Curse of the Dark Prince (Prince's Assassin Book 3) by Nash Ariana

Author:Nash, Ariana [Nash, Ariana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crazy Ace Publishing
Published: 2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00

Sunlight seeped through the narrow cabin windows. Niko hadn’t slept, too concerned for Vasili asleep on the cot. His eye being blue was a damn good sign the flame had withdrawn its control, but they’d only know for sure when he woke.

He looked weak enough to snap in two, but his breathing was steady. Through the night, Niko had checked his frail wrist, feeling for his heartbeat. It was there, fluttering against Niko’s fingertips.

Niko watched the door too, half expecting Roksana’s crew to bundle Vasili below deck with his brother.

Roksana arrived sometime after dawn. She studied the sleeping prince, under Niko’s watchful glare, and then nodded for Niko to join her outside.

Niko emerged, shielding his eyes against the glaringly bright sun. All around lay endless ocean and sky. He’d never left the land behind before. It was isolating. But freeing too. The flame couldn’t reach them here.

“Here.” Roksana handed him a bread roll stuffed with fish meat. “Eat.”

His stomach growled in reply. He took the roll and quickly devoured it in a few bites.

Roksana leaned a hip against the mast. “I suppose I should officially welcome you aboard Walla’s Heart.”

“Yasir’s ship.”

She waved his observation away. “He’ll be safe in the city, I’m sure of that much. Lajani has more lives than a shiproach.”

Yasir would hopefully have gotten Liam to safety too. Niko would find them again, once he’d figured out what their next move was. But he wasn’t thinking on any of that until Vasili woke and he knew what was left of the prince. His gaze tracked back toward the cabin door, thoughts drifting.

“How is he?” Roksana asked.

“Alive. Any more than that, I can’t say until he wakes.”

There was no knowing what was left of Vasili’s mind. Whatever the elves had done to trigger this, it seemed unlikely he’d be the same Vasili that had teased him at the northward inn. If it was like the cabin in the woods again, he could perhaps manage it, depending on how long Roksana let them stay. Niko would prefer to ship Vasili and himself off to some faraway land where none of this could reach either of them, but as Vasili had told him many times, running away wouldn’t solve anything.

“There are fresh clothes and soap, for when he’s ready,” Roksana said. “You can have the captain’s cabin as long as you need it. I’m rather enjoying bunking with the crew. The swines play a mean game o’ jacks.”

“Thank you. For all of it.” And he meant it. He couldn’t have gotten Vasili back without her. She’d done everything she’d said she would, and more.

“Let’s hope it helps.”

Niko untied the key to Amir’s lock and handed it over. “He’ll be as angry as a rat in a barrel by now.”

She slipped the key into her pocket. “Oh, I know. He wasn’t quiet about his treatment. Says he wants a cabin with a view. I’m afraid we’re not used to accommodating spoiled prince-brats.”

Roksana appeared to have gotten the measure of Amir quickly enough.

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