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Synopsis
Juliet must find a way to remind Nathan of their strong love
for each other and battle the witch to retrieve her throne and command her
people once more.
Excerpt
My captor had
won and now he was claiming his prize. He appeared approving of my silence and
began dragging my body along the dock into the fog. I made every attempt to
keep my face from the ground, but it scraped and bruised along the coarseness of
the net and the cobbled path. I did not want to belong to anyone but Nathan and
endure a life where another cold stranger was forced upon me. I would find a
way to die. That would be my escape and Nathan’s proof of my loyalty and
undying love, if he ever became whole again.
Gerard
continued to drag my aching body over the cobbles along the docks to an unknown
destination and into the fog that rolled over the Thames and on into the city. But
he was to suddenly stop. I could see his shoulders tense as we all heard the
sound of footsteps in the fog ahead, coming towards us in a determined manner.
Gerard ordered
the two human men forward to investigate. Each of them drew a knife from their
breast pocket as we watched them disappear into the ghostly white air that
swirled around us to obscure our vision of what lay ahead. Our heightened
Taleian vision was of no use in the fog, only the night. There was no sound
apart from their own footsteps now, and that of the water and boats lapping
against the side of the dock.
Silence
reigned for a minute or more, and then the distant cry of a man was heard and
the sharp slice of a sword moving through the damp air. The sound was followed
by the bounce of an object hitting the ground and rolling out of the fog
towards us. I gave a startled gasp when the human’s decapitated head appeared. Another
slice of air and the next human’s head quickly followed with enough force to
roll and touch Gerard’s foot. With an angry growl, Gerard kicked the head away
from him and out into the Thames.
‘Give me my
sword,’ he demanded of the Taleian that carried it.
The other two
Taleians took a defensive stance as Gerard raised his sword ready to strike at
his unseen opponent, and the determined footsteps continued once more towards
us.
A tall shadow
emerged from the fog in the dim gas light. He was immaculately dressed as a
gentleman of birth, with an aristocratic elegance about him that no other
seemed to bear. Relief flooded the blood that still pumped through my veins and
my heart swelled with love.
Nathan was a
terrifying haunting vision as he emerged from the night. His eyes were dark and
were narrowed in anger at Gerard. For a brief moment they were drawn to my
pathetic captive figure, and I felt the spark of his fear for me. It was only
brief for it turned to explosive anger.
‘Another
challenger?’ Gerard hissed. ‘I got here first. She is mine, and I am taking
her.’
Nathan’s eyes
widened.
‘You dare to
take my Queen and defile her?’
Gerard gave a
small nervous laugh. ‘Who are you to call her your Queen?’
His question
appeared mute, for his curious and anxious tone told everyone he already knew
who Nathan was.
Nathan’s voice
was as dark and soft as melted chocolate when he spoke. It only served to
heighten the menace of his position.
‘I am the
Knight of Swords.’
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