Mindsinger

THE GREAT BELL OF FELLOWSHIP

Chapter five  PP 5

Zach could not speak until the hold on his face was eased slightly. “I fell into a tunnel and came out in this land. I don’t know who those others are. I just ran into them when I was trying to find my way back. Please, sir, do you know the way? My folks will be worried sick.” He could see the shock on Angari’s face as the Alari heard his first lie. “Get used to it, Angari, you’ll hear a lot of them!” he thought to his newfound friend.

Zach and his three companions have fallen into another section of the tunnels under the Barrier Wood while tracking those who stole the Great Bell of Fellowship.   They are immediately captured in a net although Angari, being invisible has been able to slip through and is watching from a distance. Stilts and Sparrow are left alone but Zach has been recognized as an earthling by the crooks and is being questioned.

Trying to confuse the crooks, Zach pretends not to know the others.  The fact that he is lying shocks Angari and Zach uses mindspeak to apologize to the Alari.  Mindspeak is used by the fallowfolk to communicate without speech and Zach discovered it as the group began using it in the tunnel.  The fallowfolk also use it to communicate with Zach as they speak since the earthling would not understand their normal speech.

The crooks have been shown another gateway into Windfallow by the demon who controls them and they have made a crude camp in the tunnel under the Barrier Wood.  They are completely unaware of the Alari since the windfallow angels are invisible to all but those who have the ‘Spirit of the Creator’ within them.  Angari must be careful however not to come into contact with the demon for those fallen angels are able to see the Alari.

We are midway through the first book and there is more adventure and more surprises to come.