Bound by J. Elizabeth Hill

Author:J. Elizabeth Hill [Hill, J. Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Published: 2012-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

As Fay walked into the dining room, the sound of the continuing debate washed over her. She sat down as they all stopped speaking and grabbed a pastry, as well as a cup of tea. Tavis glanced up at Ki with a sour expression, but he was busy reading a sheet of paper and seemed not to notice. Eliar and Lydia were focusing on their breakfast, as if to avoid meeting Fay's eyes. She wasn't sure how to interpret the situation and waited for someone to break the silence.

"Faylanna, we appreciate the offer you've made, particularly given your feelings about Calder," Eliar began, and her heart sank. She already knew the rest, but let him continue, "but we can't put you in this kind of danger, not to mention the potential danger to everyone else if he were to use the opportunity to take you away with him. We still don't know enough about his plans to judge that risk."

"That's exactly why I offered, because we don't know enough." She paused, trying to control her own rising irritation. No one spoke, so she went on, losing her battle and hearing the anger in her voice. "So you're just going to let him do whatever he's planning? Are you going to do anything to stop him?"

"Of course we don't intend to let him continue unchecked," Eliar said stiffly. "We will find a way to discover his plan that doesn't endanger you. Tavis is right. There's a reason we went to so much trouble to get you into the city undetected. Yesterday's outing went well, but you were in company the whole time. Also, I'm sure that Calder now knows that you're in the city, even if he doesn't know where you are, and he's likely ready to take you on a moment's notice. You have no idea how badly he wants you back in his grasp, but we do."

"I don't know how badly he wants me?" Fay tossed the remains of her breakfast back down onto her plate and stood up angrily. "I had to flee Voleno and practically ride down two of the men he sent to detain me! How can you think I am unaware that his overriding desire is to see me back at Iondis?"

She glanced around the table and saw that only Ki would meet her gaze. His own was firm, unyielding, and she knew then that no argument from her would budge them. Before any of them could speak, she whirled and left the room, not even caring where she went. She pushed open the first door she came to and found herself in the kitchen. Continuing through, she went out a door that promised sunlight and air. Laid out before her was a garden, private and surrounded by a stone wall covered in trailing greenery. A burbling sound drew her along the path to a small pond fed by a cascading fountain. She lowered herself to the stone bench beside it and tried to make herself think rationally.

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