East of the Sun: A Fairytale Fantasy Adventure (The Bear Kings Book 1) by A.E. Becker

Author:A.E. Becker [Becker, A.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valemon Creative
Published: 2023-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter fifteen

Between Life and Death

Only a few days had passed since Sola had returned from the visit to her family, and she woke up tired and conflicted. All night, her dreams had been a jumble. Part of her thought she should hold to her oath, despite what she’d seen in Aslo. After all, Will’s still alive. And that’s what was promised, wasn’t it? A house in town, and money, and that Will’s life would be saved.

But another part of her remembered Tor’s fear, and Will’s weakness, and her father’s eerie silence. And that part was not satisfied.

But perhaps, once I meet the prince, I can work things out, she thought, for the hundredth time. And, immediately, Coward. You just don’t want to rock the boat.

But why? Why don’t I?

Because, Sola thought with a sudden chill, I’m starting to see the dark side of magic. Of wishes granted, but not at all the way they were supposed to go, just like in the tales. And now I’m in a tale. The stakes for me are even higher. Higher than mother and father’s or the boys’, as long as they stay out of it.

I have to keep them out of it. I need to look for a way to free Diamond. Her resolve firmed.

But it seemed risky to do it if Kavar was in the castle. She rang the bell and asked to be brought to the bear, but no wind responded.

So he’s gone again. Good. It means I can search without worrying that I’ll come upon him somewhere.

Sola finished breakfast quickly, and then wished to go to the room that looked out into empty air. She walked to the edge, balancing on the broken stones.

“Diamond,” she called.

But instead, the blowing snow brought a sing-song voice into Sola’s ear. It tickled. “Why are you here? What are you looking for? Your hair is like a candle. But I cannot blow it out!”

A warm, soft breeze swirled around her, but Sola could see no one. “Who are you?” she asked. “Are you another wind?”

“Yes, Euru! East, spring and early summer, cloud and rain and grow. I am very fast, faster than any of the others. I could carry you!”

Her hair swirled into soft tangles, and she reached up to pull it gently away from mischievous wind-fingers. This one sounds younger than Diamond.

As if winds have an age, she thought. “Euru, do you want to help me today?”

“First tell Euru why, why, why,” sang the wind. “Secrets fly like time does not, in the Winter Palace.”

Sola hesitated, but the wind only waited, humming and curling her hair into spirals. “Well…I have a notion to help you winds. It’s…it’s not right that the prince holds you here! There must be some way to free you. I am looking to find it.”

The wind turned from soft to shriek in an instant. There was a sense of another form, glimpsed for an instant before it rushed away. Sola wobbled on the precipice, but a warm grip pushed her back, away from the edge.

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