Blood & Magic Eternal: An Epic Dystopian Fantasy by Jessaca Willis

Author:Jessaca Willis [Willis, Jessaca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessaca Willis
Published: 2022-04-05T23:00:00+00:00

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LIKE FATHER, UNLIKE SON

Not soon after I've locked Charlotte back into her cell do I feel her absence.

The way she'd looked at me when we were in the throne room has left a lingering ache somewhere deep in my soul. I've never seen that look on anyone else before. That despair. That sense of utter helplessness to the life that you want but for some reason can't seem to attain. Even the humans I’ve fed upon have never shared such a glimpse of their misery with me. Not a single one has ever begged me for death.

What does it say about Charlotte and what she's endured that she was the first?

Despite never having seen someone look so miserable and lost and broken, I recognized it all the same. Because I’ve been there. I’ve felt that way myself, on more occasions than I’d like to admit.

Hiding behind the tall, sharp edges of my cape, I leave her inside her cell and go to the one beside it. I give my guards instructions to grab the next group of new arrivals for my father's inspection before turning for the exit. I need to get away from her, to clear my head—

"Psst. Prince Malachi? A word?"

Down the corridor, I find my Aunt Fox with her head pressed against the bars.

This is the last thing I need right now, but she catches me in a bad mood and so, rather than ignoring her and continuing out the dungeon, I signal for Crimson Guards to leave with the prisoners without me and I storm to Fox’s cell.

Seeing what's left of her hacked fingers wrapped around the iron makes me grateful for the empty stomach, and I avert my attention to her slightly-less miserable face.

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