The Day Human King by B. Kristin McMichael

Author:B. Kristin McMichael [McMichael, B. Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Lexia Press, LLC
Published: 2014-10-02T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Turner rubbed his jaw as they walked over the bridge into the sidhe village. Devin had been nice and only hurt him as much as he could instantly heal. Night humans were always fun to spar against for that reason alone. Turner hadn’t even seen most of the moves as they came. The power between the two friends was once almost equal, but now they were too far apart; Devin was in a class of his own. Turner rubbed his face again. The jaw would feel fine in a few minutes.

“You really meant that stuff about being a sidhe now,” Turner said as they entered the first street. He was coming to terms with what Devin had told him.

“Oh, yes. The old king put all of his powers in me without actually changing me into a sidhe. I get all of the powers, but don’t have to drink blood to support them,” Devin replied, nodding to Old Man Winters as they passed. The old man nodded back as he walked beside his horse, which was pulling the cart. “Night human abilities with a day human life… guess it’s the best of both worlds.” Devin hadn’t thought hard about it, but that was the best description.

All around them sidhe were busy with their day ending, and Devin was walking a new night human through the reclusive town. Faces turned to them as they passed, and many stopped what they were doing to study them. No one said anything, but they did watch. The sidhe didn’t have many visitors, and probably none that were walking together. A day human and a lycan walking together through the sidhe village was probably a first for these people.

“Why do I feel like I’m on display?” Turner whispered. He had noticed the visible attention.

“Because we are,” Devin replied. “They don’t get out much around here. Can’t you tell? You instantly became the most interesting man in the village. Too bad they don’t marry outside of the sidhe. You’d be the most eligible bachelor, with hundreds of options.”

Turner puffed out his chest a bit more as they walked. He might have said he didn’t like to be on display, but Devin knew otherwise. Turner liked any sort of attention—good or bad. Devin was just boosting his ego when he explained it to him, and he knew the affect it would have. He preferred his friend to have confidence in this situation, and it would make his life easier back at the palace if Turner was confident.

Devin made his way through town, and it was an easy, direct walk to the palace. Everyone moved out of their way as they encountered the sidhe. The female sidhe seemed especially interested in the strange night human. It wasn’t like they had much of a selection in the city when they were forced to stay within their families. Devin made it to the palace garden walls and began to lead the way around to the one entrance he could go in undetected.

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