Wings of Fire (Godstone Saga Book 4) by Jocelynn Drake

Author:Jocelynn Drake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2022-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Caelan Talos

“I ’m sorry,” Adrian murmured softly.

It was at least the fourth time the guard had said those two words since he’d returned from the prison without Drayce. Caelan might not have heard them the first couple of times, though. He hadn’t wanted to hear them or excuses as to why Drayce wasn’t free.

But as he’d calmed down through the night and reason settled back in the place of panic, he’d come to realize that Adrian had been left with no choice but to leave Drayce behind. If Drayce had a chance at survival while avoiding war, they had to take it.

“You have nothing to apologize for,” Caelan replied in the same low tones. “Just because I’m not happy about something doesn’t mean it wasn’t the right thing to do.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Sadly, Adrian didn’t relax or look relieved. Did he think Caelan was that much of a monster? Had he given Adrian any good reason not to believe that?

With that ugly thought, Caelan turned his gaze out the darkly tinted window of the car. He and Adrian were riding in the back seat of a town car sent by the Omari after they slipped away from the Takahashi part of the Chasm into an area claimed by more of the Omari servants. Caelan had been forced to separate from Eno and Rayne. They were supposed to be coming in a second car in hopes of not drawing the notice of any Takahashi clan members or their allies.

Caelan had selected Adrian to accompany him—not out of a need to punish the poor man, but simply because he’d been the only one of them to make contact with the Omari.

The drive was silent with their chauffeur offering up no conversation as he took them to a different mountain and a different swath of thick woods. But it wasn’t as far as Caelan had expected. They couldn’t have been in the car for more than twenty minutes when they were pulling through a tall stone arc with a massive iron gate.

The arrangement of the buildings was similar to what he’d seen at the Takahashi compound with three large buildings in the shape of a U circling a central courtyard. But where Takahashi was dark and cold, there was something light and vibrant about the Omari grounds. There were more trees and plant life, even pink blooms in the midst of the bitter winter cold.

People crossed the courtyard in the white robes that Adrian had described, each looking to be on some errand or another. They did pause here and there, though, eyes following the progress of the car as it pulled around the circular drive and came to a stop.

“That’s Omari Haru,” Adrian whispered, pointing out Caelan’s window to the tall man in white standing about a dozen feet from the car.

Adrian jumped from the car at the same time as the driver but beat him to Caelan’s door to open it. Caelan smirked at him as he climbed out.

Haru stood watching him for a second, his head tilted to the side as if he were contemplating Caelan.

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