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All Chapters of The King’s Obsession: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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A horrid, foul smell rouses me. For a long moment, it's like I'm submerged, fighting desperately to reach the surface. And then consciousness knocks me square in the chest, and I'm sitting up, gasping for air. Violently coughing, I lean over, overwhelmed by the smell shrouding me, by the bitter taste rising up from the back of my throat. My body aches, muscles weak as I finally allow my eyes to crack open, bracing my arm up against the shadowy light. Looking up, I realise I'm in some kind of shallow hole. Trees surround it, roots creeping down through the dirt and into the hole I'm in, protruding unnaturally from the ground...Wait, are those really roots?
last updateLast Updated : 2022-02-02
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 ~Akara Staring blankly at the unfamiliar face in front of me, I try not to panic that I’ve spent two weeks unconscious under their roof. "So you're telling me you don't remember anything about the Azure Province?" I’m asked. I shake my head, squeezing my eyes shut as I rake back through the fog that’s concealing my memories. Each time I do so, I come back with nothing more than an ache between my temples. "No, I'm from the Jade Province,” I tell the man. He’s Meredith, the woman who woke me earlier’s husband. He’s a healer, named Alex, having walked in moments ago w
last updateLast Updated : 2022-02-10
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~Akara Shivering, I push the front door open with my shoulder, struggling not to make any noise and I move my stuff out to the carriage outside. I said my goodbyes to my family last night, who seemed reluctant at my idea to go to the Azure Province by myself, considering the last time I was there I got kidnapped. But I know I need to go, even if this early hour in the morning is somewhat painful. Marek doesn't know I'm alive, and I have a digging need within me to find him, and let him know what happened to me. Even if I'm still not exactly sure what's going on myself... 
last updateLast Updated : 2022-02-17
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~Akara It feels strange, returning here. The Blue Glass Inn, where it first started. I met Marek here, and part of me hopes we can be reunited here, also. It's unlikely, but it's a place to start, even if the memories are stained with the thought of Jessa. At least she won't have the courage to come back here and try to find me. And this weather helps keep anyone tracking us far in the distance... Nakoa seems reluctant to step out into the snow once we reached the Inn, eyeing it as I jump into it, reaching out my hand for her to follow. It's evening, lik
last updateLast Updated : 2022-03-15
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~Akara Snow laced wind whips against my face, as I nudge my horse on. It took me a day to prepare. Fran pointed me in the direction of someone who could lend us horses and enough gear to take us partially up the mountain. We also attained a map, which thankfully highlights that the Snow Demon territory is relatively close to the base of the mountain. Marek should be there. He will be there. "Do you have any idea how dangerous this is," Nakoa yells over the wind as we c
last updateLast Updated : 2022-03-18
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~Akara  It looks more frightening than I could have ever imagined.  It stands tall, scorpion like in it's appearance, with glossy white scales like ice. It has no eyes...In fact, it doesn't have a distinguishable face. But it doesn't need to have massive fangs and a drooling mouth to be terrifying. It's large tall curled up over it, with pincers that have Tai's unconscious body snagged around them.  There are no thoughts in my head as I start trudging through the snow toward it. I don't get very far, as a hand comes out to grasp my arm, yanking me back curtly.  "No...Akara no, that's not what you think it is,” Marek hisses. I blink
last updateLast Updated : 2022-03-22
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~Akara  No one spoke the entire way down the mountain.  By the time we made it back down to the Inn, we were all equally exhausted, and rattled after what happened with the Snow Demon. Nakoa nodded at us once we stepped inside, before slipping into her room. I don’t stop her, knowing she needs some time to decompress and come to terms with the fact that she nearly became a victim to an ancient Tani.  With legs like lead, I drag myself into my room, collapsing into the chair next to the bed. Marek lingers at the doorway. When Ms Grier sees him, she’s going to be in for a surprise.  "I can't believe you're alive,” he murmurs, resting against the doorframe. &nbs
last updateLast Updated : 2022-03-23
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~Akara My head rests against the wall of the carriage as it rocks unevenly over the unpaved path. "What can we expect there?" I ask, watching Nakoa who sits opposite me. She turns her attention from the window to me, looking tired. Her and I haven't spoken about her run-in with the Snow Demon, and I don't think she wants to. I think she just wants to be home. "The inside of the place has been mostly trashed. At least what Vaia's followers had access to," she notes, shuddering. Marek adjusts in the seat beside me. "Any guesses on where Tai went?"
last updateLast Updated : 2022-04-05
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~Akara I stare coldly at the door I once never thought twice about. Months ago, I never insisted on going into Tai's workshop. It wasn't because I wasn't interested in what he was doing, I just wanted him to have a place where he could be alone and do what he was best at. At that time, I never knew he could be hiding something from me in there. "Ready to go in?" Marek asks. He stands quietly beside me, having let stand and stare wordlessly at the door for the past couple minutes. Not once has he pushed me, knowing this is a process.
last updateLast Updated : 2022-04-06
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~Akara We all stand in the main part of the workshop, staring at the paper on the table. None of us want to touch it. There is no confirmation that whatever is in there will implicate Tai, and yet we all linger uncomfortably. If there is something in there, Zavian, Nakoa and I both are hesitant to reveal it, to taint the image of Tai that we all have. And all of this is because of what Evolet said right before she died. “Shall we read it?” Zavian asks, looking between us. Marek leans against the wall, not having said a word. He's been patient
last updateLast Updated : 2022-04-07
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