Faris by Ingrid Seymour

Author:Ingrid Seymour [Seymour, Ingrid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
Goodreads: 33380296
Publisher: PenDreams
Published: 2017-07-12T05:00:00+00:00

6

When one of Cala’s younger sisters shyly approached us, I used it as an opportunity to make a bow and excused myself from the room. I hurried out, looking over my shoulder at Cala’s displeased expression.

By all means, I should have felt like a coward, escaping from a young, slight girl. But I didn’t. I was simply tired of her company, a presence more abrasive than any I had ever encountered.

“Faris! Wait!” I was almost out of the inner courtyard when Zet called my name. “Leaving already?”

“Yes,” I said courtly.

“You must have seen her,” he said. “She is in there.” He pointed toward the door I had just exited from.

“I saw her, all right!” I exclaimed.

Zet looked hopeful and puzzled at my comment.

That’s when, for the first time, something alarming occurred to me. What if Zet’s girl was Cala?

Oh, Wise Lord!

I froze, my gut flipping onto itself, making me violently ill. I pressed a hand to my middle.

“Zet . . .” I said cautiously.

My brother looked at me with a frown, then over his shoulder toward that viper room—I could not think of any other name for it. He had sensed something in my voice, but his attention was too divided to fully grasp my trepidation.

“Zet,” I repeat, “what is her name?”

“Oh, here she comes!” Zet exclaimed, his face lighting up as if he had turned toward the sun.

A girl dressed in a yellow and red dress walked through the wide door and out onto the courtyard. Her face was covered with a veil, but I knew she was not Cala since her dress had been turquoise. I let out a heavy breath of relief.

“That’s one of her sisters,” Zet said, smiling like a fool, “Cala is never far behind. There she comes now.”

Something stabbed me in the chest.

Dear Wise Lord! Zet, my brother, is in love with the girl that Father has hand-picked to be my bride.

What sort of curse was this?

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