Mined in Magic (FALLING FOR FABLES #3) by Jenna Wolfhart EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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ASTRID
Booming voices echoed down the mining tunnel. I lowered my pickaxe
and rolled my knotted shoulders, bouncing my head in time with the
lilting beat of the ancient folk song. At the end of the tunnel, around
the bend, and two ledges down, The Wet Beard heaved with the dwarven
miners who had already hung up their carts and their pickaxes for the
evening. They’d traded their thirst for gems for that of ale.
Not me. At least, not yet. I’d join them soon. Because, according to
legend, these mines hid a powerful gem, whose mineral traces wound like
lightning through stone. Us dwarves had been searching these tunnels for it
for so long, I couldn’t remember a time when we didn’t talk about it every
day and night.
In fact, the song echoing from the tavern was about the fabled gem.
And I needed to be the one who found it.
It had power beyond compare. Of course, exactly what that meant, no
one quite knew. There were lots of popular theories. One of my favorites
involved endless amounts of the most delectable chocolates from the
mainland. That seemed like a great power to wield. Who needed
immortality or impossible strength if you couldn’t enjoy something as sweet
as cocoa? ‘Course, as much as I’d never say no to chocolates, I needed the
gem’s power for something a little more important than that.
“Astrid?” a voice called from down the tunnel.
Hefting my pickaxe to my shoulder, I smiled at the girl who strode
toward me. Her long silver hair hung down her back in a loose braid, and
stars practically sparkled in her matching eyes. She wore a long gauzy blue
gown and carried a foaming mug in her delicate hands. Fates, it was good to
see her again.
“Lilia!” I beamed and hustled over her to her, careful not to trip on the
cluster of gold-orange gems scattered around the mine’s floor. These gems
—sunstones—were still treasures, even if they weren’t the grand prize.
They glittered and shone, providing light and warmth in the dank, dark
tunnels of The Deep. Without them, we couldn’t grow our food.
Beaming right back, Lilia handed me the mug. Liquid gold sloshed over
the edges. I took a long, long gulp, relishing the sweet taste. After hours
spent mining, my parched tongue sighed in contentment. There was no
other ale on the Isles quite like Lilia’s. Not that I’d ever tasted anything
other than hers and the brews found in the mountain here.
I’d been cursed as a babe. I could never poke a single toe outside these
mountainous walls. The world beyond the mines would never be mine, no
matter how much I wanted it to be.
“You’re looking good, Astrid,” Lilia said, bouncing on her toes. There
was a new sparkle in her eyes that hadn’t been there the last time I’d seen
her. Squinting, I leaned in close. Blush dotted her cheeks.
“Hmm, are you going to tell me what has you beaming like a dwarf who
discovered a new kind of mineral?”
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