Apex Shifter: Omnibus Book 1-3: A Paranormal Portal Fantasy by Marcus Sloss

Author:Marcus Sloss [Sloss, Marcus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Guard Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Jokun – Minotaur kingdom

Walking through the streets of Jokun the afternoon after my exhilarating day running from a multi-ton dragon, I gave Celeste a small smile while she walked next to me.

The panthkin woman had chosen to remain with me after a short talk after she woke up, and with Akasha rushing our departure, I had simply accepted her company on our ride toward the capital.

"Still happy with your post as my bodyguard?" I asked with a smile.

"If it keeps Jessica from placing me on latrine duty I will survive, I guess," Celeste responded absentmindedly as she scanned the crowd around us. Seeing her lips quirk as the wall she tried to put between us crumbled as swiftly as she had built it, I ended my teasing and focused on getting to the smith that Akasha had recommended.

I joined my short bodyguard in exploring the market we had walked into, and found a few oddities—in addition to what I had expected of the minotaur kingdom. There were, of course, the requisite taverns that, like most of the buildings, were enlarged for their usual clientele. But I finally had my first view of what a female minotaur really looked like.

It was interesting to see that they were like Akasha in most aspects, except for their greater height, which was generally only a couple of feet shorter than their male counterparts. But where the princess's human heritage really stood out, was in her facial features. Seeing a bovine snout and ears on several women that otherwise closely resembled Akasha was a little jarring, and I had to keep myself from gaining the attention of a few shorter ones after I mistook them for her.

Reaching Toral and son's smithy after a half hour of walking, I chose to walk straight into the forge instead of into the small shop attached to it, upon hearing the clang of a hammer striking an anvil.

"Hello,” I called out. “You must be Toral. My name is Marvin, and I was sent to you by the princess to commission a weapon for my mate."

I offered the huge white furred minotaur standing in front of the forge the incredibly unique token the princess had given me as a form of introduction after my verbal one. My curiosity had been piqued when she’d given me the circular piece of wood. I noticed that it resembled the medallion still inside my bedstand to an alarming degree, but her answers to my questions about it hadn’t provided many answers.

All that Akasha had provided by way of an explanation for the similarity, was that it had been the symbol of the royal family since its creation. Whether that meant that the minotaurs had been in control of an emblem at one time or another, though, I wasn’t sure. That revelation had caused my thoughts to run down another track entirely, and I wondered if the minotaurs had ever been in possession of one of the highly sought disks of alien metal.

"Royal contracts

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