"What do you want?" Gregor demanded. The room has gone quiet, and everyone watches as the drama unfolds. "Mine!" Morpheus growled, and his voice was not even like that of a man. "What is yours? What are you talking about? Get the fuck out of here!" "Mine!" Morpheus said it agai
At a point, he grabbed my hands and held me, so that I was only wriggling in his hold. I could no longer hold back the tears, so I let them run. "You are upset, Princess." "Of course, I am, and you shouldn't have come back!" I yelled. For the first time since I met him, I saw somethi
MORPHEUS So many thoughts jumbled in my head, and I did not know what to do. Deep down in me, there was this fear of losing her, but losing her was exactly what I needed to keep her safe. If she found out about my involvement with her brother's death, she would hate me forever and blame herse
MORPHEUS I watched the man as he charged towards me, but his toe bumped into one of the tables, and he crashed face-down to the floor. I stood up from where I was and went over to him, thinking he had passed out, but he jerked up immediately and swung his sword, and I ducked, the sword missi
"So, who is Gregor to you?" "Gregor is the son of my best friend. She died from a rare sickness when he was still a lad, and I had to help with his upbringing because his grandmother was frail and could not work. When Gregor reached a workable age, I found him a job, and he took off from the
MORPHEUS I did not know if I could face Mildred that morning. I do not know if I am ready to face her yet. So instead of staying at Dora's inn, where she would see me, I went to the inn by the market. The news of the two men I killed had spread throughout the town, but I did not care. I was s
I hate him. I hate him. I kept telling myself that. I should know that he never cared about me, at least not in the way I cared for him. Before I saw him with another woman, I had realized in my long walk that I was only scared of hurting Gregor's feelings because he was a good man, but my heart a
MILDRED I grunted and stirred in my sleep. My eyes were still shut when I recalled everything that took place. Morpheus put me into an unconscious state. My eyes flared open, and I quickly sat up and looked around, taking in my surroundings. I was still in a cave in the middle of nowhere. I