Trial of Thorns by Stacey Trombley

Author:Stacey Trombley [Trombley, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacey Trombley
Published: 2020-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

Caelynn

I sprint ahead, fast enough to pass by Rev and his friends but not Drake and Kari.

I find the perfect place to jilt left like Drake suggested, but I continue on. Drake thinks he’s controlling this whole thing. He’s setting it up for himself, using everyone’s own desires against themselves and manipulating every piece of this game.

But I’m not going to let him do it.

He very well may be setting me up for a swift fall. So, no, I’m not going to follow his plan. Let him think I was too stupid to follow his instructions. Oops.

Brielle follows the path I noticed but didn’t take. Rev and Rook follow.

Uh huh, they’re definitely in on this plan, and it’s coming into fruition with or without me. My mind is still spinning through so many things.

Do I follow Drake’s scheme and let the fae prince—who openly wants to kill me—die? The Night Bringer would sure be pleased with me.

But what will happen even if I do? Five of us turn against Rev at the well. Then what? Kari said they’d negotiated a truce on my behalf. Until when? When Rev is dead?

Maybe that was Drake’s plan all along. First, he achieves his goal of getting Rev out of the picture. Second, he earns a handsome award and appreciation from some High Court official.

And lastly, with Brielle one hundred and fifty percent against me, there is no way I can swing to another side, I’d be forced to continue my alliance with Kari and Drake or lose.

That would make it three against two.

Once Rev is out of the way, Drake has the power to take down the rest of the reigning alliance. Then, it’ll be easy picking the two weakest champions off.

Drake may be a condescending dick, but he’s smart.

If I let his plan play out, not only would I have to kill Rev and double down on the tear in my soul, but I’d put myself in a position of fighting Drake and Kari on my own. Maybe Tyadin would finally consent to aligning with me but that’s a big “maybe,” and even then we’d be even at best.

But what are my other options? Turn against this alliance of five and save Rev?

I’d like to be that person. I like the idea of redemption in that form but... he hates me. I’m not sure which he’d choose: working with me or death. Which would be a bit of a problem for this strategy of mine to work out.

So, my choices are stick with Drake’s manipulative plan and hope for the best. I probably won’t win the trials, but I’ll likely live to tell the tale.

Or risk my life to save someone who will slit my throat the first moment my guard is down.

A third plan comes to mind—run away. That’s something I’m rather good at, actually. I could complete the task while they’re distracted, let the big-bad fae alliances work out their own damn issues and weaken themselves in the process.

I sprint faster.

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