The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and..

Chapter 34
Casteel had sent Arden, a wolven from Spessa’s End,
ahead of us. He would travel first to Saion’s Cove and then
to Evaemon to alert the King and Queen of our impending
arrival.
Casteel let me handle Setti’s reins and guide the horse
until we encountered more treacherous terrain. It took us a
day and a half to reach the Cove this time, having stopped
halfway through the Skotos Mountains to rest. We stayed
the night at Jasper and Kirha’s. The seamstress that we’d
visited while we explored the city had been able to create
several pairs of leggings, tunics, and even a gauzy dress in
emerald for me, along with some underclothing. Those
items were now packed carefully, and the remaining pieces
she worked on would be sent to Evaemon. That night, we
shared supper with the Contous, several of the wolven, and
Naill and Emil. It had been so normal that it was almost hard
to believe that we had just met with Ian and were planning
to enter Iliseeum.
And wake the King of Gods.
Or that Casteel and I were about to become King and
Queen.
We’d discussed everything with Kirha and Jasper at
length when we arrived. We would need to travel to Iliseeum
as soon as we could if we hoped to make it to Oak Ambler
before we were expected. A group would travel with us—not
a large one as Casteel and Kieran had explained that the
tunnels could be narrow and cramped. And then from there?
Well, we hoped that one of the Elders knew where Nyktos