A Darkness Found by T K White

Author:T K White [White, T K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732771918
Published: 2018-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

It wasn’t long before Grishelda discovered exactly what the king meant. As she left the carriage for solid ground, something soft and squishy hit her squarely in the chest. She looked down to see a pulpy red stain splotched across her new dress. Another tomato struck Theo next to her. People were throwing their produce, their actual produce, at them. He was king. How could something like this be allowed?

Shouts came from the gathered crowd, who filled the cobblestoned road.

“Take your whore back to where she came from!”

“We’re still in mourning! How dare you bring her here!”

“Mourning?” Grishelda ducked as something else flew past her head and splattered the carriage behind her.

Sorrow filled Theo’s expression, and his shoulders sagged. “My former wife . . . the people still haven’t gotten over her death.”

It seemed as if the people themselves were the ones who lost a spouse. They might as well have had pitchforks, ready to attack.

“She’s not our queen, and she will never be!”

I don’t want to be your queen anyway. The young witch wished she could scream her thoughts at them. But that might lead to them really attacking her. Fighting the impulse, she stayed silent beside the king.

Theo held out his hands. “My people, please.”

As he spoke his angry subjects down, Grishelda’s thoughts raced through their conversation in the carriage. She clenched her fists, trying to calm the waves of anger cresting inside of her. The only reason the king wanted her by his side was because he thought she could handle facing a horde of angry subjects. And he was right. But she wouldn’t make this easy for him.

“That’s why you chose me. You knew your people would hate me. ‘Someone who doesn’t give up in the face of hardship,’” Grishelda mocked. “That’s what you said to me.”

Although the angry mob had settled down, returning to their business lining the road, Grishelda picked up her skirts and marched herself right back into the carriage. Theo followed.

“Grishelda, please.”

She whirled around and pushed him back out. “You lied to me. You let me walk straight into a den full of wolves with no warning, no preparation. I’m humiliated. You said we were equal partners. But partners don’t lie to each other. They don’t withhold important information from the other.”

“If you would just let me explain—”

“You can walk home.” And with that, Grishelda shut the door in the king’s face.

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