A Dance With Fire by Aleera Anaya Ceres EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Aleera Anaya Ceres
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I L L EGA L F A E
10 years later…
Sometimes, Shula couldn’t stand the stench of smoke.
The way it wrapped around her lungs and threatened to suffocate
them. It reminded her of another time, another life when she’d been
someone, something else. Yet it was smoke she inhaled deep into her lungs,
and a smile she plastered onto her face as she peered behind the thick velvet
curtains that separated her from the crowd.
“It’s a crush.”
Shula let the curtain flitter closed, blocking the assault of smells and
memories. “Of course it is,” she responded to her friend, Fantasia, rather
arrogantly. This was her sixth and final show of the night and the busiest so
far. “Everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the infamous fire dancer.”
Shula had made sure of it; in the ten years since she’d joined Piriguini’s
Traveling Circus, five of those years she’d juggled while dancing for coins
or scraps of food. Then she moved up to doing simple parlor tricks while
dancing, until she ascended rank and became one of the most popular
attractions in their pilgrimage.
It was rarer not to sell out an entire show. At least, that had been the
case. Lately, tensions were high across the empire of Illyk, but that was
nothing new. It was normal to see the emperor’s soldiers about everywhere
they turned, and the men in steel armor never failed to create problems for
the circus when they passed through the kingdom of Tuath.
The sight of them no longer made her as nervous as they once had, no
matter that they’d gotten more aggressive and determined throughout the
years. She’d lived with the circus so long, Shula no longer knew what it
was to fear for her life. It was dangerous to deem herself safe when she
really wasn’t.
She never would be.
Because Shula Azzarh was Fae in a world where it was illegal to be.
“Break a leg.” Fantasia squeezed Shula’s arm, bringing her back to her
current reality. Her name had just been announced, which meant it was
show time.
“Break yours first.” Shula slipped past the curtain before she could hear
Fantasia curse out her reply. And once she stepped out before the crowd,
her entire world shifted. Silence blanketed over the entire crowd because it
was what her presence commanded.
Shula was under no illusions; she knew what she looked like, knew how
beautiful she was no matter how hard she tried to diminish it so others
would never know what she truly was. It was hard to hide the beauty of a
Fae, and her low riding harem pants, sparkling top that cut off midriff, sheer
veil that obscured half her face, and golden circlets around her wrists and
bare ankles, did nothing to hide her allure.
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