Abigail wasn't looking for love the night before the Princess's wedding, but she found it in the most unlikely and inconvenient place - in the arms of the man her friend was to marry! After a tragedy strikes, Abigail, her friends, and the man she desperately loves go on a quest to save the princess's missing father. Will they all find themselves along the way, or will Abigail have to live her life without the other half of her soul? Book 1 of a planned series
View MoreBeginning of Book 2The wizard of the moon will wed the warrior of the sun/ for their cause, all will fight/ Their love will lead to sorrow/ and their love will lead to the crux of the light. One will fade, while the other grows large/ becoming a light in the dark/ for the faded one shall again be made whole/ when the keys leave their first mark.*******Eswen CastleSeveral months after the battle at Alderei Castle:King Hayden stormed through the castle, cursing his luck. His idiot son had been gone for months, and now his spies are saying he’s married. Even worse, he married that little whore, Abigail. Dammit Arthur, why couldn’t you have just let us betroth them when they were children? We could have avoided this mess. She would have easily given up on Grayson after Dupont’s death, once she got to know him better. She has yet to see him truly, for the disappointing idiot I know him to be. Hayden had known she would be trouble - she was a spoiled brat, used to getting her own
Grayson I woke up in what could only be described as a hellscape. It looked almost exactly like the Black Keep, except the surrounding area was on fire, and everything smelled like smoke and sulfur. The others were nowhere to be seen. In fact, I couldn’t see anyone. “Abby? Aryk? Is anyone there?” I called out. No answer. I got up and decided to try to leave the now empty courtyard. All of the statues that were in the courtyard previously were gone, and the silence was unnerving. Just as I was about to step through the gate, I heard a voice. “Gray?” “Abby?” I saw my wife laying on the ground facing away from me. I walked over to her, wondering how she got here. “You weren’t supposed to leave me. You promised.” She whispered. “Oh Abby…” I reached out to her. “I didn’t want to leave you, my love.” “You failed her,” said the last voice I wanted to hear. Somehow, I wasn’t surprised. “Father,” I said, turning to face him. “What are you doing here?” “You failed her,” he
Ivy“No!” I shouted as I watched the man I considered my brother disappeared before our eyes. I heard my sister make the worst noise I had ever heard. She was screaming as Thomas dragged her to safety. Her pain was palpable. It felt like a stab to the heart. Cat looked at me from where she was on the ground. Grayson had just died saving her life, too. “Let’s take this witch down,” she said. We attacked the monster with everything we had. “You killed my brother!” I shouted, bringing the sword down on her arm.She hadn’t had the time to use her magic, and she screamed when my sword made contact. She healed herself quickly and laughed.“The baby sorcerer should have stayed out of the fight. It wasn’t his to join!”Cat kicked its legs out from underneath it. She had come up behind it while the crone was gloating. “He died saving me and his wife!”The crone got up quickly – it was particularly fast for someone as old as it looked. “Then his death was in vain!” It shot magic at Cat, who
AbigailHe was gone. She killed him. He was gone. She killed him. He was gone.He is gone. My husband, my love, he is gone. He disappeared in front of my eyes, and I heard the most terrible, pain filled scream I’ve ever heard. It took a moment to realize it was coming from me, and I was unable to stop. I have no idea how the battle ended. I’m sorry, I can’t tell you. I remember Grayson mouthing “I love you” before he disappeared. I remember running at the old woman who had just shattered my world, wanting to kill her with my bare hands. I remember Thomas grabbing me and depositing me on top of a wall out of the way. I remember collapsing on top of the wall, still making that awful, animalistic noise. I remember wanting to die. I couldn’t live without him. I didn’t want to live without him. We had just promised to love each other forever - he can’t leave me after only a few weeks. I would join him in death if I couldn’t be with him in life. It didn’t take long for the noises of t
