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Chapter 30: The Great Plot
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DragonBorn 31. Vivid Dreams
Evanara I hugged my knees tighter to my chest as I stared into the pitch black in front of me. Cold seeped into my toes and spread painfully through my feet. I had been sitting like that since Adrienne had flung me in hours ago. The musty odor of the dungeon made me want to empty whatever was left in my belly but I willed it to stay in for I didn't know when next I was going to be fed--if I could stomach eating in here. I could hear whisperings and rustling from the other cells around me and liquid dripping as well--which I had no doubt was not water. The stench of urine hit my nostrils even stronger and my eyes watered. The dungeon was in a piss poor condition. Had I not been in the mood I was, I would have scowled at the bucket at the rear end of the cell, meant for me to relieve myself. I placed my head on my knee and sighed. Treason. I had been framed for treason and my actions--trying to escape with Orien and Glaucus had worsened my situation. I raised my
DragonBorn 32. Cold
Evanara My dreams were haunted. I was either being pursued by monsters or I was covered in blood. Kevan's and Gawain's. With each new place is was pulled into forcefully, I felt I would go insane. Then I was pulled into one different from the other two, where a child was running from me and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach him ... but... I never returned to that place. To see... that man. I kept running, either in fear or in pursuit. For hours and even when I my legs gave out, I would pick myself up and begin the race again. One time, I ran into a forest. One I had never seen before and it looked surreal. The trees... The plants... The flowers... Their colors were richer... brighter than anything I had seen before and the birds of the forest... They sang in sweet harmony. The forest... It beckoned to me and I could have sworn it sang to me, Come. Home awaits. A snarl behind me and I began running again . Nowhere... No place was safe for me. Even the lovely forest sold o
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
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