Of Blades and Wings: A Brides of Mist and Fae Novel (Flame Cursed Fae Book 1) by Eliza Raine

Author:Eliza Raine [Raine, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Maddy

Dinner in the feasting hall is a repeat of breakfast. Nobody looks like they want me to sit with them, but this time I'm bold and sit close to an existing group. They don't get up and move, but none of them look warmly at me. Harald takes a stool into the center of the room and gives a big bellow. Everybody looks at him.

"Whilst you eat, I shall regale you with the tale of the most mighty of Valkyrie," he says, then launches into an entertainingly dramatic story about how Sigrun vanquished a mighty Frost Giant and saved a village of fae. His booming voice and inventive sound effects draw everyone in, including me, and I listen raptly as I eat my meat pie and mashed potatoes. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the story takes a lewd turn once the fighting is done, as is common in bard's stories and songs in Yggdrasil. Fight, fuck, repeat. The warrior's way.

When he gets to the part about an entire tavern full of men disrobing at Sigrun's feet, I feel my cheeks pink, and I'm not the only one. Some fae are laughing, but a few others are redder than I am. I can see the glint in Harald's eyes, and know the big warrior is enjoying himself. When the story gets lascivious enough that I am quite sure I would only be able to enjoy it if I was in my own company, not surrounded by strangers, I join the numerous fae who are leaving the feasting hall.

I need some time alone to try to store all the things I have learned the last few days. My stomach squishes nervously, and my skin crawls a little.

What if I can't do it again? What if that part of the gallery is broken forever?

I have to try, even if I'm scared to find out. My memory magic is a part of me. I can't avoid it. Unlike the compact mirror, I think as I reach my chamber. That, I am avoiding. I have no idea how to talk to my sister. I'm terrified that she won't even want to hear from me, and it's easier to ignore it at the moment than face it.

Navi isn't in our chamber, and I take a risk and lock the door. She might come back at any point—she doesn't strike me as the type to enjoy lewd stories—and she'll probably be pissed that I've locked her out of her own room, but she'll get over it. I have to be alone.

I change out of the clothes I was forced to run in, settle on the bed, and close my eyes. When the gallery forms around me, I am in the room where I make statues. The jets are flowing, squirting water into the air three feet high.

I take a deep breath and think about the runes I learned about this morning that I want to memorize, and I hold my hands out to the water, willing it to do my bidding.

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