Falling For Fire by Talia Jager

Author:Talia Jager [Jager, Talia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Sorin

On the ride home from court, my mother went on and on about the other royals. “Can you believe the Spring king and queen? Who do they think they are? Talking to me like that.”

After a while, I blocked her out and thought only of my one true love. Were her parents giving her a lecture? Were they crying and hugging? How was she holding up?

I was thankful I had gotten close enough to Lumi to pass on what the Treefolk had told me. Hopefully, Lumi could figure out what to do with the information.

When we reached the castle, my friend’s father led me to a cell in the dungeon. I walked in and sat down on the small bed. The walls were gray, the floor cold, and only one window let in any light.

None of that mattered though. I worried about Aurora. Was she okay? Had they thrown her in the dungeon too? Was she regretting our love? I didn’t. Not for one second. My parents might hate me right now, but never once did I wish I hadn’t met her. In fact, that was the only thing keeping me going right now.

I could close my eyes and see her as clear as day—the way she captured my heart the first time I saw her, the love and kindness in her eyes, the bravery she showed when she saved my sister and fought the fire, her chestnut scent, the way my heart leapt when she walked down the stairs at the Winter celebration.

“Sorin?” My mother’s voice rang through my daydream.

My eyes popped open, and I looked at her. “Hello, Mother.”

“How are you?”

I threw up my hands. “I’m in a cell.”

“That’s your own fault. How could you do this?” she asked.

“Do what, Mother? Fall in love? That’s all I did. I fell in love with a beautiful, wonderful, brave faerie. She’s everything I’ve always wanted. She even saved Skye’s life. And because of some old law, not only can’t I marry her, but also I’m being banished for loving her. So, I ask you, Mother, how can you do this?”

She looked stunned for a moment. I relished that. Her eyes brimmed with tears. “Sorin, you are my firstborn son, and I love you. I know I don’t show it often. That is how I’ve always been. My parents were the same way. Banishing you hurts me too. I don’t want to lose you, but you did this. You chose her. You love her. So you have to accept your punishment. It’s law, and we can’t go around changing laws to fit our needs. I just hope it was worth it: to be banished and never set foot back here—not at least for a long, long time, to not remember your family or who you are. Was she worth it, Sorin?”

“Yes, Mother. She is worth it. Every minute that I spent with her is worth being banished. I have faith that somehow I will remember the love we share.”

She stuck her hand through the bars, and I took it.

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