One Knight Enchanted: A Medieval Romance (Rogues & Angels Book 1) by Claire Delacroix

Author:Claire Delacroix [Delacroix, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988479316
Publisher: Deborah A. Cooke
Published: 2018-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

It was the only tale in the book.

There were many painted illustrations, presumably of Azima and Azzam, Kira and Leila, and Kira’s beloved. Annelise found an enormous image of a palace with gardens, a palace which looked much like the one she occupied.

Was it the same palace?

How similar were palaces in the east?

Perhaps this palace had been made to resemble the palace in the book.

Annelise closed the book, her heart chilling with a sudden thought. Could this be Leila’s palace? Had Leila given it to Annelise’s husband? Why? It said little good about Annelise’s spouse if he had won the favor of a djinn as malicious as Leila. That could not be it.

She read the entire tale again, seeking some morsel of information she could use. The key to this puzzle was proving to be elusive indeed. She shivered and got to her feet, frustrated beyond all, and considered that she should take Mephistopheles for a ride. She imagined that he had become accustomed to her company and the exercise.

She was crossing the courtyard when she heard the subtle creak of hinges.

It could not be! She raced through the palace, only to find that the gates were opening. She watched in astonishment. Slowly, almost reluctantly, the great gates yawned wider and wider.

Annelise ran for the opening. She could squeeze through the space even now and be free. She would flee this palace, seek her husband, even return to Beauvoir if she must.

She was between the opening gates, one foot almost on the other side, when she saw the wolf. She halted in her steps.

She had forgotten about the hungry wolves. This one paced restlessly, as though he waited for something. When Annelise inhaled sharply, the wolf fixed his gaze upon her.

He was waiting for her.

It made no sense. He was just a wolf, a beast incapable of reason, but his steadfast stare made shivers run down her spine. She recalled only too well the wolf that had chased her toward these cursed walls.

Her heart stopped when she saw that this wolf also had one blue eye and one silver-gray.

It was the same beast that had chased her to the palace.

Wolf and woman stared at each other for a moment that seemed to stretch to eternity. Annelise’s mouth had gone dry. She did not dare to run lest she provoke his attack.

She took a cautious step backward toward safety.

The wolf snarled and Annelise’s heart leaped to her throat. She hurried back, tripping over her own feet as the wolf bounded closer.

“Close, gates, close!” she shouted. “Keep out the wolf!”

The gates, curse them, remained ajar.

Annelise ran through the garden as quickly as she could. She could hide behind something in the palace, climb atop a chest, barricade the stables, anything to save her life.

When she reached the palace, she was surprised she had gotten so far before the wolf pounced upon her. Annelise paused and looked back.

Only her own footprints marked the snow in the garden. There was no sign of pursuit.

She saw the wolf pacing back and forth outside the open gates.

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