The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

Author:Jaye L. Knight [Knight, Jaye L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy
Goodreads: 23456237
Publisher: Living Sword Publishing
Published: 2015-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

A horse’s hooves echoed in the fog before they could see who approached. The remainder of their group stood at the edge of camp with weapons ready just in case. Kyrin breathed in and prayed with all her might it would be her father—that he would ride into camp to see them, just as he’d said he would when he left the morning before. She squeezed her fists. “Please.”

A few moments later, dark shadows took shape in the cloud of white. She squinted. The first form she recognized was Jace, followed by Rayad and Holden. But her eyes sought the horse. A fourth figure appeared and stood even taller than Jace. He led the horse behind him. Kyrin recognized Tane in the same moment it became clear the horse’s rider was too small to be her father. A wave of cold dread washed through her. The rider hunched in the saddle was Talas.

Jace broke away from the others, jogging the rest of the distance to her and Kaden. The moment she looked into his eyes, she knew. Every muscle, every nerve, every thought froze in unwillingness to believe it. Entirely numb, she stared up at him.

Jace’s chest rose and fell heavily. Pain invaded every inch of his face, but nowhere more so than his eyes. He opened his mouth, but his voice wavered. “Your father . . .” He faltered, and his eyes glimmered with moisture. His next words were only a ragged whisper. “He was executed.”

She was paralyzed—trapped inside her own body with a rising tide of emotion and sorrow. She fought to breathe, but her lungs collapsed. Her thoughts spiraled and tangled into a panicked, desperate attempt to find a way for this to be a mistake. It couldn’t be true. This couldn’t happen.

Tane appeared at Jace’s side and pulled something from his pocket. As soon as her eyes locked onto the blue stone, it hit her, shattering her will and hopeless denials. All over, she began to tremble, barely managing to grasp the necklace in her hands. Her eyes remained fixed on it, but it blurred behind a flood of tears. Tane’s words penetrated the suffocating haze, but were low and distant.

“He wanted to make sure you had that . . . so you would always remember him.”

No! The frantic scream clawed up her throat and broke free in an anguished sob. “No! No!”

Again and again, she choked out the word. She stumbled back blindly as streams of hot tears scalded her cold face.

“No!” She fell to her knees. “Elôm, why? Why?”

She bent over. Sobs ripped through her chest and racked her body. An arm closed around her, and she turned into Kaden’s chest. She wrapped her arms around him, grasping a handful of his jacket in one hand and the necklace in the other, holding on as if they might be torn away from her too.

She sobbed into his shoulder until she could barely breathe. Waves of pain tore through her nerves every time the reality hit her.

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