Caught In The Shadow King's Web のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

I clutched the hospital files the doctor handed to me as I departed the area and refused to glance at my numb legs.The scenery blurred into each other as the car sped down the road and tears filled my eyes.I sniffed and blinked them off before they had a chance to fall down.I wasn't going to wallow in grief over my lost legs.Not until after I had the chance to see the elders and explain my absence.I gritted my teeth as the frustration of losing my cell phone gnawed at me.The hospital lines to the palace barely got through and when one eventually did it was brutally silenced.Uncle would be so worried and even more shocked when he sees the state I was in.I pressed the ball of my hands against my eyes and stifled another stream of tears from coming out.The doctor said there was a thirty percent chance I was able to recover my legs.Thirty percent was too little to hold on to but I clung tightly to that h]ope.And if I didn't regain my legs, I was just going to make do with life

"Stabbing yourself was a very bad idea, Sera.Is that how badly you don't want to help your dear Uncle?Remember how I took care of you."As my eyes struggled to come back to focus, memories assaulted me. How much I clung to him after losing my parents, how he defended me from Mirabel and the rest of the pack.The nights when I stayed up late weeping and he was there–offering a kind word, a smile and a glass of milk that lulled me back to sleep.I pressed my eyes shut and winced from the ache in my heart."You're nothing but a two faced conniving bastard who took advantage of a young girl who had just lost her parents!”"Conserve your strength darling, you're headed to your new home.I had to personally escort you to make sure you didn't pull any more stunts.Thankfully, the dagger missed the vital organs.”It was then I became fully aware of my surroundings, aware of the stabbing pain that threatened to swallow me up again, to my hands and feet bound my stone cuffs that tightened wit

SeraThe scraping of the door as it was shut echoed in my ears and I was plunged into a darkness far greater than anything I had ever experienced.I prodded my chair forward, but I barely had any sense of direction.A foul scent that seemed to be wafting from all angles assaulted my nose and made my eyes water.I stopped. Exhaled heavily through my lips and stared at the space ahead.Nothing but darkness.I tried to move forward but this time my wheelchair refused to budge.I spun the wheels crazily but only the sound of something being ground greeted my ears.“Oh god.” I mumbled as the sound resembled the ones the street dogs made while they were cracking the bones tossed for them.Bones in the cave.For a moment, I was glad for the darkness. I could only imagine the type of things I was surrounded by.Seeing as my wheelchair had taken up a spot, I remained still, peering down at my fingers despite not being able to see them.Sweat soaked through the fabric of my dress as the minute

Sera The memories of the past days were a blur. I could faintly recall being turned over in my sleep, the faint jab of pain that travelled through my body from my abdomen. The occasional times my eyes were glued to the ceiling; unseeing while spoonfuls of porridge was forced down my throat. Every time it was over, I would fall back into a deep sleep that seems to drain all my energy and my mind would replay previous events. It kept replaying a particular one. The faithful night I walked into my parents room and found them dead in bed. The piercing scream that left my lips. It was all I could hear sometimes. After what seemed like an eternity and millions of days later, my eyes regained their focus and I rose from the bed. I dragged my fingers through my eyes, my lips spread in a deep yawn and I leaned against the headboard. It was almost like there was a sensor that alerted the maids that I was awake and they immediately rushed into the bedroom. “Good morning, Pri

SeraThe walk felt agonizingly slow.The woman who escorted me seemed to match her steps to the drop of the music.I clasped my hands in my lap, fingers twirling the silver bracelet around my wrists carefully as we closely approached the altar.Then I let my eyes wander to Alaric.I had felt his eyes on me the minute the doors were thrown open and made sure not to give him the satisfaction of returning the stare.But now, he was so close I couldn't help taking a glance at him.He moved to clasp his hand behind his back, powerful muscles rippling beneath the black suit he wore.I could still make out the shadows on him. They didn't flare like they always did, instead they settled around his body like bees enjoying a harvest of nectar.My wheelchair came to a stop with my eyes still pinned on him.The corner of his lips lifted in a smirk as our gazes clashed then he turned towards the officiating elder.The wedding began with a short preaching, the usual reminder of what marriage entail