The Flute Keeper's Promise (The Flute Keeper Saga) (62 page)

“I was eavesdropping,” Emma said.
“I didn’t hear any ideas, though.”

Bazzlejet shrugged. “That’s because
we don’t have any.”

“I do,” Emma said.

“Really?” Chloe asked, growing
excited. “Where are you thinking?”

“Seraph’s Tear.”

Bazzlejet burst out laughing. Chloe
found the idea ridiculous, too, but Emma had said it with such conviction.

“Um…okay. Seraph’s Tear. Why?”
Chloe asked.

Emma didn’t hesitate. “Because it’s
a huge city. It’s been sitting there, empty for hundreds of years. It’s time
somebody brought it back to life.”

“Oh, sure,” Bazzlejet said,
wheezing. “There’s just the tiny matter of the curse, not to mention all those
mechamen and that giant ship of theirs.”

“Yes. I might need some help with
that part.”

Still mystified, but captivated by
Emma’s certainty, Chloe nodded. “You know we’ll do whatever we can.”

Emma smiled at her. A little of her
old self showed through. “I know you will. Just believe in me, Queen Chloe.”
She stepped up on the balcony rail. White wings materialized behind her.

Chloe gasped. “
Emma!”

Emma glanced over her shoulder.
“Believe in me, and I will deliver you a city.”

She flew away into the treetops.

Chloe and Bazzlejet stared at each
other, aghast.

“Did you see that?” Bazzlejet
asked.

Chloe nodded. It was all she could
manage at the moment. It wasn’t seeing Emma with wings that shocked her, but
rather the form the wings took.

“Am I crazy, or did her wings look just
like—”

She nodded again.

“Should we tell her?” Bazzlejet
asked.

Chloe thought about what Emma had
said. Taking on Robyn, the mechamen and the cursed city would have sounded
absurd coming from anyone else, but she knew they weren’t empty words. They
were a promise, just like those wings.
You will always have me and I will
keep fighting for you no matter what.

“Well?” Bazzlejet asked.

Chloe smiled. “I think she already
knows.”

THE END

Coming
soon:

The Flute Keeper’s Prophecy

The Final Installment
of The Flute Keeper Saga

Robyn
. The name has plagued
Emma ever since the beginning of her time in Faylinn. Now, with the demon’s
army overtaking continents, Emma must find the lock to seal her away in the
Twi-Realm. However, a newfound power makes her question if that will be enough.
She also begins to question her role as a leader of the Fay-Slaugh alliance,
especially when a mysterious boy named Dante threatens her friends and pushes
her further over the moral borderline than she’s ever been.

From the high seas and the
mountains of Faylinn to the human world and beyond, the final journey brings
Emma face-to-face with enemies she never imagined and friends she thought she’d
never see again. Can she keep her promise to keep fighting when every step that
brings her closer to Robyn also brings Faylinn closer to destruction?

About the Author

Ashley Setzer grew up in McCurtain
County, Oklahoma, a forested backcountry populated by bears, ghosts, man-eating
catfish and at least one sasquatch. She now lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and regrets that she hasn’t met any bogeymen there but enjoys being close to
sushi restaurants and book stores. This is her fourth novel.