Chapter 48: Confronting a King - Eisa

With my hand clutching my father’s arm, I remain frozen to the spot as the announcement that came over the kingdom rings in my ears. I haven’t tried coke since the 60s but I’m still one hundred per cent certain I’m not fucking high, but I sure as shit wish I were. An hour ago Sebastian was hunting for Lemuel and on the brink of a mental breakdown, now he’s announcing to the kingdom that the uber-cunt Circe is his animai and soon-to-be Queen. That can only mean one thing: Circe got her hands on ocean jasper just like Isolde warned us about and now she’s controlling Sebastian. I think I’m going to throw up. Our future Kings are now under the control of a psychotic madwoman.

“If this is a prank, this is by far the worst prank that boy has ever pulled,” says my father warily, though I can see in his eyes he knows this is no prank.

“We need to find the King and Queen,” I say as I find my voice.

My father nods and we immediately take off in search of their majesties and are fortunate to