Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B Larson

Author:Sara B Larson [Larson, Sara B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781338068764
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

THE SUN HAD LONG SINCE BURNED OFF THE MIST AND fog of the morning, and the air had turned humid and hot as Evelayn made her way through the forest to the grove where her father was buried and the ring of stones stood in memory of her mother. Her ever-present sentries kept a respectful distance, allowing her to enter the clearing alone.

Every monarch picked where they wanted their final resting place to be; her parents had picked this grove because it was where they’d met and where her father had eventually asked Ilaria to be Bound to him. As Evelayn silently moved toward the stones, she tried to imagine them when they were young and falling in love.

She knelt down at the head of the ring of stones where her mother’s body had been laid out—the same place where she’d stood to call down the power of the sun.

Did you mean what you said that day—if that was truly you? she asked in her mind, not even daring to whisper in case the sentries had better hearing than most. You said I was born to do what you couldn’t, to bring peace to Lachalonia. But I don’t know if I can do this. I’m scared, Mama.

Evelayn tilted her head up to the sunshine that washed over her from above, trying to convince herself that the warmth and comfort it gave her was her mother’s way of holding her close from where she was, high above her daughter in the Final Light.

Please help me. Help me protect our people. Help me succeed.

Evelayn knelt there silently for a long time, letting the sunshine press her in its golden embrace, but when the tears felt perilously close to rising to the surface, she finally stood and turned away, back toward the forest, her sentries, and the castle.

She still had no answers, but she felt a little bit better. At the very least, seeing the still-blackened stones had been a reminder that she was capable of calling down the sun.

Evelayn slowly meandered toward the castle, in no hurry to rush back to the concerns and scrutiny of her court. Perhaps she could quickly go visit the swans. She hadn’t been to her lake since the night of her birthday, nor had she tried to shift, with all else that she’d had to deal with.

Evelayn changed course, heading to the lake, and was nearly there when she heard someone approaching from behind. Nerves ever on edge, she whirled, only to see Ceren walking toward her.

“Thank the Light, it’s you.”

“Who did you expect?” Ceren laughed as she got closer. “Certainly not Tanvir, based on the petrified look on your face. Pretty sure that’s not the response he would elicit.”

“I was not petrified. And regardless, I’m not sure I know what you mean,” Evelayn hedged, hurrying toward her swans and away from Ceren’s knowing grin.

“I’m not sure I do either, since I haven’t had a chance to ask you what happened in the forest this morning

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