Awakened By The Shadow King (Captive 0f Shadows Book 3) by Bailey Dark

Author:Bailey Dark [Dark, Bailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mythology & Folk Tales, Fairy Tale Fantasy, Captive 0f Shadows Series, Dangerous & Deadly, Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Futuristic, Beautiful & Feisty, Genetic Engineering Fiction
Publisher: Bailey Dark
Published: 2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Briar

A searing pain lances through my head as I clutch the covers to my chest. The sound of screaming echoes in my ears as I shoot up from the pillows. Sweat dampens the sheets beneath me and Kane is gone. Of course he’s gone. I never should expect him to stay with me for more than a few hours through the night. I flop back onto the mattress and stare up at the vaulted ceiling. Wooden beams in a warm shade of brown form an intricate pattern above my head. It’s so different than some of the muraled ceilings at the castle.

My eyes struggle to adjust to the darkness of the room, but I crawl out from under the blanket. By the time I open the window I notice that the sun is rising in the distance. Perhaps the sky is not always in a perpetual sunrise. Perhaps the sun is just always blocked by the dark mountains to the West and filter through the Blood Forest, causing it to appear as though the sun is always stuck halfway between night and day. I press my fingers to my temples and try to push the pain away.

To my surprise, it works.

Though the fading prickles of the headache still tease the edges of my mind, the worst of the pain is gone. I wash up in the basin behind the privacy screen, not wanting to bother with hauling the water for a bath so early in the morning. When I leave my room, I hear the sound of muffled voices drifting through the corridor. Elluine stands less than a foot away from Kane and Willem as she begs them to reconsider our journey.

“No one in Phaendar will give you a boat,” the village leader claims. “I won’t take you there and neither will any of my people. With all due respect, I don’t want your blood on my hands. When the history books write about this day, I don’t want people to associate my name with the day that Death died.”

I approach quietly, not wanting to give away my presence just yet. Kane huffs in annoyance and I smile a little. I like when someone else is on the receiving end of that look and not just me. “While I see the good intentions behind your warnings, I’m no safer here anymore than I am at sea. Two assassins have already tried to kill me-”

“What?!” I look around for the booming voice, but come to the realization that the voice is mine. I ease out from behind the column and into Kane’s line of sight. He stares at me in shock as I make my way over to him. “When were you going to tell me that someone tried to kill you?”

“I wasn’t,” he huffs.

“Why not? I’m your bride, I have the right to know.” Even to my own ears I sound like I'm whining, but I’m genuinely concerned for Kane’s safety. “Why are we still here if someone tried to kill you? Shouldn’t we be leaving?”

“Because in order to get to the island we need a boat.

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