Blessed by the Fae (Fae-blessed Book 1) by Jada McCrary

Author:Jada McCrary [McCrary, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

My Heart Is Yours

“WAKE UP, SHAYLYNN,” the guard outside my door calls, using the knocker. I groan and roll over, covering my head with my pillow. “Queen Ash has requested your presence.”

Again? I think. What could she want this time?

Sighing, I throw my covers off and stand up to dress. Donning a scarlet tunic embroidered with gold leaves and pulling on tan breeches, I quickly brush my hair. Then I exit my room and let the guard lead me to the queen.

When we enter the throne room, I see Queen Ash sitting on her throne and Ardwyn standing before her. She’s been spending a lot more time in her throne room lately. Does it have anything to do with Ardwyn’s arrival? I could be way off, but she seems to view the elf as a threat, which makes me suspicious that this is a display of power.

“Good, you’re here,” she says, offering a tight, reserved smile. “Queen Siobhan’s ambassador has requested to spend the day as your instructor.” I notice she doesn’t use Ardwyn’s name. “It wouldn’t have been right to accept on your behalf. I thought it best to let you decide, should you so choose.”

“Oh, um, appreciations,” I say to her, stunned.

“Would that be alright with you?” Ardwyn asks in his musical voice, his smile pleasant but, nevertheless, devastating.

Knowing it would be rude to refuse and feeling pressured, I nod. I don’t trust myself to speak without my voice squeaking.

“Splendid!” Ardwyn beams, and I can’t help smiling back at his exuberance. “Shall we?” He holds out his arm.

Queen Ash takes on a bored expression that looks too good to have not been practiced, but the tightening of her eyes betrays her lack of calm. If I were queen, I probably wouldn’t have liked someone swooping in like Ardwyn is, either.

I take the elf’s arm reluctantly, inwardly worrying what people will think of me strolling arm in arm with him. I guess he sees it written on my face because he says, “Don’t worry. I’m simply escorting you to your lesson.”

Yeah, my lesson with you, I think. How did he convince Queen Ash to even consider it?

We walk down several halls until we reach a sitting room. My guard waits outside as we enter. Once inside the room, Ardwyn points at two of the chairs in the corner, the most private section of the room, and says, “This is the perfect place.”

I disagree. A perfect place would be somewhere public and open, not somewhere intimate. After sitting, I turn to him and say, “Thank you for the offer of instruction, but I don’t know what you think to teach me. I completed my fae-blessed training with Camellia.”

Ardwyn smiles as if amused. “I’m not talking about training for the fae side of being fae-blessed. Did you know some fae-blessed could also access Elven abilities? We’re here to see how many of those you’ve picked up, if any.” He reaches behind him for the hood of his robe. “Come out, Robin.

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