CHAPTER TWELVE
Ben jerked to a stop so violently that his load nearly slipped off. “You know Ealdan?”
Dugal glared at his carrier. “Ya think living around here as long as I do I wouldn’t know a legend such as that?”
“You mean he’s not real?” I guessed.
Dugal returned his attention to me and folded his arms over Ben’s back before he shrugged. “I wouldn’t say that. I just heard that he’s shy, that’s all. Doesn’t like people prying into his business.”
“Could you take us to him?” Ben asked him.
Dugal covered his mouth as he yawned. “Maybe, but not today. I’m all tuckered out.”
I lifted an eyebrow. “But it’s only morning.”
“And it’s been a long morning, miss,” Dugal countered as he rapped his knuckle against Ben’s back. “Now take me to the nearest sty and toss me in.”
Ben read
