Ross, Rebecca - The Queen's Rising 02 - The Queen’s Resistance by Ross Rebecca

Author:Ross, Rebecca [Ross, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

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I was standing in the shadows of the corridor when Jourdain emerged from Brienna’s room. I was exhausted now that my anger had ebbed, filthy and sweaty from combing the streets in search of Declan, a hunt that had proven fruitless.

We had been so close. So close to capturing the prince and regaining the children.

It was infuriating to think how he had slipped through our fingers.

I met Jourdain’s gaze. He did not seem surprised to see me waiting here.

“What did she say?” I asked.

“She said she will go home, as I want. She’ll leave at first light.”

“How did you convince her?”

“My chamberlain needs assistance with one of the lasses back home,” Jourdain answered. “Instead of sending Luc, I want to send her.”

After watching this night go completely awry, Jourdain had outright told me he did not want Brienna in Lyonesse. He wanted to send Brienna home to Castle Fionn, where she would be safe. And while I had listened to him, I knew Brienna would be hurt by this, feel like we were shoving her out.

Furthermore, Brienna was the one in our circle who was a natural schemer. I had taught her everything I knew, from history to poetry to where all the vital blood flows were in the body. But I had not taught her how to scheme, how to move pawns across a board, how to strategize and outwit. It was her strength, the canon of her blood House, the blessing of the Allenachs that set them above the rest.

I could have made a strong case against Jourdain, told him that Brienna was the one who gathered up the safe house locations, the one who uncovered the meaning behind the half-moon. That Brienna was essentially the mind behind our revolution.

I could have reminded Jourdain about all of these things, and yet I resisted. Because deep within me, I wanted her as far away from Declan Lannon as possible. I did not want Declan Lannon to know her name, to look upon her face, to hear the sound of her voice. I did not want him to so much as know she existed.

And so I went along with Jourdain and Luc, because he certainly chimed in agreement to his father’s will, even though it set a thorn in my heart to send Brienna away.

I remained standing against the wall, nearly dead on my feet; I had not slept more than a few hours at a time the past two nights.

“Go on to bed, lad,” Jourdain said gently. “I’ll make sure to wake you when it’s time for her to leave.”

I nodded. My feet were numb as I walked to my room and closed the door.

I sat on my bed, the bed I had not slept in one time since arriving. I leaned my head back until I found the pillow, descending into painful dreams of my mother, of my sister. I had never known what they looked like, because the only word my father had used to describe them was “beautiful.

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