Seduced By The Fae King (Mated To The Fae King Book 3) by Bailey Dark

Author:Bailey Dark [Dark, Bailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mythology & Folk Tales, Fairy Tale Fantasy, Mated To The Fae King Series, Dangerous & Deadly, Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Futuristic, Beautiful & Feisty, Genetic Engineering Fiction, The Fae King's Mate
Publisher: Bailey Dark
Published: 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Altair

Lightning flashes outside, thunder roiling behind it. I stare out the windows, dripping with heavy rain. Since the battle with Sadal, it's been constant thunderstorms – as if to remind me of our heavy losses. Cold ocean waves crash against the cliffs below, foam spraying high enough to reach the low windows of the fort.

The retreat from the Castle was a mass of blood and screams and fear. The tunnels were packed with soldiers blood seeping from wounds swords gripped tightly in hand. Now, almost three hundred miles from Desmarais, the last of our forces are huddled inside the dark stone walls of an ancient, oceanside fortress. There are so few left, all of them can fit comfortably inside these walls.

My eyes follow a heavy drop of rain as it trails down the windowpane. I remember the hasty retreat from the carnage of the battle. As I followed the last of my soldiers into the dark tunnels, the remaining alchemists chose to stay behind. I know it wasn't bravery that possessed them, but rather their own curiosity. Alchemists, in their own, morbid way, have always lived one foot outside of this world. It’s why they’re so despised by the more practical Fae; it reads too much like Bloodbane magic than the science the alchemists claim.

Joana and her students had done as I asked and done it quickly. Before we had even escaped the monolith above, I felt the very air quake with power. Whatever the alchemists had cooked up, I knew there was nothing left for that dark god. And that’s enough for me.

I don’t pity the loss of the castle overlooking Desmarais. My lips pull back into a dark smile. Sadal deserves nothing of mine, even in conquest. I can picture him now, picking over the rubble. He won’t be bothered in the slightest, but it’s one of the few things that brings me comfort since I lost a third of Alnembra to him.

“Tell me again,” Moritz says over the crackling of the fire. “Tell me everything.”

My gaze slips towards him as lightning brightens the room. I draw the curtain against the gloomy weather. “Verity was with Sadal, she approached him from behind. I only saw her when she attacked him with this,” I say, drawing the long dagger from my belt.

I stare at the elegant blade. It shines smoothly in the light, all silver and sleek with a jeweled hilt. Delicate. The kind of blade a man would be satisfied to die on. I hand it carefully to Moritz and he studies the dagger. Moritz lifts it to eye level and turns it over in his pale hands. “Why this blade?” He asks softly.

“I don’t know.” I stare curiously at it. “She said he wouldn’t be a god for long.”

“Curious,” Moritz says thoughtfully. He sniffs it and recoils. “Blood.”

I arch a brow at him. “Surely you aren’t scared of a little gore.”

Moritz tosses the blade onto the warped wooden table between us with a look of disgust. “It smells like Bloodbane magic to me.

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