I leave them to do their thing, and walk over to the wall displaying rows and rows of weapons. I’ll admit that I didn’t expect to see high grade weapons in the royal stronghold, of all places, where the instinct strength of the bloodline is given more importance than battle skills. “Oy, Sigmond,” D
“Are you immortal?” Arryn asks seriously and bluntly I’m just very hard to kill, “No, I’m not.” “This doesn’t make any sense,” Gabriel mumbles to himself, then louder “You’re Zepherin Sigmond! You’ve fought off a whole 100 witch apprentices by yourself and still lived!” I stare at the three of th
“Keeping staring for a bit longer and you’ll transform into a poet.” I don’t bother looking at the person whose footfall my ears had caught ever since he entered the hallway. “I might. I can say nothing in the matter of the results.” I say evenly Lukas steps in my felid of vision, blocking the vi
From what I could tell, the Emperor would’ve wanted for his daughter to take the throne after him. Personally, I think the Empress Regent has the makings of a general, rather than a king. “Can’t the Regent Empress put in a good word for you to the Emperor?” “Rosalina might be the Emperor’s favorit
The old woman was shaking with anger. Sure enough, in all her years, no one must’ve handed her a tiny bottle and told her that one spoonful of poison was enough to kill, and painlessly at that. She opened her mouth, likely to curse at me, but I spoke before she could. “You wanted death to be a mer
The Crystal Palace is quiet when I enter. The hallways are familiar to me by now, and in nearly three minutes, I find myself standing in front of the door to the room. The door is unlocked as it usually is, and when I walk inside, the room is warm compared to the outside. From inside the bedchambe
There is a 90% probability that this is indeed a curse. But if so, why haven’t the witches or warlocks sent word to the church or crown? Why have they been targeting arbitrary people? What is the reason behind putting such a powerful curse into effect? “By drawing the culprit out, do you mean to ch
“The one good thing that came out of this is not having to take my lessons for a few days.” Dinah tells me, composing herself “Oh! The Empress told me I’ll be meeting the ladies from the other High Houses.” At once, all the ease I feel has vanished. “Since Arzen hasn’t met his soulmate yet, there’