Tear of Light by Michael Edward Tenner

Author:Michael Edward Tenner [Tenner, Michael Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-22T22:00:00+00:00

Alone Under a Night's Sky

With research underway into the matters of the Li’Ari, the royal court came to a standstill as did the local governments who, without the archon, only kept the peace and went ahead with any pre-planned events.

Aelir was in the library from dawn to dusk and had no time to attend to his father, who closed himself in his chamber and refused to come out. Many were concerned about his health; he would disallow anyone from entering his bedroom. Even Nael Di Reo, his most trusted advisor, was sent away, refused entry.

The night was coming, and Aelir was once again, the last person to remain in the library. Hundreds of books were searched that day, and their synopses were noted down for later use. He took it upon himself to shelf them that night.

While putting the last book, a three thousand pages long history of the war with Li’Ari volume one of seventeen, heard the door opening. He turned and saw the woman with ruffed golden hair and the same height. Arianna Di Reo.

She walked up to him. “Your Majesty,” she said with a bow. “I hope I do not disturb you.”

“Of course not, my lady,” he replied, forcing a stronger accent. “Please let me lightly kiss the knuckles of your precious hand.”

They laughed. “It is nice to see you again,” said Aelir.

“Likewise. Is it alright if I join you?”

“Of course. I was on my way out however,” he admitted. “Still we have found no answers, nothing that could help us.”

She smiled. “I know, all of that. That’s why I came now. I wouldn’t wish to disturb your work. Besides, I am far more interested in precisely everything else than war history. No offense.”

“How could you not wish to read two thousand pages just to know why a region of the size of the imperial gardens actually joined the empire willingly.” He paused and smiled. “At the end, after those two thousand pages, you’ll find out that it is not true and merely speculation that has no merit what so ever.”

With an amused chuckle, she replied, “Now that sounds very entertaining, almost as much as watching you suffer while reading it, but I had other things in mind.”

“May I inquire what things?”

“Join me, and I shall show you.”

Hearing that nervousness took over Aelir, the proposition and Arianna’s tone were quite flirtatious in nature, if his expertise on the subject, coming from books, was of any value. He was unable to refuse her, he didn’t want to anyway, and so they departed the library together.

Through the extravagant hallways of the palace, Arianna led Aelir down two stories into a hall beside her own chambers. There, in the more quaint room, awaited a table with a deck of cards, two glasses, and at least four bottles of various types of alcohol, all of which was expensive and very strong.

“Go on,” Arianna bumped him inside. “Please sit down and let me explain.” He did as she asked. “First, do you know how to play cards?” Aelir shook his head, looking at the deck closer.

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