Rise of the Fey by Alessa Ellefson

Author:Alessa Ellefson [Alessa Ellefson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Alessa Ellefson
Published: 2015-04-29T07:00:00+00:00

“Everyone’s waiting,” Lance says, back to business mode now that Jennifer’s gone.

I raise a questioning eyebrow at Lance, surprised at his ability to dismiss what just happened as if it were a pure figment of my imagination. But Arthur claps him good-humoredly on the shoulder.

“Let’s get going,” he says, walking off briskly.

“Where are we going?” I ask, following the two knights down the hallway in the opposite direction from the kitchens.

“To have a word with the Watchers,” Arthur says.

My footsteps falter as I recall the strange blind Fey who somehow keeps appearing before me whenever bad things happen.

“Why?” I ask, unable to hide my discomfort.

Both Arthur and Lance give me the same look of surprise.

“To get some information, of course,” Arthur finally says.

“Do you, uh, think they could have something to do with the attack?” I ask.

“Of course not,” Arthur says as we turn into a small passage leading downward. “They never interfere with anything, they just observe events unfold.”

“And what about the Siege Perilous?” I ask.

“What about it?” Arthur asks back, looking baffled. But he never saw that Watcher standing at the KORT room’s entrance when Owen was sucked into the Siege Perilous, and I’ve never mentioned it to anyone.

“Don’t you think it’s strange you have something so dangerous hanging out here for anyone to just sit in and get swallowed up by it?” I ask, shaking my head to dispel the memory of Owen’s frightened look. “What if these creepy Watchers put it there to lure innocent knights to sit in it?”

I’m rewarded with another look of utter confusion before Arthur bursts out laughing.

“I don’t see what’s so funny,” I say, annoyed.

“The seat is part of the school’s legacy,” Lance says. “It has always been here. In fact, the school was built around the Siege Perilous, which itself is the center of Avalon.”

“What?”

“Avalon doesn’t start at the forest,” Arthur says, “how else do you think this school can exist under a lake?”

I ignore him and instead fall into step with Lance. “So you guys stole this school from the Fey and then kept their chair of doom?”

“It’s not a chair of doom,” Lance says, steering me around a corner into a darker part of the tunnels.

“Actually,” Arthur says, sidling in between the two of us, “we’re not quite sure what its use is. Only that there’s a spell on it that prevents anyone from sitting in it. Why, we don’t know, but it’s certainly too dangerous to leave it to the Fey.”

“That’s pretty hardcore of them to curse anyone who happens to sit on their stuff,” I say. “I suppose it’s a great anti-theft device though.”

To my utter surprise, Lance bursts out laughing, and I find myself staring at the knight, blinking furiously as if I’ve been looking directly at the sun for too long.

“So, uh,” I say, my brain fried, “are we going to, uh, ask them about it?”

“No,” Arthur snaps, pulling me roughly after him down a narrow staircase.

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