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FARAINE
Pain ripples through my body at odd intervals, like the aftershocks of a
massive quake.
I’m used to pain, of course. I’ve lived a great deal of my life striving to
stave it off. And the agony of both my recent death and resurrection was
certainly more terrible than these small tremors. But this is different. This is
the extreme discomfort of a spirit which had escaped the confines of a
mortal body only to find itself confined once more. Protesting against
imprisonment, straining at every boundary, seeking escape.
I close my eyes, breathing deeply through yet another wave as it washes
over me, body and soul. There’s nothing to be done, no way to escape. I
must simply endure. But at least I can lean my head back against the broad
chest and shoulder behind me, steady myself against another’s heartbeat. A
heartbeat which now pulses in rhythm with my own.
Vor’s arm holds me fast around my middle as he guides his morleth
down through a gaping chasm of stone. He’s not spoken since we left
behind the secluded pool at the base of the mountain. His silence is sweet,
however, and everything he’d said while holding me in his arms on the edge
of that pool still echoes in my heart.
“You are mine, Faraine. My Queen. Sovereign Lady of Mythanar and the
Under Realm, from this day forth and forevermore.”
I breathe through another wave of pain. My head is light and dizzy as we
descend through the winding caverns, back down into the vast dark spaces
of the subterranean world. Regret pricks my heart as we leave behind the
shining, distant stars. The sky holds real terror for this man who is my
husband, but for me it was a relief not to feel the weight of stone overhead,
at least for a little while.
The truth is, I don’t belong in Vor’s world. And yet, to claim the heart of
the Shadow King is to claim his world as my own. Am I ready? Am I strong
enough?
I gave my death in a wild attempt to save these people from destruction.
Do I have the courage to give my life as well?
My stomach tightens as Vor urges his morleth faster, and we plunge back
into the Under Realm. Lorst crystals flash, piercing my closed eyelids with
their ever-brightening glow. Lusterling, the trolde equivalent of day, is
awakening. What will the light of a million shining crystals reveal of the
city below? A city stricken by terror and savagery. A city poised on the
brink of disaster.
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