Glass by Alydia Rackham

Author:Alydia Rackham [Rackham, Alydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781975926465
Published: 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The Prince’s Nightmares Returned

Rose awoke to a furious blizzard surrounding the towers, swirling in white curtains across her transparent ceiling, howling like a thousand wolves on the back of the winds. She blinked slowly, and gingerly reached up to touch her forehead.

Last night, she had stemmed the bleeding with a touch of Snakesalve, then had very carefully washed the blood off her face. Getting it to come off her collar and dress had taken more effort—a bit of scrubbing with a special dragon-scale compound—but it had been the perfect outlet for her shaking hands and racing heart.

She had taken a bit of the prince’s remedy herself before going to bed, which had helped her sleep. But her muscles ached, and somehow the room had cooled after midnight—so with a snowstorm raging outside, she wanted nothing more than to stay buried beneath blankets and not move.

So she didn’t.

For hours, she watched the blizzard swirl and swim overhead, listened to the lonesome roar of the gale, and absently noticed that her roses seemed to be budding. Every once in a while touching her fingertips to her healing cut.

The queen had doubtlessly departed from Glas, now, heading back to the kingdom of Iss. Leaving this blizzard as her parting gift.

At noon, Rose carefully got up, sat on her rug, took out her feasting stone and ate a hot luncheon of soup, toast, custard and milk before undressing and soaking in a hot bath for another hour.

When she emerged and dressed before the fireplace, she sat down at her desk to brush out her hair…

Tap, tap, tap!

Something clicked urgently against the pane of her window. She quickly got up and opened it.

The sound of the blizzard screamed into her room, but the cold could not enter more than a foot, because of her spell. She stretched out her hand into the freezing air—

And caught hold of a frost-covered piece of paper.

She snatched it inside and shut the pane, quickly shaking the snow off the folded paper. Smiling to herself for the first time that day, she opened it, and moved to sit in front of the hearth to read.

Dear Rose,

No, don’t give up! I’m assuming, though, that since you haven’t arrived on our doorstep that you actually have decided to remain in Glas. You are very brave. I admire you so much!

What you said about the empty mirror frame is so interesting to me. I’ve mentioned it to Effrain and she gave me this odd, cold look that I didn’t like at all. I have a feeling that she and Clanahan and Reola will be discussing it soon. I will certainly tell you what they decide!

Have you met the prince again? What you say about him also intrigues me. In your absence I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library, thinking about the complicated problem you have come up against. I can certainly understand if princes become disagreeable due to being spoiled and selfish, but does it seem to be more

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