DARIAN’S POVIt took three Guards to throw me into the cellar and they were quick to draw the door and lock it. The smell of decay and rotten meat set the tone for the dungeon and it was clear that they didn't prioritize cleaning down here.My breathing was disrupted by the snake still wrapped aroun
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HAZEL’S POVEveryone stopped in the halls and the housemaids retreated to their chambers after Gabe roared through the palace ordering everyone to call it a night. We stood in the hallway to Darian’s office and Gabe’s voice filled every square inch of the gigantic hallways and hundreds of rooms, it
“Darian fell in love with Ophelia when they were sixteen. She was that girl, the one that every guy drooled over, she was excessive in everything she did but also obsessed with Darian,”“But wait, did she die or not?” “Five years ago there was talk of a power struggle, the Council was hounding Dari
The painting on the wall was an immaculately detailed part of the Council. It was beyond anything I knew, that you could open a portal through a painting, step through it, and then appear in another place so far away from where you stood at the present moment.“My head hurts,” I said and poured myse
The first thing that hit me was the silence. I don't know why but I expected it to be buzzing with conversations and important people stressing through the halls but it was eerily quiet and the chilly gust of wind sweeping up my arms gave me goosebumps.“If you’re looking around for other people you
“Holy shit- Hazel, don't move!” I whipped my head up, stared him dead in the eye, and held in my scream. That was the suckiest advice I've ever heard. Of course, I'm not moving when I have a snake about to make me his next meal.“Gabe,” I whimpered when I felt it squeeze its long body around my leg
They were asking him to choose between me and his brother, the only person he’s had by his side since the day he was born.I backed away and saw in his eyes how his mind was reeling around the options, not who to choose but how to get the hell out of there. He looked at me and narrowed his eyes with