Beyond the Mountain by Lily Archer

Author:Lily Archer [Archer, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Archer
Published: 2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00

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Leander

Brannon stalks into the throne room, Gareth in one hand and Beth in the other. “Your Phalanx needs a little work in the stealth department.” Brannon smirks and gut punches Gareth, who doubles over.

“Stop!” Beth tries to claw him, but he shoves her into the waiting arms of a changeling guard.

The iron door swings open, and Gareth joins us while the guard chains Beth to the wall.

“I’m too good to go in the cage?” She wipes her busted lip on her arm.

“You aren’t worth it.” Brannon slams the cage shut, and the changeling jailor locks it and pockets the key.

“You shouldn’t have come.” I kneel beside Gareth, his face bloody and broken. “Why did you come?”

“You are my king. I owe you my allegiance.” He spits blood as Valen goes to work on him. He can’t do much, not now that he spent so much magic to heal Thorn.

Cenet strides in, a wide grin on his face. “We have almost all of them. This is easier than I ever imagined.”

Beth runs at him, but her chains draw her up short. “You lying piece of—”

Cenet strides up and backhands her. “Shut your mouth, foul changeling.”

Gareth growls. She falls to her knees but gives Cenet a look so venomous I suspect it could kill a small child.

I would scold Gareth for bringing Beth, but I have no doubt she insisted on coming. She’s just as tenacious as Taylor.

Beth spits at Cenet, and he jumps back toward me. I reach through the bars and swipe for him, barely missing.

He darts away, his eyes going snakelike.

“You took my mate from me.” I pin him with a glare. “And sealed your fate.”

“I’m not the one in a cage.” Cenet’s smug face begs to be punched in. “And if you try anything, this changeling will be the first to suffer.” He grabs Beth by the hair.

She shrieks and tries to pry herself loose.

“One hint of winter from you, and she dies.” He darts his tongue out, licking her cheek.

“Don’t touch her!” Gareth struggles to turn over and crawl to her.

“Lie still.” I push him down. “You can’t help her like this.”

Cenet shoves her to the floor and re-takes his position across from the cage, his arms crossed and his gaze firmly on us.

Gareth grunts and closes his eyes. “I’m going to kill that bastard.”

More soldiers flow into the room, lining the walls with undead, lesser fae, and changelings. Something big is happening. I try to send a warning to Taylor, but the bond is quiet. Too quiet. Is something blocking her?

The murmuring dead create a low hum around us as Cenet and Brannon stand watch. More soldiers trickle in, most of them looking at me with surprise, and a few with satisfaction.

Selene’s cackle rattles around the throne room, and she walks in with Cecile on her arm, though the golden fae looks like she’s on the verge of vomiting or fainting—maybe both.

My mind buzzes, the bond like a bolt of lightning linking me to my mate. She appears in a gown of midnight blue, and her eyes meet mine immediately.

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