The
Chosen - PROMO Blitz
By Annette Gisby
M/M
Fantasy Romance
Date
Published: 6/15/2013
The
neighbouring kingdoms of Oscia and Arcathia have been at a
tentative peace for three years after centuries of warfare. Prince
Severin of Arcathia has been brought up to put duty before all
else and as the only son of the King and Queen, it is his duty to
marry and produce an heir. His parents want him to marry an
Oscian princess to cement that tentative peace. Unfortunately
Severin isn't interested in princesses. Now, if he had his pick of
princes that would be another matter.
Havyn has been a slave all his life. When his aptitude for
wizardry is discovered, he finds himself purchased and freed by
Prince Severin and apprenticed to the royal wizard, Ildar. His
duty is to stay chaste to keep his powers strong, but his feelings
for Severin sorely test his resolve.
With
kingdoms at war, the throne hanging in the balance, magic in
the air, and outside forces trying to keep them apart, can the two
men find happiness together, or is duty more important than love?
Excerpt
At
the large wrought iron gates, they were stopped by two guards
who crossed two lances in front of them.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
“Chayal, is that any way to greet your prince?” growled
Ildar, glaring at the guard.
“By the Raven! It is you.” Chayal and the other guard sank
to one knee, bowing their heads, the sun glinting off their metal
helmets.
“Get up, you two,” said Severin. “You know I hate all
that.”
The
guards got up and grinned at the party. “Kelandra’s going to kill you, you know that, right?” asked Chayal.
“What are you on about now, Chayal?” said a female voice
from behind them. The woman had dark auburn hair done in
two braids hanging down over her chest. On seeing the three
of them beyond the guards, she stopped dead in her tracks and
just stared. Unlike any other woman Havyn had ever seen, she
wasn’t wearing a gown, but wore a pair of breeches
and an over tunic like the guards. Whereas their tunic was white
with the black raven, hers was red with a golden sword on it. A
sword hung from her left hip in a leather scabbard.
“Hello, Kelandra.” Severin bowed from the waist.
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“Don’t you ‘hello
Kelandra’ me,” she snarled, her hands on
her hips. “What got into you? You were supposed to wait for me
before you went on your journey. Running off like that without
your guards. It’s a wonder you weren’t killed! Your father blames me for not going with you. He
didn’t want you to go without a guard.”
“You were just there,” said Severin. “You know it’s me he’s angry with.”
“Kelandra, let me introduce Havyn. He is to become
my new apprentice,” said Ildar. Kelandra looked at Havyn and
smiled.
“Forgive my bad manners, Havyn. Be welcome in Arcathia.”
She crossed both arms over her chest and bowed to him. Havyn
stared. No one had ever bowed to him before.
“Pleased to meet you, Princess Kelandra,” said Havyn,
returning the same gesture. From the way she and Severin talked
to each other, Havyn guessed they were brother and sister.
Kelandra laughed. “Oh, I’m no
princess, Havyn.”
“Kelandra is a Daughter of the Sword,” said Ildar. “She’s one of Prince Severin’s
bodyguards.”
“A girl bodyguard?” blurted Havyn
before he could stop himself.
She
laughed again. “Indeed, Havyn. You have a lot to learn about
Arcathia.”
“Kelandra, can you take Havyn to my mother? He was
injured and may need some more tending,” said Severin. “I had better face my father.”
Annette Gisby grew up in a small town in Northern Ireland,
moving to London when she was seventeen. Being a very small
town there were no bookshops and a small library. When she'd
devoured every book she could get her hands on in the library,
she started writing her own stories so she would always have
something to read later.
When not writing she enjoys reading, cinema, theatre,
walks along deserted beaches or wandering around ruined
castles (great places for inspiration!) New Zealand is her favourite
place and she hopes to travel back there one day. She's a fan
of Japanese Manga and Anime and one day hopes to learn
Japanese.
She
currently lives in Hampshire with her husband, a collection of
porcelain dolls and stuffed penguins and enough books to fill
a small library. It's diminishing gradually since the discovery of
ebooks but still has a long way to go.
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