Heiress of Shadows by J A Armitage & Rose Castro

Author:J A Armitage & Rose Castro [Armitage, J A & Castro, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Enchanted Quill Press
Published: 2020-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

"I don't know, Gaia,” Genie said later when I approached him with my plan. “I didn’t show you your birth for you to go gallivanting off on your own to another kingdom.”

“It’s not technically a kingdom,” I pointed out. “It’s a governmental district belonging to and overseeing all the twelve kingdoms.”

“Don’t be facetious, Gaia. I know full well what it is, and you know full well what I meant.”

“You don’t want me to go?”

Hope rose in my chest that he’d fall to his knees and beg me to stay.

“No, I don’t. I don’t think it’s safe to travel alone in these trying times. I cannot go with you. These cuffs bind me. I don’t know where the lamp is, but I can only assume it is near because I feel its pull.”

“I have to go,” I said, trying to sound defiant while every fiber in my being wanted Genie to stop me. To tell me he couldn’t live without me.

He sighed. “Then, so be it. How will you get there? Carriage?”

“I was thinking of taking the Urbis Express. It’s much quicker. I’ll be there within a day if I travel that way.”

He nodded. “There is one leaving for Urbis today. In a few hours, in fact. I can arrange for you to get a seat. For your own safety, I think you should change your clothes.”

I looked down at the dress Freya had picked out for me earlier. It was one of my favorites, yellow with pink and orange silk.

“You’ll stand out a mile in Urbis. They don’t dress like us. If you want to find out about your mother, go incognito. Your beauty will be your downfall.”

He thought I was beautiful. It was a bittersweet admission. What was the point of my beauty if he didn’t want me?

I left him and went back to my room to change. I chose to wear pants and a wrap in earthen tones. I tightened the suede laces around my distressed long, brown, leather boots and picked up a backpack with enough clothes for a couple of days.

Freya handed me a poncho-like shawl with a head cover. I took it, knowing that regardless of what I thought, Genie was right; I needed to conceal my identity. And the hood was large enough to allow me to see while remaining covert.

"You look ready," Freya said, examining me from all angles. "Are you?"

"I am," I responded.

A knock on the door told me Genie was back. He’d promised to come to the station with me.

The three of us walked through the palace to the staff entrance.

As far as I was aware, there were still problems by the main entrance, and I didn’t need to get caught up in them. I also didn’t want Jamal to know where I was going. He’d only try and stop me. Freya could tell him when she got back from the station.

No one paid us any attention as we walked through the streets to the Urbis Express station. The huge airship was already docked and accepting passengers.

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