Serpent's Blood (Snakesblood Saga Book 6) by Beth Alvarez

Author:Beth Alvarez [Alvarez, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sacred Tree Press
Published: 2021-05-28T22:00:00+00:00

15

Turning Points

Exhausted hardly covered how Vahn felt. Everyone’s insistence he rest seemed like sound advice now, a whole day too late.

Though everything had gone smoothly since Edagan’s group of mages connected with those Councilor Parthanus gathered to return to the Royal City, their noisy company offered little time for sleep. His body burned with fatigue. His head ached and his thoughts were so muddled, he wasn’t sure how much longer he could stay on his feet.

Then the door creaked open, and he forgot his weariness and all the pains that went with it.

Firal ran, but Vahn met her halfway. He swept her into his arms and twirled her around, hugged her close and buried his face in her thick black hair.

“You’re safe,” she gasped.

Vahn wasn’t sure he could agree. “When they told me you were here, I hardly believed it. I didn’t imagine anything could be so easy, after everything we’ve been through.” Tangling his hands in her curls, he tilted her head to look at her eyes. “Let me see you. Brant’s roots, I can’t believe how beautiful you are.”

Firal glowed. She nestled her cheek into his palm and hugged him tight. “I was starting to fear I’d never see you again.” Her voice cracked and she swiped at her eyes with her fingertips. “What are you doing here? What’s happened?”

The question chased his smile away. Vahn sobered and tucked a stray curl behind the delicate point of her ear. “I was told you’d been kidnapped. I didn’t believe it, but when we sent a messenger here and she returned saying you were in the palace, I didn’t believe that, either. I couldn’t imagine you being so close within my reach.”

She cocked her head. “A messenger? Where? When?”

He closed his eyes and forced a smile. “I’m sorry. Forgive me, I’m so tired. Sit down, I’ll explain everything.”

Firal took him by the hands, led him to the bed and helped him settle on its edge. The quarters Vicamros had offered him were luxurious, befitting of a visiting king, and the plush bed only made the call of sleep that much louder. She knelt before him to help him out of his boots.

There was so much to tell her, he hardly knew what to say. “Lulu is home. She’s safe. She’s with my mother in the palace in Ilmenhith.”

Firal sat back so hard Vahn thought she might swoon with relief. He leaned forward to lay a hand on her shoulder and steady her.

“Envesi is there too. Right now, she says she means the kingdom no harm. She only wishes to have control of the temple.”

“No harm?” She scoffed, her evident relief replaced with anger in the blink of an eye. “She tried to kill me! She stood right in front of the throne and tried to burn me out of existence!”

He grimaced. “Her story was somewhat different. Not that I believed her,” he added hastily. “The problem is that she believes herself when she says it. I’m beginning to think she’s mad, Firal.

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