A Kingdom of Shadows (A City of Flames Book 2) by Rina Vasquez

Author:Rina Vasquez [Vasquez, Rina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

"Lady Nara, are you in need of anything?" Golrai places a bucket on the hay-strewn ground as I walk her way into the stables.

I shake my head, stopping at a distance to look at the horses. "I just felt like wandering the castle grounds."

I also felt like I couldn't stand being near Darius right now.

"Ah." Golrai smiles. "If you would like, I can fetch one of our servants to show you around?"

"That won't be necessary." I glance at the bucket beside her. "May I?"

She looks momentarily confused before she nods for me to take it. It's filled up to the brim with carrots. A horse's favorite treat.

"I'll take it from here, Golrai."

Golrai titters, amused to find me wanting to feed the animals. She doesn't know it is the likely thing to calm me down since seeing Darius and Faye yesterday. "Well, I can't deny you the choice. Although, it is the stables boy's job to do that for us." She looks around, huffing. "If only Aeron hadn't decided to leave that position."

The mention of Aeron nudges my brows together, but there isn't enough time for me to question Golrai more on it as she gives my shoulder a gentle squeeze and lets me be.

I look down at the bucket and the few horses inside here. A beautiful mare with white and brown coating catches my eye, and I walk over to her, smiling. "Well, aren't you gorgeous?"

The mare snorts, her nostrils blowing air my way as I laugh, caressing her snout. I feed her a carrot and watch her munch at it before I move on to the other horses.

"Charming the horses?"

I turn to find Arlayna fitting some white riding gloves on. Her dark hair is in a braid, swinging across her back as I bring my gaze toward the horse in front of me. "Rather, they charm me." I exhale, looking at Arlayna. "Where are you off to?"

"Somewhere... anywhere that I can escape my mother's grueling activities to find a husband."

A grimace pulls at my features. I may not have lived a royal life, but the thought of having to find a husband makes me glad I never grew up that way.

She gestures a thumb over her shoulder. "Would you like to come?"

I blink, not necessarily expecting her to invite me, but it is an option I don't want to turn down, not to a princess and not when I long to get out for a bit.

Lowering the bucket of carrots to the ground, I place my hands on my hips and nod, already knowing which horse I will pick for our outing.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.