Prince of Stars, Son of Fate by H L Burke

Author:H L Burke [Burke, H L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781689238960
Publisher: H. L. Burke
Published: 2019-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The small group huddled in Arynne’s sitting room, discussing their plans and what they needed to do to accomplish them. Kay tried to give it his full attention, but sitting next to Arynne on the couch, her body pressed against his side, her head on his shoulder, was more than a little distracting. He kept bending down to smell her hair—which now carried the fragrance of honey and spices—or kiss her forehead. Her focus was obviously on the meeting, at least more so than his, but she didn’t object to his affection.

“The good news is, after Kay returned, I had a feeling I might need to help him escape—not go with him, but I wanted to have a plan in case my attempts to talk Father out of killing him failed.” Olyn drew a deep breath. “It will be hard, but not impossible, and the two of us being together will make it easier. Do you have something I can draw on?”

Sigid hurried to Arynne’s writing desk and produced a sheet of paper, an inkwell, and a quill pen—one of Sol’s quills, to be exact, long and white with a pattern of silver spots.

The cat-owl now slept, tail curled around his body, wings neatly folded over his back, on his mistress’s lap as she leaned against Kay. He purred lightly, apparently glad to have his mistress awake and well again. At first the possessive creature had tried to push his way between them, but when that failed he’d flicked his ears in Kay’s general direction before peevishly settling in his current spot. Kay occasionally scratched at Sol’s ears, just to tease him. He couldn’t blame the animal for being a little jealous.

Olyn sketched a rough floor plan of the family wing and another of the floor directly below them. “I tested the wards, searching out their limits. He really only warded the family wing.”

Relief coursed through Kay. “So we just have to get down the stairs? That shouldn’t be too hard.”

Clindt clicked his tongue. “That seems shortsighted. If his goal was to keep Kajik away from Arynne, it would’ve only been slightly more work to ward the entire palace. That would’ve been an inconvenience to the few travelers who live and work here—mainly you, Olyn—but Uncle Evyd usually doesn’t go by half-measures.”

Olyn’s mouth wrinkled, and his gaze dropped to the floor.

Kay sat up straighter, his muscles stiffening beneath Arynne’s touch. “What?” He frowned at his brother. Arynne likewise focused on Olyn.

The prince gave out a heavy sigh. “I’ve started to doubt that Father’s intent was to keep Kay from Arynne. As you said, Clindt, he could’ve done it easily enough just by warding the whole palace or even the whole Starspire, but he didn’t. He only warded a small section around her, like the wires of a trap ready to spring with Arynne the bait in the center.” He raised his eyes to his brother’s, his grim expression sending a shiver through Kay. “I don’t think he wanted to keep you out, Kay.

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