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Chapter 7: An Execution In Disguise

Author: Justin Lights
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-08 16:44:43

Lyria's POV

Ever since the king’s announcement this morning, time ran so fast, like a fugitive who was just spotted and chased through the wilderness. Still, I couldn't help but envy it.

I wished I could vanish the same way—slipping through the cracks of this temporary prison, away from the cruel fate that awaited me.

But escape was impossible. The cell I was thrown into was heavily guarded, its iron bars a constant reminder of the death sentence disguised as a trial.

The king’s declaration and the head enforcer's explanation of it did not stop flickering in my head all day. I had been sentenced to the Blood Trials. A fight for survival. A battle I was destined to lose. The truth had settled into my bones like poison, spreading through every inch of me, making me weak with dread.

Worry skirted the edges of my mind throughout the day, wrapping itself around me like a noose, pulling tighter with each passing hour. It clouded my thoughts so much that I failed to realize night had al
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