Guardians of the Mask

Chapter 2 https://www.thebookwormsuk.com The Legendary Mask With a thud, Rafe’s head hit the ground hard as he landed. Silence and darkness followed. A cold, earthy smell appeared as he opened his eyes, though for a moment the darkness made him doubt whether his eyes were even open. Blinking furiously, he noticed two images of Sam above him, swaying back and forth. Dizzy and disorientated, he pushed himself up, allowing his eyes to slowly accustom themselves to the dark.        He was inside an earthy cavern with a pervasive smell of damp and mould. Why it was there and what its purpose was, was not immediately apparent. Sam’s silhouette was way above him.       “Rafe! Are you alive?” he was yelling.      “I’m all right Sam!” he called up. His head was swimming with cloudy thoughts, and his arm stung. Something sharp had caught it on the way down and oozing blood warmed his flesh....

  Chapter 1 https://www.thebookwormsuk.com The Ghost in the Woods It wasn ’ t an entirely special day, the day that fate chose Rafe as an heir. It was warm and sunny as so often it was in the Grey Valley. Carriage wheels had stirred the dust and fields were brimming with daffodils and daisies, so that a mild haze lingered there. So normal was that day in fact, that the deer in the fields hadn ’ t sensed a thing. Only the soft, eerie lullaby from a solo flute carried any significance at all. It settled in the tiny strands of pollen looming in the air and then travelled in the gentle breeze farther than even ears could hear it. Carried through the grass at the edge of a wood where a great tree sheltered it from the wind. It was here that so many insignificant pieces stitched themselves together. There beneath the grass lay dormant ears, waiting to hear it, listening for any sign that the Grey Valley was in terrible peril once more.     ...