Hexborn (The Hexborn Chronicles Book 1) by A.M. Manay

Author:A.M. Manay [Manay, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pythoness Press
Published: 2018-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

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“You look thin,” Shiloh said, brow knit with worry. “Are they not giving you enough to eat, my lord?”

Daved shook his head on the other side of the bars. “No, they feed me well. I’m simply not hungry.”

She looked at him sadly. “I won’t be able to come see you for a while. They’re sending me on a trip. We leave tomorrow.”

“It’s about time for the new princess to go to Fountain Bluff, isn’t it? They want you to protect her? Are they sending Lady Esta, too?” he asked.

She shook her head. “They told me I’m not allowed to tell you where I’m going, or anything about it. Hatch’s orders.”

Daved snorted. “As though I could get word out to anyone even if you did,” he scoffed. “And it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the princess is now several months old, and that my father might go after her and Lady Esta. I’m sure he has men enough in the palace to know of any preparations. He doesn’t need me.”

“I should be back in a few weeks,” she told him.

“Hopefully I’ll still be breathing,” he replied morbidly. “I told them I’ll testify when they try my father. So I guess they’ll keep me around at least that long.”

“Oh, my lord, I am so sorry to see you trapped like this,” Shiloh said softly.

He smiled crookedly. “You’re probably the only one who is.”

“Maybe this imprisonment is what will save you in the end. After all, no one can think you’re conspiring with your father from here. If he does something to tip his hand, no one can accuse you of being part of it. Perhaps you’re safer this way,” she suggested.

“Safe enough to watch my father and brothers lose their heads, maybe,” he concluded with a snort. “When that is the best one can hope for, straits are a bit dire, don’t you think?”

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