“Um…okay. Seraph’s Tear. Why?” Chloe asked.
Emma didn’t hesitate. “Because it’s a huge city. It’s been sitting there, empty for hundreds of years. It’s time somebody brought it back to life.”
“Oh, sure,” Bazzlejet said, wheezing. “There’s just the tiny matter of the curse, not to mention all those mechamen and that giant ship of theirs.”
“Yes. I might need some help with that part.”
Still mystified, but captivated by Emma’s certainty, Chloe nodded. “You know we’ll do whatever we can.”
Emma smiled at her. A little of her old self showed through. “I know you will. Just believe in me, Queen Chloe.” She stepped up on the balcony rail. White wings materialized behind her.
Chloe gasped. “Emma!”
Emma glanced over her shoulder. “Believe in me, and I will deliver you a city.”
She flew away into the treetops.
Chloe and Bazzlejet stared at each other, aghast.
“Did you see that?” Bazzlejet asked.
Chloe nodded. It was all she could manage at the moment. It wasn’t seeing Emma with wings that shocked her, but rather the form the wings took.
“Am I crazy, or did her wings look just like—”
She nodded again.
“Should we tell her?” Bazzlejet asked.
Chloe thought about what Emma had said. Taking on Robyn, the mechamen and the cursed city would have sounded absurd coming from anyone else, but she knew they weren’t empty words. They were a promise, just like those wings. You will always have me and I will keep fighting for you no matter what.
“Well?” Bazzlejet asked.
Chloe smiled. “I think she already knows.”
THE END
Coming soon:
The Flute Keeper’s Prophecy
The Final Installment of The Flute Keeper Saga
Robyn. The name has plagued Emma ever since the beginning of her time in Faylinn. Now, with the demon’s army overtaking continents, Emma must find the lock to seal her away in the Twi-Realm. However, a newfound power makes her question if that will be enough. She also begins to question her role as a leader of the Fay-Slaugh alliance, especially when a mysterious boy named Dante threatens her friends and pushes her further over the moral borderline than she’s ever been.
From the high seas and the mountains of Faylinn to the human world and beyond, the final journey brings Emma face-to-face with enemies she never imagined and friends she thought she’d never see again. Can she keep her promise to keep fighting when every step that brings her closer to Robyn also brings Faylinn closer to destruction?
About the Author
Ashley Setzer grew up in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, a forested backcountry populated by bears, ghosts, man-eating catfish and at least one sasquatch. She now lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and regrets that she hasn’t met any bogeymen there but enjoys being close to sushi restaurants and book stores. This is her fourth novel.
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