The Unseelie King (Maze of Shadows Book 4) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Author:Kathryn Ann Kingsley [Kingsley, Kathryn Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Published: 2022-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Titania sat on the red blanket she laid out in the snow beside the Lake of Sorrows. It was quiet—no birds or animals lingered by this place. The water, if one could call it that, never froze over, no matter how cold the air became. The opalescent surface shimmered in the light of the sunrise, casting ambers and oranges to dance with the rest.

It had stopped snowing, and the white covering was thick and new, and if she were of a different mind, she would wish to play with the other Seelie who had gathered in the woods outside her home to hurl snowballs and build whimsical structures.

But no. Today she was of a different mind, indeed.

Setting the picnic basket beside her, she uncorked one of the two bottles of wine held within. One was red, and one was white.

She poured herself a glass from the red and sipped it. The smell was fine—there was nothing in the scent of the bottle to alert her that anything had been altered with the substance. But it was the taste that gave it away. Something that was just a little too acrid. A little too bitter.

But it was what it was.

She sipped the wine again. It was less insulting the second time. Breaking off a chunk of cheese and bread, she began to eat her breakfast and watch the sunrise.

And she waited.

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