Crown of Visions by R A Rock

Author:R A Rock [Rock, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brix-Baxter Publishing
Published: 2019-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

“Well, well, well.” Nyall’s snide, pompous tone grated on Tessa’s last nerve. “Look what we have here.”

Perdira was still snorting with laughter and he frowned at her.

“Why isn’t the spell working on you?” he said, drawing his sword.

“I’m immune,” she said with a straight face.

Nyall scowled and raised the sword, so Perdira grinned and disappeared completely.

“What in the name of Severance?”

Tess could have told him what was going on but she was in the middle of a freezing spell that he had thrown at her. She figured it still had about a minute left before she would be able to move again and, when she could, she knew exactly what she would do.

Nyall shrugged and promptly forgot about Perdira’s existence, no doubt. That was a mistake. But Tess thought she would let him make it.

“My dear Tessa.” He pointed his sword at her and shook his head as if he was disappointed. “Why must we always be at odds of late?”

Uh, didn’t I just help your brother find his true love? And if we are, it’s because you’re becoming more of a jerk every day, she thought, but she couldn’t say anything because her lips were frozen.

“Tessa, because of our long friendship,” Nyall said, examining his nails as if checking to make sure they were clean, “I’m going to allow you to go when the immobility spell wears off. As long as you promise not to mess with Light Fae business anymore.”

If Tessa could talk, she would have said a lot of things. But she couldn’t. So she waited. How had Nyall gotten to be such a jerk? He hadn’t always been like this. Well, okay, he sort of had. But there had always seemed to be a good person underneath. Now she wasn’t so sure.

She tested her hand to see if it would move yet.

Nope. Nothing.

“I’m going to go get the chest with the crown as soon as you’re gone,” Nyall informed them. “And then I’m going to bring it to its owner, the King.”

When he said the word king, his lips twisted in bitterness.

"None of you have any right to touch his property,” he informed them as if it pained him to do so. “And you would do well to remember that.”

Tess would have frowned if she could have moved. Why was Nyall so upset with the King? She had never known him to be anything but loyal. It was a question that would have to stay a mystery because as soon as she was free of this spell, she was taking Nyall down.

She tried her hand again. Her pinky finger wiggled and she readied herself. It would only be a few seconds.

“Tessa dear,” Nyall began but she never got to find out what new condescending remark he would make next because at that moment the spell wore off.

Tess exploded at Nyall, grabbing the hilt of his sword. She twisted it and threw it away, disarming him. With a quick step, she was next to him with her back to his chest.

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