A Kiss of Flame: A completely addictive and unforgettable fantasy romance (The Lost Queen Book 2) by Jessica Thorne

Author:Jessica Thorne [Thorne, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Second Sky
Published: 2024-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

ELODIE

The metal was dark and cold, so cold. It sapped the heat from Elodie’s body, and deadened the last embers of the Aurum inside her. She could feel it, vaguely, like a distant, startled murmur, but she couldn’t reach it, not properly, and certainly not as she had earlier.

The Aurum itself flickered low, uneasy, the light barely enough to illuminate the chamber.

She had worn shackles like these before. In the clearing of the Seven Sisters, on the edge of the standing stone circle where the old magic had converged to create a dark and terrible vortex which had almost consumed Wren, Leander of Sidon had put manacles like these on her wrists and she had been helpless until the light of dawn when Wren had helped her get free. Utterly helpless.

Just like now.

She looked up at Sassone’s face, and saw that sneer, the disgust in his eyes.

She’d always known he hated her, or was at the very least jealous of her. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked.

‘What the regents’ council should have decreed,’ he replied. ‘You, Aeryn of Asteroth, will be stripped of your crown, and taken from this place to a place of imprisonment where you will be examined until you confess. Then you will be consigned to the flames in atonement for your many sins.’

Maryn rushed to her side, or at least started to. The guards grabbed her, holding her back. She struggled wildly, trying to draw on her magic. But the Aurum was too weak. Because Elodie had weakened it, as it had weakened her. Had they known? Had they realised that this was the moment to strike? With everyone else distracted, the Aurum drained and the maidens weakened? And Elodie herself next to useless even without the manacles?

Beyond the door, Elodie could hear the other maidens shouting, banging, trying to raise the alarm and desperately attempting to reach her. But it was no use. She knew it was no use.

She didn’t know what was happening, how or why Sassone thought he could do this. She hadn’t done anything wrong. The Aurum had awoken for her, proved that she was true and that she had not betrayed it. She never would. She had almost torn the Sanctum apart proving that.

‘Why are you doing this?’ she asked, bewildered. For the first time in her life, Elodie realised, she was lost. Completely lost. ‘Where is Roland?’

He would never have agreed to this, would he? Not Roland. And if he had, then he would be here himself to see it through. None of the knights were here, she realised. Her Paladins, her sworn men, not a single one of them were here. These guards were Sassone’s men to the core.

‘Roland will learn of your fate soon enough. But far too late to avert it. No matter how much you call for your lover, he won’t be able to help you. Bring her.’

Maryn broke free, scrambling to Elodie’s side. She drew herself up to her full height and light swirled around her.

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