Heiress of Embers by J.A. Armitage

Author:J.A. Armitage [Armitage, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Enchanted Quill Press
Published: 2020-01-08T06:00:00+00:00

12th January

I woke early as the first light of dawn trickled sunlight through my curtains.

I'd spent hours practicing swordmanship with Milo in my room the night before and now my body ached. Muscles I didn't know I had burned, but if it meant I was getting better and Milo was getting better, I could survive a little pain. It had taken my mind off everything else going on. Things I couldn't control. The dragon situation, Morpheus, my upcoming wedding. I didn't want to think about any of it and so I didn't. I practiced sword fighting till I was too tired to do anything else.

No one had come to my room to drag him out so he'd stayed late, leaving me with a kiss way after dark. I jumped out of bed and opened the door expecting him not to be there, but he was. Dark circles blotched under his eyes, but when he saw me he broke into a delicious grin.

He moved forward and kissed me.

"My shift finished half an hour ago, but I didn't want to go without seeing you first."

"I'm surprised you are still working in this part of the castle."

"Me too," Milo said, lowering his voice. "but I stayed for my shift and no one complained. Well, Jack complained, but he always complains." He gave me a beautiful smile. "He left an hour ago."

He nodded his head towards another guard who had taken up a spot. This one was new. He was also mean looking and huge. My father really didn't want me to leave it seemed. When he caught me looking he gave me a leery grin.

"I have something to show you," I said to Milo, ignoring the other guard. "Do you think you'll be able to come see me later?"

"Show me now?" he asked, stifling a yawn.

I pulled him close and whispered in his ear, not wanting the other guard to hear. "You are tired. Go home and sleep. You need to be more awake to see this."

I'd deliberated all night about breaking my promise to Vasuki. I'd promised to tell my father about him and not tell anyone else. I'd failed miserably on the first part. My father didn't want to hear anything to do with Dragons. And here I was wanting to tell Milo about them. I needed to tell someone. I wasn't even going to tell him, I was going to show him.

He gave me a brief kiss goodbye and left. The other guard glared meanly so I shut the door, only to have it opened a few minutes later by Dahlia.

"You're dressed already," she said, noting the dress, I'd just pulled on.

"Always a tone of surprise," I said back to her.

"Well at least let me brush your hair," she said, bustling into my room. "I wouldn't want you putting me out of a job now." I stuck my tongue at her and sat on the chair, facing it out to the moorlands. It was too cloudy to see the peaks of the fire mountains, but I imagined the dragons were flying around as they always did.

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