Swallowed My Crown Novelas e Histórias

I turned back to the maiden who was whimpering now, the delicate green of her Anne of Green Gable's gown torn in places where my claws had perforated, the ugly red scratches on her face pooling a soft red. “You just wait you monster! Wait until the king gets here! Then you'll be nothing but cattle fodder for the mountain city farmers when he’s done with you!” The woman rasped, spitting in my direction but not daring to raise her eyes to my face. “I’m afraid a king is nothing but a big old bully without his crown Snow White, and guess whose crown this is?” I sang, twirling the shiny gold opal of the stone castle crown on the iron of one claw before settling it decidedly on my sparse-haired he

I whispered, knowing Kaiden would hear me as my hand wrapped around the crown, tearing it from the King’s head. The metal burned in my hand, but I held on tighter as I twisted, and the crown connected with the side of Cain’s face.

"The Crown! He's already using the Crown!" They hit the first roof with a bone-shattering crash.

There was no going back for me, there was no way out for me. “ Yes my king, I do.” The words spilled out despite my state. They were strong, heavy and loud. They made it clear with no doubt. The smile on Conri’s face could heal worlds. He stood from his knees then slowly lowered the crown. I closed my eyes, thinking he would just break my neck once and for all but I was in for a shock. As soon as the crown was placed on me, everything went away.

The voice of the woman came again, this time more calmly than before. “You have made the right choice Princess. You may now proceed to get your crown” she said, but I didn't see anything, even though I was in my wolf form. “Where is the crown? I can't see anything here.” I said to the voice, throwing my hands up in frustration and wondering what games she had up her sleeves this time around. “Look deeper” she said, and I caught my reflection in the water. I went close and lifted my paw to touch it, of course it did the same thing too but as soon as my hands touched the water, it parted and swallowed me.

For a moment, I hesitated. Then, with shaking resolve, I placed the crown upon my head. The metal settled against my hair, cold and unyielding. I stood there crowned but utterly alone. Luna in title. Broken in truth.

I stood. Blood poured from my chest, down my gown, across the floor. Damien stared at me. Confused. Afraid. I reached up and pulled the crown from my head. The fake Luna crown. The one that had bitten my scalp while wolves applauded my humiliation. I dropped it at his feet. It shattered like glass. The vision cracked. The old throne road returned in flashes. Golden light. Cassian shouting. Ben swearing. The Blade burning beneath my palm. Damien’s voice changed.

His signet ring, his shoe. “Why is your crown in that sand?” I asked. He smiled. A word escaped his lips before a belch interrupted him. I took the bottle of wine from him and placed it next to me. “Does it matter? The crown doesn’t want me. It doesn’t recognize me anymore,” “Or maybe you don’t recognize yourself anymore,” I muttered. It gained me a long stare, one I returned. Our eyes bored deeply into each other’s, and a deafening and tension filled silence filled the space between us.

“You should go. I have to get back to work.” I pulled it over my face, shutting them out. The world became dark and unbearably hot. Behind me, Bianca’s breathing suddenly turned sharp. “I’m so sorry—” she gasped. “You’re angry with me.” I turned instinctively. Bianca stumbled backward into a metal display stand. I reached for her, but Dante shoved between us and pulled her away. The force sent me into the brick wall. My forehead struck the hard frame inside the costume. Pain exploded behind my eyes.

I dropped beside them and pushed my hand over Raiken’s. Living tide rushed through Riven’s blood. It found no crown fragment. Only an empty space pulling everything inward. “He gave it back,” I said. Raiken looked through the broken floor. Below us, the first ocean opened its jaws. The returned fragment fell through the darkness like a black star. The creature swallowed it. Its vast body blazed blue. Every crown mark across the battlefield answered. Pain struck my forehead. The White Tide Crown formed above me, then shattered into light.