Awakening the Dark Throne by Jessica Ann Disciacca EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jessica Ann Disciacca
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- Genre: Fantasy
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The smell of freshly baked bread flooded the air. My stomach tightened
with hunger as I watched the baker set out the golden-brown loaves. It
was almost opening time, which meant the morning rush was about to
descend on the marketplace, creating the perfect amount of coverage for me
to get in and out of the shop with a couple of loaves hidden under my
jacket.
The town was buzzing with excitement as the summer solstice
preparations were in full swing. Every family was preparing sweet cakes
and candies for the celebration. The farmers gathered their harvests, making
their way to the town square to sell their goods for a small profit. Colorful
decorations littered the streets as children flew streamers and kites high in
the air. Even though the humans didn’t call the celebration ‘summer
solstice’ due to its pagan origin, which was what this was. A celebration to
honor the longest day of the year.
I always found it curious why the humans chose to continue to celebrate
the holidays the alfar—or elves, as the humans liked to call them—honored.
Was it to mock the pagan believers, or was it to honor them in some way?
Even though our worlds were separate, the elves and the humans still were
intertwined whether they liked it or not.
Three thousand years ago, the light alfar created a protective border that
stretched around the land of The Frey, which was the territory the human
race occupied. Only someone of pure alfar blood was able to cross the
shield. If a human wished to enter, they must be escorted by an alfar. This
prevented all the flesh-eating carnivores from wiping the whole human race
off the map. As payment for their protection, the light alfar’s convoy would
come through the towns once a month to check on the status of the humans
and collect any workers they may need.
I was a half-breed. My mother was human, and my father was an alfar.
In the eight years that I knew my mother, she never talked about my father.
She did her best to hide my elven features while providing for us in this
harsh and unforgiving world. Eventually, life became too much for her and
she passed when I was barely eight.
I quickly learned how to provide for myself by any means necessary.
Stealing came naturally to me. The humans didn’t have much, so I only
took what I absolutely needed.
I tried getting a job and working for my
keep, but because of my ears and eyes, most people wouldn’t even look at
me—let alone give me a job. My eyes were vibrant green, almost a
chartreuse color which made me stand out like a sore thumb. Though my
ears weren’t as long and elegant as a full-blooded alfar, they were still
tipped at the ends.
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