Samara's Peril (Ilyon Chronicles Book 3) by Jaye L. Knight

Author:Jaye L. Knight [Knight, Jaye L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Living Sword Publishing
Published: 2016-05-12T19:00:00+00:00

At dawn, camp bustled with the activity of a new day of preparation. The men didn’t linger over breakfast to chat. There was too much work to be done. Kaden swallowed down his eggs and coffee without much thought, which was unusual, but food wasn’t his priority this morning. Today he had to make sure his riders were ready for combat.

His riders.

He shook his head. He wouldn’t get used to that any time soon. After all, hadn’t he done almost everything possible back in Tarvin Hall to avoid promotion to this sort of position?

Still, he took it seriously—more seriously than he had taken anything else in his life besides looking out for Kyrin. And, all discomfort aside, he was determined to do it right and prove himself worthy of Talas and Trask’s confidence, if only to himself.

When Marcus finished his breakfast and walked off with Liam, Kaden gulped down his last swallow of coffee. He followed, but his feet dragged. Why did it have to be so hard to ask his brother for advice? It wasn’t that he disliked his brother, but there’d always been friction between them. Marcus always seemed to think he knew best, and most of the time he did. It was aggravating. If Kaden was honest, though, Marcus probably wasn’t responsible for most of the friction. Kaden was the argumentative one.

“Marcus.”

His older brother turned. “Yes?”

Kaden hesitated. Kyrin was right. Marcus would be happy to answer his questions and help him out, and he wouldn’t be smug about it either. He was a better man than that. Though he’d never admit it, Kaden envied him, deep down—envied the calm, levelheaded way his brother dealt with any situation thrown at him. He never let his emotions get the best of him, and if he had any of the Veshiron temper, Kaden had yet to see it. He was like their father that way. Maybe that’s why this was so hard. Kaden didn’t measure up to their father quite the way his brother did.

Trying to shrug off these uncomfortable thoughts, he cleared his throat. “Can we talk a minute?”

Marcus’s brows rose just a fraction. “Sure.” He looked over at Liam. “Get the men started on drills.”

Liam glanced between the two of them, as if debating whether he should stay and act as a buffer, but then walked on to where the militia had gathered. Kaden watched him. On the topic of envy, it would be nice to have his next older brother’s good nature right now. He got along well with all five of his siblings.

Kaden shifted his gaze back to Marcus, who waited patiently for him to speak. Though Kaden had three inches on him, his brother’s steady confidence could be intimidating.

He breathed out. “Listen, you probably don’t have time for this, but . . .” How did he put this without sounding entirely incompetent? “I could use a few tips on being a captain.”

Marcus’s brows rose higher, but as Kaden expected, there was no smugness or gloating, only genuine eagerness to help.

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