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His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 42
-Katherine- Acan led me to my room, telling me goodnight. I thanked him, and we chatted for a little while before he went off. I watched him until he disappeared around a corner, feeling so good about myself. This was going better than I thought, and I couldn’t help but feel fantastic about everything. I felt on top of the world, almost. I walked inside my room, letting out my excitement and almost dancing towards the bed before falling down on it. "Katherine, you evil genius," I whispered, feeling so excited, but when I reached out towards the other side, I felt the emptiness. I turned and saw where Darius used to lie in bed with me. Goddess, I missed him, and all that excitement just went away. "You will come back to me." I reached out, stroking the empty side, like I could almost demand he come back to me. I really hoped he was okay and that the fighting hadn’t begun yet. -Darius- I stood by a big fire while most of the camp slept. We had begun planning our first attack, which
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 43
-Katherine- Dear Katherine… We have just arrived on the dark side of Adorna. I can almost feel its call. It makes me feel like all the hard work I have done is for nothing. But I know who I am, and I am not one of them. I do see that I am not like the other witches, either. Like you, I feel stuck in the middle. The generals are fighting me. Some of the men don’t trust me, considering who I am and what I can do. I try my hardest to keep us strong and united. We must stand together as we finally attack in a little while. I go scouting a lot, seeing if the forest has any weaknesses. So far, I have not found anything. It worries me. I do not know how this battle will end. I hope it will be with us victorious, so I can come back to you. I miss you. I miss your warmth and your beautiful smile. I miss everything about you. It’s cold in the night without you by my side. I can’t wait to see you again. Darius. I let the letter fall on my desk before I sat down myself and began writing a let
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 44
-Katherine- The day went by quite fast working with Acan, and he became more and more chatty the more time we spent together. It was sort of interesting to suddenly talk to him as if we were friends. I had been his wife for so many years, but now I was only his sister-in-law, and that changed the dynamic between us. I had never noticed how condescending he had truly been towards me when I was his queen or how dismissive he was. He didn’t actually put much effort into talking to me, but now he did. Now he seemed interested in anything I had to say. It only fueled my anger because I realized how truly unloved I had been. How much Acan did not wish me near. How I couldn’t wait to completely destroy him. "So what do you hope for? A boy or a girl?" I asked. "Oh, a hard choice," he chuckled. Was it? He had two boys, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t even want one girl. He seemed to think a princess couldn’t do much except marry. It was making me angry. "I will be happy no matter
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 45
-Darius- We decided to attack in the middle of the day. The night would have granted them too much of an advantage. The big army was gathered on a hill with me in the front, along with lots of fire witches and light witches. We needed all the light we could get. It was so quiet on the day we decided to attack. It was like all the animals knew what was going to come. I was unsure exactly how this would go. I feared the worst, but I believed this time it was better to expect the worst. The Dark Ones were not going down without a fight, and I felt them almost watching us. I felt them keeping a sharp eye on all of us to see what we might do. I looked at the big and dark forest, wondering how it was living there and what their world looked like. I was probably the only one interested in finding out, but I wouldn’t let that stop me. I wouldn’t let that stop me from doing what I had to do. Everyone was just waiting for my command. "Are we ready?" I asked the fire witch closest to me. "We a
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 46
-Katherine- My sweet Katherine… The battle didn’t at all go the way I had hoped. We thought there were so few of them. We thought they were fighting each other, making their own numbers dwindle. We were so wrong. They work together. They know how to fight and stand strong. They may seem barbaric, but they aren’t. They are clever. So much more clever than I ever anticipated, and now I do not know how to continue. I am scared for myself and my men. I am scared at how they doubt me, but also at how I can save them from getting killed. Each time a life is lost, they need someone to blame, and I am there. I will gladly accept that responsibility, though, if I just knew how to save the rest. But I am unsure if we will ever be able to win this war. You should have seen the dark wave coming towards us. You would have thought we were doomed as well. I really hope we are not, though. I pray I can come home to you again. I pray for a solution every day, but it won’t be long before I have to ma
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 47
-Katherine- After finally snapping out of my trance and waiting outside the infirmary, one of her ladies came out. She only glanced at me with a dark look, then stormed off. I believed she was going to find Acan, but I didn’t think it was good news she was bringing. Slowly, I inched closer towards the infirmary, hearing crying and screaming from inside. The screaming didn’t sound full of fear anymore. Just an agonizing scream from losing something. I didn’t think Silver would care that much. She didn’t care about her existing children. Why would she care about one that hadn’t been born yet? But it didn’t make the guilt go away. I didn’t know the bracelet might do this to her. I didn’t know that it might make her lose the child. Shit… What have I done? I moved so slowly that Acan and the young lady were able to come back before I had even entered the room. Acan stormed inside with the lady, and I remained outside instead. I fell against the wall, feeling like I could hardly breathe. I
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 48
-Darius- I read the tragic news of Silver’s pregnancy. I didn’t like her at all, but I didn’t wish for the pregnancy to end in such a way. One letter was from Acan, talking about it shortly, but then one from my wife worried me more. She spoke of how she believed it was her fault for Silver losing the baby, and I was unsure how to respond to that. I knew Katherine was willing to go far to destroy Acan’s and Silver’s lives, but this was something else. Katherine did write to me that she hadn’t thought that was what was going to happen. When she bought the bracelet, she had seen Silver end up in an accident, but that could have killed the child too. My wife’s anger was blinding her, making her do something she didn’t know she was capable of, and I couldn’t help her because of how far away I was from her. I couldn’t just return home to her and fix the mess she had gotten herself into. Somehow, she would have to figure this out on her own. At least she had removed the bracelet from Silve
His Unbeloved Queen Chapter 49
-Katherine- Things had changed a lot since Silver’s miscarriage. I noticed the clear cracks between her and Acan. Something dark had settled between them. I couldn’t quite say what it was, and I felt bad for enjoying it a little. I was the reason why these cracks had appeared, and while I didn’t mind seeing the anger shimmering in their eyes as they looked at each other, I did feel bad for the unborn baby who had to pay the price. I had put the bracelet away, though. I had made sure no one had found it or that Silver was even looking for it. I had made it seem less valuable than it was, and she had thought there was no reason to look for it anymore. She had grown quite distant, though, not wanting to talk to many people and drinking more, which only made Acan draw further away from her. I had begun to spy a little on him, seeing if he might be meeting with any women behind Silver’s back, but so far I had found nothing. He and I, on the other hand, were spending lots of time together.
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