All Chapters of Irish Midsummer: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

MAEVE “Where is it?!” I muttered and let out a frustrated groan. The brown papers which lined the shelves did not look like anything unique. Searching for some map I could barely identify was more aggravating than not being able to locate it but I knew I had to keep looking. I carefully peered into the scrolls displayed to find some inclination that I had seen what I was searching for but that proved futile. I tried to maintain the arrangement that the parchments had before I started disrupting their existence. It was one thing to be rummaging through the enemy’s property. It was another to get caught or leave hints that you have been there. When it looked decent enough, I backed away from the shelf and accidentally stubbed my heel against the table. I felt pain shoot up my Achilles heel and I instantly slapped my palm against my mouth to muffle a shout. Tears formed at the corners of my eyes and I blinked, I felt waves of pain, rage and anger course through me. Slowl

MAEVE Getting the map was the easy part, leaving the realm unnoticed was another ball game. Aisling was right, the soldiers might be distracted but they weren’t all stupid. A few of them hung around the entrance, they looked disturbed by what was happening on the other side of the realm but knew they had to stand their ground and watch the area. I could see why we needed a form of distraction and a secret entrance to make it this far, but the real problem was getting towards the barrier and slipping through unnoticed. I turned to Aisling and could see that she was already thinking about a way around it. We had made it past our first hurdle which was getting out of the palace grounds unnoticed, hopefully, we make it past this one. I turned around and imagined what it would be like if we simply took a boat and sailed away but that was wishful thinking. Neither of us knew how to sail correctly, the map we had was one of the enchanted forest and travelling by water would g