Broken Mirrors by Dery A. F

Author:Dery, A. F. [Dery, A. F.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: A.F. Dery
Published: 2014-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

Malachi did not stay long with her, citing the need to supervise certain “renovations” he was planning, but the truth was, his heart felt like lead in his chest.

Raiders. In his country. Had things truly gotten so bad? He knew his new bride, along with some recent advances he’d made in his inventions, had been consuming his time and attention, but Raiders? Lyntara would not have bothered to send them so far from home unless they perceived his rule was cracking and splintering, unrest already fomenting for them to feed on. The Council insisted the people were, in general, satisfied with their leadership and that there had been no particular signs of such unrest.

Things were, at least on the surface, running smoothly. He’d been content for these past few years to let the Council take care of the mundane matters of rule, reserving only the right to overrule them if he chose- and he never had. The elders of the Five Provinces of his country sat on the Council, along with an equal number of people he had chosen himself to represent his own vision of his country’s future. There had been no serious conflict between any of them.

Those at Court thought him mad to dream up such an arrangement, to hand out so much power. Mad, or just plain lazy. But it worked, or so he thought. Was this structure crumbling and the Council refusing to admit to it?

For the truth was...they had said nothing to him about Raiders. He wondered if they ought to convene again, if they had been keeping it from him for some nefarious purpose or if they had simply dismissed the rumors as being just that.

My days have grown dark indeed, he thought to himself as he emerged into the courtyard. Just when did everything in my life go straight to hell?

But as he saw another of the High Lord’s messengers approach, he suddenly realized he had a fairly good idea about that.

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