The Dark Crown by S C Gowland

Author:S C Gowland [Gowland, S C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

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‘Are you sure you're okay?’ he said to Zahara.

‘As well as can be expected.’ she answered with a light smile.

‘We need to get out of here.’ said Kaoldan. ‘It's not safe. They know we are here; they may come again.’ Images of Ormrik’s cold smile flashed through his mind.

Zahara nodded solemnly. She raised her hand to her mouth and whistled loudly twice.

Rustling and the sound of snapping branches. Shara emerged through the foliage, thrashing in protest, with a snort looking left and right as she approached Zahara, who mounted her Panthera

Kaoldan turned his attention to Romina, brushing leaves out of her way, rubbing her chest with a pained expression on her face.

‘Are you sure you're okay?’ he double checked.

‘Yes, of course.’ she smiled, avoiding his eyes. ‘Nice to be able to put theory into practice.’

Kaoldan didn’t believe her for a moment.

She looked at him half smiled, sucked her teeth then climbed on the back of Essa; the ginger Panthera continued to look left and right, surveying the environment, looking for potential new threats.

It seemed to Kaoldan that her panthera had actually dealt with the situation better than her master, despite a bad start.

His mind raced.

Who were the Otan?

Why had they attacked the group?

What possible objective had they had?

What possible reason for trying to kill four Walkers in the middle of nowhere? He sighed. These were thoughts for another time so with effort he pushed them to the back of his mind. Another time.

A flood of immediate concern then swamped Kaoldan's head, worry for his daughters, pride about the outcome of the encounter, fear of Ormrik. Picking his way through the clearing he realised, that the two Walkers needed reassurance, but were also his daughters. His pace faltered slightly. Not young girls needing their father, women needing their father, an altogether different prospect. He licked his lips and felt his guts turn over.

He too needed reassurance.

And if the look on Romina’s face after the fight was anything to go by he was going to need to do so carefully. Not just master to student - that he could do - but father to daughter, and it was not a skill he was certain he possessed.

He swallowed hard.

New territory, he thought, new territory.

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