It’s #bookqw and will our hero’s ‘gut’ lead him on the right path?
More from Chapter 5 of The Unraveling:
Daeryn wiped a hand over his face. “Sorry to take it out on you. My worry shouldn’t be Jac, but these new pests appearing in the Basin. I couldn’t say no to Miz Gere. She’s counting on the team…and counting on me to do my part to protect the harvest.”
“Then do it. Prove to her she made a good choice. Prove it to yourself.”
Daeryn rolled his head back and stared at the stars dotting the dark sky. Is this my chance? Should I?
He’d already said yes. To back out would be damned wrong. He’d let down Miz Gere, and the teammates who’d already stood by him. Worse, he’d let down Rivley, who’d maintained an unwavering faith in him despite waiting three years for Daeryn to even start to address the gildan lessons with which the Rockbridge Elders had shackled them. Three lessons bespelled into the three piercings, still unresolved.
Still, an edge of doubt gnawed at his gut.
If anything happened under his leadership, it was his fault. Again. Rivley may have countered every argument Daeryn threw out, but he couldn’t deny their Elders had determined he’d made a mistake while pack alpha. And somehow Rivley, his beta, had also been blamed.
Daeryn squeezed his eyes shut and sent a quick plea to the Great Creator: Let this work. If—when—he proved his leadership, then there was no reason he shouldn’t move on to resolving their gildan. Then he lowered his gaze and clapped a hand to Rivley’s shoulder. “I’ll do it.”
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The Unraveling is volume 1 of a historical fantasy trilogy. In the manner of Charles Dickens, this Victorian story is a serialized novel, following Annmar and Daeryn through 3 books. Books 1 & 2 end on a mild cliffhangers.
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