Chapter 16: Elexis
Ana hadn't left her room in weeks, not since she had returned from their meeting. Their spies had reported her every movement for days now and nothing. Well nothing except that horrible report from Suzette. When Axton had told the lady's maid who her charge really was she hadn't seemed particularly surprised, she had merely told him about the incident with the fireplace that had happened mere hours after their encounter with Ana. When Suzette had mentioned that the burns were worst around the scar on her back and Axton had asked what scar the nursemaid had merely looked at him sadly and said, "Most of the fae only need a small tattoo inked with pigment mixed with powdered iron, but a Fae queen, well, I always wondered why they needed so much to keep her in line." The women hadn't elaborated no matter how much Axton had begged saying it was Ana's business but-
Goddess above even just the descriptions of the burns blanketing Ana's body were enough to turn Elexis' stomach. And it was her fault. It was her fault her sister had burned herself to the bone, and she couldn't even say she was sorry.
Her spies in the palace had reported other things as well. They said that the king had ordered that when the Fae warrior arrives he will have Cinis train with him. One of Queen Aine's bound warriors, they were ancient and brutal. She remembered Axton and Connel telling stories about them around the fire, when they dared have one. Would the Fae recognize Anatia? Would he tell his Queen? Queen Aine, the ancient Witch Queen of the East, old as time itself. Her warriors were legends told around the rebel campfires, and one was about to meet Anatia.
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