Forsaken Secrets: A slow-burn new adult fantasy romance (Isle of the Forsaken Book 1) by Olivia K Moto

Author:Olivia K Moto [Moto, Olivia K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Olivia K. Moto
Published: 2021-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

30

Kaiya

We crossed the archway at the edge of Ellesmere and looked around. So many doors were covered by yellow paint, each one a home under quarantine …

Gods. This round of the plague had been brutal on the Ellesmerians.

It was hard to imagine that this was the Capital's bustling shopping district before the Fall — a place where the merchant class thrived.

Now it was just a collection of ruins turned homes. A few intrepid shopkeepers had used the ruins on the main thoroughfare to construct more permanent stores, but most hawked their wares from inside sun-faded canvas shelters smattered randomly along the dusty street.

A robed figure stepped out of a shop across the street, and I tugged on Eli's sleeve. "Look! It's the vicar."

He motioned towards a crumbling stone fountain to our right. A statue stood at the center … .a behemoth dragon with wings unfurled, almost completely obscuring a robed stone figure to its right, and providing the perfect hiding spot for us.

The tribute to the Druid and the Drake was one of the few still standing in the Empire, let alone Gleyma, though I'd never been able to figure out why they'd given the Drake wings like a full dragon.

We rushed over and crouched behind it, our knees almost touching. The vicar, completely oblivious to us, walked towards the crumbling archway with a pep in his step, his fingers convulsively rubbing one of those damn rosaries.

Did he know what those pearls were? Gods, I hoped not. Surely a man of the gods would stay away from them if he did?

I let out a relieved sigh when he moved out of sight. We could have lied if he'd found us, but I'd prefer to avoid that confrontation, if at all possible. I didn't need rumors getting back to Aunt Grace.

Eli tapped my shoulder. "We safe yet?" That dimple in his cheek peeked out and his black hair fell forward to cover his forehead as he stared pointedly down. Our eyes met and something hot passed between us. I swallowed hard and followed his teasing gaze … .down to his lap … that I'd somehow sat down on.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to -- " Heat flooded my cheeks, and I stood up, brusquely shaking my skirts and straightening my hair.

He chuckled softly, the sound like honey on my frayed nerves, and pointed to the statue. "I haven't seen one of these in a while."

I nodded. "When the Druid and Drake went missing during The Fall, the Empire tried to tear it down like they did all the mage statues. The Ellesmerian community must have hid it away, though, because this one just disappeared. When it popped back up, the news spread across Gleyma, even to the Ridge, and we all expected someone from the Empire to come take it down. But no one has come yet …"

"Why, though?" Eli gestured to the dilapidated surroundings. "You'd think whoever had it would've sold it."

"I think that back then the Druid was

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