A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

Author:Lyra Selene [SELENE, LYRA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2024-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

Dawn flushed lilac across an azure sky. Birds warbled awake, adulating the day with a riot of song. I gazed up at the shadows of the leafy canopy, churning with questions as I trudged back to the fort beside an exhausted Rogan.

Tonight felt like a dream. Revealing, confusing, heartbreaking, unexpected.

My enemy—my friend?—was dying. And all things being equal, I wasn’t sure I wanted him to.

If Irian died before the Treasure could be renewed, Eala and her swan sisters would die. Control of the Gates would fall to the bardaí. Fódla would not survive the onslaught they would bring, and everyone I cared about would die in the attack.

And if Irian tithed his life to renew the Treasure, Eala and her swan sisters would also die.

Either way, his death meant my failure. Even if I brought Fódla the Sky-Sword, Mother would never forgive me for the death of her true daughter.

I had to find a way to do all things. To renew the Sky-Sword to its full power without risking Irian’s life. To break Eala’s geas so she might go home. To bring magic to Mother without exposing Fódla to a war no one would win.

Irian would help me. Of that, I had no doubt. After all, his time was running out. And I was his only ally.

My face still tingled where his thumb had grazed it.

I might not mind oblivion, if you were the one to deliver it.

Perhaps I would deliver him oblivion. Or perhaps I would deliver him salvation. He didn’t matter. It only mattered that I save my kingdom, my queen, my sister… and perhaps even myself.

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