Angel Song by Sara Shanning

Author:Sara Shanning [Shanning, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

A hand upon his shoulder woke him. Rylan peered down at him when Enlin opened bleary eyes to faint morning light. “What?”

“Fetch your bride. The Grandmaster waits, disturbed and shaken.”

Throwing aside the covers, Enlin hurried through his morning ministrations and dressed.

He was hesitant to enter Breeon’s chambers, but knew it was better for Rylan to have awakened him before the servants came and discovered the Princess had not shared her new husband’s bed.

He was surprised to find her already dressed and curled up on the window seat that faced the west. “Did you sleep?” he asked.

Her eyes were wide and bright, faint shadows beneath them. “Enlin... I am afraid of what comes.”

Enlin went to her side quickly, placing a hand on her shoulder to peer past her beyond the window pane. “What is it you see?”

She wrapped cold fingers around his and pressed his hand over her heart. “I see it here. I cannot explain it... like tiny pieces of me are being torn from my soul. It is painful.”

Enlin took her face in his hands. He could see faint signs of her discomfort in the gold of her eyes. “You are in pain now?”

“What does it mean?” she pleaded, the distress in her voice causing a surge of fierce protectiveness to rise, like one of the roaring lions that graced the castle.

“I will make it stop,” he promised her fervently, and straightened. “Rylan!”

Rylan appeared quickly. Enlin assumed he had stood on the other side of the doorway to give them some privacy.

“War is coming.”

Striding to stand beside his Prince, Rylan examined the lands beyond the glass. “I see nothing.”

“She does not see it there.”

There was no disbelief on Rylan’s face as he turned his eyes to the Princess. “The Knights have already been called. Some are here already. Come, Prince, the Council waits,” he stated and spun to leave.

“Come, Princess,” Enlin said softly and Breeon slid her hand into his and rose, squeezing tightly. He looked down at her for a few moments, remembering her words of God. If there was one, he hoped she was being watched over. He did not know how to take away pain that came from the inside. “I must find a way to get you to safety, and my sisters as well.”

“I can fight.” Her words were tremulous, but there was courage in them.

“I’d rather you stay alive,” Enlin replied.

“Your confidence in my abilities has merit as you have never seen me fight, but somehow I have determined I can.” She released his hand and he watched as she went to the chaise lounge set at the end of her bed. The dagger was there and Breeon picked it up, spinning the handle in her palm.

The jewel glinted as she walked back. “There is a time for war,” she murmured as she fell back into step beside him. She said it with conviction and a slight lift to her chin. He wondered if memories were surfacing. Her brow was drawn, her eyes intent on the weapon.

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