Fireborn (A Born Prophecy Book 1) by Katie MacAlister

Author:Katie MacAlister [MacAlister, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic fantasy, humorous fantasy, humor, epic fantasy, fantasy
Publisher: Fat Cat Books
Published: 2018-05-02T18:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

We were up well before Kiriah Sunbringer sent the sun to greet us.

“Deo, I have something I want to tell you. Two somethings, actually,” I said as the company was preparing to depart. I’d led Buttercup, who was unusually obstreperous that morning, over to where Deo was saddling his large black horse. I gave the horse a wide berth, since he didn’t seem to like anyone, let alone Buttercup, who laid back her ears and bared her teeth in return.

Deo muttered a curse at the horse and told him to stop jiggling his feet before glancing over at me. “I had hoped you’d lose that beast in the wilds. I can give you a proper horse, you know.”

Buttercup’s tail swished with indignation. I patted her neck, and said, “There’s nothing wrong with her so long as you don’t give her opportunities to misbehave. Did you hear what I said?”

“Yes.” He tightened his cinch, and gave his horse a slap on the shoulder when the animal raised a back hoof in warning. “You have two somethings to say to me. If it has anything to do with what you and the arcanist were up to in your tent, I don’t want to hear it.”

“Surely you don’t expect me to believe you are jealous,” I said, amused.

“Not jealous, although it was me you kissed first,” he pointed out, and gathered up a leather and metal chest piece. “I will always be flattered to think that I held your affections for all these years.”

“You wish!” My amusement faded when I knew the time had come to unburden myself. I glanced around, but Rixius was mercifully off overseeing the packing of the wagons, and everyone else was busy putting on their armor and readying their mounts. Hallow stood with his horse across the camp, chatting with one of the men, who apparently was from a town near Hallow’s birthplace. “It’s something I didn’t mention in front of the others,” I said, suddenly unable to find the words I needed.

“If you’re going to admit your love for me—” he started to say, clearly still laughing at me.

“It’s about Idril.”

He stopped buckling a bow to the saddle and didn’t move for several seconds before asking, “Why do you say that name to me?”

“She’s here, Deo.” I watched the muscles in this jaw and shoulders tightening, his fingers white on the leather saddle straps. I took a deep breath, and let the rest of the words come out in a rush. “She’s coming with her father to the Council of Four Armies. I didn’t want to tell you in front of the others, but if the armies somehow make it to Starfall City while we’re still there ... well, I thought you should know.”

Slowly, the tension in his hands eased, and he continued strapping on his bow and quiver. “And the second thing?”

My stomach protested the fact that I’d eaten some bread and porridge earlier. “I don’t know if you are aware that your mother is in Starfall.

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