Uncivil Affairs: Part 3 of The Vixen War Bride series by Thomas Doscher

Uncivil Affairs: Part 3 of The Vixen War Bride series by Thomas Doscher

Author:Thomas Doscher [Doscher, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-11T22:00:00+00:00


Alacea stepped from Linnea’s house out onto the dirt road that led into the village proper. She was glad she was able to convince the vixen to come to the festival. No one should have to live in a groundless fear. But that was only part of her mission this morning.

The head priestess knew her community, and she knew that many would be reluctant to come out to a festival that would expose themselves to the Dark Ones’ attention. And so Alacea had sent every Mikorin who could be spared to go door to door and convince the villagers to come. So far, her efforts had shown she was right to worry, but she had convinced many to come.

<Alacea!>

She turned at the sound of the hail and sighed in apprehension. Coming up the road on a saddled vardak was Voro.

Alacea bowed as the long-nosed and furry creature approached. Somewhat larger than a horse, the red and white animal was often used as a mount by Va’Shen nobles. Its long snout, like that of an anteater, sniffed the ground before it as it went, and its equally long tail brushed the ground behind it.

<Lord Voro,> she greeted.

Voro’s ears twitched happily. He had been waiting for her to emerge from the house since he arrived, concealing himself from immediate sight so that he may “come upon” her as she walked.

<What brings you out here so early?> the count asked her as he pulled the reins and brought the creature to a stop next to her.

<I am trying to get a feel for how many of our community would participate in the festival today,> she answered honestly. <Many are still wary of the Dark Ones.>

<Of course they are,> Voro replied. <But they are not as strong as they pretend to be. I doubt there will be any issues today.>

Alacea did not comment on the count’s appraisal of the Dark Ones’ strength, having already seen them in action. <And what brings you out so early, Count Voro?> she asked.

<A morning ride,> he lied. <It clears the senses.>

<I see,> Alacea said. <Well, I must go. It was nice to see you again.> She bowed and began to turn.

<Are you in a hurry?> Voro asked. <If so, why not allow me to take you to your destination on Gupo here?>

Alacea stopped and turned back to him, displeased at his offer and the cavalier way he extended it. <Count Voro, again I must remind you, as I have done several times already. I am a married vixen.>

<Married vixens must walk everywhere?> he asked in mock confusion.

<You know why I must decline,> she told him. <If people were to see us together in such proximity, they… may get the wrong notion of our relationship.>

<So?> he asked.

She huffed, her ears flattening against her head. <Is it so impossible for you to appreciate my situation?> she asked. <I am taken. That fact protects my people from any future harm.>

<Your tesho sounds like a cruel and vicious tod to threaten his myorin in such a way,> he commented.



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