The Blood on the Paper

Cressida's pov The note was on my pillow when I woke up.I had not heard anyone enter and I had not felt anyone near and I had not sensed anything wrong. But there it was. A folded piece of paper, crisp and white, with my name written on the front in red ink. The ink was dark and it was thick and it looked like blood. The letters were uneven and jagged and they seemed to pulse in the dim morning light.My heart stopped and my hands started shaking and my breath caught in my throat. The frost was already spreading across my skin and the cold was already deepening in my chest and the fear was already rising. I reached for the note and my fingers were trembling and my skin was cold and my mind was racing.I unfolded the paper and the words were sharp and the letters were jagged and the message was clear.You are not safe.No one is safe.Run while you still can.I stared at the words and the frost spread across my skin and the cold deepened in my chest and the fear rose in my heart. The

The Collapse

Lucian's pov The council chamber doors slammed behind me and the sound echoed off the stone walls and the torches flickered and the tapestries moved.I leaned against the wall and my hands were shaking and my vision was blurring and my stomach was churning. The meeting had been brutal and the elders had been relentless and the pressure had been crushing. But that was not the worst of it. The worst of it was the sickness that had been building in my body for days. The nausea that had been creeping and the weakness that had been spreading and the pain that had been growing. It had started as a dull ache in my chest and it had grown into something sharp and consuming and relentless.I pressed my hand to my chest and the curse pulsed beneath my skin and the pain radiated through my veins. The curse had been with me for fifteen years and I had learned to live with it and I had learned to ignore it and I had learned to push through it. But this was different. This was worse. This was somet

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The Blood on the Paper

The Collapse