The Queen and the Dagger: A Book of Theo Novella by Melanie Ansley

Author:Melanie Ansley [Ansley, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Animals, Anthropomorphic, Fables, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Sword & Sorcery
Amazon: B01B4F9VQS
Published: 2016-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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The dream was always the same.

Her mother was walking towards her out of a dark cave that curved into the ground like a bottomless throat. She looked as beautiful as ever and wore her crimson queen’s mantle. Indigo stared, relief flooding her. Her mother was alive. She was here.

“My little one,” her mother said, holding out her arms. Indigo leaned into her, breathing in the comforting warmth, the scent of sage, smoke, and wild heather. Delamar wrapped her in the mantle, sheltering them both, and Indigo felt as if she were a small kit again, when her mother occasionally allowed her into her bed during the dry lightning storms of summer that lashed the brittle air. Her mother would tell her stories until she fell asleep: stories of Jasper the Trickster, or the cunning West Wind, who wooed his bride by chasing clouds across the sun’s face, and so convinced her he was the more powerful.

“My little one,” her mother said again, “you must go back. You can’t stay.”

“But you’re here.” That was, for now, all Indigo cared about. She wouldn’t think of Azel. It hurt too much. As long as she had her mother, that was enough. She wouldn’t ask for anything else ever again.

“Aktu’s land is not for you. Not yet,” her mother whispered. “I’ve seen what lies ahead for you: you must find the omatje.”

“I don’t want to.” Indigo dug in deeper, tightening her arms.

“You must. Be the wind that shapes Alvareth, not the grass trodden underfoot.” She heard her mother’s voice in her ear but realized she couldn’t feel her anymore. She was holding nothing but the mantle, its fabric stained in blood.

“Wake up, little Indigo. Find the omatje.”

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