Evil Tide by Toby Neighbors

Author:Toby Neighbors [Neighbors, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Publisher: Mythic Adventure Publishing
Published: 2013-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

All Brianna wanted was to be left alone. She felt like the whole world was on her shoulders. Things had been difficult with her father in Orrock, but when her mother arrived three days later with her sisters in tow, her situation became impossible.

Brianna’s mother was shown into their suite as Brianna and her father sat discussing her situation. Brianna still felt torn. She had spent the last several days with Willam. She felt the exhilaration of new love whenever she was with him. He took her places around the city she had never been, sampling the best food and wine. He showed her his plans for Yelsia, and they talked about what it would be like when he was King. His mother had passed away, so Brianna had no real example what life would be like as a queen. She tried her best to imagine it, but she never openly discussed it with Willam. The proposal was like a secret they shared; they hinted at it, but never actually talked about it.

Brianna wanted to spend time with her pride, but there were so many demands on her time. Her father wanted as much time with her as possible. He took her to visit many of the tailors in the city. She was fitted for dresses, which felt odd after so many months wearing pants on adventures with Zollin. She took him to meet her pride once, but the dragons were growing restless at being forced to stay inside the castle. Brianna tried to get the King to allow them to hunt at night when they wouldn’t be seen, but he forbade it. The dragons growled when she brought her father around, even Gyia seemed angry. They were intimidating beasts under the best of circumstances, but their throaty growls and the smoke rising from their nostrils made them even more fearsome. Her father was uncomfortable around the dragons and couldn’t understand his daughter’s connection with them.

All her circumstances worked together to make her feel like everything she knew and loved was slipping away from her. Prince Willam reassured her constantly and made her feel like anything was possible, but in the back of her mind she still longed to be with Zollin.

“Can you believe it?” her mother said to Brianna’s sisters when they were shown into the room.

At first, Brianna’s sisters seemed happy to see her, but her mother seemed indifferent. She was, as Brianna had suspected, infatuated by the luxury of the castle.

“Priam,” her father said. “We were just discussing Brianna’s options? Girls,” he said to her sisters. “Please settle into your room and give us some privacy.”

The girls, laughing and giggling, went into the third bedroom, which they would share. Brianna’s mother, Priam, smoothed her dress, and Brianna noticed it was her finest. Her father always made her mother beautiful gowns, but she had saved her finest clothes to show off in Orrock. Brianna wasn’t surprised at all; she knew how her mother felt about being noticed and admired, although she doubted that her mother’s finest would stand out in the royal court.

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