Chapter 21: Rosalind - A Room Full Of Maps

Chapter 21 Deep Dive

Outline:

Rosalind calls over Abigale to her hiding spot - her grandfathers' garderobe
Rosalind has been looking/waiting for her all moring
Abigale says she doesn't have any cakes
Rosalind insists it isn't about cakes
Abigale says Rosalind looks strange
Rosalind is offended
Abigale says she has to go back to the queen
Rosalind tells her about a book of maps Roland use to show her
Rosalind shows her a tiny piece of paper
Abigale asks what it is
Rosalind points out the Corstock River and how it leads up through King’s Quet, Seadown, and Red Hook, straight into the Shadow Woodlands
It is the fastest way to the Shadow Woodlands
Rosalind insists she can go north for the apple
Abigale pities her
Rosalind says she has to go find the flat mountain in the Shadow Woodlands
Abigale thinks Rosalind has lost her mind
Rosalind tells her shes the only one shhe trusts to go with her
Abigale thinks the apple isn't real
Rosalind doubles down that Ahmenebar isn't real
Abigale says Rosalind as as crazy as her father
Rosalind is upset and says she will go alone
Days later Rosalind hides from Abigale
She spends every day in her fathers room of maps - hiding from stewards
Rosalind discovers County Greywoode, Millwood, Roseforte, and Wychwood
Rosalind is happy that there are no stories of ghouls from there
So she won't be eaten by any creatures
Rosalind searches for the flat mountain mentioned
County Roseforte is on a cliff
Large waterfall in County Wychwood
But neither feel right
Rosalind decides to follow the King’s Narrow to the Corstock and the Georges Rivers all the way straight into the very heart of the Shadow Woodlands and MacGregor
She has a plan
She'll need food, clothes, supplies, a horse, and her bow - but at least she has a plan
Rosalind stays awake all night making a plan
At dawn she steals apples from the kitchen and brings them to her and Mathild's horses
She is later joined by the stable boy Rafe
Rosalind asks how her horse is doing
Rafe says well
Abigale runs to see them, she has cakes
She offers the cake to Rafe since Rosalind is still frosty
Rafe takes the cake and says Rosalind has been there for hours
Abigale tells R osalind she thought she left
Rosalind refuses the cake and repeats she will leave
Rosalind is upset because she thought Abigale understood, but she doesn't
Abigale tells her to accept her circumstances
Rosalind refuses and she feels the little hope she has waver
Rosalind says she'll show her