Threat by Drae Box

Author:Drae Box [Box, Drae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rodaki Entertainment
Published: 2019-09-24T07:00:00+00:00

Even though it was a short ride, riding with her wound had nearly made Aldora blackout. As she burst from Little Wood, she and Cael narrowly missed three royal messengers charging towards Little Wood at full speed. Aldora gulped in a breath, shaking, before she dismounted from Cael’s slender frame and took his reins in her hand. She rested her other arm over the saddle to use Cael’s strength to stop her trembling knees from giving way under her. “Nearly there now,” she said, though she wasn’t sure if she was telling Cael or herself. The white stallion with small black spots splattered across his body kept moving. As they ventured closer to the white palace, Aldora smiled as she spotted a royal official stepping out of the entrance corridor, a small plate in one hand as he settled to sit on the three white steps at the open entrance of the palace. Rikward. He started guarding the palace doors every day at dawn. Must be breakfast time, which means the royals are awake.

When she was close enough to see Rikward’s meal was a pitta bread with a fish-smelling innard, Rikward’s interest in his food waned as he thoroughly inspected Aldora. “You need Quinn?” he asked. Aldora gave him a blank look. “The royal doctor?”

“Yes, please, and the royals.” Rikward stood up, gently taking the reins from Aldora and securing Cael to a small metal loop painted white against the building’s brickwork, barely noticeable. “Come on in... Mind my breakfast.”

Aldora followed Rikward down the corridor and waited patiently as he unlocked the bronze doors at the end, before he knocked twice and opened the left side of the door. “Go on through.”

“Thanks, Rik.” Aldora stepped into the palace throne room as Rikward closed the door behind her. The two human thrones were empty, but the third one, which looked like a cat bed on a pedestal to the right and set apart from the others, had a cat peeking back at her. “Pedi.”

The Prince of the Cats’ green eyes took in Aldora’s appearance and she waited, watching his little pink nose sniffing in her direction before he yawned, exposing his sharp white teeth. He stood up and stretched. His black bushy tail lifted into the air before he plonked himself onto the ground on all four white paws. “Aldora. You smell of blood and sweat. Has Thane hurt you?” he asked.

“No, Pedi. Is Louise or Lady Lemuela awake?”

Pedibastet curled around her legs, his tail wrapping around the outer side of each leg as he purred. He stilled just in front of her. “Yes. Why are you here?”

“I heard Cray was taken and Raneth’s gone to find him. I want to help,” explained Aldora.

The cat stilled, not even the tip of his tail twitching. “After being looked over by the doctor here?” Aldora nodded. “It’s true. Cray was taken right under Raneth’s nose,” added Pedibastet, leading Aldora past the two human thrones and into the corridor behind them. “You’d be the perfect partner for Raneth.

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