Fae Prison Academy Complete Series Boxset by Margo Ryerkerk & Holly Hook

Author:Margo Ryerkerk & Holly Hook [Ryerkerk, Margo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

As soon as the Pegasus landed on the outer balcony, I jumped onto his back, not needing a stool or anything else in my desperation to get away from the Summer Castle.

Take me back to Vasara, I whispered into the Pegasus’s mind. He neighed, crouched, and rose into the sky. I didn’t pause to celebrate my telepathy success, still too shaken from what I’d heard. Lady Cardinal, one of the most menacing vampires, was here in the Summer Court. Coming to the faeland, I’d wrongly believed I’d left the blood-thirsty creatures behind. Lady Cardinal working with King Peter would be the end of us.

I had witnessed her ordering the whipping of fae students back on Earth. She saw us as slaves just as King Peter saw us former earthbound fae as deserters. My thoughts spun as the ground passed far below. The night seemed to have darkened. The sky was an endless void gulping up the stars.

The Pegasus touched down on the grounds of Vasara Center, and I led him into his stable before slipping back into the mansion and running straight toward Nathan’s office, from which I could see light emanating. He was still up, and I had to tell him what I’d seen, no matter how angry he’d be at me for sneaking around.

I knocked on his door. Once, twice, thrice, and then I opened it, unable to wait any longer. Nathan’s silver eyes widened as I hurried inside. He was in the middle of rising from his chair. “Virgie, what’s going on?”

Despite the direness of the situation, I rushed over to him and hugged him, allowing myself a few blissful seconds. Then, I pulled away and confronted reality. “Lady Cardinal, the vampire headmistress I told you about, isn’t missing. She’s at the Summer Court, working together with King Peter.”

Nathan took a step away and studied me as if I had gone insane. “That’s ludicrous. Where did you hear that?”

I tensed, knowing he wouldn’t be thrilled once I told him. “I wanted to see if I could discover anything about the king’s plans, so I flew on a Pegasus to the castle. I heard the king conspiring with Lady Cardinal, in a room behind a locked door. It was on the storage level, where they keep the food.”

Nathan rubbed his chin, and I prepared for a lecture on how he was disappointed in me, but it didn’t come. Instead, he asked in a whisper, “Are you absolutely sure? Maybe you mistook her for some other vamp.”

“I didn’t see her, but I heard the king call her Lady Cardinal. Why on earth would he call someone else by that name? He can't even lie.”

Nathan nodded slowly as his eyes hardened. “King Peter expected us to return with Thorsten, then. He had planned to turn Thorsten into a plant right from the start. He told us he wanted a high-profile vampire prisoner, counting on us to assume he meant Lady Cardinal.”

Finally, Nathan was opening his eyes to the truth. He reached to the collar of his shirt and undid the first button.

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