The Soldier and the Siren_A Wolf Shifter Fantasy Romance by Lorelei Moone

Author:Lorelei Moone [Moone, Lorelei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: eXplicitTales
Published: 2018-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The entire spectacle was horrific. Teaq could barely watch. None of the gore and violence of war could compare to the moment when his very own underlings hauled his Liliwen out of the water and took her prisoner.

She'd fought back initially, and valiantly so. But she was outnumbered, so it was a lost cause from the start. He had known that she was feisty and impulsive, so he half expected her to scream and shout at her captors, and call on him for help.

But she had done nothing of the sort. They had exchanged a couple of painful looks in silence, and that was that. She showed the sort of quiet resignation Sea Folk soldiers did in the rare occasions they were caught during battle. Like she had given up.

That was the most painful part, seeing the change in her. From defiant and proud to meek and helpless. As though her spirit was already broken, a mere ten minutes after her capture.

Teaq followed the patrol soldiers and Liliwen onto the longship. It felt as though they were taking him away with them as a prisoner as well. Or a part of him at least.

Just how she had ended up on this side of the island, and swam right into one of the islanders’ nets, was unclear to him. She had been careless, but he could not blame her. She was not as worldly wise as she pretended to be. She did not know any better.

He should have protected her from all this.

Instead, he'd let her down. If only he'd scared her away after the first meeting. Or if he'd been clearer about which areas around these islands to stay away from.

Teaq had not been a stranger to disappointment in his life. Most notably when he lost the chance to become king to his little brother. That crushing defeat paled in comparison to what had happened today. Seeing Liliwen being hauled away in restraints was an image that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

So he remained silent for the entire journey back to Black Mountain, struggling with the ever present question: how can I help Liliwen?

He did not have an answer.

It was impossible not to lose hope.

Just what Broc planned to do with her, Teaq had no idea. But it couldn't be good. This was exactly the sort of thing they had been talking about. The next invasion was imminent. Liliwen would be branded a spy.

And Broc was convinced Liliwen was the outsider the Elders' prophecy had talked about.

But he did not know her; Teaq did. How could he possibly convince Broc that Liliwen wasn't a threat?

Meanwhile, there was the human to think about. The Sea Folk Seer had predicted that a human would cause a rift in the Black Isles that the Sea Folk could exploit. The Elders' prophecy had confirmed this, but hadn't pointed toward a human specifically, leaving Broc free to make his own interpretations.

Of course his little brother had been naive to consider the human innocent right from the start.

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