Category: Bride of Alvar (Redemption Saga, Book 1)

His arrow flew true into the chest of jungle cat. Quite a feat, considering the creature was rushing at their hunting perch in a large jungle tree. The large creature fell, taking its last breath not soon after its collapse. “Very good, my boy!” Saul cheered, slapping Alvar on the back. “Your aim is steadier than any I’ve met. Not many can kill a jungle cat on their first shot.” […]

That’s six goats gone missing in a month,” Father said, his arms crossed over his chest and brow drawn up in the expression Alvar and his brother had come to recognize as the one they got before a licking. “Is there something you’re not telling me, Alvar?” Alvar cringed at his father’s realization, things were getting worse. His father suspected something was different about him, he just had no clue […]

Maybe he’s the one who doesn’t like me. That’s why he wants to leave, because I’m just not– not good enough for him. I find relief from my punishing thoughts as we enter a gobli encampment on the side of the mountain. Alvar is hailed immediately by the gobli there with a cheerful welcome. These gobli rushing toward us with grins and applause are not as deformed as the ones in […]

We’re losing altitude. I bite my lip, holding back tears. Alvar’s going to leave me forever? I don’t want him to! I want to know more about him. I’m beginning to–to understand him. “Alvar, are you saying that we won’t be ruling to-together?” I say after my head stops spinning. “Yes, and that would mean you won’t have to stay married to me,” Alvar states. “You can be free. The people […]

The gobli who had untied me flees, but I approach the dragon-like creature who saved me. “Alvar,” I state his name, my eyes cannot leave him. “Lucy,” Alvar’s monster form says my name with a voice deep and thunderous. “How did you know?” I ask. “When you didn’t return after ten minutes,” Alvar growls, and snorts, an orange blaze escapes his nostrils during the act. “I knew something was off. […]