Dead Moons Rising: First in the Honest Scrolls series by Jack Whitney

Author:Jack Whitney [Whitney, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

THE MORNING CAME too soon.

They stayed up for hours, enjoying the embrace of one another’s company, holding onto it as though it would disappear if they fell apart. They smoked, stared at the skies together, speaking of the stories of Haerland’s past and the differences of the Chronicles and Honest Scrolls. And when she fell asleep in his arms, her mind rested of the darkness and was instead swallowed by a feeling she was unfamiliar with.

“I wondered where you’d end up last night,” Lex mused.

“I don’t know what you mean,” Aydra lied.

Lex chuckled under her breath. “He’s good for you, I think. Only man I’ve ever met that can actually handle you.”

Aydra gave her a sideways smirk. “Do you truly think that or are you just too scared to tell me otherwise?”

“Well, you’ll notice I said man, not person,” Lex quipped with a wink.

The pair laughed and Aydra started packing her bag. Words Draven had said two nights before continued to echo in her head.

“What’s wrong?” Lex asked, apparently feeling the tense in Aydra’s form.

“He said something the other night that I can’t stop thinking about…”

“What?”

“He said I deserved someone who would burn down this entire kingdom to save me if I ever needed it,” she repeated.

Lex’s brows raised on her face, and she nodded. “He’s not wrong,” he agreed. “You think he meant himself?”

“Maybe,” she wondered aloud. “Perhaps. I’m not sure. I—”

Lex’s hand on her arm made her words cease. “In all seriousness, my Queen,” Lex started, “I like him. He’s smart, sarcastic, equally as angry and passionate about his people, a fearsome being to behold, and… I’ve seen the way he makes you laugh. If anyone deserves to see your happiness, it is one who can accomplish such a feat. And if he would burn this kingdom for you… You’d not find many others who would.”

“You would,” Aydra affirmed.

Lex gave her a crooked smile. “It would be my honor, of course, but you should know my duty as your Second would be to not disobey your orders which I’m sure would be to save your sister first. But as your greatest friend… I’m more inclined to think I’d be standing by your side with the torch as we burnt it to the ground ourselves.”

Aydra almost laughed. “Yes, that does sound like us.”

Lex gave her a wink and started backwards out of the room. “I’ll meet you out front when you’re ready.”

“Thank you, Lex,” Aydra called as Lex left the room.

“Whoa—”

Draven nearly barged into Lex as she turned the corner of the door, and she paused haughtily on the other side of him.

“Sorry. Didn’t realize you were up here,” continued Draven.

“Queen needed a bit of relief after you failed to satisfy her last night,” Lex told him swiftly. “I’m sure you can understand. There are some things a woman just knows how to do better.”

Aydra clapped her hand over her mouth to keep herself from bursting with laughter.

A sly smile rose on Draven’s face. “You’ll have to teach me then.

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