Dark Pact: A Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance (Her Dark Guardians Book 1) by Alana Serra

Author:Alana Serra [Serra, Alana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The next day, she barely spoke to Wesley.

She maintained whatever “professional courtesy” she could muster, but she avoided looking at him when she could help it, and he seemed eager to do the same. He was back to acting like a somewhat nervous apprentice instead of the power-hungry warlock she knew him to be, but she wasn’t going to be drawn in by it this time.

She’d let herself be vulnerable. Let herself get carried away by a ridiculous fantasy. Her only saving grace—and it was a fragile, mostly useless one at this moment—was that she’d never engaged in that kind of foolishness with Desmond. But Desmond wasn’t one of her guardians. She didn’t have to work with him on a daily basis.

Thankfully, she was bound for the outer reaches of the southern lands with Liam. Being alone in his company wasn’t something she would’ve ever found herself grateful for in the past, but at least there was no danger of Liam making that kind of a fool of her. He didn’t want her. He didn’t even like her. And, most importantly, he didn’t want to pact with her.

With intel from Karak’s clan, they’d learned of more orc clans that were struggling, humans attacking them en masse, sending out contracts for their extermination. An entire lineage had been wiped out when a poison gas bomb was thrown into the middle of a camp, Karak said.

It was more than just orcs, though. During his talks with nearby merchants, Liam had heard about several of the gnoll tribes acting aggressively lately, coming down from the mountains and attacking travelers on the road. It sounded cut and dried to Rhia, but Karak explained that gnolls were mostly scavengers who rarely—if ever—attacked anyone outright. The fact that they were doing so now meant they were desperate, and there had to be some kind of story there.

So Rhia packed provisions, loading down the mare they’d procured for her with as much as it could reasonably carry. On Liam’s suggestion, she also brought a cart, hitching it up to the stronger gelding he was going to ride.

“Here,” he said as they loaded up, unceremoniously handing her a long dagger with a handle that was nearly the same size as the blade.

“What am I meant to do with this?” she asked, feeling the weight of it in her hands.

“Well, you see this end here?” He put a finger to the tip of the blade and some twisted part of Rhia was tempted to jab him with it. She didn’t. “You stick that end into flesh and you push.”

“Oh, is that how it works?” she rolled her eyes. “Ass. I meant why are you giving me this when I can use magic?”

“You won’t always have magic to fall back on,” came a voice she’d hoped not to hear.

Wesley.

He was dressed in simple clothing with a hat and a long duster that looked tailor-made for traveling. And he carried saddlebags over one shoulder.

“He’s right,” Liam said. “That mark will tell people exactly what you are, and they’ll know to shut down your magic if they can.

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