The Dark Fae by Stephanie Swann

Author:Stephanie Swann [Swann, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stephanie Swann
Published: 2024-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

Seven

Eirik's gaze locked with mine, shock registering on his face as he, too, recognized that lilting voice coming from the room just beyond where we were hiding. He jerked his head once, a silent command. Declan and Nadia needed no further cue; they ran out the door and disappeared into the shadows of the market. We followed, bolting into an alley.

"Market," I panted, the single word laced with urgency. "Disappear."

With them gone, I leaned against the cold brick wall, trying to steady my breath and not drown in the flood of adrenaline. Fewer people meant less chance of being noticed. Pulling my hood up and over my hair, I waited. Eirik stood close, scanning the streets for any sign of pursuit.

I pushed off the wall with a sigh. He was a brute, sure, but right now, his presence gave me a sense of security that I hadn't realized I needed.

"Let's move," he growled, and we took off again, darting through the maze of streets toward his home.

Focus wasn't coming easy as my mind played over the meeting. My mother, my damn mother, plotting against her kind. It churned in my gut, a mix of disbelief and disgust. Her callous disregard for our people, for the Fae dying because of some silent, deadly poison—it tore at me, left me reeling. We hadn't had time to check who else was there, but knowing she was the center of it was all we needed. The whole court was corrupt. They needed to go.

She promised me the company after being married for three months. What was her ploy here? What did she gain from destroying our Fae-folk and then handing me a bloodied mess? Aside from money and power, there had to be something in it for her.

"Fuck," I hissed under my breath. How could she? The question pounded in my skull with every frantic heartbeat. I knew she was bad, but this bad? I had no idea.

Eirik's hand closed around mine as he pulled me along. He was hardly kind about it as I tripped over stoned and uneven ground, but I couldn't blame him. This was fucked. And way worse than we had thought. I thought maybe a few rogue nobles, but never, in a million years, did I think it would be Fiona FaeStrom at the helm. I glanced at him, taking in that scarred face, those fierce eyes that missed nothing. There was resolve there, a hardened determination that I couldn't help but acknowledge—even admire. We were two sides of the same coin, Eirik and I. Both were bound by blood and duty to a world shattering around us.

He knew these streets like the back of his hand, each twist and turn, each entered door, each shady exit. I marveled at how he navigated the streets with such ease. I was beginning to feel things I shouldn't, just from seeing his tender moments with our people—the horrible indignation at our Queen betraying us. Maybe I'd had him pegged wrong from the beginning.

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