[ IN WHICH SHE IS A SPEEDSTER ] Fear grips me. The three young guards are no longer behind me. It feels as though there is a lump in my throat as I peer around the market. My round, brown eyes rove around the area; they weave through the crowds of people, over carts and buildings as I try to find the men who have been charged with the duty of keeping me safe while I run away from the possible threat the Grand Alkhemi holds at the moment.Lake, Eirene and Atlas are gone. It makes me wonder how long I have been running, lurking around without them. The thought alone makes me anxious, and unsettled.My grip on my dress tightens as I walk backwards. I do this in order to retrace my steps. "Lake." I call out. I walk further in the direction I came from, wondering if I had lost them behind a building. “Atlas? Lake?” My breath shudders as I call for the third time. “Ei—” Someone suddenly bumps into me, cutting out my air supply. Their hand collides with my face, and their elbow collides
[ IN WHICH SHE MEETS THE LYCAN KING ]“My love. I have been waiting for you.” The man lowers his glass from his lips, gesturing to the building in which we are stood. “Welcome to Lucian City, the home of the werewolves.”I stand, frozen in my spot. I do not need any introductions for I know who he is. And what this place is. There is a heat burning inside of me. Every part of me is on fire as I stare straight at the tall man, corporately dressed in an attire that is suited for a royal lord. However, the way his fingers tap on the glass, the rings on his fingers create a loud, impatient clanging sound, that gives off the impression that he will not be royally upright, but will be very ill-mannered. This man looks like he is looking for trouble.... [he was trouble] ... My eyes rove up and down, assessing the man oozing with confidence and charm. He is wearing a suit with sleeves pulled back specifically to show his ringed fingers. From the four rings on his left hand, my eyes move t
[ IN WHICH SHE GETS A PLOT TWIST ] The King who is sat in front of me speaks. “This is your second life, Faye Donovan. And your first,” he says as his green eyes darken with anger. “It ended because Sin drove his glowing sword through your heart. Right in his throne room. With me right behind you.” Rome's green eyes nearly glisten with tears. Anyone can tell that saying those words out loud hurts him more than anything else. … [it hurt, because it was what it was—the truth, but as usual, i refused to believe] … The air around me stills as he watches me, waiting for a reaction. My soft chuckle fills the silence. “Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?” He leans forward, and whispers, sending a dangerous chill down my spine. “You don’t believe me.” I shrug. “I don’t believe that the man, who has confessed his love for me, killed me.” He slams his right fist onto the table. The glass of alcohol he had previously placed on the table jumps from the impact as the table bounces into
… [ IN WHICH SHE RECONNECTS ] … We have moved out of the King’s throne room. Out of the Palace, and into the very depths of Lucian City, we are stood before a ginormous door. It has silver for wood, no doorknobs, nor handles, and also without hinges like a regular door in the house of many. This unique door stands alone at the center of the forest, sharing its silvery light to the surrounding trees. From the looks of it, it is non-luminous, and only glows through the moon’s light. Just like the Sun’s relationship with the moon. The unusual door stands at unmeasurable height, reaching far out into the dark sky. Night has fallen upon us so quickly. I hadn’t realized that much time had passed until I saw darkness start to fall over the land.In the cricket sounds and buzzing of insects, we all stand in the dirt, facing the magnificent door. And by we, I mean, Wylan the Sorcerer, Rome the Lycan King, and I, the one who has clearly been reborn. “This has to be done.” Rome touches my
[ IN WHICH WE MEET ] My feet is buried in cold water. When I look down, the water is dark. I can't see through. The water is as dark as the rest of this strange place. The water stops just above my ankles, and it is enough to make my skin crawl with discomfort, and make my toes turn pruney. I cannot help but feel uneasy. The feeling could be from the cold, or the uneasiness could be caused by the ghost-like version of me standing nine feet away. No one wants to see a ghost. So, that makes me the last person to delight in this situation. What triggers me the most is that I have a change of clothes. I am now clothed in a black long dress— black is so not my color.“Can we get this over with?” I peer straight at the woman. She is distracted. ...[“Wow, damn. I am so sexy!”]...I snap my sharp gaze to the woman under the spotlight. There is a spotlight on her even when she lays in the dark. I do not know what the spotlight is, or where it comes from. There is no beginning or end to the l
Life is unfair— it is not fair.And it is not our fault. We have no say in our own lives. We are practically living a fairy tale someone else wrote.Faye Donovan did not choose her life. And she was given a fate so tragic that it brings tears into my brown eyes. She was only a child, living in the 1800's with loving parents and a sister, the age of six. However, she had no idea she was made for greater things; greater things that would propel her into destruction. She had no idea of her fate.Fate is like a child born into a wealthy home, getting to enjoy privileges and never once feeling the cruelty of the world till death takes them away. Fate is like a child born into a poor, merchant home, never to live a life that is handed to him on a silver platter. Fate is like a child born into sicknesses and diseases, and has no choice but to endure the consequences till he or she is taken away by that same sickness at a young age, and that child will never get to experience the magical and b
*warning: this chapter of The King's Maiden you are about to read has been marked mature, because of it's sexual content and language. viewer discretion is advised.*[ IN WHICH SHE IS FAYE ] Seek revenge. No. I couldn't seek revenge even if I wanted to. That is the funny way Fate works. I have been cursed to thirst after the Kings. My heart will ache badly if I tried to raise a fist against them. Naturally, it would ache if the sun smites them because of the connection between us, let alone causing that pain myself. Revenge is impossible for the one who has been fated to love them unconditionally. And that is how it will be. I lay awake on a bed. It has been a minute since my eyes snapped open after the insane dream. Slowly, the events from the dream starts to fade away, and I can't remember most of it. Forced breaths leave my lips as I scan the ceiling with wide eyes. With a racing heart, I sit up on the bed, peering into the unfamiliar room. It is day time. I must have been asleep
[ IN WHICH SHE IS NOT HERSELF ] Something has come over me. Something dark.Something evil. I am not myself.But I can't stop what I have already started. The minute I left Lucian City, something in me changed. Something uncontrollable bloomed. Something unrecognizable germinated. Maybe that was why the guards didn’t come after me when I declined their offer to be an escort. But they could also have been commanded by their King to stay back. So they all watched me walk out. It was almost like they were watching me do their bidding. It felt like Lucian City had turned me all around to be who they wanted me to be— to be Faye, their Queen only. But then again, it could have been the Lycan King who had me wrapped around his ringed finger all this time. He did prove that after giving me an urge to release, and then, telling me to hold on.That was cruel. But it only made me want to act cruel.It has nearly been an hour since I left Lucian City, the land of the werewolves. And I haven't