Sapient Salvation 3: The Divining (Sapient Salvation Series) by Faith Jayne & Castle Christine

Author:Faith, Jayne & Castle, Christine [Faith, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: paranormal romance, a shade of vampire series, science fiction romance, alien romance, sci fi romance
Published: 2016-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

10

High Priestess Lunaria

WHEN I WENT to Jeric to ask for his help, I’d nearly balked at his dilapidated appearance and sunken eyes. Remembering what Lord Toric had told me about Jeric’s increasingly strange behavior, I worried I was making a huge mistake, that perhaps I was risking my one shot to save Maya on a man who’d already descended into madness.

But I knew I had no choice.

Perhaps I could have involved Lord Toric in the plan, but I believed it better not to. As Lord, he was too visible to be of any real help. I told him only that I had found a way to appease the demands of the Calistans calling for the Earthen girl’s blood but also keep her alive.

To my immense relief, Jeric had brightened at my proposition and immediately agreed to help. And to his great credit, he devised an ingenious plan.

I’d survived many difficult moments in my life, but when I stood at the end of the Bridge to Purification with Maya quaking next to me, I could not think of a moment more frightening and perilous. Not just for the young Earthen woman, but for the fate of Calisto.

After she’d disappeared down into the portal that was concealed within the sacrificial fire, I’d had to remain on the Bridge and recite a prayer to the bloodthirsty masses below. I wasn’t sure the audience even heard me; they were so stirred up with the frenzy of sacrifice and spiritual cleansing.

It had seemed to last forever, those few minutes on the Bridge, but I stoically carried out my duties as if I had indeed just witnessed an Offered girl die in the fire, when all I could think of was racing away to discover whether Jeric’s portal trick had worked.

I knew one thing as I scanned the arena: the audience had bought it. They believed that Maya had fallen to her fiery death. They had no reason not to, of course.

When the ceremony was finally over, I turned and forced myself to walk at a slow, stately march back into the palace. Officers were congratulating each other on the fine job they’d done in Maya’s arrest, imprisonment, and transport. Other nobles milled about, their eyes bright with religious fervor. Some recited prayers and praises.

I bowed my head and made my way through the throng to the lift, accompanied by three other priestesses of the Temple who’d been chosen to take part in the ceremony.

When I finally made it back to my quarters, I closed the door and leaned against the wall, pressing my temple to the cool surface. But I stayed there only a moment. I had to find out whether Maya had survived.

I hurried to my library. The communication monitor built into the surface of my desk was flashing. I ignored schedule reminders and the many messages about Temple business.

There. A message from a fake name, delivered twenty minutes ago.

I ignored the couple of paragraphs of text, which were meaningless, and went straight to the P.

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