Dark Oceans (Ocean Series Book 1) by Rhonda Nelson

Author:Rhonda Nelson [Nelson, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Alyssa shot her eyes open. Her head suddenly felt clearer, sharper as if she had just plunged out of an ice riddled bath. She sat up in her four-poster bed, rifling through her memories of yesterday. She froze. What had she been thinking? She had openly giggled in front of that super attra – annoying boy that she hardly even knew. Wait...she had asked to draw him. Alyssa fell back onto her pillows, groaning. That could not have happened. Why on earth would she behave like that? She remembered Kelsie storming out of her bedroom because she was yelling that she was different. Kelsie. No! She'd disappeared off to Alltalos with a – a goblin. No, she was not in her right mind yesterday. How could she have let a goblin in her chambers? Disgusting little...Uhhh...what had happened to her? Maybe she had just been happy about something, but she couldn't think what.

Rolling out of bed, she changed into a casual dress. She tied her hair up into a cascade of curls, just like her father had told her to do every day. Apparently, it wasn't right for princesses to wear their hair loose. She opened her chamber door, the sunlight spilled onto her warming her gently. The citadel clock chimed ten times. Yep, she was late for breakfast. She would have to eat quickly, or she would be late for the Millay which started at eleven. As she ran down the stairs, she thought of Kelsie. What she didn't understand about her was the hostility in her eyes whenever she saw her. Alyssa had no idea what she had done wrong or what gave Kelsie a change of heart. And just how did she manage to find a goblin? Alyssa paled at the memory of it. Red eyes, small ugly pinched up face. Snot dribbling down his face. Eww... She entered the large banquet hall; her father sat at the head of the table, next to him was the King of Alltalos and beside him sat Tristan.

Alyssa froze again when another memory slammed back into her. Something was incredibly wrong with her yesterday. She remembered having a normal conversation with Tristan...how? Just how? He was a stuck-up jerk and there was no way she could ever had spoken to him – and smiled at him.

"Alyssa, so pleased you could finally join us," her father said and then started talking to the King again, as if she weren't important. Without responding, she sat silently down at her place at the table. Prince Tristan leaned over, his warm breath hitting her in the face. It smelt suspiciously like fish.

"Thanks for the chocolate," though he didn't sound very grateful.

"I'm glad you liked it," Alyssa replied in the same tone. There was a short silence as she reached out and grabbed a piece of bread from the middle of the table. She could feel Tristan's piercing gaze upon her.

"You hung out with that peasant yesterday, didn't you?" Tristan said, breaking the stillness. His words were harsh and cold.

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