The Green Door by Heather Kindt

Author:Heather Kindt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heather Kindt
Published: 2020-06-10T22:00:00+00:00

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Following King Azer’s departure, the room cleared, and I was left a broken woman on the floor. It was no different than the rich bullies at school who thought that any kid from the Dump didn’t have the right to breathe the same air. No wonder this guy had thought the way to deal with Ferox was to turn them into a bunch of wild animals by threatening the magician he forced to do the deed.

Footsteps stopped next to me. “Get up.” Maybe these guards would lock me back in my room where Brek and Carter might find me.

My shoulder ached as I lifted my body from the ground and got to my feet. A hand reached out to steady me, so my eyes met my guard’s for the first time. It was Brek but another soldier accompanied him. I pushed my exuberance below the surface and put on the ill-fated prison girl look.

As they led me back to the room, Brek held me tightly to his side and refused to give me any kind of attention. The other soldier led the way unlocking doors as we moved further into the castle. On the way, I paid more attention to covering up my exposed skin than I did to the vicinity of a room I had no idea whether or not I’d be returning to.

The massive wooden door outside the bedroom held a series of locks that the soldier struggled to open. With the man’s back turned to us, Brek rolled his eyes. When the door finally opened, I saw a rainbow of clothes spread out on the bed all in anticipation of my evening with the king.

“You can head to dinner.” Brek addressed the other guard. “I’ll take first watch.”

The other soldier seemed pleased with this arrangement. “I’ll be back to relieve you in one hour.” The fool left the door wide open, and Brek and I stood as still as statues as we watched him leave.

When the man disappeared around a corner, Brek spoke in a breathy voice. “I’ve got to say, Covington, I have a new appreciation for King Azer and his low-cut dresses.

I slapped my hand over my chest and glared at him before I scoured the room for my clothes. That evil woman must have taken them. All she left were a bunch of skimpy threads on the bed. I growled before falling face first onto the mattress.

“All is not lost.”

I lifted my head to my elbow to watch Brek as he shimmied my shirt, pants, and underwear from beneath the hemline of his white uniform.

“How in the world?” I jumped up to grab them from his hands.

He shrugged. “I figured if I had to beef up to pass for a guard, I needed some stuffing. Kind of like when you used to stuff your bra.”

“Shut up.” I wound up my jeans and whipped him on the leg. “And yes, you do make a scrawny guard.”

Brek turned his back to me as I dressed and

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