Elex (SONS OF HECATE #1) by Mellanie Rourke EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Mellanie Rourke
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Elex
Something hit my temple. I looked up angrily from the book I was
reading as the instructor droned on in the roasting classroom, only to
see Maalik grinning at me maliciously.
“Knock it off!” I hissed quietly.
I glared at him for a moment, wiping the sweat off my forehead
before glancing up to see if the teacher had noticed. He hadn’t, fortunately. I
really didn’t want a whipping for damaging something as valuable as a
book.
It had been two years since Mitera had died, and things had settled
into a kind of monotonous routine. At first we had been watched too closely
to even consider running away. Later on, life fell into a more normal
rhythm, and to my relief, my brother hadn’t brought up the idea of fleeing
to Illyria again.
Erix and I continued to hide from the other slaves. Maalik had made
it clear that he would happily see us dead in vengeance for the death of his
mother, but Erix and I knew the palace better than anyone else and had
always remained a couple of steps ahead of Maalik’s cronies. The only time
we couldn’t manage to avoid him was during school.
This class was for the eleven or so children of King Cyrius Alexus,
both biological and legitimate. We ranged in age from three to fifteen years
old and were all given an education to prepare us for the possibility that we
could someday become an heir to the throne. That meant six hours of
schooling during the day, then several hours of chores after school for those
of us who were illegitimate.
We were seated at desks in rows in one of the classrooms. It was
summer, so we were at the seaside palace. The heat could be overwhelming,
but the children of the nobles sat toward the front, servants flanking them
on either side, waving fans to cool them. The rest of us were seated toward
the back of the room, separated from the legitimate children of the King’s
household by more than just space.
My stomach growled and I looked a little enviously at the juice and
fruit set on the side table for the legitimate kids. Three of them were
children of the King: Luke, Terry, and Cass. Excuse me, Prince Lucien,
Prince Therian, and Princess Cassia. They were the children from the
marriage of King Cyrius and Queen Eurymenye. Their clothes were richly
made, they were clean, and they looked better fed than the rest of us. There
was no reason to waste food on those of us who might end up just a slave,
after all.
Ignoring my stomach, I turned back to my book, trying to focus on
the boring treatise in front of me. The legit kids weren’t so bad. It wasn’t
their fault they were treated differently than the rest of us. Luke was only
two years younger than us and tended to follow Erix and I around asking a
million questions. Terry was only five years old, and adorable. Cassie was
three and only spent a few hours a day with us.
Luke was my favorite. He was a sweet, quiet kid and super smart.
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