Relinquish: book Ii of the Rising Trilogy
“I know it won’t last, but it’s kind of nice for a change.
“Where are the others? Are they close by?” I ask, interrupting their hushed conversation. I know they were talking about me.
Eamon lifts his head and glances back at me. I sit propped up in bed, fighting against a yawn. The pillows are far too comfortable and the blanket warming and inviting.
“Kyan and the girls are here now, but more will be arriving soon. Carleon has gone into the villages to collect soldiers loyal to our cause. We’ll be ready to fight.”
“There isn’t enough time,” I whisper, fiddling with the edge of the sheet. “I’m to be married in two days.”
I half expect Eamon to rise in anger or throw something, but instead he simply lowers his head, as if he already knew. And then I realize he did.
“And until then? Where will you go?” Bastien questions Eamon, staring past him to the night sky.
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