A Book of Royals and Deities (The Lost Fae Riders Series 2) by G. Bailey

Author:G. Bailey [Bailey, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Publishing Limited
Published: 2024-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Page Twelve—Can a being be held in a book?

Alaugh of mine gets swallowed by the wind as I sweep down past the barrier of magic that’s wrapped tightly round the burnt city. It’s almost see-through, a shimmering veil of white, but I can’t exactly see outside it even when I’m flying this close on Maeve. Her red wings glitter in the sunlight, rays shining right through them, and I smile at how beautiful she is. I follow the line of the barrier straight towards the coast, Maeve easily flying, guided by tilts of my body as we are getting used to each other. I know that this is freedom for her too. She was trapped there, unable to see anything but the inside of that mansion. We both are free now, even if Kyrell is not.

My stomach sinks as I think of him and the fact I can’t get him out of the locked room with guards there twenty-four seven. He is safe, I tell myself a hundred times a day, and I will find a way to fix this. I glance behind me at Ziven’s night-black dragon, who commands the sky even in the middle of the day. Brythan looks like endless darkness of a starry night as he flies fast across the air, and I watch him with a grin on my lips.

Even when they are a suitable distance away, Ziven’s eyes stay fixed on me and even through the space, I can feel some buzz in the air between us. Maeve sweeps down suddenly and I nearly fall off, a near scream echoing from my throat that I refuse to let out. The first time I yelped when I actually fell off and Maeve had to catch me, Ziven laughed for the entire evening. That asshole is not getting the satisfaction. We might not be enemies anymore, but damn, he can annoy me better than anyone else.

I’m slightly getting used to the turns and manoeuvres Maeve takes, so I don’t feel like I’m going to fall off at every swift dive or turn into the currents of the wind. My feet dig into her scales, holding on, as she suddenly rears up just before the water’s edge of the sea. Her claws rush through the water before she flies back up into the air, heading straight back towards the mansion.

“Why do you always do that?” I question. “Touch the sea?”

Her soft voice answers me when we are getting close to the mansion. “The Twilight Dynasty lands are wrapped around by sea, and I was hatched on a beach. I miss the lands I lived in and my family, who are all gone.”

Sadness nearly overwhelms me, mine mixing with her emotions. I lean down, almost lying on her back, and give her the best attempt at a hug. We don’t talk often, as Ziven explained, it takes a great deal of their magic to communicate with us. “I’m sorry you lost them all. I wish…well, I wish they could have been hidden, too.

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