A Kiss of Treason by Kate Avery Ellison

Author:Kate Avery Ellison [Ellison, Kate Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

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The Lady Valora did not personally deliver the food she’d promised. It arrived with the change of the guards at twilight, and Briand eagerly dug into the fresh, flat Tyyrian bread and meat in an orange, spicy sauce. Anxiety could not keep hunger away—eating even in the midst of turmoil was a skill she’d learned in the past few years on the run. Mealtimes were not guaranteed to prisoners, and she had to focus on keeping herself strong even when her stomach churned with emotion.

Across from her, Kael ate expertly, dipping the flat bread in the sauce and folding it in a pinch between his fingers to capture the meat with it like a spoon. He’d obviously spent time in Tyyr before.

Briand licked the last bits of the meal from her fingers and rose again to examine the cell. It was a restless habit; she didn’t think she’d find anything useful.

From the window high above her head, she heard the cry of gulls and the faint song of surf. Footsteps came and went, and occasionally the murmur of soft voices drifted down clear enough to hear if she stood on the bench with her ear turned toward the sound.

“That scrawny thing, a dragonsayer? I’m surprised anyone could do anything but laugh.”

Briand set her teeth against her lower lip. If they didn’t think her capable of being the dragonsayer, might they release her? Or would she be pegged for a spy instead?

The other speaker laughed. “Still, the nobles will deliberate her fate.”

“And the traitor?”

But Briand did not hear what this anonymous speaker thought of Kael or his fate, because footsteps were echoing down the steps once again. She turned, expecting Lady Valora or a guard.

Instead, a tall figure clad in a green cloak despite the thick heat strode to the bars of Kael’s cell and stopped. The guards were nowhere in sight.

The cloak was embroidered with gold. A noble, then.

Who was this?

Kael lifted his head, and his expression smoothed over in a way that told Briand he was surprised to see the visitor.

The man spoke. “It’s been a long time, brother.”

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