Warrior Lover (Draconia Tales) by Bentley Karilyn

Author:Bentley, Karilyn [Bentley, Karilyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2012-12-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The path widened into a packed dirt road meandering through trees, weaving itself right up to the largest monstrosity Lily had ever seen.

Tall, gray stone jutted from the ground, carved into twisting shapes she couldn’t decipher from the distance. A stone wall surrounded the thing and Lily’s feet screeched to a halt.

Enar took a couple of steps before turning around. “We’re almost there.”

Lily’s arm pointed at the gray stones in the distance. “What is that?”

“The Temple. Our destination.” Enar started walking.

Jamie twisted around, trying to look over Enar’s shoulder at his first glimpse of the Temple. “Will Keara be there?”

“I hope she is. But even if she’s not, the priestesses will take good care of you.” Enar reached behind him and patted Jamie on the head. “You’ll feel better once we get you there.”

Lily forced her feet to move forward, the gray stones forbidding even from this distance. What would it be like close up? Was the place as scary as it seemed?

Small dots moved around the periphery of the stones, branching out along what appeared to be roads. Lily’s chest seized. So many people! She clutched her hood tighter around her face.

The dots grew larger the closer they came to the Temple, turning into black-haired beauties. Lily tried not to stare, but the whole lot of them had Thoren’s coloring. She tucked wayward pieces of her hair under the folds of her hood. It still covered her aberrant coloring, but she felt the stares as people passed. She took a step closer to Enar.

Who seemed to be thriving with all the attention. Smiling, nodding, he parted right through the mass standing at the gates. Greetings were tossed their way courtesy of a cluster of white-robed women.

Lily felt her stomach roil at the women’s greetings and fawning. The whole lot of them must have sand in their eyes from all the blinking they did.

Once through the gates, the smell of flowers assaulted her, overwhelming her senses. The stone walls opened into a green courtyard, filled with shrubs, trees and multi-colored flowers. White-robed women walked through stone-paved paths winding between the trees.

Peaceful. Beautiful. And totally frightening, for as soon as Enar stepped into the courtyard the conversation died as everyone turned toward them, the only sounds the chirping of birds.

Their stares pierced her attempt at disguise, laying her bare for their perusal, but their gazes didn’t show hatred. Curiosity gleamed from their eyes as they glanced at Lily, their gazes settling on Enar.

More simpering and fawning. Great. Enar had obviously impressed other women prior to meeting her. The remaining-aloof plan required a sense of not caring, which was rather hard to do with the current seeds of jealousy running through her veins.

Lily stepped out of Enar’s shadow and grabbed his arm. He glanced down at her, a smile on his lips, warmth in his eyes. As his arm slid around her shoulders, he pulled off her hood exposing her hair. Gasps rang out, stilling the chirping birds.

Lily felt heat hit her cheeks and she couldn’t help dropping her gaze to her feet.

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