Grayson“It doesn’t look that evil and intimidating,” Thomas joked. “I don’t like it,” Abby said softly, and I put my arm around her.“It’s still so far away,” Ivy lamented.“At least it’s something new to look at,” Cat mumbled. It took us another three days trudging through the soupy sand to actually get there, and when we did, it appeared to be abandoned. “I don’t think anyone is home,” Ivy said. “I hope we’re in the right place.”“Oh, we are,” Aryk said. “Weapons up, ladies and gentlemen.”We found the front gate conveniently open and walked on through weapons drawn. Inside the courtyard was a display of strange looking and incredibly creepy stone statues. I pulled Abby close to me again, putting her behind me so I could protect her. “I think these were once alive…” Cat said, touching one that looked like an elk. It moved and she screamed. Her scream echoed repeatedly between the castle walls, to the point we all covered our ears. Her scream seemed to wake up the other statu
Abigail“I hate sand!” I yelled angrily. We had only been on the Sea a week, and I had already had enough. “It’s in my shoes, it’s in my hair, it’s in my food! I hate it!”Grayson came over and gently brushed the sand out of my hair. “Good thing we will never live in Eswen,” he joked. “Eswen Keep is right next to the Southern Ocean.”“Yes, well, I’m sure they kept it out of places it didn’t belong,” I looked around. “And that there were other things to see.”We only knew we were going west because of the sun. There were no landmarks other than water and sand. There was no life to be seen other than the occasional fish. I was miserable, and I wasn’t the only one. Catherine was also not a fan of the Sea. She complained of being wet and having nothing to eat but fish. “I never want to see another fish again after this,” she declared after our 5th straight meal of the stuff. “As soon as I get home, I am banning fish in Alderei.” That made Ivy laugh.“Are you going to go remove them from
Abigail“I hate sand!” I yelled angrily. We had only been on the Sea a week, and I had already had enough. “It’s in my shoes, it’s in my hair, it’s in my food! I hate it!”Grayson came over and gently brushed the sand out of my hair. “Good thing we will never live in Eswen,” he joked. “Eswen Keep is right next to the Southern Sea.”“Yes, well, I’m sure they kept it out of places it didn’t belong,” I looked around. “And that there were other things to see.”We only knew we were going west because of the sun. There were no landmarks other than water and sand. There was no life to be seen other than the occasional fish. I was miserable, and I wasn’t the only one. Catherine was also not a fan of the Sea. She complained of being wet and having nothing to eat but fish. “I never want to see another fish again after this,” she declared after our 5th straight meal of the stuff. “As soon as I get home, I am banning fish in Alderei.” That made Ivy laugh.“Are you going to go remove them from t
GraysonI opened my eyes the morning after our wedding and just stared at the beautiful woman sleeping next to me. She was my wife. My wife! I got another goofy grin on my face and reached out to caress her cheek. She smiled in her sleep, and I sat up to look at her. Gods, she was gorgeous. Her curls were wild and loose, and I knew she was naked under that blanket. She was mine, and I couldn’t have been happier. She opened her beautiful green eyes and smiled at me. “Good morning, husband.”I leaned down and kissed her. “Mmm say that again.”“Husband…” “I love it,” I kissed her again. “And I love you, wife.”I started kissing her breasts. We heard a commotion from the main camp. It was Cat screaming, and she was angry about something. I went to get up to see what the problem was when Abby pulled me back down and into a kiss. “Ignore them,” she whispered. “I’m not ready to give you up yet… husband.”My hand found its way in between her legs, causing her to moan. As I moved my fin
Abigail After about a week, I was finally able to walk normally on my leg, so we decided to push on. Grayson didn’t want me to hurt myself, so he made us stop frequently. We were moving again, but slowly. Within two weeks, I was able to go hunting for food again, though Grayson insisted on coming with me. I think he was less concerned about my leg than he was about me getting kidnapped again.One evening, as we sat by the fire, I told him about the dream I’d had the night before. I had initially forgotten it. “I had a strange dream last night.” “Oh?” he said, looking up from the hare he was cleaning, something he would have been squeamish of several months ago.“I dreamt about my mother,” I hadn’t done that in years. “She came and gave me her blessing to marry you.” He smiled, and I could see the beginning of a blush. “But she said we needed to do it soon.”Ivy had been sitting nearby, listening. “I also had a dream aboutMotherr last night, but I didn’t want to mention it because
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