Donovan's Woman by Ashley Amanda

Author:Ashley, Amanda [Ashley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Butterfly Kisses Press
Published: 2016-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Gone?” Serepta’s eyes narrowed to mere slits. “What do you mean, he’s gone?”

Avoiding the witch’s malevolent gaze, the guard knelt on the floor, trembling from head to foot.

“Answer me!”

“I…I forgot to attach the chain to his collar, majesty. As soon as I remembered, I hastened back to the dungeon…” He paused to wipe away the sweat dripping into his eyes. “Someone hit me from behind. When I came to, he was gone.”

“Someone. Hit. You.”

“Yes, majesty.”

“And you know not who that was?” Her voice dripped with venom.

He shook his head, unable to force the words past the fear clogging his throat.

“Could it have been the princess?”

With a wordless cry, the guard prostrated himself on the floor at her feet. “I don’t know.”

“I know!” She roared the words as she drove the tip of her staff into his back. Flames erupted on contact.

The man screamed as green fire engulfed him, eating him alive until there was nothing left but a bit of ash on the floor.

Awash with fury, Serepta paced the room. Where would they go? Not to Brynn Tor. So where?

Hurrying to her room, she filled a bowl with water, added a few drops of his blood, taken from a small vial, then whispered an incantation as she waved her hand over the black water. She cursed when nothing appeared.

“Where is he?” She shrieked the words, but the water remained black, opaque.

How was it possible for him to block her magic? She should have been able to locate him, yet, once again, she had failed. Was it because he was a shape-shifter? If so, why did that give him the power to shield his whereabouts?

Furious, she grabbed the bowl and hurled the contents against the wall.

Returning to the Great Hall, she summoned her knights.

“Find them,” she commanded. “Fail me, and your lives will be forfeit!”

* * *

Artur leaned forward, hands braced on his knees as he glared at Dunnin. “She wasn’t there? You’re certain?”

“Yes, majesty.”

“You spoke to Mother Superior?”

“Yes, majesty. She swore to me that Marri has not been there.”

“And you believed her?”

Dunnin nodded. “I put a sword to the throat of one of the young nuns and told Mother Superior I would slit the girl’s throat unless she told me the truth.”

Artur nodded. He had little regard for anyone but himself, but he respected those who took holy vows. It was the only reason Annis still lived.

“Majesty?”

Artur waved a dismissive hand. Where was she?

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