Oath of Embers (The Eternal Oaths Book 1) by E. L. Canney

Author:E. L. Canney [Canney, E. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

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The new breathing techniques were repeating in her mind as she made her way back to her room to get ready for dinner.

The candlelight flickered around her as she soaked in the ornate stone tub and read the next chapters of the book Kaelan had loaned her. The adventures in the newest chapters told of other realms and it thoroughly excited her.

Apparently, there were at least two other known realms called Marilla and Sadira. Both enchanting in their own way. Marilla was named for its shining seas, and Sadira was named for its affinity for nature and plethora of flora and fauna. While rumors of an enchanted forest captivated the pages she read.

However, connections between the realms were long since lost to the ether. She could’ve kept reading all night, but a knock on her door startled her out of her reverie.

Carefully laying the book down on a small stone slab beside her, she dried off as she replied, “Just a minute!”

Unsure of who would be at her door, she quickly wrapped her body in a fur robe and crept open the door slightly.

“Kaelan? What are you doing here…” He pushed the door open the rest of the way and waltzed in without giving her time to protest.

Tightening her robe around her waist she watched as he examined the room and turned back to her. "If someone sees you keep turning up here at my door, they’ll start to suspect something is happening between us!" She hissed into the room.

He only chuckled back, “That’s why I had to get in here quickly. Lock your door, just in case.”

Moving back to the bathing room, she called back, “What is so urgent you had to bombard me in my room and interrupt another lovely bathing time? I swear your timing is oddly consistent.” Blindly swiping a dress out of her drawers, she waltzed back towards the still-humid room. Needing a closed door between Kaelan and her as she changed and then dropped her robe.

Dread filled her stomach as she realized exactly which dress she had flippantly grabbed…from the bottom of her drawers…red silky material that danced in the warm light, and her heart sank. She couldn’t go back and exchange it for a more modest choice. He would realize what she was doing.

Shit!

Cursing under breath as his voice boomed back, “I just wanted to check on you. You left so early this morning and when I couldn’t talk to you in the corridor earlier…” His thoughts seemed to trail off.

Clearing his throat, he asked. “Are you and Ivar…close now?”

Dreadfully fumbling with the endless sea of straps, she attempted to slide the scandalous dress on. “Ivar? Uh, I guess. We’ve…spent time together in the months since you saw us hiking. I thought you were keeping an eye on me. Don’t you know everything going on in my sad excuse for a life here by now? Inside my dark cavernous prison?” Completing omitting the fact that he had recently asked her to be his future chieftainess, a fact she was hoping to forget herself.

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