Queens and Monsters Awakening (The Blood Falls Book 1) by India Amare

Author:India Amare [Amare, India]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“Wine?” he asked as he stared at the key in my hands.

“I’d love some.”

He grabbed another glass and poured some dark red liquid into it. “I take it the bookworms introduced you to the library.”

I stepped toward the table, wary of the unease coming off Dray. He came here to escape. Whether it was the party or me, I was intruding. “They did. It’s a beautiful space.” I tucked the key into my jeans pocket and picked up the glass of wine. “How did you get down here?”

He pointed to another door on the other side of the space. “Stairs go up to the pantry in the kitchen.”

That explained why there was food stored down here. “The wine is good.”

“I opened an expensive one.”

“That bad of a day?” I didn’t dare look at him.

“Just overwhelming.” I felt his eyes on me during the pause between sentences. The heavy, tortured gaze.

Torture I was causing.

“I love my family, but I can only take so much of their constant conversations before I need a break.”

He didn’t mention needing some space from me, but it was implied. I examined the room. There were hundreds of bottles of wine, a few shelves with different kinds of liquor, garlic, onions, potatoes, and more. And then my gaze fell on the other wall.

It hadn’t occurred to me until just then that somewhere on this property there’d be a place where swords and armor were kept. High on the wall, on full display, was a large, ornate sword.

“That’s Dreadnought, my family's sword from the dark times.”

“What are the dark times?” A large green stone was embedded into the ornate silver, just above the dark wood of the hilt. The blade itself was a dark metal I couldn’t identify.

“Thousands of years ago our world and another were at war. War is dark so I assume that’s why we call it that.”

I stepped closer so I could get a better look at the armor. One set in particular seemed to be made of the same metal. “What other world? Like aliens?”

While I moved from piece to piece, Dray stayed locked in place at the table. “No. I mean our metaphysical world and another. A world with ghosts and dragons, demons and angels.”

I shuddered to think those stories were true as well. “What happened?” I turned to see if Dray’s expression had any clues, but his eyes were unfocused, his mind somewhere else entirely.

“There’s always a little overlap where sometimes you think you see or hear something, but when you look again, it’s gone. There are special places where our worlds are so close you can step through.”

“Have you stepped through?”

He shook his head slowly. “No one has since the dark times. We pushed them back and sealed the doors forever.” Pain washed over his face.

There was more to this story.

“Why does everyone keep the armor? Why did my grandfather’s guards wear it?”

He blinked and brought his focus back to this room, to his wine. He took a sip and let out a slow breath.

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