The Emperor's Wolf by J C Owens

Author:J C Owens [Owens, J C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781607378754
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Jaden lay in the half darkness, staring at the moonlight pooling on the floor through the balcony doors. In its light, he could see Dersai’s face, still tearstained but now relaxed in sleep, finally.

It had taken hours to calm him to this point, hours to make him stop shaking. Now Jaden lay in watch over him, unable to sleep as the events of the day rolled through his mind in a never-ending procession of images.

He thought of the reputation of Tranaden and its emperor…and of the emperors of old. Jaden was sure that he had heard of Tranaden being an unbreachable force long before Dersai’s time. Had it not been a great military strength for thousands of years?

Jaden’s knowledge of history of any country, including his own, was a little sketchy. It had never really been of interest to him…until now. All these years, had the emperors had more than normal power and strength to help them guide their country? What was this thing—Jaden could only think of it as that—that lay within Dersai and why? Was it deliberate or did some madness lie in the royal line?

Jaden glanced over at the books, wanting badly to go and read, to try to find out now what he was facing. Then he looked back down, trailing a gentle finger over Dersai’s cheek.

His master murmured in his sleep, then rolled over, seeking Jaden’s warmth. Jaden put a comforting arm around him, then settled down, closing his eyes. There would be time enough in the morning for that.

He had an emperor to protect.

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