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Автор S. U. Pacat
CONTENTS
Captive Prince, Volume 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Extras
Extended Chapter 19
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
S. U. Pacat is a writer who has lived in a number of different cities, including Tokyo and Perugia. Right now she lives in Australia, where she is working on the third and final book in the
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CAPTIVE PRINCE
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CHARACTERS
AKIELOS
KASTOR, King of Akielos
DAMIANOS (Damen), heir to the throne of Akielos
JOKASTE, a lady of the Akielon court
NIKANDROS, Kyros of Delpha
MAKEDON, a commander
NAOS, a soldier
VERE
THE REGENT of Vere
LAURENT, the heir to the throne of Vere
NICAISE, the Regent’s pet
GUION, Lord of Fortaine, member of the Veretian Council and the former Ambassador to Akielos
VANNIS, Ambassador to Vask
ANCEL, a pet
GOVART, Captain of the Prince’s Guard
JORD
ORLANT
ROCHERT
HUET
AIMERIC
LAZAR, one of the Regent’s mercenaries, now fighting with the Prince’s men
PASCHAL, a physician
CHARLS, a merchant
VOLO, a cardsharp
ARNOUL, a retainer
TOUARS, Lord of Ravenel
THEVENIN, his son
ENGUERRAN, Captain of Ravenel’s troops
HESTAL, advisor to Lord Touars
GUYMAR, a soldier
GUERIN, a blacksmith
ADRIC, a member of the minor nobility
CHARRON, a member of the minor nobility
PATRAS
TORGEIR, King of Patras
TORVELD, younger brother of King Torgeir and Ambassador to Vere
ERASMUS, his slave
VASK
HALVIK, a clan leader
KASHEL, a clanswoman
THEOMEDES, former King of Akielos and Damen’s father
EGERIA, former Queen of Akielos and Damen’s mother
HYPERMENESTRA, former mistress of Theomedes and Kastor’s mother
EUANDROS, former King of Akielos, founder of the house of Theomedes
ALERON, former King of Vere and Laurent’s father
AUGUSTE, former heir to the throne of Vere and Laurent’s older brother
CHAPTER 1
THE SHADOWS WERE long with sunset when they rode up, and the horizon was red. Chastillon was a single jutting tower, a dark round bulk against the sky. It was huge and old, like the castles far to the south, Ravenel and Fortaine, built to withstand battering siege. Damen gazed at the view, unsettled. He found it impossible to look at the approach without seeing the castle at Marlas, that distant tower flanked by long red fields.
