Bitter Frost Omnibus Books 1-4 (Bitter Frost Series) by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bitter Frost, Legends, Fairy Tales, Mythology, Lore, Young Adult, Monsters, science fiction, fantasy, warrior, supernatural, paranormal, gods, goddeses, ya fantasy
Publisher: Sparklesoup.com
Published: 2017-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Logan furrowed his brow. I could hear his sigh – deep and throaty, like the cry of a wolf raising his hackles. “Kian,” he said – and I could hear the anger in his voice, palpably throbbing with jealousy. “Of course – I should have guessed.”

“Look, Logan...”

“You're about to risk your life, your kingdom, your crown – your power – not to mention your safety...”

“Kian is my...”

My voice trailed off. I didn't really know what to call Kian. Was he my boyfriend? My fiance? We had been engaged once, as children, when we were too small to know the ways and trials of love. But things were different now – the split between the Winter and Summer Courts had made that complicated, and now with Kian a prisoner in the Summer Tower, I wasn't sure what we were at all. I sighed. I knew how I felt, what my heart told me was the truth. Did Kian feel the same way? Or did he resent me – the decisions I would have to make as Summer Queen, his sworn enemy.

“I'll give you some time,” I said. “To think it over.”

“That would be good, yeah.” Logan drew in breath sharply as he cast his eyes heavenwards. “I could use a second...just – to get my head around all this. Your Highness.” His voice was cold, but I could hear the emotion raging within.

I went into the forest in search of my steed, which had whinnied and vanished at the arrival of the kelpie. I knew that Logan's answer wouldn't change my course. Regardless, I had to go find Kian. He was my true love – I could feel it deep within my bones. It was my destiny. It was the only choice I had.

As I forced my way through the emerald brambles, whistling my horse's name softly to the wind, I reflected on my options. I knew there was no way out – I couldn't get Kian released through diplomatic means. If I tried to give an order, Wort would see it as a direct attack on his authority – and he'd start to think that the cons of having me alive outweighed the benefits. I had a sense that the last Queen, Redleaf, had been under his command. I wondered if Redleaf as I had known her – the strong, powerful, broken woman who had put her husband, my father, into an unwakeable sleep, had really been such a bad person after all? Or had Wort influenced her, turning her anger and jealousy at her husband's affair into the rage that fueled Wort’s political machinations.

I wanted Logan with me. I needed him with me. But I couldn't force him. He had already put his life in jeopardy before for Kian, and nearly been killed by the Pixies for his trouble. I had suffered sleepless nights mourning his death before I'd learned that he was alive, suffering as their prisoner. I could not ask the same favor of him twice.

I looked around – there was no sign of my horse.

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