I took a break from writing, I was burnt out for a while making me feel all content I tried to make seemed low calibre and rushed compared to usual. thank you for your continued support, it means a lot to me.
As the soldiers began to funnel back into the camp as Rex instructed, for some reason, the Fae soldiers did not continue their charge as he had previously predicted they would. “What the..?” Rex questioned out loud, not seeing them charge into the trap he had set. “It seems they are regrouping for an assault my lord, orders?” the commander said once he had finished receiving his report. “How did they..hang on a minute” Rex stuttered, looking up and scowling. With a heavy sigh, it dawned on him what had happened, it seemed Fig had not taken kindly to his way to turning the game to his favour. Once all of the troops were inside, Rex walked over to the balcony to see what state his troops were in, he was a little worried seeing how beaten and worn out they were, the main force of foot soldiers that had been holding the line, it seemed only half were in good enough condition to really hold their own, the other half were barely standing, most did not even have their weapons anymore. “
“So you’re telling me, I have to choose between Ean killing my father or myself?” Rex repeated, astonished by the choices. “That is correct, same rules apply as before, I will give you three minutes to decide, you know the consequence for no choice” Fig said, her tone going cold and devoid of emotion, which gave Rex the chills. “I would like to ask a question first” Rex said quickly, “Before my time begins.” With a short sigh, Fig rolled her eyes, “Very well, one question then your time begins upon the answer.” “Ok, what is the point of choosing between these? The other choices are normal for a leader to make, but this isn’t, at what point in my life would this actually apply to?” Smiling with her pointed teeth grin once more, “Why indeed? What makes you think it would never happen? Lands are invaded and royalty captured constantly.” “Well…f**k sake, ok” Rex replied, his chest deflating at her answer, he had not thought of that, even though being reminded about Ean’s blood war al
“Ten more minutes.” “It seems my rub down did its job” Kealy giggled, pulling the blanket off Rex, smiling as he moved into the fetal position when she did so. “I was happily asleep, not sore, was weird though” Rex said, yawning and stretching out, sitting up once he finished. “What was weird?” Kealy asked, nodding with her head towards a bath that had been brought in and filled. “I didn’t dream at all, well not that I can remember” Rex remarked, turning to face Kealy, “Unless you intend on watching me wash, I suggest you leave.” “Oh yeah, sorry” Kealy replied, her cheeks turning a little red, with a bow of her head, she threw the clothes she had prepared onto Rex’s bed, turned and walked out, closing the door behind her. While Rex cleaned himself, he mulled over the events that had happened with his time with Fig, his father dropping the news that she was in fact his grandmother, which made him curious, ‘Is Fig from my mother or father’s side? Why does she look much older than I
“So prince, what are you going to do in the meantime? You know, while waiting for tomorrow’s match?” Ley asked. “I’m going to check up on Nessa, might go and see Charr and see if Lizz is back yet, seems like I have a lot of people to check up on, might come and see how Ulna is doing, if that is ok with you?” Rex said, finishing his sentence looking at Marcia, who shrugged. “You are the prince, I couldn’t stop you from going anywhere.” “But..” “Shut up Markus! You’re always the one to remind me, this time I didn’t need it, and I don’t need your comments, he IS the prince, and if he wants to come and check on Ulna, I cannot stop him even if I wanted to” Marcia snapped, cutting Markus off. Raising his eyebrow in response to Marcia’s quickened temper, he simply smiled, “Of course, you are right, none of us could stop him.” How quickly Markus backed down even took Marcia by surprise, she opened and closed her mouth a few times signalling she was going to say something, instead she sto
“It will not take long, plus bonus fact, we are going past the location Helena described, it will not take up much of our travel time, I know before tomorrow nights finale, you have a few errands to run and still need rest” Marcia said after seeing Rex raise his eyebrow at her. “If you say so oh vengeful one” Rex chuckled, following close behind once Marcia started off down the path towards the city center. “You have no idea” Marcia said with an evil smile, giggling a little seeing the look on Rex’s face. ‘She has turned into a totally different person so quickly, from such a hardened man-hater, I can’t believe I have seen her smile a few times in a short period’ Rex mused to himself, he was taken aback how beautiful she was when she smiled, how her eyes glinted in the light when she did. “Stop daydreaming, we are close” Marcia said, rapping Rex on the arm when she saw him with a glazed expression. “Huh? I was pondering” Rex said, getting a little snappy without realizing. “A top
“Master Percus! How is Nessa doing?” Marcia said once she recognised the person speaking with Rex. “Responding to treatment quite well, her physiology should have rejected the medicine, but it seems it has taken well, now young man, please answer my earlier question” the physician named Percus said, leaning forward to look at Marcia and Rex over the top of the rim of his glasses while he spoke. “You don’t expect the prince to be able to see that kind of magic?” Marcia asked, looking between Percus and Rex. “The prince!? You are the famed prince Rex?” Percus said, his glasses almost sliding off his face. “I wouldn’t say the famed prince, but yes, I am Rex.” “My deepest apologies my lord! That of course explains how you saw my wards I placed” Percus said, bowing to Rex. “Why would you place wards on a hospital?” Rex asked, tilting his head a little in confusion. “I am not sure what a hospital is my lord” Percus replied, “Ah one second, I have heard that word before!” he exclaimed
“We will be in contact my prince!” Barbun called out to Rex as he and Marcia traveled down the hallway, coming to a stop at the last room. “So I’m rich?” Rex asked Marcia, who nudged him playfully. “Don’t let your head swell up too much, you’re a royal, I don’t know what you need it for, no one would ask you to pay for something” Marcia said, shaking her head, reaching out and turning the door handle of the room they had stopped at, pushed it open and entered. The moment Rex entered the room, a familiar voice hit him, “Two visits from royals in two days, I must be important.” “Hey Nessa, how are you feeling?” Rex asked with a smile as he came into the room, Nessa was sitting on the end of her bed, “What do you mean two royals? Who else came to see you?” “I’m ok, I’ll be allowed to leave soon” Nessa said, “The emperor came to see me yesterday, he did some weird shit to try and help me remember something, the weird thing is I don’t remember what he wanted me to remember, all I know
Turning down the last alley that led to the main gate to the palace grounds, Rex had a feeling wash over him, ‘I’m not alone.’ Acting as if he had not noticed, Rex was now halfway down the alley when a shadow dropped down in front of him, landing with a barely audible thud. “Nice night for a stroll?” “One of the men from the balcony” Rex replied, raising an eyebrow, he was able to see quite clearly and recognized the face of the man in the shadows, “Where’s your friend who wore the rags?” “He has skills it seems Jasper” said another male voice from behind him. “Indeed he does seem that way, come quietly, or don’t, we get paid either way, I would prefer not to get blood on my new shirt” the man called Jasper replied with a snarl, wiping his hand down the front of his shirt. “I choose option three thanks” Rex replied with a shrug, letting his hand drop onto the pommel of the sword he had. “There is no option three” Jasper replied, seeing Rex’s hand drop to his hip, “Must be a nice