The very first book in the "Waverly Stump and The 7 realms" series.
Waverly is a twelve year old orphan of the Human race, whose half-Elven half-Dwarven foster father HalfHyde, has kept cooped up on his side of the lake; training and teaching her a...
"You do not understand." Judson said gazing into his reflection.
"What do you mean?" Waverly asked. She held her own basket up to keep the supplies inside them from spilling over into the water.
It took Judson a time of silent struggle before he finally could speak again. "I killed them."
Waverly felt the air go still. Her basket tipped and a nail toppled into the lake. That single plop was so loud that she was sure that all the neighboring towns heard it. Judson glared at the water, his hands gripped the stones he knelt on until his knuckles turned red. Waverly was not sure what dripped off him; water, sweat or tears.
"How can you be sure?" She asked. The air seemed to move again. The noise of the surrounding returned.
He lifted his head. The curls in his hair was sloppy from his face wash and they clung to his forehead. His grey eyes looked darker than usual. "I am sure."
"B-but, you cannot kill plants. You save them!" Waverly said.
Judson sighed morosely.
"And yet. . . . " He looked down and gently touched the basils in his miniature basket. The leaves shivered and withered until they turned grey like fire ashes. Slowly, the breeze picked them up and scattered them around.
Waverly watched in disbelief, her mouth hung open like a tiny letter O. She looked at Judson. His face was unreadable but the skin on his forehead creased tightly. She recognized that he only did that when he had figured out the solution to a problem or the problem itself.
"Do you know what is causing this?" Waverly asked carefully.
Judson nodded grimly.
Waverly suddenly heard the voice of the strange elfin girl in the back of her mind like the gentle trickling of hot olive oil.
Brace yourself.
Judson's eyes locked with hers. He suddenly looked exhausted.
"I am dying!"
Eager for the next adventure? You don't have to look far. There's a second book.
WAVERLY STUMP AND THE 7 REALMS: THE HONOR OF LIGHT.
Join Waverly in the struggle for her best friend's life.
Coming Soon!!!!
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