"The crown princess had gone insane!"
The rumors had flown fast and wide, reaching the ears of almost everyone in the kingdom. The news of the princess' stunt during the public execution had come to the ears of even of those busybodies in the pubs, and even of those who are living in the secluded part of the nation. From the streets of the capital to the darkest alleyways, to the deepest part of the outskirts, it had reached such lengths, and that the news of the princess acting insane had spurred the talk of the town. "She had been screaming and crying like a madwoman that day! If not for the maids that pulled her down it might have been fatal for her if she accidentally fell from that height." The people around the streets had been talking about it, taking into accounts what they have seen and heard that day.
A young man dressed in a black cloak, its hood covering his head looks toward the palace. Gazing at the tall and glo
In Morrigan's eyes, the person she is strangling right now is neither a royal member of the family or her uncle. In her eyes, he is nothing but a devil's incarnate that had done nothing but torment her and take away those who are around her. Her grip around his neck tightens but the eyes of the Prince Regent had already regained their composure. He was neither taken aback nor surprised by Morrigan's outburst, instead, he was amused and intrigued that the dignified and sophisticated Crown Princess can act this way. The meek Little Raven that runs around the palace could be this mad to the point of her glaring at him with her murderous look. Screaming at the top of her lungs like a wild animal in the wilderness. She was nowhere the girl everyone watched to grow in grace and sophistication. A wide smile grew on his lips as he looked at her with great intensity in his eyes of intrigue and amusement. "Look at you, Little Raven, you are no different from me." An amu
"Scram! Get out of here!" A loud shattering of glasses and thuds come from Morrigan's room. The Old Physician and Lord Toiba looked at each other when the loud noise came from the Morrigan's chambers, followed by her screams and curses. The alarming havoc happening in her room made the Old Physician and Lord Toiba ran towards her room. The loud crashes of expensive pottery continue along with her screams asking the people in her room to go away from her. Even the guards outside of the room don't know what they should do at that moment for they have not seen the princess throwing things that she can get her hands into. The two gentlemen in front of her room looked at each other as they hear the continuous screaming and violent collision of vases and ceramics towards the floor and walls. Lord Toiba's hands were about to reach for the door handle when the door suddenly opens and a maid squealed as she see the men standing in front of Morrigan's room. She im
Morrigan sat by her seat on the balcony. Wrapped in a silk wrapper. Hugging her legs, her chin resting on top of it. Resting her head with her eyes full of pain and agony. Tears brimming her eyes. She looked at the locket in her hand as she reflects on the things she overheard. She heaved a deep sigh. Closing her hands around the locket, its chain dangling from her hands almost touching the marble floor. Her sad eyes stared at the moon, appreciating its marvelous beauty, drowning her with her thoughts. Its soft glow shining on her pale skin which seemed to be porcelain glistening under the luminescence of the moon. The silence around her, and the cold air giving her the peace that she had once in a while. Finally drowning herself in something that she had longed for. A few strands of her hair dancing along with the wind. The fresh scent of camellias was blown by the wind to her, like a calming incense that help
Dusk came, and Morrigan sat on her bed unmoving. Her eyes are bloodshot from all her pleas and cries. Still traumatized and pondering about the things that happened to her. Her hand holding the cold locket close to her chest. Sitting there with half of her bare body exposed to the cold morning air. Every part of her body was marked by what happened last night. From scratches to bruises, up to marks that are trickled all over her neck down her chest. Her wrist was red from when Mathias bound her on her bed frame. Morrigan heaved a sigh. Hauling the blankets she could grab, covering her body helplessly as dusk approaches. Knowing that any moment someone will find out what happened to her. Preparing herself to be ostracized by their slanderous mouths. Her tears streaming down her face incessantly just by the thought of the news that her innocence was taken away even before matrimony. She was disgusted by herself but a growing abhorrence towards Mathias is ev
"Have you heard of the rumor?" A young man dressed in finely tailored clothes, veiled in a heavy cloak stood frozen on the spot as he heard the two young ladies standing in front of a seamstress' shop gossip with each other. Their hands inspecting different kinds of fabrics and silks that are laid out of the seamstress' shop. "What rumor?" The other lady asked her colleague as she diverted her gaze towards the pouches displayed on the rack. Choosing the finest one with exemplary embroidery. The other lady seemed to blush as she heaved a sigh and gestured towards the palace. Her eyes look at the towering infrastructure with great adoration. "It seems like we will witness royal matrimony soon. The tenth prince from the neighboring kingdom and the crown princess seemed to have fallen in love with one another!" The other
Morrigan's footsteps are light as she strides gracefully and silently in the hallway of the palace to the east side of the palace where the Prince Regent and Mathias stay. Her bare foot touching the cold marble floor as the sky lit up occasionally by the threatening storm. Her face was covered with a black veil hiding her identity. Only her beautiful eyes void of life tells the silent agony that she had kept within her. Her hair sways at every step of hers. This is the right time to exact her revenge. Her hand grips the dagger in her hand as her silent footsteps come in contact with the cold floor. The roaring thunder and the lightning illuminating the palace's dark hallway, casting a shadow on her face. Her eyes are cold and ruthless, decisive even that one would know what is running in her mind. The scene of a woman dressed in black walking silently in the hallway is a sinister scene one would not want to see. The hallway has no guards for the threatening th
The night goes colder and colder as the rain goes near. With the thunders and lightning continuously rocking the lands of Hymir, trembling under its light and horrifying roars. Morrigan stood there silently in front of the room of her uncle, her hands around the hilt of the dagger in her hand. The blood tainting it drying and leaving traces of the rustic liquid on its sharp blade. Her eyes are void of other emotions but anger. The air around her is sinister as her eyes have nothing but cravings for more blood to spill. Her hands are already tainted with blood but she knows there will be no point in turning back. Whatever she did it for her good, for her sanity, for her reputation, for her freedom, and for the rightful things that are meant for her that the Prince Regent wanted to rob her. Her hands reached for the cold knob of the door, pushing it stealthily till it creaks ominously, letting in enough light to the room. The occasional lightning casting a
After the thunderstorm that shook the grounds of Hymir, leaving the kingdom damp. With puddles of mud and waters on its streets and excavations. The news of the Prince Regent's and the foreign prince's deaths spread high and low across the kingdom. Along with the night of roaring thunders and the frightening flashes of lightning, that same night was the gruesome death of the most respected gentlemen in the kingdom. An assassin had broken into the palace, as the people around the kingdom cower in fear of the approaching storm that would wreak havoc to the nation. Welcoming the daybreak with the loud resounding gongs and ringing of palace bells declaring the death of someone of high position in the kingdom. The news immediately raised concerns and suspicions, pointing everything to the princess who seemed to have escaped another assassination attempt from the people who had repeatedly broken into the palace to eradicate the royal family. The citizens raised thei