Chapter 1: Promises
Elias Jenkins stood waist deep in the ice cold water. He stood still as a stone as he watched it swirl around his body. He seemed to be looking for something in the flowing current that swept unrelentingly by. His dark blue eyes slowly moved over the water, stopping for only brief seconds to look fore closely. Having turned in almost a complete circle he stopped completely. His eyes locked on some unknown object under the moving surface. Fingers on his right hand twitched spasmodically. Then through the clear water of the river you could see it. A thin leather cord tied with knots. A small seed pearl fluttering in the current next to a small silver bead. The sun glinted of the silver and Elias dove. It took less than a minute for him to dive under the frigged water, and outstretched before him, and grasp the thin strip of leather. Water splashed around him as his head broke the surface, a triumphant smile on his lips. ...