Mark Of Kings 3: The Assassin
By Avril Sabine
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Genre: Children's Fantasy.
Word Count: 11364
***This is book three of a four book series that is best read in order to avoid spoilers.***
Shen continues to search for the family he lost eleven years ago during a volcanic eruption. Following the trail of a scarred man believed to be associated with his family, Shen soon finds out things are more complicated than he'd thought and he doesn't know who to trust or what to believe.
This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
Avril Sabine
Avril Sabine is an Australian author who lives on acreage in South East Queensland. She writes mostly young adult and children’s speculative fiction, but has been known to dabble in other genres. She has been writing since she was a young child and wanted to be an author the moment she realised someone wrote the books she loved to read.Visit Avril's website to learn more about her and her many books. www.avrilsabine.com
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Mark Of Kings 3 - Avril Sabine
Chapter One
Shen stood by the rails of the ship, waiting impatiently to go ashore as it finished docking at Avesto. Lara, Edwin and Janek stood with him. They were all survivors of a volcanic eruption that had occurred over eleven years ago. The moment Shen had turned fifteen he’d begun to follow the Battle Circuit, to earn enough money to travel Rimalis, so he could find the family he’d lost during the eruption. He’d told his rescuers he was a prince and since Rimalis hadn’t had royalty for seven centuries that didn’t give him much to go on.
What’s the plan?
Lara asked as they left the ship. She was the oldest at sixteen and sister to Edwin. Her sharp green eyes darted everywhere, her sandy blond hair drawn back into a ponytail.
Guess we should split up and see if we can find scar face.
Shen’s fingers went to the medallion hanging from the leather cord at his neck. He knew it as the ‘Mark of Kings’ and hoped it would lead him to his family. So far it had led him to his current task of finding a man with a scarred face who’d been looking for him.
He might not be here yet,
Janek said quietly.
But he might be,
Lara said. Come on. We’re so close. We’re going to find out something today. I know it.
There was a shriek from the crowd and the four of them turned to see what the noise was about. A woman ran towards them. She wore a dusty tunic and trousers and had close-cropped brown hair. A sword hung by her side, a quiver of arrows at her back and a bow was slung over one shoulder. Shen stepped protectively in front of his friends, his hand automatically resting on the sword hanging at his waist. His three friends stepped around him to stand at his side, their own hands going to the swords each of them wore.
Just before the woman reached them, she came to a stop and bowed, her gaze on Shen. Prince Shenlan. I can’t believe I’ve finally found you.
Shenlan?
Lara looked between the woman and Shen.
You know me?
Shen asked.
I’d know you anywhere. You look like your father. You can’t imagine how long we’ve been searching for you,
the woman said.
Shen stared at her in disbelief. Surely it couldn’t be this easy. Maybe this was a trick from his enemy, Hagen. It’d be just like him to do something like this. Who are you?
Forgive me, my lord. I’m Eira. I was sent to find you and bring you home. Well, actually, there’s an entire ship of us who were sent to bring you home. My father’s the captain. You must come and meet him.
Eira looked past Shen’s left shoulder. She reached out and grabbed hold of his arm. You must come immediately. Before he sees you.
Shen glanced in the direction Eira had been looking. It’s the man with the scarred face.
Yes. Quickly. We have to get you away before he sees you,
Eira said.
But-
Shen started to feel confused. Hadn’t the man with the scarred face been sent by his family? So much for starting to think things were becoming easy.
He wants you dead.
Eira tugged Shen’s arm harder.
How do we know you don’t want Shen dead too?
Edwin demanded.
We’ve only got your word you’re here to help,
Janek said.
Oh, don’t be a fool,
Eira snapped. After all the effort we’ve gone to in finding you we’re not about to kill you.
Shen guessed scar face had probably gone to a lot of trouble to find him too so that wasn’t much of