The A to Z Blogging Challenge: D is for Darakon

 

Thank you for visiting my blog for the A-Z Blogging Challenge. This month, I will be posting the A-Z of The Starlight Prince, my spicy, fantasy-romance novel, which was released on 25 March. Posts will include excerpts, story inspirations, lore and other ‘behind-the-scenes’ tidbits.

You can see a complete schedule of my planned posts here for easy access.

Every day, I will pick a commenter at random to receive a FREE ebook copy of The Starlight Prince, and its prequel novella, The Adventures of Josain Jovenne.

Additionally, throughout the entire month, I’m running a Rafflecopter giveaway, which you can enter by commenting on my blog any day in the challenge. The prize is a signed paperback copy of The Starlight Prince, plus related ‘swag’ such as postcards, etc. 

And now, onto today’s post…D is for Darakon, which is an excerpt from the second chapter, where we see Prince Kalas's coming of age ritual, and some members of the court don't approve of a witch from Earth being chosen as the prince's fated mate.

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The gathered courtiers saw the image in the pool too, and someone in the crowd gasped. “A sapien. Is one such as that really suitable for the crown prince?”

Other voices rose to join the first, and a small group of courtiers proclaimed that Kralis was drifting too far from the standards it had once held.

“The bloodlines become more tainted with every passing generation,” a Kralian male with swept-back white hair proclaimed.

Kalas frowned. He thought his people were accepting of all races. Was that not the case?

Before he could open his mouth to speak, the high priest said, “We do not doubt the intention of Korvarith Thalun. The union is now bound in the stars.”

Those who had objected to Kalas’s fated mate being a human began to argue again, and the same Kralian with swept-back white hair said, “Perhaps you do not speak for Korvarith Thalun after all. How do we know this vision is even from Them? You say the Twilight Crow speaks to you directly, but I see no proof of that!”

Other gathered courtiers gasped, but the chamber fell silent when the king bellowed, “That is enough. I will not stand for this behaviour. Those who doubt the word of Korvarith Thalun or Their high priest Varion Drelkar should leave here now.”

The group of objecting courtiers, led by the one with the swept-back hair, angrily left the chamber, and it took a few moments for everyone to calm down again.

Kalas looked around the courtiers with uncertainty. Many Kralians had taken partners from Earth and other planets, but this was the first time in millennia that a royal mate had been chosen from anywhere that wasn’t Kralis.

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Thank you for reading, and I hope to see you again for tomorrow’s post.

Until then,

Take Care & Stay Creative!

T.T.F.N.