘But you won.’
‘Yeah,’ Kemp replied. ‘Because when I saw your eyes in the darkness of the rock where you were hiding, I realised I wanted you. I want you to come with me, Daisy – more than anything else. Nothing has ever felt so right.’
He moved in close.
Daisy noted the terrible beating he’d received. The mangled face, the deep burgundy cut across his forehead. She had a terrible urge to smack him and clenched her fists, but when he stretched his arms out to her, she reached out and took his hands.
‘Come with me, Daisy de Lowe.’
Daisy stared at him and swallowed.
‘Please?’ he implored. ‘I don’t want you to die.’
Her lips flickered and she squeezed his hand. ‘I can’t,’ she said. ‘It’s impossible.’
His face fell. ‘Look, you don’t have to come, you know, right away,’ he said, bowing his head.
‘I must go,’ she said, knowing she needed to be back at the cottage. She turned.
He thought quickly. ‘Daisy, your next task involves killing a serpent,’ he said, stopping her in her tracks. ‘By all accounts, it cannot lose—’
She hesitated. ‘Why not?’
‘Because it can be any reptile, big or small, with every power known to exist.’ He shuffled closer as she tried to edge away. ‘Listen to me,’ he said. ‘If you are near to the end, you must shout out for me. Call for me.’
‘Call you?’
‘Yes! If there’s time, I will come, I promise, and then all of this ... this craziness will be over. I swear it.’
The strange voice Daisy heard earlier rang out. ‘Time to go, boy, with or without her.’
Kemp leaned in quickly so that his breath touched her ear. ‘If you’re really, truly stuck, if you’re on your knees with nowhere else to go, there is one other thing you can do—’
‘Come on, boy, the light is growing, we must be away.’
Kemp winced and spoke with more urgency. ‘Say these three words out loud. You’ll feel a force field in front of you. Dive towards it — through it — thinking of me. You’ve got to trust me, Daisy de Lowe.’
Daisy cringed. ‘What words?’ she croaked.
He smiled and moved his cheek to hers, so that she could smell him and almost taste the matting blood on his cheek.
He whispered three words:
‘Dreamspinner. Dreamspinner. Dreamspinner.’
And then, in a flash, he turned and vanished into thin air.
… TO BE CONTINUED
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Eden Chronicles, Boxset 1. The Power and the Fury, Spider Web Powder and The Chamber of Truth
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James Erith was born in Suffolk in the UK in 1970. He travelled the world extensively and worked briefly as a journalist - amongst other things - in the nineties and naughties.
James moved to North Yorkshire where he lived between the Yorkshire Dales and the Yorkshire Moors. It inspired him to use these beautiful areas as the location for the EDEN CHRONICLES series.
James is easily distracted by the sound of leather on willow. In 2013 he rowed across the English Channel and the length of the Thames to raise money for MND and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Eden Chronicles Boxset I
My Eden Team
BOOK ONE, THE POWER AND THE FURY
1. A Dream Is Given
2. The Route To School
3. Good & Bad News
4. Kemp’s Story
5. A Word From The Headmaster
6. Storm Warning
7. Swear On Your Life
8. Storm Glass
9. Broken Promise
10. A Pointless Experiment
11. Headmaster Visits
12. The Dreamspinners
13. Cain’s Luck
14. Archie Meets Cain
15. Havilarian Toadstool Powder
16. Similar Dreams
17. Overcoat
18. Kemp Tries To Make Up
19. Ar
chie Spills It Out
20. A Storm Is Coming
21. On The Way To The Game
22. Kemp’s Fight
23. The Game
24. The Prophecy
25. Cain’s Body
26. The Storm Begins
27. Isabella Disappears
28. Old Man Wood Finds A Clue
29. Lightning Bolts
30. Isabella Gets Trapped
31. Gus’ Canopy
32. To The Rescue
33. Cain Returns
34. Holding On
35. The Boat Heads Out
36. A Leap Of Faith
37. Stuck On The Cliff
38. Betrayal
39. A Cry For Help
40. Why Cain?
41. Bailing For Their Lives
42. The Bubbling Pool
43. The Walls Of The Cave
BOOK TWO, SPIDER WEB POWDER
44. After The Storm, Inside The Cave
45. The Pictures In The Cave
46. Isabella’s Challenge
47. Kemp, In Cain
48. The Protruding Stone
49. Sue And Gus At Sea
50. The Boulder
51. Mrs Pye’s Storm
52. Sue Remembers Her Phone
53. Isabella Hides Away
54. Isabella Does Not Believe
55. A Problem Of Diet
56. Daisy Tries To Work It Out
57. Genesis Quiz
58. Old Man Wood And The Fire
59. Searching For The Bubbling Brook
60. Kemp’s Rescue
61. Old Man Wood Finds His Friends
62. Archie’s Knives
63. The Miracle Boy
64. Isabella Makes A Discovery
65. A Bee and a Leaf
66. The Yorkshire Strain
67. Isabella Rushes Out
68. Daisy’s Disappearance
69. Headmaster Solomon
70. Cain’s Plan
71. Lockdown
72. Leo And Kate
73. Stuck For Eternity
74. Unanswered Questions
75. New Powders, New Dreams
76. Clues
77. Kemp Awakes
78. Clean Rugs
79. Stained Glass Windows
80. The Song Of The Trees
81. Rum Tea
82. A New Belief
BOOK THREE, THE CHAMBER OF TRUTH
The Riddles
83. Dead, or Alive
84. Pressure Mounts
85. At The Ruin
86. Cain and Kemp
87. Havilarian Toadstool Powder
88. The Ring of Babylon
89. Solomon’s Interrogation
90. Solomon’s Theory
91. Isabella’s Power
92. A Lesson From The Past
93. Memories Return
94. The Truth of Kemp’s Mother
95. Gus Escapes
96. Old Man Wood’s Problem
97. Kemp Goes Home
98. A Sip of Water
99. Daisy’s Discovery
100. Bad News From America
101. A Strange New Language
102. Daisy and Cain
103. Deciphering The Code
104. Troops Arrive At Eden Cottage
105. Cain’s New Idea
106. Blabisterberry Jelly
107. To The Cottage
108. Starlight Apple Crumble
109. A Disgusting Way To Die
110. Gus In The Attic
111. The Illusion Crumbles
112. Solomon and Sue
113. A Joke Gone Wrong
114. Fight To The Death
115. The Deal
116. Gaia Reveals
117. Isabella Comes To Life
118. A Curious Reunion
119. A Small Reflection
120. To The Death
121. Daisy Hears Noises
122. An Offer
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