The King's Weapon: A Slow-burn Romantic Fantasy (Of Fire and Lies Book 1) by Neena Laskowski

Author:Neena Laskowski [Laskowski, Neena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belles & Oats LLC
Published: 2023-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

Kallie swayed in a hammock, a bucket gripped in between her hands, eyes scrunched shut as she tried to refrain from puking her guts out. Once Graeson had left her side, she had grown tired and had needed to lay down, so she had made her way to her room. Yet sleep once again evaded her.

The ship rode over a large wave, gliding in the air. That second of airtime was enough to cause her stomach to flip. She brought the tin bucket she had found in her room up to her face and dry heaved.

After she regained her ability to breathe, she heard someone knocking on her cabin's door. She groaned, unable to make any other intelligible sound, and hoped whoever it was had heard her. Or just left her alone. Preferably the latter.

A second later though Terin peered through the cracked open door. Her enemy-turned-brother stared down at her with a concerned look. He had given her a similar look when Kallie had tried to escape the camp that first night with Myra. Had he felt guilty for pretending to have abducted her? For playing a part in killing her guards? Or was it full of pity? Pity for the girl who knew little about her heritage and nothing about the supposed truth of her upbringing.

And although a day had passed since the news, Kallie still did not know how to act around the twins. If they were truly her brothers, her flesh and blood, then she supposed she should make an effort in forging some bond with them. Even if it was only a small one. She tried to force a small smile onto her face, but the twitch of her lip was forced. She knew it, Terin knew it.

"Need anything?" Terin asked, his brows bunching in the middle.

Kallie shook her head, regretting the quick movement immediately when it increased her nausea. She needed the sickness to wash away with the waves. And quickly.

"First sick from riding horseback, now sick from the sea? I'm starting to think traveling is not your friend." The corners of his lips tipped into a small smile.

Closing her eyes, Kallie raised her brows in agreement.

He stepped into the small room. “I could help you, you know."

She pried one eye open, giving him a side-long glance. After finding out he had been the one to put her to sleep again and again in those first few days, she had felt violated. While seemingly harmless, she couldn't shake the feeling that every time he slithered into her mind and forced her to sleep that he was making her vulnerable—to him, to Fynn, and to anyone else around. She'd take nausea over losing control over her own mind any day. Though it was ironic since Kallie forced a similar loss of control upon her own victims.

Still, she didn't want Terin's help. She didn't need him to fiddle with her mind and her dreams. She didn't need people messing with her mind. Especially someone who was her enemy only days ago.

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