Abide: An Awakened Fate Novella by Malone Skye

Author:Malone, Skye [Malone, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: kindle
ISBN: 194061726X
Publisher: Wildflower Isle
Published: 2014-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Guards were waiting beyond the door, and they trailed me while I headed for the opening to the outside. Without looking at them, I dove along the slope of the mountain till I reached my room again, and when I slipped back through the window, the soldiers said nothing and stayed beyond the leaves.

I closed my eyes. I wanted to believe Ren was right. I wanted to push this all aside and go back to the way things were an hour ago… a week ago… before that damned girl had ever come to our home.

But I knew what I’d seen.

At least, I thought I did.

Gasping, I slammed a fist to the side of my tail. I didn’t know what this was. I didn’t know anything.

Except what I’d seen on Niall’s face… the chills it had sent through me…

Maybe it was what Ren said: guilt over not stopping Chloe.

Maybe it was something else entirely.

My stomach was in such a knot, I thought it would climb from my throat just to flee what my mind was thinking.

I didn’t know. Not for sure. I didn’t know if the Sylphaen were real, or if Niall had joined them, or anything in the world– Except that Granddad couldn’t be behind this.

And that Ren thought he was guilty.

I swallowed hard. Ren wanted us to protect each other, but to me, that included our grandfather. Who knew what the guards would do to him or what the sentence would be if he came back here? Niall thought – or maybe just consoled himself with the thought – that Granddad would simply get put under house arrest somewhere.

But if Niall was wrong… if Ren condemned our grandfather to die for treason and murder of the king… if there was even a chance he would…

Another breath left me in a gasp. Enough. I had to go find Granddad. I needed to warn him about everything so he wouldn’t come back. I had to stop at least one part of this insanity before it became any worse.

I just needed to figure out how to leave.

My gaze went to the door. The guards would be watching. They wouldn’t let me out of the palace, let alone the city.

Zeke had done it.

Yeah, and he’d gotten lucky. Making a break for it like he had… I’d heard the guards talking. He’d looked ready to kill anyone who got in his way. But the guards had caught hell for letting him escape like that. I doubted they’d be so lenient this time around.

I raked a hand through my hair. There had to be a better option. A cover story, maybe. Or a diversion. I didn’t want to race pell-mell across the city and end up with dozens of guards on my tail. But if I could come up with a plausible excuse to leave the palace, and maybe get close to the outer wall at the same time…

“Princess?” one of the guards called.

I froze, my mind racing through a dozen panicked scenarios before my mouth caught up with the need to respond.

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