A Court of Faerie by Sarina Dorie

Author:Sarina Dorie [Dorie, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798648740938
Publisher: amazon.com
Published: 2020-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Spies and Lies

Errol saw to it that Prince Elric-Atherius arrived at his appointment in the tavern on time. As Errol had arranged, the entire building was empty save for the tavern keeper and his wife. They bowed to the prince and kept their eyes on the floor.

Three royal guards had protected Meredith and Ned as they transported them to the tavern. They reported to Errol that there had been no incidents. Meredith was attired as a serving wench as she brought Prince Elric-Atherius his meal. Her hair was covered to further conceal her appearance, and a mild glamour had been applied to her face to give a greenish tinge to her complexion.

She looked too much like Ivy. Errol didn’t like that. He didn’t want any chance of Ivy being mistaken for the prince’s mistress.

Ned’s hair was glamoured blond. Ned ran up to his father and hugged him before breaking away and running to Errol next. He hugged Errol’s legs while he stared at the child, perplexed. He didn’t move, unaccustomed to interacting with children. Laughing, Ned ran to his mother’s side.

Despite the disguise, there was no camouflaging the love in Prince Elric-Atherius’ eyes as he gazed upon his mistress and child. Errol wondered what it was like to have a family. The prince loved them so much he couldn’t stay away from them—even though it was in all their best interests to do so. Errol couldn’t fathom love being so addictive that it could do that to anyone. He hadn’t pined for Kendra or anyone his sister had tried to set him up with. Even when Errol had been engaged, he’d been accused of placing his work over his relationship. Perhaps he was too indifferent about anything other than duty to be able to understand.

It was ironic that he, who had no love life, was now thought to be having an affair with the prince’s mistress because she’d been spotted going to his room by Ivy. He didn’t know what his charge thought of him.

Errol had allowed the prince to ruin his reputation. He hoped he was at least going to succeed in his mission to bring Alma’s attackers to justice.

* * *

On their second expedition, they went to Alfheim. The village once had belonged to the Northern Court, but when they’d fallen, many of the villages and manors in the north had been absorbed into the Silver Court. Errol had only been there once while in the air navy.

Because it was a territory Captain Helga was familiar with, and one she still visited with her husband on holiday, she offered to make arrangements with the village’s mayor so that Prince Elric-Atherius would be able to use this as an opportunity to meet with his guests. She agreed to take Meredith and Ned to a safehouse there herself and speak to her friend, the mayor of Alfheim, on the prince’s behalf. If she held it against the prince that he was cheating on his wife, she didn’t permit it to show, even with Errol in privacy.

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