The Secret of Magic (Academy of Falling Kingdoms Book 2) by Marisa Mills & Drake Mason

Author:Marisa Mills & Drake Mason [Mills, Marisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Epics
Published: 2019-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

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I shared a look with Alexander, and Oberon’s green eyes darted to me.

“You recognize the name?” he asked.

“You might say that. Viviane is a Rosewood, Gwen’s niece, and I’m Dorian’s charge.”

“Then you’ve heard the rumors,” he said.

“Some. I know he was in love with Guinevere,” I said.

“He was,” Oberon said, cutting into my thoughts, “I’d never seen a man so devoted.”

“What really happened between them?”

“Even I don’t know for sure. We were classmates,” Oberon said fondly. “Nick came from the Lower Realms, so he didn’t find many friends in Reverie. I was one, though. Obviously, Gwen liked him, too. They were inseparable for a long time, despite Amelia’s efforts to keep them apart.”

“They were always off together, sometimes for days at a time. It was quite the scandal. Then one day, I heard them arguing. A few days later, Gwen disappeared. We thought they’d run off at first, until they found the body in the Lower Realms. The king ruled it a suicide, but Dorian had doubts – he thought Nick killed her.”

“Soon after, Nick showed up on my doorstep, said he was leaving. Said one day the mages would rue the day. Said they didn’t deserve to be saved. Then he was gone too. Dorian spent years chasing after him, but came back empty-handed. It was like he vanished off the face of the earth. Some people say he jumped, but whether it was before or after Gwen’s death, nobody seems to know. Of course I knew Nick would never do anything to hurt Gwen.”

“Months later, a box showed up, with some of his possessions, including this map and a note telling me to keep them safe. I never saw him again.”

“So Nick and Gwen knew about this chamber,” Alexander said slowly. “And then they both disappeared.”

“Do you think this is what Dorian is after, too?” Viviane asked.

I bit my lip. This all sounded far-fetched to me. I knew Nick and Gwen were stealing magical artifacts from her family and releasing demons, but what did that have to do with this chamber, or Gwen’s pendant? It didn’t make any sense, and I didn’t think it was what Dorian was after, but I couldn’t deny the sudden disappearance of Nick and Gwen was suspicious.

Lucian hissed. I would wager your nobleman is after the stolen goods.

If Dorian was after those, he’d never find them.

Maybe Nick wrote about the chamber in his journal? Lucian said. If so, your nobleman could already know all about it.

I didn’t know. I wish I’d had time to read the journal.

We never should’ve given it to him! Lucian fumed.

“So Crazy Gwen found an equally crazy lover,” Alexander muttered.

Viviane shot him a glare.

“This chamber, do you know where it is?” I asked.

“I do,” Oberon said, “but you won’t be able to get inside. I’ve tried everything, for years. I’m pretty sure King Gregory tried as well, for the first year after Nick vanished, the whole area was locked down, and there was drilling. But then, after the formation of the Council, the whole area was sealed off.

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