Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 59723 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 299(@200wpm)___ 239(@250wpm)___ 199(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 59723 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 299(@200wpm)___ 239(@250wpm)___ 199(@300wpm)
She was protecting Lucetta. I let the tears fall. That’s why she said she was willing.
The high duke sighs. “I do get sentimental over great shows of love.” He stands and returns to his throne with a majestic sweep of his cloak. “Akla!”
Megaera appears with a bow and drags us to our feet with magic; I fight to keep hold of a stirring Akilah while the high duke uses the tip of a steel nail to clean under his fingernails.
As the nave doors close behind us, he muses, “I wonder how long it’ll take them to return, once they hear?”
Anxiety is spilling out of Florentius when he comes to our side. Akilah’s eyes slowly focus on him and she smiles. “Don’t come too close. I’m a real mess today.”
Her head lolls back to my shoulder, and Florentius snatches her wrist to read her pulse.
“I need swiftleaf to treat her,” I say, voice breaking. “I haven’t . . .”
Magic pours out of him and into her, but his spell is interrupted.
“Enough,” Megaera says. “Get moving.”
At Megaera’s direction, redcloaks drag us to a mouldy boat and we’re dumped on a rocky shore. I look around us, pulse tripling, and laugh. It echoes off damp rocks and toad-infested water. I keep laughing until there’s no breath left in me.