~Lyrielle~Six months. I didn’t see or hear from Arineth for six months. It was as if he had disappeared without a trace, leaving me behind in the abandoned building with the masked women. I knew he must have been communicating with them, but I got no response when I asked. It was as if they were tr
Natty. It was the first time I’d ever heard their names, the first time they took turns speaking to me. “Here,” she stretched forth her hand for me to take. I had doubts at first about what could happen if I took it. I didn’t trust any of them but when she stretched it out longer, I took it and let
~Lyrielle~ “Snakes? You—what the hell is this training?” I demanded.“To erase your fear,” she responded, pointing to the second tub. One bite, one burns—both will forge you. Stand up and see.”I gulped visibly and stood, peering into the second tub, hoping it wasn’t worse. It was hot water, steami
Each time I tried to give up, I remembered what happened to my family and how the royal family was enjoying their lives. That made me desperate for power and to be at the top, so I trained harder, kept up with the hardship, learned to live with pain and by the fourth month of practice, I stopped fal
~Arineth~ Time, they say, changes anyone, and that was what was happening with Lyrielle. When the masked women reported that she was taking her training seriously and improving, I knew I had to see it for myself. Leaving her alone for six months was a test to see if she’d change her mind about giv
Silence. Only the pounding of my heart against hers broke the quiet. It beat so loudly I knew we both heard it. Then I made the mistake of looking into her eyes. I shouldn’t have. The thoughts I’d buried resurfaced, worse than before. Jolts of shock coursed through me, affecting every part of my
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~ “You will be known as Queen Elyriah, like you always wanted.” His words echoed in my head as I stepped into the portal with him. I had no idea what he meant by that, but I’d been thinking about it ever since the masked women addressed him as “Your Highness.” It couldn’t just be b
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~As we drew closer, the castle was so much more beautiful, and I could not stop staring at how majestic it was. Faerie truly does live up to its name of being the most powerful and influential among other creatures, and I was about to become one of them.As soon as we got to the fr
I was being pathetic, forgetting the reason why we were together in the first place. This was about revenge, I tried to remind myself. He would never like me because, after all, I had rejected him, and if not for the revenge, if my family had not died, we would not have been like this.I reminded my
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~As we drew closer, the castle was so much more beautiful, and I could not stop staring at how majestic it was. Faerie truly does live up to its name of being the most powerful and influential among other creatures, and I was about to become one of them.As soon as we got to the fr
~Lyrielle/Elyriah~ “You will be known as Queen Elyriah, like you always wanted.” His words echoed in my head as I stepped into the portal with him. I had no idea what he meant by that, but I’d been thinking about it ever since the masked women addressed him as “Your Highness.” It couldn’t just be b
Silence. Only the pounding of my heart against hers broke the quiet. It beat so loudly I knew we both heard it. Then I made the mistake of looking into her eyes. I shouldn’t have. The thoughts I’d buried resurfaced, worse than before. Jolts of shock coursed through me, affecting every part of my
~Arineth~ Time, they say, changes anyone, and that was what was happening with Lyrielle. When the masked women reported that she was taking her training seriously and improving, I knew I had to see it for myself. Leaving her alone for six months was a test to see if she’d change her mind about giv
Each time I tried to give up, I remembered what happened to my family and how the royal family was enjoying their lives. That made me desperate for power and to be at the top, so I trained harder, kept up with the hardship, learned to live with pain and by the fourth month of practice, I stopped fal
~Lyrielle~ “Snakes? You—what the hell is this training?” I demanded.“To erase your fear,” she responded, pointing to the second tub. One bite, one burns—both will forge you. Stand up and see.”I gulped visibly and stood, peering into the second tub, hoping it wasn’t worse. It was hot water, steami
Natty. It was the first time I’d ever heard their names, the first time they took turns speaking to me. “Here,” she stretched forth her hand for me to take. I had doubts at first about what could happen if I took it. I didn’t trust any of them but when she stretched it out longer, I took it and let
~Lyrielle~Six months. I didn’t see or hear from Arineth for six months. It was as if he had disappeared without a trace, leaving me behind in the abandoned building with the masked women. I knew he must have been communicating with them, but I got no response when I asked. It was as if they were tr