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about her naked body. 'I cast the Bonding Spell on another woman.'
Without a word, Rayan turned to the door, closing and locking it to keep everyone else out. 'What are your orders?'
'Send a message to Esta to make sure we are packed up to as soon as possible.' Pulling on his boots while his cousin reached out through his own Bond to relay the message, Arun did the same in an attempt to locate the woman he had passed the night with. 'We need to find her. She's not far, but she’s moving. Getting further away.’
Adrienne snorted at this, silenced only by Lord Cygnus' hand quickly slapping across her mouth. She squealed her outrage, but the man made no move to let go. Arun regarded Lord Cygnus for a moment before making a decision and clicking his fingers, calling on his magic. His sword appeared in his hand, power rolling off of him.
Both the Princess and her Councillor looked terrified as he took the blade and walked towards them purposefully. 'Where is she, Adrienne?'
Lord Cygnus made as if to speak, but Arun’s hand shot out, savagely grasping a handful of his hair and throwing him to the floor. 'Don't you dare speak to me! Your Princess is clearly not the brains behind this little charade, and I won't hesitate to drive my blade through your black heart if you utter a single word in my presence!'
The older man looked fit to soil himself as he cowered on the floor at Arun’s feet. Hearing Rayan draw his sword, Arun was finally able to turn his full attention back to the woman that should, by now, have been his wife. He grabbed her by the front of her robe, resting the blade firmly against her jugular, shoving her back against the stone wall.
'Where. Is. She?' His voice was low and dangerous, and she stood stock-still as he pushed the blade further against her skin. 'If you do not tell me I will level this city, this whole country, until it is nothing but a crater in the face of the world. I will make you rue the day you were born, and I will find her anyway.'
'I am your wife!’ she gasped, eyes rolling back into her head in fear. ‘Your Queen! She is nothing! You wouldn't-'
'You are not my wife, you stupid, deceitful creature!' Arun bellowed, taking the sword from her throat and grabbing the ring from her finger. 'I am married, magically Bonded, to the woman I gave this ring to last night! The woman you put in here to take your place, and take your place she did!’
Ripping the ring away and throwing her to the floor, Arun spun away, finally giving up. It would be much faster to use his Bond magic with the woman to find her than to waste time here with these two. As he walked past Rayan and the still-prone form of Lord Cygnus, he heard Adrienne give a short, high pitched shout of laughter and paused in his steps.
'You will not find her!' she shrieked, madly. 'And you will have brought war between our nations for nothing!'
Turning to face her, his eyes cold, his voice hard, he told her the harsh truth of the matter. 'We are already at war.'
*
Watching the furious King storm out of the wedding chamber, Cygnus smiled humourlessly as heated magic spasmed through the door, around the walls and windows, keeping them in and everyone else out. King Arun’s magic was strong, stronger than his own, and he knew without trying that they would be stuck here until there was too great a distance between them or the other man’s magic was too taxed elsewhere to keep it up. He guessed it would be about twelve hours or so.
‘Well, that didn’t quite go to plan,’ he spoke more to himself. ‘I didn’t expect him to figure it out so quickly.’
‘You imbecile!’ Adrienne shrieked, and Cygnus looked up from his musings in surprise. ‘You said it would work! You swore!’
It was an effort to keep his expression placid, let alone apologetic. Still, he had plenty of experience in placating fools, and this one in particular.
‘Forgive me, my Queen.’ He bowed low. ‘I did think that we could keep up the
Without a word, Rayan turned to the door, closing and locking it to keep everyone else out. 'What are your orders?'
'Send a message to Esta to make sure we are packed up to as soon as possible.' Pulling on his boots while his cousin reached out through his own Bond to relay the message, Arun did the same in an attempt to locate the woman he had passed the night with. 'We need to find her. She's not far, but she’s moving. Getting further away.’
Adrienne snorted at this, silenced only by Lord Cygnus' hand quickly slapping across her mouth. She squealed her outrage, but the man made no move to let go. Arun regarded Lord Cygnus for a moment before making a decision and clicking his fingers, calling on his magic. His sword appeared in his hand, power rolling off of him.
Both the Princess and her Councillor looked terrified as he took the blade and walked towards them purposefully. 'Where is she, Adrienne?'
Lord Cygnus made as if to speak, but Arun’s hand shot out, savagely grasping a handful of his hair and throwing him to the floor. 'Don't you dare speak to me! Your Princess is clearly not the brains behind this little charade, and I won't hesitate to drive my blade through your black heart if you utter a single word in my presence!'
The older man looked fit to soil himself as he cowered on the floor at Arun’s feet. Hearing Rayan draw his sword, Arun was finally able to turn his full attention back to the woman that should, by now, have been his wife. He grabbed her by the front of her robe, resting the blade firmly against her jugular, shoving her back against the stone wall.
'Where. Is. She?' His voice was low and dangerous, and she stood stock-still as he pushed the blade further against her skin. 'If you do not tell me I will level this city, this whole country, until it is nothing but a crater in the face of the world. I will make you rue the day you were born, and I will find her anyway.'
'I am your wife!’ she gasped, eyes rolling back into her head in fear. ‘Your Queen! She is nothing! You wouldn't-'
'You are not my wife, you stupid, deceitful creature!' Arun bellowed, taking the sword from her throat and grabbing the ring from her finger. 'I am married, magically Bonded, to the woman I gave this ring to last night! The woman you put in here to take your place, and take your place she did!’
Ripping the ring away and throwing her to the floor, Arun spun away, finally giving up. It would be much faster to use his Bond magic with the woman to find her than to waste time here with these two. As he walked past Rayan and the still-prone form of Lord Cygnus, he heard Adrienne give a short, high pitched shout of laughter and paused in his steps.
'You will not find her!' she shrieked, madly. 'And you will have brought war between our nations for nothing!'
Turning to face her, his eyes cold, his voice hard, he told her the harsh truth of the matter. 'We are already at war.'
*
Watching the furious King storm out of the wedding chamber, Cygnus smiled humourlessly as heated magic spasmed through the door, around the walls and windows, keeping them in and everyone else out. King Arun’s magic was strong, stronger than his own, and he knew without trying that they would be stuck here until there was too great a distance between them or the other man’s magic was too taxed elsewhere to keep it up. He guessed it would be about twelve hours or so.
‘Well, that didn’t quite go to plan,’ he spoke more to himself. ‘I didn’t expect him to figure it out so quickly.’
‘You imbecile!’ Adrienne shrieked, and Cygnus looked up from his musings in surprise. ‘You said it would work! You swore!’
It was an effort to keep his expression placid, let alone apologetic. Still, he had plenty of experience in placating fools, and this one in particular.
‘Forgive me, my Queen.’ He bowed low. ‘I did think that we could keep up the
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