Orfeia by Joanne M Harris

Author:Joanne M Harris [Harris, Joanne M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473229976
Google: vkfNDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1473229952
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2020-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

Queen Orfae went down to Mayfair,

Every rose grows merry with time…

Cobweb shot Fay a reproachful glance and followed Peronelle, leaving Fay alone in the beautiful chamber. The steam from the bath rose into the air, warm and irresistible. The torchflies glowed and glittered and shone like dancing wreaths of fairy lights.

She took off her brocade ballgown and stepped into the water, feeling her aching muscles relax at last as she surrendered to the warmth. She closed her eyes and, for the first time since her daughter had died, felt a genuine sense of well-being; even almost of happiness. The water was scented with lavender and scattered with scarlet rose-petals. Eyes still closed, she breathed in the scent – and then she heard the sound of approaching footsteps, light as a cat’s, and opened her eyes to see Mabs at her side, still in her moth-grey velvet gown and her crown of twisted silver.

‘My Lady,’ she whispered, ‘have no fear. I’m here to help.’ Little remained of the woman she’d been that night on Piccadilly. Now she seemed regal, luminous, her eyes as dark as the night sky.

‘Help me?’ Fay said. ‘Why?’

Mabs lowered her voice still further. ‘I don’t have much time to explain,’ she said. ‘King Alberon knows everything that happens here in World Below. He wants you to forget your life, to remain here in his kingdom. So far you have resisted him, but if you want to leave this place, take nothing, give nothing, and most of all, do not give up your shadow.’

Fay looked around at the bedchamber; the warm and welcoming fire, the bed piled high with pillows and surrounded with hanging draperies.

‘What do you mean?’ she said.

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