Storm Princess Saga- the Complete Series by Everly Frost & Jaymin Eve

Author:Everly Frost & Jaymin Eve [Frost, Everly & Eve, Jaymin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

23. Marbella Mercy

The third tunnel yawns before us. Five guards take up position at the mouth of the cave beside the entrance. Llion urges me inside the tunnel with the others, but it doesn’t take him long to bail Roar up.

“Lady Storm fought hard,” he says to the blue-winged gargoyle. “She needs to take it easy today.”

Roar claps Llion on the shoulder. “I understand, friend. And I agree. Today she can learn about mining, but we won’t push it.”

Satisfied with that, Llion joins Welsian and Iago as they disappear further inside the tunnel. The faint clatter of buckets banging against their shovels as they walk tells me how far ahead they are.

“How do you know that a heartstone is buried under this mountain anyway?” I ask Roar as he hands me a pickaxe.

He ambles down the tunnel as he says, “We don’t know for sure. We only have legends to guide us. But the first heartstone was found in the heart of Mount Virtuous so there’s some proof to support the stories.”

“Virtuous is a clan name, isn’t it? Are all of your mountains named after your clans?”

He laughs. “Actually, our clans are named after our mountains. They are the names of the gargoyles who gave their lives for our new world: Prime, Virtuous, Lightsworn, Sunflight, Denrock, just to name a few. Even that son of a… uh… even Grievous decided it was worth giving his life to save his people.”

“What about the Supreme Incorruptible? Is there a mountain named after the royal line?”

Roar shakes his head. “The gargoyle King Supreme gave his life to separate the layers of the Earth, which means that his body didn’t form a mountain. His wife Queen Incorruptible became the moon and the legend is that her heart remains in the moon above us. But as for the King’s Heartstone, nobody knows. Some gargoyles say that Mount Erador hides it, but I don’t think so. To answer your question: there isn’t a Mount Supreme.”

“Is that why Howl said there were twenty-seven more chances? He doesn’t count the royal hearts?”

“That’s right. And even if they are found, they’re useless to him.”

I slip the pickaxe into one of my pockets, wiping my mouth with my sleeve. Luckily, most of the bleeding has stopped, but I’ll sport a puffy lip later today. Before we left the Cavity, Roar spread a gummy sort of glue along the cut above my eye, telling me it would keep it closed so it can heal. “I would have thought the royal hearts would be the most powerful.”

“Oh, they are. Incredibly dangerous. King Supreme’s heart is the most dangerous of all. But only a gargoyle from the royal line can handle them and not be instantly killed. Even if he found one, Howl could never use it.”

A heartstone that could kill Howl. The fact that there is anything in our world that could defeat that monster gives me hope. “You said the first heartstone was found in Mount Virtuous, so I’m guessing that was the heart of Virtuous then?”

“Virtuous was known for her kindness.

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