Goddess of War by K.N. Lee

Author:K.N. Lee [Lee, K.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Three years later…

THE SHIP SAILED closer to the kingdom Prince Aric called home.

A wave of bittersweet excitement filled Aric as he walked to the rails of the ship. He looked forward to this long journey home, to those gray eyes that looked up at him with adoration the day he left.

Raina.

She was a perplexing individual, a mixture of feisty confidence and sweet innocence. Not a day went by that he didn’t imagine undressing her and curling in an embrace under his blankets.

He wished he could have simply taken her with him. But three years weren’t filled with the kind of adventure he’d anticipated.

No. In every kingdom and city, he had been hunted.

Sighing, Aric’s gaze remained on his kingdom. The port grew closer and closer, leaving the blue-green sea and all of its mysteries behind. He wanted nothing more than to leap from that ship and swim to shore.

To find her.

To hold her.

But a sharp memory warned him that it could never be. Not anymore.

“Why the stern look, Prince Aric?”

Aric turned to Seth, his older cousin, the Duke of Brigsbury. Seth was a big man, tall, with short blond hair and dark cobalt eyes.

“I never expected to miss home so much. Now that I’m back I don’t know what awaits me,” he said, a sheepish smirk on his face as he pushed fallen strands of his hair out of his eyes.

“You should cut that hair of yours,” Seth said.

Aric chuckled. “Never.”

“I should have sent you to Miles. He would have chopped it all off if you sat beneath his shears.”

“Then I am glad I steered clear of the lad.”

Seth stood beside Aric, nearly a foot taller, like a descendant of the giants.

“Times have changed, Prince. Not even Rhene is what it used to be. Not with the Goddess of Law scouring the entire world for whatever she seeks.”

Aric had already seen what that goddess could do. He just wished that she would find what she sought and leave them all alone. He’d hoped to see beautiful cities, ancient temples, and rich kingdoms. Instead, he followed Goddess of Law’s path of destruction, helping aid the lost citizens of kingdoms that had once been allies.

“Do you think we will really go to war because of this? Will they blame us for this curse?”

Seth rubbed his chin, his gaze darkening. “Rhene still stands, doesn’t it?”

Aric nodded, looking at the beautiful port that grew closer with each passing moment. The sky was still blue here. The sea was still clear.

His stomach churned. He couldn’t stand to think of Rhene being soaked in blood, and left in ruins.

“With almost all of the kingdoms being destroyed, that makes Rhene a target.” Seth shrugged. His eyes glanced at Aric. “If no one gives up the prisoners she seeks, then it will only be a matter of time before the displaced masses make alliances and invade.”

Aric’s jaw tensed. “And they all think I’m one of the escaped. Ignorant bastards.”

He knew all too well that what Seth said was true.

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