Tower of Thorns (The Fallen Fae Book 4) by Jenna Wolfhart

Author:Jenna Wolfhart [Wolfhart, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

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Reyna

“Wait.” Rhain frowned. “You want to go back?”

“It’s the best choice for now,” she said quietly, refusing to meet his gaze. Guilt pounded against her skull. She’d been the one to drag Rhain away from his calm solitude and halfway across the realm. All for nothing. Now, she was asking him to turn back. “There’s a false king on the throne. No telling what he plans to do. We need to stop him.”

Thane didn’t look any more convinced than the wood fae. “Shouldn’t we first go—”

She coughed into her fisted hand, and then cleared her throat. Hopefully, he’d get the hint. Now was not the time to talk about the book or their quest. “Stop the curse? Lorcan thinks there’s a book back in Molt’s study that will have the answer.”

“I see,” Nollaig said in a dangerously-calm voice. “That’s certainly lucky.”

None of them seemed pleased by the situation. She couldn’t blame them. Thane might have let Lorcan enter their camp, but doubt still swirled in his golden eyes.

“If there’s a pretender on the throne, we need to stop him.” Reyna scanned her gathered friends. “And if Lorcan is lying about it, we’ll soon find out.”

“It could be some sort of trap,” Nollaig snapped.

“Nollaig,” Lorcan said.

“Oh, don’t give me a hard time over this,” the shadow fae said, drawing herself up to her full height. “If this were the other way around, you’d be skeptical, too.”

“You’re right. I would be. Which is why I’m not angry. But I really wish you’d look into my eyes and see me for who I am. Could someone else truly imitate me this well?”

“Hmph.” Nollaig jerked away, turning her cloaked back onto Lorcan. “I don’t like this, Shieldmaiden, but if it’s what you want to do, I’ll support you. With a little complaining along the way. You owe me double potatoes.”

“I wouldn’t expect anything else,” Reyna said with a slight smile before turning to Thane. “What do you think?”

“I don’t like it either, but…” He shrugged.

“Rhain?” she asked.

“You and I, we have to stick together. I’ll go along with this. For now.”

“Good.” She loosed a breath of relief. Without their support, none of this would matter. They needed fighters if they were going to take on another king, real or not.

When a dim light shone through the trees, they gathered their supplies and turned back east. They’d been travelling for ages, but their journey wasn’t over yet. It would take several days to reach the city of Murias. By then, over half of their allotted time would be gone.

They spent most of the day crunching through the underbrush, away from the Dryads and the hope of a cure. As they drew further and further away, Reyna’s dread came back in full force. Screams began to echo in the distance once more, and smoke rose through the trees. The curse was spreading, and fast.

They found a spot to camp far before nightfall. To avoid being detected by cursed fae, they’d decided to build their fire and cook their meat before sundown.

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