The Keeper of The Kingdoms (Flyers Of The First Kingdom Book 2) by Eden Eaves
Author:Eden Eaves [Eaves, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.EdenEaves.com
Published: 2024-09-18T00:00:00+00:00
THIRTY-FOUR
KIERA
Iknew the questions were coming the second the words slipped out of my mouth. I braced myself for the onslaught.
But after I watched the shock flash over his face, I suddenly came over all dizzy and took a step back to steady myself.
He was on me in the blink of an eye, the back of his hand against my neck.
âWhat?â I asked, my mind fuzzy.
âYou donât look well.â He held my chin and tilted my face up, looking into my eyes. âLet me go get your gran.â
I grabbed his arm before he could step away from me. âNo, donât trouble her.â I wouldnât insult him and tell him heâd get lost trying to find her treehouse in the dark, but he would. Very few fae who didnât grow up here ever became truly accustomed to the Forest Kingdom, and we liked it that way.
âBut youâre unwell.â He put a hand on my waist, steadying my knees but sending a flash of heat through my stomach.
I shouldnât like the worry creasing his brows, but it warmed me through. âI just need sleep, thatâs all. Itâs been a long day.â The anxiety which came with returning to my home an altogether different fae to the one who left had rode on my shoulders the entire flight up here. No matter how many times I told myself they couldnât force me to marry Casimir, it still felt like an insurmountable obstacle I couldnât move past. I hadnât meant to hide it from him, but in the capital, it was a worry I could leave behind. It didnât exist for me there and I hadnât known how to talk to Jaxus about it. So now he was blindsided. Or maybe I was reading too much into that, too.
âWhich way is your bedroom?â he asked.
I swayed on my feet, realizing my eyes had closed, the tiredness now crashing over me in waves. âWe have to go up.â
His fingers tightened on my hip. âUp the stairs?â
âYes,â I swallowed over and over past a dry mouth, trying to give him directions. âI, umââ I gasped as my feet swept out from under me, throwing my hands out to try to catch myself, grabbing Jaxusâ shirt.
Only I found myself in his arms.
âUp the stairs and then where?â he whispered close to my ear, already taking the stairs two at a time.
I wanted to protest, but I didnât have the energy. âItâs the only room.â It occurred to me that Gran might have sensed my arrival with her strange woo-woo magic, but she wouldnât have known Iâd have a guest. âI have to make up the other bed,â I said, attempting to climb out of his arms to find some linens.
He cut me off. âDonât you even start. Youâre not doing anything else.â
My figure met the soft mattress, and I sunk into the pillowy top, which I knew Gran had come and stuffed with healing herbs for me. No wonder sheâd been here before we arrived. It smelled soothing and familiar, and I smiled as Jaxus pulled the blankets up to my chin.
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