This is a continuation from January’s “Tryst” story for #BlogBattle! This is basically a fun peek into a B story happening behind the scenes of the prequel to The Beauty Thief I’m currently working on. It’s soooo fun to explore this backstory! I hope you enjoy it too.

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This is for February #BlogBattle REVOLUTION

Genre: sweet romance, fantasy fiction

“Caught”

by Rachael Ritchey

Kendric twirled the brown leaf between his fingers, his mind lingering on the way the moonlight had danced across Helein’s hair between the swaying branches of the tree where he’d found her waiting, poorly hidden beneath its sparse branches. Now on his way back to his chamber, the hall was eerie, empty, and sparsely lit, but he didn’t care. The fewer who noticed from where he came the better.

He still reeled at the idea she was here, at Castle Taisce. He thought he’d never see…