Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy

Author:Alexia Purdy [Purdy, Alexia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy
ISBN: 1492857238
Amazon: B00F7EBTUY
Barnesnoble: B00F7EBTUY
Goodreads: 17699903
Publisher: Lyrical Lit. Publishing
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Evangeline

EVANGELINE STUDIED THE horizon and smirked. The Guildrin Seelie Court was just beyond the boundaries of the Haunted Forest, and she was anxious to get her grip on the underground palace as soon as possible. If Guildrin fell, a good portion of Shade’s allies would be destroyed, and the pendulum would swing in favor of the Unseelie for once. Aveta and Arthas would be pleased with her, and she’d get them off her back.

Thinking about the Unseelie royals made her skin crawl. They were cold and unfeeling by themselves, but together, Arthas and Aveta had turned into quivering maniacs, making rash decisions that weren’t good for the overall strength of the Unseelie armies. Corb’s abandonment of the court had also delayed their movement into the Seelie kingdoms.

Where the hell has that man gone? She loathed him with every cell of her body, but he’d been an excellent commander and had controlled the Unseelie armies well with but a look or a flick of his fingers. Without him, she still had control, but it was strained and had used up many of her resources. She’d had to do things she otherwise wouldn’t have had to if Corb was still around, like kill those who’d defied her in the most treacherous ways she could think of. It chilled her fire elemental faery blood and made her shudder at the deeds on her hands.

She sent the shudder away with a shake of her head, pushing the thoughts deep where they could be dealt with later, if at all. Times like these, no one was untouchable. It made her wonder if she wasn’t either. Straightening, she walked past the bundles of soldiers huddled around the roaring campfires, roasting the local wildlife which had the misfortune of crossing the army’s path. Her own stomach lurched at the thought of eating. It was so wound up tight, she doubted she could get anything more than a bit of bread into it.

Marching swiftly into her tent, she dropped onto the sofa inside, relieved to be resting her aching muscles. She flicked her fingers and lit every torch inside the tent and lit the hearth in the middle of the room. The smoke tendrils snaked their way up and out of the vent hole at the top of the tent. She closed her eyes, meticulously undid the leather ties holding her armor on and slowly slid it off. The armor dropped off piece by piece into a growing pile on the floor. It was exhausting wearing it for days on end, and she needed a good scrub.

Once she had dropped the last of the armor into a pile on the floor, she pulled off the dark linen shirt plastered to her back and peeled off her leather pants. She yanked the curtain aside which led to her bathroom and filled the tub, dropping essential oils into the bubbling water. Slipping down into the tub, she closed her eyes as the water poured over her skin. Every ache in her muscles melted away, and she felt ready to nod off right there and then.

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