The Fae Artifactor (The Artifactor Book 5) by Honor Raconteur

Author:Honor Raconteur [Raconteur, Honor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Raconteur House LLC
Published: 2019-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Arandur watched her for a few moments: the peaceful expression on her face as sleep stole away her anxiety, the steady rise and fall of her chest as she breathed. Dark magic, but that had been terrifying. Bad enough for the problems with her senses to escalate, but what had cut him to the quick was seeing her obvious terror. Sevana had done her best to stay calm, to rationally report to him the problem, all the while sitting there like a child lost in a dark mountain. It had taken every ounce of control he had to not latch onto her.

But as much as he would have liked to say otherwise, his embrace was not a cure-all. Holding her would not fix the problem. He’d quickly fetched Ursilla for that reason, and was gratified when the woman immediately rolled out of her bed and came. Still, even with the expert calmly assuring them that this change was nothing to be alarmed about, Arandur prayed that nothing else like this would happen. He wasn’t sure if his heart could take it, seeing that expression of dread on Sevana’s face again.

Ursilla let out a gusty sigh that spoke volumes. “At the very least, can you not be so obvious in your affections, young man?”

Turning his head a few inches, Arandur regarded her steadily. Ursilla might have several hundred years on him, and she was a legend even among the Fae, but he felt no qualms in standing his ground. “Is there something wrong with one person loving another?”

She gave him the most maternal, exasperated look he’d ever received, and his own mother had been an expert at that look. “Your desire for her is not appropriate, Arandur.”

“I do believe that’s entirely between me and Sellion,” he retorted mildly.

Pursing her lips, she stared at him through narrowed eyes. “Your ranking is beneath her. Such a union is not befitting of the Fae.” When Arandur did not respond, she added, “You really think you can have her, don’t you.”

It was not a question. Arandur answered it anyway. “She told you before that she has argued with kings and won. She was not exaggerating. For that matter, she’s argued with gods and won. Let’s be clear on this, Ursilla. The only person whose opinion matters to me in this is Sellion’s. When she chooses to give her heart, she will not seek approval from anyone else, least of all some antiquated custom. This is not a woman who can be dictated to.”

Ursilla sat at the edge of the bed and watched him for a long, eternal moment. Then, strangely, she smiled. It was not a nice expression, but one that contained a great deal of challenge. “You think that by holding your ground like this, she’ll eventually turn to you.”

Arandur was not about to argue the point, or give voice to all the observations that he’d made over the past several months that gave him hope. He didn’t want to explain that Sevana was

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