Hearts & Minds: Book Six in the Crown of Blood series by White Gwynn

Author:White, Gwynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4xOverland Ltd
Published: 2018-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

A Gift

Lynx loved parties, and no one threw a better party than the Trevenites.

The Red Cavern, named for the ruby-red ice crystal columns holding up a blood-red roof, thronged with people.

Some crowded around tables spread with food in quantities and variety she had never before seen in the mines. The Chenayans had abandoned warehouses filled with rations. Some of that food had made it onto these tables.

Even more people swayed to the pounding of kettle drums, the tinkling of cymbals, and the lilting melody of flutes. How she wished she still had her fiddle. She would have joined the musicians for sure. Instead, her foot tapped along with the music.

Axel was yet to dance with her. She’d latched arms with him ages ago to drag him to the dance floor, but he was deep in conference with her father, Jerawin, and Chad. They were discussing Nicholas’s demand that they avoid engaging in firefights with the mind-controlled in Cian. She probably should have joined in, but right now she wanted to kick back and enjoy the evening.

Yes, they still had challenges, some seemingly insurmountable, but after the hardest year of her life, she had gotten her greatest wish. Her son was reunited with her and Axel. That was worth celebrating. In the morning, they could talk again about all the challenges and conflicts they faced.

She tugged Axel’s arm. “Enough. Come, it’s time to dance.”

He patted her hand. “In a minute.”

“Your minutes last about an hour. So, either you come now, or I’m going to find some Trevenite hunk to dance with.”

Her father and Chad laughed. Jerawin nodded sagely.

She made a show of looking around at the available men. “Treygan will do nicely. He’s tall, handsome, and smart.” Well over six feet tall, with his long red hair pulled severely back from his fine-boned face, Treygan had classic Trevenite beauty.

Axel glared at her. “Treygan cannot possibly dance as well as a burnt-out Chenayan warlord.”

“Then how about you prove it?” Lynx replied, trying to stop herself from laughing at him.

He looked pained, torn between coming with her and continuing his conversation.

Jerawin shoved his shoulder. “Go, this can wait. Never miss an opportunity to dance with a beautiful woman.”

Axel sighed, making Lynx laugh even more. If anyone needed a break from Dmitri’s curse, it was him. She tugged his hand. “Come.”

He let her pull him into the sway of dancers.

She wrapped her arms around his neck. He clasped her hips and pulled her toward him. Their bodies melded together. His familiar smell of the wind, clean water, and the wild places in Norin took her straight back home.

They hadn’t discussed what would happen after the war. Maybe because he shared her fear that they might not survive it. But if they did… Her heart clenched. Nothing would make her happier than to take Axel to Norin. He’d once said that he’d like to be a raider. To do that, he’d have to raid an egg. She would sponsor him… She sighed. It was a wonderful dream.

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