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I storm to my room, feeling embarrassed and humiliated. He took me to his room while I was sleeping. Vesta is quite happy inside me. Ughhhh, I am so angry. I want to burn things. I want to destroy something.
I bathe and get dressed for the day. When I step out of the bathroom, the bre
-HIM-“What did she do this time?” I ask Euclio, my general. I and all my ministers are present in the courtroom. Currently, we’re discussing Ishtar’s advancement. She tried to enter Zaeris again last night but failed miserably.“She tried to break the high wal
-HER-I wake up with a start when I feel a searing pain on my neck. It’s burning me from inside, making me want to claw the skin out of the place. I groan when the pain increases when I try to move.My eyes flutter open. My vision is blurry. I blink a couple of times be
-HER-I feel a new found confidence and power filling me as I sit up straight and tip my chin high. Vesta is taking charge. She is doing what she always wanted to do.“I am willing,” I tell him sternly while looking him in the eye.
-HER-What did I do?What did I get myself into? I wasn’t supposed to do it. I swore to him that I’ll never be his queen yet I wore the crown myself. I swore to be the queen of Zaeris, his companion in ruling this huge kingdom. What was I thinking? Why didn’t I stop myself
HER-I lie in the darkness by his side. After I cried in his arms, we retired to bed. He seems to be fast asleep beside me. One of his strong and heavy arms is draped around my waist as if to make sure I am by his side. I am lying on my side while his front is pressed against my back. His nose is buried in my hair.
-HER-Collecting all the courage that I have inside me, I peek inside the well. That’s when I feel a cold and rough hand pulling me inside the well. A glass shattering scream leaves my lips as the gravity pulls me deeper into the well.Darkness surrounds me as I get swallowed deeper i
-HIM-As soon as her eyes flutter shut, a roar escapes past my lips. I mindlink Haestus to tell Cylindrus, my health and welfare minister, to send me his finest healer. Rey becomes restless inside me while I am eaten away by guilt and shame as I see the blood drain out of her body.I examin
-HER-After some moments, I find myself peeking inside the well just like yesterday. A rough and cold hand pulls me inside before I am sucked inside the well by the gravity.This time, I fall willingly.