Sunkissed Feathers & Severed Ties (Broken Chronicles #1) by Kellie Doherty by Kellie Doherty

Author:Kellie Doherty [Doherty, Kellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, lesbian romance, mythological creatures, epic quest, strong female characters, bisexual characters
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

MISTI ROSE THE NEXT night feeling no ill effects from absorbing the pulse. Her friends seemed okay, chatting easily about the Ingo Nemora, the Ingo Grove itself, their other travels. Happiness infused Misti’s being. If she couldn’t go on this journey alone, then these two women were the people she’d like to be with. Apparently they had developed quite the rapport when Misti had been unconscious, and she was glad for it. Dylori put together a quick lunch, bread with a cheese and berry mix spread on top, and gave it to Arias. She eyed it with a dubious look and handed her portion to Misti.

“You can try it first.” Arias’ words were serious, but the glint in her eyes gave her away. Dylori punched her arm and gave her a piece of plain bread. Arias nibbled on it, seemingly satisfied with herself.

Arias got back at Dylori during dinner, adding a heaping handful of spicy herbs to their food and laughing when Dylori had a coughing fit. As tough as she was, Dylori couldn’t handle spice. But she could handle a joke and grinned good-naturedly in return. They made good time. The Laidly Grove was now only five nights away. While she thought Zayla’s idea to find a banished Divus to help seemed far-fetched, she kept an eye out for them anyway. But when they settled down to rest, the pendant pulsed again. Misti drew it within herself like before, the energy drain sending her instantly to sleep.

The second night, her friends seemed unaffected. Misti didn’t feel tired, for which she was grateful, but little things that had never annoyed her before annoyed her now. The way Dylori sighed when they took too long of a rest. The way Arias kept looking at her bow. The way Dis huffed a greeting to all the birds that passed overhead. Her annoyance rose as the evening went on, but she tried to contain it, working hard to keep up a cheerful veneer and participate in her friends’ conversations. They’d been through a lot, and she didn’t want to worry them.

Three nights later, three more pulses absorbed and no banished Blood crafters, and Dylori and Arias acted like nothing was wrong. They went through the regular evening motions of pulling their packs up onto Dis, stomping out the fire, setting off for Laidly. They also activated a daygem for Arias’ sake, which she thanked them for.

Misti, however, felt worse. She was having a harder time hiding her growing annoyance from the others, and she felt tired, even after the deep sleep that absorbing the orb’s power sent her into. She felt like she had been on a long run instead of merely sleeping. But they would reach Laidly soon, she told herself, and although the water Nemora wouldn’t be able to help with the pendant, the journey south would go much faster if they were allowed to use the lake for transportation.

Misti sat in the very back this time, looking ahead and gritting her teeth, glaring at the oncoming dusk and daring anything to come at them.

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