The Mad King's Mate
The betrayals, revenge and wars are what shaped us to what we are now as a species.
Powerful, resistant, able to rise from the darkest times.
Phoenix.
She hums. “Ugly’s an understatement. Burnings, executions, silver chains…” She shudders, wings flicking. “Humans are so dramatic.”
Her fingers toy again with the charm at her neck. The crystal pendant catches the sunlight. I’d bought it at the festival from a rather odd merchant who swore it would “ward off iron sickness”.
When we got back, I broke the crystal into a Pip-sized pendant and tied a string to it. The green tint has faded from her wings, but they still shimmer faintly wrong under the light. As long as she didn't put much strain on