Mate of the Fae King (Dark Faerie Court Book 2) by Delia E Castel

Author:Delia E Castel [Castel, Delia E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Someone in front must have heard my instructions because the carriage turned around, facing the wildflower meadow and the mountains beyond. The sun emerged from behind the clouds, illuminating the sprinkling of poppies like drops of blood.

I glanced from left to right, looking for signs of yellow ears or a mustard-colored tail, but the doe had either lain flat or had already disappeared into the shadows.

“Where’s the deer?” Aengus stood at the front window and glanced from left to right.

Nessa emerged from behind the counter, clutching a pot of steaming porridge. “What’s so special about it, Your Majesty?”

“I think it’s linked to the curse on King Drayce.” Still keeping my eye on the front window for signs of the doe, I turned to Rosalind. “How fast can you fly?”

“Not as fast as a deer.” She raised her head. “Aengus, can you—”

“Ready the capall to give chase?” He pressed his palm on the window. A door swung open, and he stepped inside.

Rosalind pursed her lips but didn’t comment on his interruption. I hurried after Aengus with my companion on my heels and stepped into the front carriage.

The scent of leather and hay and horses filled my nostrils as I took in my surroundings. This compartment was twice the size of the royal suite, with wooden stalls running down one length and an enclosure that I assumed contained the living area of the driver and soldiers on the other. A pair of males in silver I recognized from the stables opened one of the enclosures and eased out an ivory capall with a braided mane.

On my immediate left, four of the guards sat around a table for eight, playing cards. They rose to their feet and bent into low bows. Up ahead and through the window, Enbarr raced toward the doe, who froze in place, her emerald eyes wide.

Aengus already sat atop a white capall whose cream-colored wings folded behind his back. One of the soldiers slid open the hatch with a groan of wood, then Aengus and the capall leaped out.

Rosalind rushed to the ivory capall, mounted without a saddle, and turned to me with her hand outstretched.

“Your Majesty?” asked a green-haired soldier with eyes as bright as copper coins.

I climbed up behind Rosalind and glanced down at the soldier. “We need to capture that doe.”

Rosalind’s capall trotted across the sawdust to the exit and raced six feet above the meadow. The wind roared in our ears, blowing a cloud of pollen into our faces. I turned my head from the onslaught and held my breath. By the time the air calmed, the doe was already sprinting halfway to the shaded forest, her yellow tail curled towards her head.

“How do you know it’s linked to the curse?” Rosalind shouted over the wind.

“Have you ever seen a deer with green eyes and yellow ears?” I shouted back.

“Never,” she replied.

“I saw that doe in King Drayce’s dream,” I yelled above the roar of the wind. “Let’s hurry before it reaches the woods.”

Rosalind’s capall soared into the sky, its mighty wings slicing through the air and propelling us forward.

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