Crown of Danger by Melanie Cellier EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Melanie Cellier
- ISBN: B08GZGLSD6
- Language: English
- Genre: Literary Fiction
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- Page: 278
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“Come on, Verene. Hurry up! This is our last
chance.” Bryony urged me through the streets of
Corrin, impatient with my sedate pace.
I gave her an amused look. “The shops aren’t going
anywhere.”
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“No.” She sighed. “We’re the ones going somewhere.
Back to the Academy, and its awful, remote location.” She
looked longingly at the wall on the other side of the wide
street which mostly concealed my own kingdom’s Academy.
“Why can’t the Kallorwegian Academy be in the capital like
your Ardannian one?”
I grimaced. “Would you really want to be in such easy
reach of the Kallorwegian court? I, for one, have no such
desire.”
Bryony wrinkled her nose. “No, I suppose when you put it
like that…”
The Kallorwegian court was poisonous, presided over by a
cold, cruel king and full of deep rifts and divisions. It bore
little resemblance to the court in Ardann which was ruled with
the firm hand of my aunt, Queen Lucienne, a woman who had
dedicated her life to ensuring peace and prosperity for her
kingdom.
But I thrust thoughts of courts and politics aside. They
inevitably led to thoughts of Darius, and not even weeks of
separation had managed to calm my conflicted feelings about
the Kallorwegian crown prince.
We passed the Academy and University, our attendant
guards walking two in front and two behind, keeping a clear
bubble of space around us despite the busy traffic. Bryony
practically danced in her impatience as we passed the railings
that separated the grand houses of various mage families from
the road. Bryony had no interest in the green grass, fountains,
or elegant buildings we could glimpse behind the fences. As
an energy mage from the Sekali Empire, she had little need to
worry about the power games played by the Ardannian great
families.
I had found myself with less interest in them over the
summer as well, my mind full of the darker politics of the
Kallorwegian court. I picked up my speed, suddenly as eager
as Bryony to be past this section of the city and through to the
shops. I glanced over my shoulder at the palace behind us, its
tall towers of white marble dominating the capital from its
place atop the hill that housed Corrin. It had been home for
most of my sixteen years, and yet my thoughts about our
imminent return to the Academy had a feeling of homecoming
about them. My heart was in as much turmoil as my mind
these days.
When we reached the section of road where the large
homes usually gave way to elegant storefronts featuring wares
designed to catch the eye of passing mages, I stopped.
“What’s happening here?” I asked.
Captain Layna, who had been temporarily reassigned as
my personal guard for the summer, stopped and looked back
over her shoulder. She followed my gaze, her brow clearing
when she saw I was looking at the construction to the side of
the road.
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