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32. Cold
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DragonBorn 33. Condemned
Evanara I looked through the tiny cell barred window that wouldn't fit for even a child to pass through. I wondered if the previous kings had been too poor to upgrade the dungeons for the door in front of me-- If I could even call it that. The walls, save for the one behind me that was made of concrete bricks and the tiny window I looked through were all made of rusted bars. Though... I could understand why they would not need to though. The dungeons were merely for keeping criminals for a couple of days before their trials and their execution. The Keepers kept the city of Astos clean of most of the criminals anyways. Only the ones who had committed crimes against the King or royals or the court members that dwelled in the palace were kept in the dungeons. Turns out very few people were stupid enough to commit such crimes. I watched the sun rise to the sky. I didn't sleep the entire night. Not out of excitement or anxiety but out of fear that I would see them again. Or even end
DragonBorn 34. Taken
Evanara The trial took a stunning turn the moment Dameon opened his mouth. Madame Penelope testified against me. Said I coerced her and drugged Gawain then I made her take the blame for it. Her story was convincing enough and she ended up being acquitted of the charge laid against her. After all, I was not human. Everything pertaining to coercion was believed. Turned out the crazed looking man who knelt beside Dameon was Luscious. The one who killed Layna and Kevan. Learning that struck me in ways I didn't understand and I promised myself that even if I was going to die, I would drag him to the very pits of hell myself. Unfortunately, he beat me to it. He also spoke and he said the most absurd things. Said I paid him well to kill Princess Layna and Kevan. He said I described exactly how I wanted them to be killed and when I tried to point how absurd killing my brother was, he also said that I wanted to get rid of every possible royal who could take the throne and Kevan was
DragonBorn 35. Hope
Dameon I clenched my fist repeatedly, cursing softly under my breath. I had no explicable reason for waiting for her return but I did and I had been waiting hours. For fuck's sake! It was nearly dawn. Was she alright? Was she being tortured? What was Katherine doing to that woman? I had been so blind with rage and failed to see how unhappy and heavily burdened my younger brother had been the moment he usurped my throne -- those had been my words for years, until I killed him. The guilt I felt everything I thought of him threatened to consume my entire being and plunge me deep into that darkness again. The darkness I had been in until days ago. One look at the woman who brought so much happiness into his life and whom my brother loved so much and I changed my mind about suicide. She attracted in a different kind of way. Despite my 'meetings' with Katherine , I had somewhat found myself watching Evanara. Not that I ever admitted to myself or anyone else that I was d
DragonBorn 36. Escaping Death
After minutes, I successfully stripped him of his clothes and put them on. The pants were baggy but I used his belt to hold it firmly together with his tunic. His boots were two sizes bigger so I left them on him. I sucked in a long breath and sat on the bed beside Adrienne. I had a couple of hours left before the next change of shift. A normal person would be scared of being caught but I wasn't normal. It was either escape or death. I would kill myself before I let Katherine use me to become Fae. Her human self was cruel enough. Becoming Fae without any restrictions, with that sort of power--of which I still had no idea, the only Fae amongst humans on this side of the barrier would make her invincible. Maybe they deserve it after all. Maybe she should become Fae and kill them all but definitely not at my expense. I refuse to be expendable for such cruel people. They hurt me. They took everything I held dear in my life. Why? I was different? Even if they hated me, I s
DragonBorn 37. The Fae Forests
Evanara I whipped the horse with its reins,urging it to go even faster. It was absurd. I knew I wasn't being tailed. There was no way they caught up with me that quickly. Except they had been laying in wait for me in the forest which seemed even more absurd. I missed the next arrow by an air's breath. My body suddenly felt very hot and sweat started trickling down my neck. I'd come this far. There was no way I'd let them take me back. I'd prefer to die than be an experiment. Adrenaline surged through me and I slapped the back of the horse. "Faster!" The creature whined under me but increased its pace. I looked back. They were gaining in on us. I looked up at the sky through the canopies and whispered,"Please. Just this once. Please." I felt it then. I had felt something earlier but that was mild in comparison to this. It felt like a huge wall of magnet and something more. It hummed a delicious melody that wrapped itself around my entire being. It warm yet co
DragonBorn 38. The General
I pulled myself forward. I'd been walking for three days without food or water and I had not come across a single soul. My body screamed at me for food and rest. I did try to sleep but each time I closed my eyes in the lonely forest,I would dream about Teris and Eos and wake up even more tired than I'd slept. The trees didn't even bring forth fruits or anything eatable. Just how far away from civilization was I? I cursed the drayad female and that beautiful terrifying creature again. Stupid Drayad. Stupid beautiful halfman. I hope they rot in hell someday. I traipsed through the greenery of the woods and felt the sun burn hot on my skin. My mouth was dry and I my vision blurred momentarily. I needed food and water. I needed out of the forest. I decided then and there that I hated forests. An aroma teased my nostrils. I thought I smelled roasted meat. I was probably delirious with hunger. I shook my head as if to send the aroma away but as I walked,the aroma grew str
DragonBorn 39. I'm Not A Spy!
Katherine I traced circles around the diamond etched on the hawk's eyes as I lounged in my throne and listened to the greedy members of the my council. Such incompetent fools. They felt I needed them. I had listened to their unbearable rantings for days. My thoughts drifted to my dear dear Evanara. A smile found it's way to my lips. Stupid stupid Evanara. Thinking she could run from me. Hadn't she wondered why it had been too easy? The palace was impenetrable. In and out. Yet,they had made it through without confrontation. My smile deepened as I praised myself inwardly. Orchestrating plans and manipulating outcomes had always been my talent. She fell right into my trap. All I had to do now was wait. Elpis had made a twist in the breaking of the seal on her daughter. One she never thought could occur if Evanara stayed in Avalor. Even I could do nothing about that twist. So I would simply wait and watch her. She was a fool to think she escaped me merely by jumping into Nerad
DragonBorn 40. Who Touched You?
The few days that followed were overbearing. I cooked all morning, served the men who kept asking to bed me and seemed to revel in seeing me flush. I had little or no time to rest for after the meals, we would move further on the roads for we were out of the forests by the second day. I didn't have the liberty of riding on a horse for the General kept my hands tied to his horse. Another one of his 'precautions'. I was beginning to think of ways to murder the man. I fell on my face most of the time during the long journey everything his horse moved faster and he never turned to apologize. Being forced to move along with him for five days as he rode, I got to know a bit about the other seven that rode alongside him ahead of the army. Brontés was the closest male to Zephyros. Ever calm and collected. He hardly said a word but his obsidian eyes were ever observant and inspecting. Whenever Zephyros was absent, he commanded in his stead. Morpheus was the exact opposite of Brontés. Cha
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