The Lady of the Storm by Kathryne Kennedy

Author:Kathryne Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-08-11T22:00:00+00:00

Nine

The darling girl looked up at him with those faceted blue eyes and said, “Yes.”

His heart soared. She had spoken truly, then, when she said she didn’t care about the differences in their circumstances. He did not know how he would deal with her social set without being forced to knock a few heads together, but he would try.

“But,” she continued, “we shall have to wait.”

He dropped her hand and rose, sat on the edge of the bed next to her, raking up the bedding and gently covering her body. The sight of her rosy skin proved too much of a distraction for him to focus on their conversation. And it appeared it would require his full attention.

“Why?” Giles dragged his fingers through his hair. When she had disappeared under that mountain, he had come to terms with himself. Even if it meant giving up his dreams of becoming a true spy for the Rebellion, even if he must go live among the gentry or in a hovel by the ocean, he could not live without the lady. “My dear Cecily, I have been waiting nigh onto ten years now, and the past few weeks have been a sheer torture of indecision.”

“I know.” For a moment, he thought he saw tears glistening in her eyes. “But we do not have time to wed. We must leave as soon as we are able.”

“You found something in that mountain. What is it?”

“I saw Thomas.”

“Wait.” He held up his hand, sat back on the edge of the bed. “Start from the beginning.”

She nodded and sat up, hugging the covers to her chest, thank the devil. He had never seen such a beautiful pair of—

“The river did provide a way into the interior of the crystal. I surfaced within a cavern and found my way out to a hallway, of sorts. Open to the sky and flanked by crystal columns. Such a beautiful place—”

“Please, Cecily, just get to the important parts.”

“I found Sebastian’s tomb—at least, I think it was his. The coffin had been cracked open, along with several statues of rather fierce-looking guardians. But I couldn’t find a ring. And then I heard… do you know how the crystal sings? I thought I heard my name in that song. I thought I heard my father’s voice.”

Giles reached out and touched her cheek. He did not doubt that Thomas had found a way to reach her again. “What did he say?”

“He told me where to find him. He’s… Giles, he’s trapped… or imprisoned… in the last place we saw a vision of him. That place of wild magic.”

“Seven Corners?”

“Aye. And I must go find him.”

Giles glanced over at his sword belt, close to hand on a side table, the plain hilt of his devil-blade winking at him from the scabbard. He had feared an attachment to Cecily would end his ambitions, and yet she brought him more excitement and adventure than he could ever have hoped for. “We will go find him.”

She huffed. “Giles, you heard what the professor said.

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