A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams by Dax Murray

Author:Dax Murray [Murray, Dax]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The giddiness of meeting their bride was wearing off, and as they rode, Alexis turned their thoughts toward a new mission. With their princess found, they needed to determine how best to explain it to their parents.

To think that their father and his advisors had discussed the possibility that her kingdom had played them foul! They could have been looking at a long and bloody war.

But their true foe seemed more frightening in this moment. An enchanter of great power, capable of wicked magic and destruction who had no weakness as far as they could glean from the princess’s descriptions, and no motivation.

Alexis had known that occasionally his family would keep wizards in their employ, but they had burned them, too. After sharing their news, they would have to scour the library for any information they could find. Leading an army without any knowledge of their foe would be reckless. Alexis had to prove to their kingdom and their bride that they were responsible.

Tatiana held up a hand, indicating that it was time to rest the horses and to relieve themselves. Alexis began slowing their horse, helping Tatiana look for a good place to rest. They pointed toward a cove of trees in the distance that would provide some nice shade. Tatiana nodded, and they both made their way over. Alexis arrived first and swung down, beginning to search through their bag for a bit of bread.

“What did you think of the other one?” Tatiana asked as she dismounted.

“The other one what?” Alexis asked as Tatiana rolled her eyes.

“The other captive, Katya. What did you think of her?”

“I guess I had not given her much thought,” Alexis admitted.

“She was odd.” Tatiana pursed her lips as she opened a canteen. “She also seemed a little uncertain of you and protective of the princess.”

“They have been through a lot together, it sounds like.”

“Maybe that’s what is was,” Tatiana said, and shrugged before making her way behind some bushes.

“What was what?” Alexis asked, carefully turning their back to those bushes.

“It seemed to be a little bit more intense than that.”

“Tatiana, what are you trying to say?”

“I think they might have fallen for each other.”

Alexis chewed on their lip, considering this line of reasoning. Two people, trapped together with no one else. It was possible. They tried to be all right with this. They knew that they were being genuine when flirting with her; she gave them a fluttering feeling that broke through their usual suaveness and left them bereft of words. They thought Zhen was equally as genuine in her affections. Alexis and Zhen were betrothed for politics, but while their wedding was a matter of state, what lived within their marriage was entirely their choice. Alexis hoped that they could find a way to love and happiness. Zhen’s affections for another should not detract from how she might feel for Alexis. But a pang of jealousy still gnawed at them.

“I am alright with that,” Alexis said, trying to be convincing, as Tatiana came back from behind the bushes.

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