Amber's Faerie Tale by Devyn Dawson

Author:Devyn Dawson [Dawson, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 18625316
Published: 2014-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6. When in Rome

FOG has started to set in as the temperatures begin to fall. The moisture in the air makes the evergreen smell even stronger even though we’ve been surrounded by the trees all day. We stop at a shallow stream allowing the horses to get a drink of water. Every time my horse bends forward, I tip so far over I feel like I’m going to fly head first into the rocks. Something inside me believes the horse wishes it would happen. It could be that I gave him cornrows up and down his mane when we had to walk the horses when the woods were too thick to run through.

“Wow, look over there,” I say and point straight ahead. I’m not sure how we missed seeing it before now, but damn.

“Is that your castle?” Jessie asks Jack.

“Yes, that’s home. The rest of the ride I’m lifting your no talking rule. We’re in my territory now and guards are everywhere,” Jack says and sits up straighter.

“Can Thorne ride next to me? I think Caleb would like to be next to Jessie and I’m tired of looking at her.” I turn to Jessie in time for her to blow me a kiss. She never wants to ask anyone to do anything, good thing she has me, I’m not afraid.

“That will be fine,” Jack’s reply is curt to say the least.

Even though we were given the okay to talk, we spent more time pointing to something and oooing and ahhhing. The trees have been cleared out and now we can see the castle without obstructions in the way. It looks straight from a fairytale. I’m jittery with excitement the closer we get to the castle. Thorne’s horse and my horse are too wide for us to be close to one another. I can’t help smiling at him when we both point to the same thing at the same time.

My thighs are hot and sweaty from being on the beast for so long. When we arrive, it will look like I peed my pants. Which might not be too hard to believe because I’m about to explode. Every bump we make doesn’t help the situation.

“Look! You have a real mote around your castle. We’re getting all Lord of the Rings. Man, sneaking out must be a bitch!” I shout to be heard over the sound of the water in the mote. Two guards are at the end of the bridge. Jack stops and talks to them for a couple of minutes before they tell us to cross. I see one of them glaring at Zohr as our horses step onto the bridge.

Oh jeez, it’s one of those wooden bridges with rope rails. It dips down from the weight of the horses. Jack orders us to walk in a single file line and only two horses at a time can cross. I paint a mental picture of warriors trying to charge out from the castle and having to stop and gingerly cross this rickety bridge.

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