Warrior Fae Princess by K. F. Breene

Author:K. F. Breene [Breene, K. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Goodreads: 48118537
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

“Second, they are bringing her in.”

Romulus glanced up from his plans, which he’d been staring at all day without making progress. Halvor stood at the door of his work shed, straight and proper. Not bad news, then, thank the bounty.

Romulus stood quickly, walking from around his desk.

He’d received news yesterday evening that a girl of about twenty had been recovered, with inverted magic and eyes of an unnatural blue. According to the healer who’d treated her, she should’ve died months ago. She’d only survived thanks to a band of shifters and mages.

The report sounded far-fetched, but given the accounts he’d heard of her magic, the elves’ interest in her, and the fact that she possessed a picture of Romulus himself, something that could’ve only been taken from the Brink… Well, waiting hadn’t been easy.

“What news?” Romulus asked.

“She has been kept under a sleeping draught. Magic seeps from her in great waves, and she tenses whenever it surges. They believe she is trying to subdue it.”

Romulus frowned. “That must be causing her great pain.”

“Yes, and it pains those around her.”

“Why keep her under? Why not guide her magic until she can be brought here and properly trained?”

A proud glimmer lit Halvor’s eyes. “Those in the seeking party are not strong enough to guide her. Only with the power of the Alpha Shifter were they able to subdue her. He calls it balancing, but Kairi called it competing. He is overpowering her magic with his and the pack’s magic to keep it from spiraling out of control.”

“An Alpha Shifter?” Romulus frowned. “I remember stories of shifters. I would not think one of them could handle this charge.”

“Some are stronger than others, as with anything. This young man, I have heard, is exceptional. I have also heard their magic complements ours, like the elders have always said. Those in the seeking party are all enamored by these shifters, especially the women.”

Romulus waved the comment away. “The young women in this village are enamored by anything unique. How close is the party?”

“They will be here within the hour. Where shall I direct them?”

Romulus looked over his shed, filled with sunlight and flowers. It was the place he liked best in the world, the ideal spot to spend a tranquil afternoon. If there was one place he wanted to show his blood, it was this shed.

“Here,” he said without another thought. “Take the tables and desk out and bring in a bed. Assemble the healers. Bring my mother—” He cut himself off. Maybe that wasn’t the best idea. She was less than open-minded. Still, if this young woman was his blood, and she was as strong as these early reports indicated, they’d need another powerful anchor.

He finished with a nod. Halvor matched it and disappeared from the room.

Romulus’s possible daughter was coming. He could scarcely contain his hope and fear.

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