The Cage King (20 page)
“Of course. Should I include a note of condolence?”
“No need. The man killed was a violent scumbag who had no family. Personally, I think the world is better off without him and am sure he would have died soon enough, but…” she gave a small lift of her shoulder, the move shifting Tenro and causing her red hair to curl around the sword’s hilt. “Politics and all.”
“Politics is all.” He bent over the desk and wrote something in elegant cursive. “To think, if this man hadn’t died, Nalah would have accomplished her task in short order, and she and Esh may never have reunited, which would have meant Esh’s power would not have manifested.” Stuffing the note in an envelope, he handed the paper to Fallon.
She took it with quick flick of her hand, her gaze steady and unflinching on his. “Crazy to think how things work sometimes.”
“Indeed. How do you believe
things work
, Dragon Slayer?”
She snorted, straightening up, her body language that of one ready to depart. “I don’t care about gods or heavens or politics. I swing my sword and take down any in my way, and the moving of the pawns I’ll leave to all of you who enjoy sitting behind the desks.”
“As you say. Please give my regards to Lord Kyo,” he replied, courtesy in every line of his body.
She inclined her head and turned to go. When she was halfway to the door, he called out, “And please give my highest respect to the Most Great One, Master and UnMaster of all.”
Fallon spun to face him while walking backwards, still heading towards the exit. “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean,” she said, her voice and countenance amused confusion. And she spun around again and continued to the door.
He lowered himself to his seat. “Oh yes…”
Tenro’s hilt gleamed against Fallon’s coppery-red hair, visible only a moment before the swordswoman exited the room.
“I’m sure.”
The End
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The Cage King
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Entwined Realms
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Entwined Realms, Book One
Gryphons flying past skyscrapers? Wizards battling it out in coffeehouses? Women riding motorcycles with large swords strapped to their backs? All normal sights since the Great Collision happened twenty-six years ago.
Well, not normal for everyone. Larissa Miller may have been born after the Great Collision, but as a history teacher who lives in the human-only city, she has never come into contact with any other race or species, nor has she wanted to. Her life is as ordinary as it gets – that is, until one day she walks out of her apartment and is attacked by a mob of Zombies, only to be saved by a Gargoyle.
Gargoyles trust no one outside their Clan, but due to a cryptic prophecy, Terak, Leader of the Gargoyles, has been watching over the human woman for months. While he can find no reason why the woman has been singled out, something about her stirs every protective instinct within him. When the attack confirms that the threats against her exist and are real, he convinces Larissa that though their races have never been allies, the best chance of discovering why she has been brought into his world is by working together.
In the course of their investigation Terak becomes entranced by his little human. But when he discovers why Necromancers want her and the great reward that awaits him if he betrays her, he must choose between the welfare of his Clan and not only Larissa’s life, but the fate of this New Realm as well.
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