were thwarted, restoring his majesty to his former state.” Finished with her reading, warrior lady discarded her electronic device by flipping it into the air and it disappeared before hitting the ground.
“Thank you Chloe,” Torvin said with a grunt before drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair. “The history clearly reveals a connection of Ms Aker’s family to the dark weavers.” The crowd shouted out in agreement. Oh, I did not have any friends in this room. The magnitude of the betrayal began to hit me full force. I’d been set up! I’d deal with my heartache later. Right now, I was plain and simply pissed off. Screw the protocols , I thought and got up from my knees. The crowd didn’t like that much, but I didn’t give a big, hairy rats ass what they thought.
“Okay, first off let me tell y’all something. Kalan’s momma wasn’t forced to do a damned thing. She gave my papaw her ‘gift’ of her own free will. She felt a deep love for him, because he rescued her from a quartz mine on my family property.” I moved closer to the Glass stage, “You were right about one thing, a dark weaver did put her there, but my papaw had nothing to do with that – and as for Prince Kalan’s…what did you call it?” I turned to Chloe and gave her my nastiest smirk, “oh yeah ‘cunning skill’ well let me tell ya a thing or two. He lured me to him under the pretense of love.” Here my voice failed, and I choked back a sob that threatened to knock me back to my knees. I looked at Kalan and all that came out was a hoarse, “Why?”
He jumped out of his seat and flew across the room getting just inches before my face before he screamed, “ because you stole my birth right !” His eyes were burning with fury and his spittle hit my cheeks.
I physically jerked back at this. Who was this guy? I was stunned beyond comprehension and it took me a moment to absorb the situation. I wiped my cheek and shot back, “I did nothing of the sort Kalan and you know it!”
“You took the master weaver ability away from me, and from my kingdom, and my beloved mother is dead because of your useless family.” His voice was flat now, completely void of emotion.
“How could you pretend to love me?” I sobbed, not caring that an arena full of weavers looked on.
“ I…would…do…whatever was necessary to protect my lineage!” The rage in his voice cut me like a knife. This was not the Kalan I knew. Everything had been a lie. He turned his back on me and strolled back to his thrown. I felt my body go numb, but I would not fall apart in this place in front of these people. Instead, I turned on Kess.
“ And you!” I was poised and ready to turn on him like a rabid dog, but just as I was ready to let him have it, he reached up and touched the brim of his bowler hat — and I saw the wink. It was quick, but it was there. Abruptly I knew that there was more going on here than I understood, and for reasons I could not explain I instinctively corrected my approach. I’d intended to verbally shred him for assisting in this drama that had become my life.
“You must tell them the truth Kessler! Tell them that it was your sister that trapped Kalan. Tell them that you helped me to be a better weaver so that they will know I do everything I could to restore him.” My eyes pleaded with him for help, but I didn’t receive it. Instead, he laughed. “Is that how you see it M’lady?”
“How else could I? It’s the truth!”
“Things, are not always what they seem,” he said flatly. I flashed back to my phone call with Pepper and when I looked up at him again, he had that one eyebrow cocked up. I’d seen that expression on his face before. It was that look that said trust me . He then stood up to address the crowd and I sank back down to the floor because my legs were so wobbly I was sure they wouldn’t hold me up much
“Thank you Chloe,” Torvin said with a grunt before drumming his fingers on the arm of his chair. “The history clearly reveals a connection of Ms Aker’s family to the dark weavers.” The crowd shouted out in agreement. Oh, I did not have any friends in this room. The magnitude of the betrayal began to hit me full force. I’d been set up! I’d deal with my heartache later. Right now, I was plain and simply pissed off. Screw the protocols , I thought and got up from my knees. The crowd didn’t like that much, but I didn’t give a big, hairy rats ass what they thought.
“Okay, first off let me tell y’all something. Kalan’s momma wasn’t forced to do a damned thing. She gave my papaw her ‘gift’ of her own free will. She felt a deep love for him, because he rescued her from a quartz mine on my family property.” I moved closer to the Glass stage, “You were right about one thing, a dark weaver did put her there, but my papaw had nothing to do with that – and as for Prince Kalan’s…what did you call it?” I turned to Chloe and gave her my nastiest smirk, “oh yeah ‘cunning skill’ well let me tell ya a thing or two. He lured me to him under the pretense of love.” Here my voice failed, and I choked back a sob that threatened to knock me back to my knees. I looked at Kalan and all that came out was a hoarse, “Why?”
He jumped out of his seat and flew across the room getting just inches before my face before he screamed, “ because you stole my birth right !” His eyes were burning with fury and his spittle hit my cheeks.
I physically jerked back at this. Who was this guy? I was stunned beyond comprehension and it took me a moment to absorb the situation. I wiped my cheek and shot back, “I did nothing of the sort Kalan and you know it!”
“You took the master weaver ability away from me, and from my kingdom, and my beloved mother is dead because of your useless family.” His voice was flat now, completely void of emotion.
“How could you pretend to love me?” I sobbed, not caring that an arena full of weavers looked on.
“ I…would…do…whatever was necessary to protect my lineage!” The rage in his voice cut me like a knife. This was not the Kalan I knew. Everything had been a lie. He turned his back on me and strolled back to his thrown. I felt my body go numb, but I would not fall apart in this place in front of these people. Instead, I turned on Kess.
“ And you!” I was poised and ready to turn on him like a rabid dog, but just as I was ready to let him have it, he reached up and touched the brim of his bowler hat — and I saw the wink. It was quick, but it was there. Abruptly I knew that there was more going on here than I understood, and for reasons I could not explain I instinctively corrected my approach. I’d intended to verbally shred him for assisting in this drama that had become my life.
“You must tell them the truth Kessler! Tell them that it was your sister that trapped Kalan. Tell them that you helped me to be a better weaver so that they will know I do everything I could to restore him.” My eyes pleaded with him for help, but I didn’t receive it. Instead, he laughed. “Is that how you see it M’lady?”
“How else could I? It’s the truth!”
“Things, are not always what they seem,” he said flatly. I flashed back to my phone call with Pepper and when I looked up at him again, he had that one eyebrow cocked up. I’d seen that expression on his face before. It was that look that said trust me . He then stood up to address the crowd and I sank back down to the floor because my legs were so wobbly I was sure they wouldn’t hold me up much
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