Ocean of Silver (The Allium Series Book 2) by Mallory Benjamin

Author:Mallory Benjamin [Benjamin, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

SCOTLIND

No. No. No. He couldn’t.

My lungs felt like they were collapsing in on themselves. My breath hitched and halted in my throat as my heart hammered against my sternum so fast I felt dizzy. My lips dried, and any heat from my earlier embarrassment left me. I felt empty.

All at once, the Lux King and the three Royal siblings rose from their thrones. I watched as Tezya stood next to Dovelyn. “All bow to our sovereign of Lux, King Arcane Xandrin the Seventh.”

Dresses sifted, shoes scoffed, and chairs groaned across the marble as everyone rose from their own chairs to kneel on the ground. The King’s domineering gaze was looming as he casually glanced around the room.

My own body moved without thinking, without me processing what it was doing. I thought Kallon might have gripped my elbow, might have ushered me forward. I couldn’t feel anything until my knees slammed against the hard marble. The echoing thud sounded piercing to my ears, but no one turned their gaze toward me. No one heard it. The sound was an echoing box, only in my own head, growing louder and louder until everything would burst.

The ground was cold against my bare skin as the slits in my gown shifted, exposing too much of my thighs. The entire length of my scar, knee to hip, was on full display. I should have cared. I should have repositioned myself, but I didn’t—couldn’t.

I was frozen as the announcer continued to introduce the Royals one at a time. “Bow to Prince Arcane the eighth, heir to the Luxian throne,” his wheezy voice echoed. Prince Arcane moved to stand next to the King. Princess Doveylyn was next. Then…

“Please bow for Prince Tezya, Commander of the Luxian army.” Tezya’s blue eyes met mine, pinning me to my spot on the floor as he moved from the blackened throne.

No, his eyes weren’t just that beautiful crystal blue. They were lined in silver. I could make out the bare traces of it from my spot on the ground. His moon-white hair was so pale, only a shade off from Prince Arcane’s and Princess Dovelyn’s silver. He was broader, taller, more muscular, but he resembled them. Slightly.

He wasn’t identical as Arcane and Dovelyn were to each other, but he still had Arcane’s straight nose and angular jaw. He had Dovelyn’s shaped eyes and the same thick, dark brows. His face was haunting, the difference being his nasty scar straight across it, defacing his beauty. No, that wasn’t true either. I loved his scar.

My mind whirled on how he earned it. Was it in battle? Was it from the rebels that he left in ashes? Commander. He was the commander. Not just a Luxian soldier, not just someone who trained new recruits. No. He commanded them. He led them. Bile rose in my throat. I wanted to vomit. I felt like my life was an endless deception. I couldn’t handle any more surprises. I couldn’t fucking handle it.

“At this time, it brings me great honor to announce the selection for the Yule Carvot.

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