Light Singer: Kingdom of Runes Book 4 by Audrey Grey

Author:Audrey Grey [Grey, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Starfall Press
Published: 2020-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

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As feared, the moment she tumbled from the portal and caught Stolas’s black expression, she prepared herself for another long round of brutal training, curt responses, and tension so thick she could almost see it sucking the air from the room.

The most frustrating part of the entire thing was that she had no idea why he was upset. Was it something she said? Or perhaps the usual darkness she felt hovering around him when he was in Shadoria, especially inside the castle?

Especially now. Despite the effort he put into hiding his feelings, he was gutted by the destruction of the Hall of Light.

A few of the crystals could be mended, but most had been shattered beyond repair, their precious light magick lost.

All of those things could explain his sudden black mood, but a part of her worried it was more than that. That perhaps what had happened that night under the sea had irrevocably changed their relationship somehow.

Had she offended him when she refused his offer? Obviously that was the opposite of her intentions.

Before she could ruminate on the problem further, he was putting her through a grueling session of defensive maneuvers, each one requiring every ounce of her focus. Normally they trained inside the temple to escape the cold mountain winds, but not tonight.

As if he wanted the environment to match his emotions. Or perhaps he simply wanted to punish her because he was a bastard with sadistic tendencies and a black soul.

After a grueling hour of meeting his relentless onslaught of attacks, she almost moaned in relief when he stopped for a break. She found a spot between two snow-crusted boulders to conjure a fire, and this time she did moan as warmth worked its way back into her fingers.

“Next time wear gloves,” he remarked behind her. She was startled by his closeness. Then again, she’d take anything that blocked the icy winds, even if it came in the form of a grumpy Shade Lord.

“I don’t like gloves,” she explained, thrusting her fingers darn near inside the flames. “They make my hands clumsy.”

“Better clumsy than frozen off.”

“Okay, well I assumed we’d be inside the temple again. You know, that place where my limbs don’t fall off after a few minutes of exposure?”

“Assumptions are lazy,” he growled.

Assumptions are lazy, she silently mimicked, grateful he couldn’t see her face. She would have argued aloud, damn his reaction, but his boots crunched the snow-packed ground as he abruptly prowled in the opposite direction.

With a dramatic sigh, she left the warmth of the fire to catch up to him. “Are we done?”

Admittedly, she wanted to continue training. She just preferred somewhere . . . warmer.

He peered down at her for a stretched out second, and she found her heart doing strange little twists beneath that unreadable gaze.

“Since you’re obviously struggling with the elements, we can end early for the evening. Or we can work on bonding with your familiar. It’s up to you.”

A lump lodged squarely at the base of her throat.

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