Linsey Hall - 02 Heir of the Fae by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2019-08-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Tarron used his magic to bury the body of the fallen guard in a deep pit, then we set off toward the Unseelie Court. The forest was unusually quiet, with no sound of animals or insects. Birds with midnight blue feathers fluttered between the trees, but they moved like silent ghosts.

It was an eerie quiet that crawled over my skin, raising the hairs on the backs of my arms. It took everything I had to keep my footsteps silent on the fallen leaves. We stayed just off the main path in case anyone was coming, considering that our disguises might not hold up if we were forced to make conversation.

“We might look like Unseelie, but I don’t think we act like it,” I murmured to Tarron.

“Agreed. We need to avoid their kind.”

The forest was smaller than the one in the Seelie realm, and we reached the edge quickly. A huge town sprawled out in front of us, accessible by a path through a meadow. The town itself rose tall into the air, the darkly fanciful buildings constructed on top of each other like an extremely decorative cake. Arched bridges soared through the night sky, connecting different structures.

Bright stars sparkled in a navy blue sky overhead, and the whole place was really quite beautiful. Though dark magic rolled out from it, the effect wasn’t terrible.

“How do we tell which side of town is west?” I asked, recalling what the guard had said about the location of the seer. “There’s no sun to navigate by. And those stars don’t look like the ones on earth.”

“They’d have a way to determine that. But I’ve no idea what it is.”

“Let’s circle the town, then. There looks to be a road on the outside edge. The guard said it was on the perimeter. I don’t see many—or any—lavender houses.”

“Good plan.”

We set off through the meadow, the tall grasses waving in the faint breeze around us. The town grew ever closer, soaring high in the sky. Was my mother really in there somewhere? Could she sense me? Did she ever think about me?

She’d been a distant threat until now, but I couldn’t help but want to meet her.

Even if she was evil.

A silly part of me hoped I’d find it was all a big misunderstanding. But it would never happen.

We reached the edge of town, and some of the tension in my shoulders receded. “No guards or gatehouse.”

“Like my realm. We don’t really expect people to make it this far.”

“They never saw me coming.”

He gave me a wry smile. “No one ever does, I imagine.”

I took that to be a compliment, and headed to the right, sticking to the perimeter road that bordered the town. To my left, the buildings soared high into the sky, each little structure connected by stairs and bridges. The trim work around the houses was elaborately scrolled, and the windows glowed like golden jewels. I could sense the hustle and bustle of life in the city, but we didn’t see many people standing on the little balconies that jutted out from the houses.

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