Web of Lands 2 by Brent Tyman

Author:Brent Tyman [Tyman, Brent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Once I got back to the palace, I was undecided if I should let Flavious know of Solie’s existence. The more I thought about it, the less sure I felt that it was actually her.

It seemed I needn’t have bothered to think about it, as the man himself came rushing out the palace doors to meet me in the courtyard.

“Yes, yes. It is good to see you, my king. I heard rumors of a ghost in the city, a ghost with a melted face,” Flavious said as he stroked his white beard.

I supposed that it was only natural that the men would spread word of a woman that the king himself was after. The humans likely saw her face as she ran through the streets.

“It was Solie, from my childhood. Her face was a real mess, but the similarities were striking,” I said. Flavious did not seem pleased with the news. He frowned as he tilted his head.

“Hmm, Solie. One of Julia’s… acquaintances, if memory serves. She should be dead,” Flavious said.

“Does that mean…” I said as the thought caused ripples in my mind. If Solie was alive, then…

“My king, my king,” Flavious said abruptly. “Do not trouble yourself with this, it will only distract you from your duties. You have other obligations to attend to.” Flavious’s eyes narrowed in understanding at my plight.

I sighed. Gods, even the possibly sent shivers down my spine. Flavious was right though, as much as I did not want to admit it. If I let it, the goal of finding Solie again would consume me, to wring out any answers from her.

“Fine, I’ll let you handle this. But I want any news you receive as soon as possible,” I said. Flavious nodded his head.

“Of course, of course. Now come, we should talk about this deal you made with these creatures,” Flavious said as he grabbed a hold of my arm and directed me to walk into the palace.

He was silent as he led me to the throne room. Either he was thinking about Solie, or about Zelenia’s deal. Since I was king, I technically didn’t need to answer to either him or Eklis but it would be detrimental to not have their support. My people had survived Frostburn by sticking together, we would perish alone.

I noticed there were quite a lot more guards in the palace than there were before we left for the Fancern forest. They would have recalled a lot of troops to help us against the Vulenchians eventually, but there shouldn’t be this many.

“Why so many guards?” I asked Flavious as we walked. He looked thoughtful for a moment, as if conflicted on what he wanted to say.

“My king, my king. It’s a matter we can leave for the end of our talks, then you will understand,” Flavious said. I shrugged at that. It seemed more problems had occurred in my absence.

Once we reached the throne room, I saw that all of my women were there, around a giant circular table in the middle.

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