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XVII – A Hymn to Redemption
As the handmaiden continues to envelop the Princess in her arms with her entire body slightly rocking back and forth over and over again to soothe her crying… until the younger girl’s trembling faintly stills, she knows.
(As Eden hears the young girl sobbing and crying her heart out so hard that her voice practically breaks off and eventually dies down into the tiny whimpers, hiccupping here and there with the barest traces of sniffles…
The sound was breaking her heart too, bit by bit, and Eden thinks she might be crumbling alongside her mistress as well.
There were silent tears and dripping blood still streaking down her highness’ pale face as she coughs and hiccups so badly, which Eden shushes and wipes away with her hands, gently brushing her fingers thr
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Corruption XVIII
XVIII – The Concept of Mercy When the Princess was way much younger, she often dreams of dying (with the idea of staying dead still fresh in the back of her mind) whenever she wakes up screaming her lungs out in odd hours of the night. No one hears. No one comes. Back then, she didn’t mind. Back then, she thinks she was better off that way… let no one see or hear just how much her stepmother had gotten under her skin because at least, in the safety of her chambers, she can pretend that she was still whole and unbreakable, strong, still in control. (She was wrong.) Because all along, the Princess would have been fooling no one but herself if she claims outright that she had come out unscathed when her stepmother had poisoned her when she was
Corruption XIX
XIX – After the Rain Jin Sanscroft’s fingers ghosted through the fine velvet that the ribbon was made of as he admired it in the dim glow of the candlelight. It was the shade of a rich, dark purple, glimmering so prettily as he turned it amongst his fingers this way and that–the color of royalty as one of his old tutors from the North had told him–soft and silky to the touch, rippling like molten lilac in his hand. He would have been so pleased at how well it turned out but… He had missed Aria’s birthday. But that’s okay, he thinks, trying to look on the bright side, looking over at the silver chest filled with books (mostly novels and collections of poetry he had bought that he knows she’ll like) sitting on the top of his bed in their home in the South, a fond smile tugging gently at the corner of his lips just at the thought of his friend.
Corruption XX
XX – Cauterize the wound Jin still hasn’t come back. And Aria… has never felt so exposed, added by the knife-like feeling of humiliation, of feeling less-than human in her infuriatingly short and miserable life before, during and even hours after the ‘examination’ (for a lack of a better term) and although the Princess was more than aware that Eden had only nothing but her best interests at heart, the experience was just as life-scarring as it is. She knows Eden’s mother–is Mrs. or was it Doctor Brighton the proper name to refer to? –was not even at fault too and had been doing her job and moral duty to a patient and to her princess but Aria, no matter how irrational, how petty, and childish… she still couldn’t find it in her to quell the licks of fiery resentment bubbling up on her chest. &nb
Corruption XXI
XXI – Letters to Death Winter turns to spring and it turns to summer, summer turns to autumn, autumn turns to winter again in the seasons’ hour glass. The cycle continues on and on and on. On and on, it spins. * * * * * A year had passed by since then and the young Princess of the Northern Kingdom has practically grown up to become an infamous beauty throughout the land of ice and snow as the fairest just as the Queen’s mirror had foretold the girl shall come to be. But be warned for her beauty is a kind of beauty that only a wildfire can possess, for it can only be admired from a safe distance. Snow-like skin and ebony hair with blood red colored eyes.
Corruption XXII
XXII – The Rightful Heir The next morning, Princess Aria very nearly crushed the delicate porcelain teacup she had been holding in her hand when she heard from her father during breakfast that Sir Edward of House Sanscroft has passed away in his sleep peacefully last night. And so, out of respect for Sir Edward Sanscroft–and to her father–Aria forced herself to attend the morning meal (despite wanting to get the hell away from there as soon as possible, run to Jin’s arms and mourn with him, she'll allow herself to mourn for Sir Edward herself behind closed doors much, much later because right now, her friend needs her more than ever) and listen to King Arion lament of his friend’s past endeavors and bravery during the entire meal. Her father looked like he was this close to tears but managed to keep it together as he hold his chin up as proud as any k
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XXIII – Danse Macabre Darkness was the first thing he sees. Everything was black, nothingness. Jin blinked. Why was everything so dark? Confused, he blinked again. And that was when the world righted itself once more when he found that he was somehow, in some way… lying in the middle of a garden filled with the choicest of flowers that the earth could ever behold. Pink, yellow, white, blue, violet, and red… Each and every single one of the flowers around him seemed to dance to the invisible tune of a soft, summer breeze. Blinding s
Corruption XXIV
XXIV – The Monster When Jin finally came to, he was surprised to find himself lying on a bed in one of their many guest-rooms that was located in the… upper floors–still feeling a little dizzy but all the more better than he remembered earlier. His wounds were already cleaned and bandaged from what he can tell as he began to sit up, careful to not make a sound. Confused, Jin looked around the room… only to find the Princess of the kingdom on a lone settee in a far corner of the room, a few meters away from where he was with her head a bit turned away. Her expression told him that the Princess was strangely but not unusually distracted, probably lost in her own thoughts–which was normal, she was usually like that after all but she–she was literally staring blankly at the doorway, her posture slack
Corruption XXV
XXV – Of Silver tongues and bloodstains Hand in hand, the Princess and her knight had just stepped out of the top of the main staircase where they noticed that the infernal storm that had been raging since was finally beginning to disperse through the large windows. Any moment, the sun will rise. . . . Without a word, Princess Aria’s head suddenly snapped to the left, her eyes widening and before she could even open her mouth to warn him, Jin quickly pushed the Princess down to the floor, his body draping over hers just as bullets riddled the wall behind them with tiny holes. “Good reflexes,” she said, laughing. “Shut it,” he snapped. Cradling the Princess protectively underneath his
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