The Amazon's Pledge: Ultimate Edition by Hawke Sarah

Author:Hawke, Sarah [Hawke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, fiction, erotica, adult
Publisher: Jade Fantasy
Published: 2019-02-10T00:00:00+00:00

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I never actually summoned the courage to activate my bond ring, but after another twenty minutes of interrogating Zalheer I left him in Valuri’s care and went outside to try and find Kaseya. I found her standing near the edge of the frozen lake, her snow-spackled red hair fluttering in the wind. Behind her, the sun was busy melting into an orange smear on the horizon.

“Are the fish biting?”

Kaseya didn’t turn. “How would I know that?”

“I, uh…it was a joke,” I mumbled, wincing at my own awkwardness. Why am I so bad at coping with actual emotions?

“You left Zalheer with Valuri?”

“She won’t let him out of her sight, don’t worry,” I said. “She can handle him.”

“I know.”

I took a deep breath and let the awkward silence linger for a few moments. When I drew close, I finally noticed the half-frozen tear stains on her cheeks.

“I could feel you worrying about me,” she said. “You don’t need to. I will be fine.”

I nibbled at my lip and eyed my ring again. When I finally mustered the courage to activate it, I braced myself in anticipation of being drowned in a wave of sorrow. But instead I felt…peace.

“I think I knew the truth even back when Matriarch Lysara first sent Hestiah and I after my sister,” Kaseya said. “Ayrael was the best our people had to offer. She was honorable and loyal and powerful. She would not have murdered her Maskari without cause. She would not have turned against our traditions unless she had a good reason.”

Kaseya let out a long, slow breath. “When I confronted her in Vorsalos, she tried to tell me the truth. She tried to explain how she discovered the secret history of our people—how she had learned the moshalim were keeping things from us. I didn’t listen because I didn’t want to listen.”

I started to reply but immediately thought the better of it. This was something she needed to work through on her own. The best thing I could do was listen.

“Ayrael must have learned the truth about Zalheer and Marcella by then,” Kaseya went on. “Maybe she already knew—maybe that was what finally turned her against us. I don’t know. I suppose it doesn’t really matter now.” She abruptly turned to face me. “You were right before, you know. After you learned that Ayrael was my sister, you said that I was quick to bond with you because I wanted to prove that I wasn’t like her. I wanted to pledge myself to a Maskari and convince myself that I was a proper amazon. But what if the whole idea of a ‘proper amazon’ is a lie? What if everything I’ve been taught is a lie?”

I swallowed and bit down on my lip. I had a feeling this was ultimately where things would lead.

“My sister joined the Inquisitrix out of fear and misguided rage,” Kaseya went on, “but that doesn’t mean she’s wrong about everything. The moshalim are corrupt. The Maskari-Shan and the tan’ratha …maybe it is all nonsense.

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