A Lord of Snow and Greed: Crowns of Magic Universe (The Winter Court Series Book 2) by Ashley McLeo & Crowns of Magic

Author:Ashley McLeo & Crowns of Magic [McLeo, Ashley & Magic, Crowns of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Meraki Press
Published: 2024-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

Five bells later, my toes ached from the cold. Not only was the snow making it difficult to see, but the winds screamed off the Shivering Sea, souring everyone’s mood. I shivered, scanning the street and considering ducking into a shop to question the shopkeeper. Not that I expected any valuable information.

I was beginning to think the rebels were far more intelligent than we’d bargained for.

The night before, the search parties had discovered a paltry three rebels. And that was only because the rebels had been trying to recover the bodies of their dead.

“Prince Vale,” a voice called out.

I turned and squinted through the veil of falling snow to find a young female soldier dressed in a royal blue uniform running our way. She wasn’t in my search party, though I recognized her as a soldier who often worked in the city.

“Yes?” I asked when she skidded on the ice to a stop before me.

“Soldier Barisia, my prince.” She bowed. “We have a rebel building surrounded and think you should come.”

My spine straightened, and I waved for my squad’s attention. “Everyone, follow her.”

We ran through the city and soon enough, the buildings changed. They became more run-down. Dirtier. The fae watching us as we carved through the street wore thin clothing.

Rall Row. I’d been here only a few days ago. With Neve.

The look on my wife’s face when she’d seen the poverty still sent chills through me. Though she hadn’t said as much, for the first time in the city, Neve had seen fae who had lived somewhat like she had in the Blood Court. And she hadn’t liked it.

Neither had I.

And somehow, even though the area had been bad for some time, lately it seemed worse. More destitute.

I caught the eye of a young male dwarf as we passed, sadness heavy in the lines of his face. I might have saved many fae in the villages from orcs, goblins, ogres, trolls and other monsters. But these people? I’d failed them.

“It’s right there.” Soldier Barisia took a sharp turn and pointed.

In the distance, the House of Wisdom towered above the shanties, but Soldier Barisia was drawing my attention to something much closer.

Bleeding skies, it can’t be.

But it was—the same run-down building Neve had asked about the other day. The one with the sign of the rebels loyal to House Falk.

“How are they still there?” Flabbergasted, I stared at the red hawk drawn across the boarded-up door. “It’s been sealed off and⁠—”

“They must have built a tunnel that we missed when we searched the place before because you’re right,” Soldier Barisia interjected, interrupting a prince, a testament to how excited she was to share the news. “There’s no door or window that isn’t boarded up. It was done so well that they felt safe sleeping in there.”

A tunnel. That they’d dug a tunnel was astonishing. Even if they had earth and fire fae at their disposal, the ground here was often frozen solid. It might have taken many moons to form a tunnel that fae could squeeze through.

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