Kingdom Hearts 2 Vexen Novels & Stories

"I've just seen him at events. He likes attention, not secrets." Her words sounded rehearsed, and a slight tremble betrayed her nerves. Queen Vivian's eyes narrowed as she looked between Aurora and us. “Enough. This is not the time to turn suspicion inward when the threat may lie outside our walls.” Just then, the door opened. A healer entered and bowed nervously. "Your Majesty," he said, holding up a small vial of dark liquid. "We've identified the poison." "What is it?" Mother asked. “A rare extract. Wolfsbane laced with nightshade, refined into a toxin I’ve only ever read of. It’s called Umbral Draught. Only alchemists in the realm would even know how to prepare it.”

She wore a black velvet dress and she had her shoulders raised in pride like she believed the whole world owed her everything. “I am Liora Vexen” she said in a cool tone, as she knelt down, her breath brushing slightly against my face, “I am the future Luna of this pack.” My heart picked up its pace. “I see the way you look at him.” She whispered, smiling mischievously. “you are a pathetic little thing who dares to dream.” “I….I didn't” I croaked, trying to explain.

Like he hadn't just been standing there shaking with his head down. A pause. Then Syris's voice through the speaker. Quiet and dry like always. "I wasn't aiming for you, Varek." A small rattling sound. A laugh maybe. "I want my queen back." Another pause. Slower. Heavier. "How does it feel... knowing everyone who gets close to you ends up in pieces?" Varek said nothing. The lights hummed. Watching his back from the table. The stillness of it. The way his hand holding the phone had gone white at the knuckles.

“No. I won’t.” Valen’s red eyes flashed. “Then you’ll always be half a queen. Half a weapon. Half a disaster waiting to happen.” “Better half than whole monster,” Luna shot back. Valen was silent for a moment. Then he smiled. “Good. Fire. Your mother had that too, before she ran.” He waved a hand. The symbols on the floor lit up. Red and silver at the same time. “Show me,” he commanded. “Show me what happens when both bloods wake.”

Hayate caught her as she arched. A symbol burned across her chest. Not Orochi’s serpent. A crescent moon inside a wave. Shigure stared. The heart was divided. Raiken looked at me. One part in the island. I looked at Kiyomi. One part in her. The crown on my head warmed. A final line appear ed beneath the coordinates. TO OPEN THE KINGDOM, BRING BOTH HEARTS TO THE FIRST TIDE. Below it, another message formed in my own handwriting. DO NOT LET RAIKEN REMEMBER WHO PLACED THE SECOND HEART.

I accept this as a draw. "My name," I say, to the table, to the universe at large, "is Sera. Not Serafina, not Seraphina, not Serpentina, not Seraphew. Sera. I have said this approximately one hundred times today and I will continue saying it for as long as necessary."

“As you have already figured out, I am your mysterious benefactor. The entire mess outside would have been easily avoidable had you not let your pride get the better of you. But that is not what’s important here. I am here for an issue I need thoroughly investigated. After all, you hold the most powerful force in this city. You can get the information that no one else can. I need all the information on an accident that happened five years ago outside Creedmoor City Hospital involving a couple named Zach Garrett and his wife Rachel Kent. I need everything you can get on the perpetrators, the masterminds, and anyone else involved in the accident.” “This issue is of utmost importance so no one

The dimly lit bar was a sanctuary for the weary and the wicked alike. The air was thick with the scent of aged whiskey and the low hum of conversation, punctuated by the occasional clink of glasses. Chase Almonte leaned against the polished mahogany counter, swirling the amber liquid in his glass, his mind racing with thoughts of revenge. He had always been a man of ambition, but lately, that ambition had twisted into something darker, fueled by a burning hatred for his niece, Desire.