Ascension (Royals of Aeterna Book 1) by J. Haney & S.I. Hayes

Author:J. Haney & S.I. Hayes [Haney, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Haney Hayes Books
Published: 2020-10-27T05:00:00+00:00

21

G rowling, snorting, and snarls, these are the sounds that rouse me. I’m in a crumpled heap on the floor, Valaria, in my arms. She is broken, bruised, and beaten, but breathing. I can feel the burning of my flesh as the bites and tears are already beginning to heal. As my eyes adjust, and my hearing sharpens, I see the back end of a massive white tiger. It has taken on a defensive stance and blocks us from what looks like half the Royal and Mechkan Guard. Cale at the front. He holds a heavy wooden shield. “Silly bear, she’s going to make a toothpick out of that.” I manage though my voice is hoarse. Those little fuckers did an excellent job on my exposed bits.

“General Zane! Please! Your Queen has flipped her switch.” Cale cries.

“Maybe go the fuck away and let us handle her,” I suggest, and she looks at me. The fear in her eyes settling slightly, only to be filled with rage again as the guards attempt to wrangle her with fucking ropes! “Seriously!” I shout, watching her buck like a mechanical bull I once saw in a western bar her father liked to eat at. Guards are thrown left, right, up, and down. I swear if she could have swizzle sticked them, she might have. I sigh, only one thing left to do.

This is going to hurt.

I launch myself at her, landing squarely on her arching back, my nuts take the hit, knocking the wind out of me. I grasp her thick fur, and she roars, trying to unlatch me. Holding on for dear life, I grab her ear and bite down, hard.

She lurches and spins, I reach back, as she’s distracted and getting ahold of her tail, chomp again—this time, the toxin of my unknown species is released. She swoons as the nerve agent takes hold, and we both hit the ground. The Guard doesn’t understand, and I prefer it that way. They just know that she is subdued. They also witness that the High Queen’s powers have manifested, and like her father before her, she is indeed Blanca Vēsṭigara, the white tiger, one and only heir to the High Throne.

“Get the fucking Medi-mages,” I order as my head swims, and I drop beside my Queen.

***

My eyes flutter open, and I am in a bed that is not my own. From the lumps in the mattress, I can assume I am in the medical chambers adjacent to the castle major. I try to rise, only to find I am restrained. My eyes dart left and right, guards surround me.

“What is going on?” I growl, lifting my arms the meager six inches the chains allow.

“Zane Coreleali, you have been accused, the charges are conspiracy, collusion, and treacherous intent. It is believed you willfully aided members of the Nation of Normalcy in the staging and successful assassination of King Maynard Meleke. That you have placed yourself in direct alignment with these renegade forces to your own benefits and now have attempted to somehow poison the High Queen Maya Meleke.

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