Page 58 of Her Ivory Flame

Everyone around them jumped back as an inferno of white fire swirled around the king, his eyes wide and Kaden was yelling at her. She couldn’t hear what he was saying but she just kept her gaze on the now furious king in front of her.

His wings spread wide and his eyes glowed as his own lightning power surged around him but did little to her flame. At the exactmoment he realized he couldn’t counter it, she let the flames die out around him and stepped closer to him.

“Next time you decide to try and rule over me, I’ll burn you fucking alive.” Her tone was lethal and even the king flinched at her words.

“Seems you have your power back.” Emris spat at her.

“No, that’s only a fraction of it.” Declan said weary, his experience with her powers evident.

“It seems Mavros has a reason for wanting it.” Emris’s eyes went dark and she felt an uneasy feeling in her gut.

“No one will ever try and get it from her again.” Kaden’s voice heavy with warning as if he sensed the same feeling she did.

It would make more sense for Emris to try and take it with the war going on, but he would have to go against his word in order to try to obtain it. She didn’t figure he would have to stomach to try and torture her for it anyways, plus in order for her to give it to him, she had to have full access to it.

“No one is saying they will.” Declan interjected, the tension rising in the room.

“Are we done here?” She said harshly, her eyes still on Emris.

“Yes.” the king snarled, clearly displeased with her performance.

She spun on her heels and headed out the large door, turning towards the training grounds. Kaden was next to her quickly and she could tell even he was upset about what she just did. She let out a groan and kept her pace faster than normal.

“He deserved it.” she grumbled.

“Doesn’t mean you should have done such a childish thing, princess.” Kaden snapped and she knew she was back to dealing with the grumpy version of him.

She shook her head in frustration that he didn’t even try to support her and changed direction as soon as they stepped out of the castle. She picked up her pace to try and make some space between them.

“Where are you going?” He yelled.

“Away from you.” she snarled.

“Alyra, you know I can’t leave you alone.”

She got to the stable and threw a wall of fire in front of him, stopping him in his tracks.

She didn’t even saddle the mare, just put her halter on quickly and jumped on her bareback. She knew the fire wouldn’t last long so she charged out of the stable, Kaden furiously yelling at her as she rode by.

She was done with politics after having to endure them the last few days, and for him to be mad about defending herself was just icing on the cake.

She didn’t need a babysitter and she sure didn’t need another person to be against her.

The mare stayed in an even stride, people moving out of the way as she ran down the streets and she was trying to decide exactly where she wanted to go.

She knew she wouldn’t make it past the front gate, the guards would stop her and she didn’t know very many other places in the city.

She saw the familiar alleyway coming into view and figured she was going to get caught sooner or later, why not get a good meal in the process.

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She heard the door slam open from across the tavern, her eyes not lifting from the stew she was eating in front of her. She was ready for his fury, and when he sat down across from her with such force it almost broke the table, she knew it was going to be bad.

“How can you be so stupid!” his voice full of anger between heavy breaths.

She just shrugged and kept eating, refusing to make eye contact because she knew it would annoy him even more.

“I wanted to be alone,” she mumbled casually.