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2024-10-29 19:42:56Stars burned behind his eyes and a dull ache throbbed behind his head. He moaned and shifted a little to alleviate the pain behind his head but could barely move. The pain he felt was full compared to what he felt when he offered services of pleasure to rich patrons but it hurt all the same. Her throat was raw and parched and it hurt when he tried to call out to Cleopoda for some water.
Cleopoda!
That made him jerk his eyelids open. The first thing Zenas saw when he opened his eyes was Keiran sitting in a chair a few feet away from his bed. There was a look of disappointment on his face and with that was anger. Zenas looked around the room but there was no sign of Cleopoda, not even her bundle of clothes was sitting against his trunk. Keiran unfolded his hands and leaned forward until his face was illuminated enough by the surprisingly bright sun that came in from the half-opened window.
"I am disappointed in you, whore."
Zenas had learned to ig
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I have now come to the end of book one of my Cursed by the gods series. It has been a long journey I'm not gonna lie. I lost commitment along the way of writing this book, lost inspiration, even changed the plan I initially had for it. I am really glad that I got to finish it and if you stayed till the end I just want to say thank you for even choosing this book in the first place. I will start with the second book as soon as possible and do my best to make that one better. I hope I have been able to tell you a good story dear readers and once again I thank you for reading Cursed by the gods. Thank you.
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Cleopoda looked at a sleeping Ajun at the foot of her bed. The palace was quiet at this time of the morning, it was just before dawn but she was already awake. In fact, she couldn't sleep throughout the night because her mind was troubled. Since her return to the palace a week ago there had been changes. The servants were still the same as ever, eyeing her curiously and wondering why she should be allowed to live in the palace but there was a bit of respect for her too because Uncle Angus had commanded that she should be treated like royalty. She still had to cover her head and eyes when moving about the palace, especially when she had to go to the kitchen or the washrooms to hide the allure that drew people to her. But these things weren't troubling her, what was the fact that she had seen someone who didn't belong in the palace creeping around. Her surprise at seeing him there had held her rooted to the ground especially when she had seen from whose room he was coming from.
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"What have you done Angus! I sent you to Amire to congratulate our new comrade and you went to stare up trouble! The king of Amire has sent messengers promising war." He turned hateful eyes to her and glared at her with so much venom that made her want to sink to the ground and die. "And what is this cursed child doing here in my palace?!" Shocked Angus moved to shield Cleopoda from his brother's hateful glare. He had not expected Octavius to be here. He had planned to hide out here and plan the next way to let his brother know he brought back his daughter. "What are you doing here, Octavius? I thought you were at the palace in Camelorn" "Angus answer my question, I did not come here to trade petty words with you. What is this cursed child doing here?" There was no way he could distract his brother decided to be blunt. "Your child!" "Not my child! I did not birth evil. How dare you bring her here? Do you not know she possesses ev
