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

Author:Manay, A.M. [Manay, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pythoness Press
Published: 2018-07-10T16:00:00+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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