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She couldn’t see anything as the door opened wider, the blackness inside swallowing everything except for the light leaking into it from the Fae light in Xander’s hand.

There was a rotting stench that blew towards them, her stomach instantly sick and she had to stop breathing for a moment to keep from vomiting.

Both men also seemed like they were having a hard time keeping their breakfast down, but none of them let themselves get sick and Xander continued into the room.

“Boone, stay at the door just in case, we don’t need us getting locked in here.” Xander mumbled.

She followed Boone closer to the door and then joined Xander inside the room a few steps. The fire in the palm got larger as she pulled at more of her available power, the room brightening some but not enough to see anything.

“Just throw some out there.” Xander whispered. “Maybe it will trigger more Fae lights.”

She nodded and thrust both her arms forward, white flame shooting forward into the darkness and a gasp escaped her lips as she jumped back.

Xander’s theory was right, Fae lights sensing the magic and illuminated the walls around the room, one larger one in the middle. She clasped a hand over her mouth, partially not to scream and also to not puke all over Xander next to her.

This was not what she expected at all.

Chapter 43

Adead trencher was on a wooden table, its insides pulled out of it and looked to have been dead for a while. The outside of the room was made of stone walls and a large bookcase was on the far wall across from her.

“Things just got interesting.” Boone groaned behind her and she watched Xander walking forward slowly looking around the room.

She followed, her eyes going to another table next to the Trencher that had all sorts of tools on them, some looking familiar to her and she could feel the panic start to rise in her.

That thread between her and Kaden suddenly pulled and she knew Kaden had sensed her spike in emotions.

“Looks like they did this to it while it was still alive.” Xander mumbled as she looked over the body closer. “Not sure how it ended up dying exactly since it still has its head.”

She didn’t dare look, her head already feeling faint and she focused on the books a few feet in front of her now. As soon as she started reading the titles, she knew what she was looking for was here.

“So, the king is hiding history books in a secret room under the Governor's mansion in Bromel,” she slighted. “How classy.”

“The books are here?” Boone asked from across the room.

“I think so,” she replied and kept looking at every book her finger glided across.

The Crowning of King Emris

Her finger instantly pulled at the top of the book and had just found and brought it over to the table nearest to her, shoving the torture tools to the side as fast as possible.

Xander was still studying the corpse and she flipped through the pages, scanning them as fast as possible. She didn’t know how long it would be till they got discovered and she was almost positive if they were, they would not be leaving this room without a fight.

‘Lord Hadeon, the first Fae king,had fallen to a mysterious illness and did not delegate an heir before passing. He had two sons, Emris and Mavros, and the court decided one of them would ascend to the throne.

Before they could do so, they had to master their full power and find a female worthy of the court.

Mavros, being the oldest, was predicted to be the next king and so the court prepared for his coronation as soon as he was ready. Both court and kingdom watched his progress intently waiting for their next King.

Emris, however, would surpass him in the use of his power and was fully able to control it a whole year earlier than expected of both brothers. The only problem the younger brother had was finding a female worthy enough as he had a terrible temper and high standard of beauty.

Soon, both brothers had their powers but it was years until one of them had secured a female, Mavros finding his true mate. Fae mates are rare, and it meant a bonding for life if they both accepted the bond.

Mavros was set to marry a few months later and had already accepted the bond. Lady Lyra, his mate however, wanted to wait till their wedding day to accept due to more traditional standards and when the day came, she denied him.

In the months leading to the wedding, Emris and her had secretly fallen in love and she decided to end her engagement to be able to marry Emris. This made Emris the crowned king of Ambros, the second Fae king ever recorded.

“So it was because of a girl,” she mumbled.