Princess of Shadows: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance by Olivia Hart

Author:Olivia Hart [Hart, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Rose

We appeared in the middle of a field. It wasn’t all that different from the one with the unicorn. I took a deep breath and smelled flowers blooming and the soft smell of pine. We were on the edge of a thick forest.

The grass was different here. More like the grass from the Mortal Realm. Except that it was darker. A deep purple rather than the mix of purple and green.

For the first time, I saw the Immortal Realm in the light. The sun hung on the horizon, turning the world orange. It felt like I hadn’t seen the sun in forever.

I reached behind me and felt my wings. They seemed more real now. Like they’d finally become solid. Astriel’s illusion must have worn off when we stepped into the Immortal Realm.

Sebastian stood beside me in his assassin’s cloak, and he looked me over, noticing my new outfit and the bag on my back full of new clothes. Why had he been worried about my clothes when he was getting chased by Nyx?

“How’d you get away from Nyx?”

“It’s complicated, but I’ll tell you later. Right now, we have a very short man to talk to.”

As if on cue, a man in a full beard ran out of the forest. “Sebastian!” he yelled as he ran on short little legs.

“Come on. It hurts me to see him run like that.” Sebastian grinned down at me as he pulled his arm away. He began to run, and I followed, happy to have my new clothes and especially my shoes.

The forest wasn’t even a mile away, but Sebastian began to slow much earlier than I’d expected him to. This man had been able to sprint for almost thirty minutes when he’d taken me through the warrens for the first time. Now, he could barely make it a mile? What was wrong?

He was panting softly when we finally reached the short man in the beard. I looked down at him and couldn’t help but smile. This was a gnome. No question about it.

He wore a soft hat over a bald head. His beard went down almost to his waist. And he barely came up to my waist. Wearing brown linen pants and a green linen shirt, he looked like he belonged in the woods.

He had big bushy eyebrows, and under them, his eyes sparkled with energy. His lips were thicker, and small wrinkles creased his smiling face.

“Sebastian! It’s been so long!” He was out of breath, but his excitement must have been more important than breathing because he didn’t stop talking long enough to catch it.

“The village is doing so well. So very well. And we’ve kept it safe. This whole time.”

“Calm down Enivyn. Catch your breath, friend.” Sebastian smiled down at the gnome as he took big gasping breaths as fast as he could so that he could start talking again.

“Before you begin, Enivyn, this is Rose. She’s a friend.”

Enivyn looked up at me, and his brow furrowed. “But she’s a fairy. With wings.

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