A Pirate’s Wish: A Seven Kingdoms Tale 7 by Smith S.E

Author:Smith, S.E.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montana Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Ashure pulled the vehicle into the garage and switched off the ignition. Tonight had been frustrating. He could sense that he had been close to the missing soul, but it had eluded him. Concerned that Tonya would return home before he did, he had instructed Hannibal to keep an eye on the young men he suspected of harboring the malevolent entity.

He got out of the vehicle, quietly closed the door, and was just about to turn around when the light in the garage came on, and he saw Tonya standing in the doorway with her arms folded across her chest. She shook her head at him, turned on her heel, and disappeared back into the house.

Guilt swept through him when he saw the disappointed look in her eyes. He walked over to the steps leading into the house and followed Tonya into the kitchen. She didn’t say anything as she prepared a cup of hot tea.

“I can explain,” he said.

She nodded. He felt an unexpected pressure in his chest when she didn’t turn around. He returned the keys to the cabinet and closed it as she carried two cups to the table and sat down.

He followed her, sliding into the seat across from her. She stared down at her steaming cup. He looked at the steam in their cups and absently transformed it to reflect his thoughts. Wispy images of a boy, a girl, and a unicorn formed between them.

He bit his lip. “The one thing I pride myself on is keeping my word… like I did then,” he nodded at the steam figures, “when lives depended on me to keep my promise, not break it.”

He sighed. “I needed to go out tonight to look for the lost soul. I kept it from you, despite promising to be honest with you, because I knew you would think it too dangerous to split up, and it was too important to wait.”

“I figured that was the reason. Did you find anything?” she asked.

“Yes and no. There was someone at the pub that I suspect, but I lost him in the crowd. His companions may provide some useful information given time.”

They were silent a moment. Then Tonya asked, “Whose lives depended on you keeping your word in that time you were thinking of?” She indicated the steam from her cup and gave him a shy, hopeful look. He smiled and allowed his memory to flow and replay in the steam.

“The unicorns depended on me, and so did Nali, for she would have given everything she had to fight whoever I might have told about their secret. Nali was young when she became the Empress of the Monsters, yet she had an air about her that was much older and wiser than you would expect—at least that was what I thought. I had been hopping from one merchant ship to the next and soon found myself on the Isle of the Monsters. I loved it! The Isle was filled with all kinds of wonderful, unique creatures—Cyclops, Sea Stags, Centaurs, Gnomes, Hippogriffs, and many more.

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