Cursed Crown by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub

9 Svetlana

Cienna didn't look as scared as she should, which annoyed Svetlana. Why wasn't she screaming? Why wasn't she trying to get away?

She dragged the other woman down a corridor that was completely in shadow, and pushed her against the wall, not caring about the dirt that was messing up the gold of the other woman's dress. It wasn't like she'd be needing it again. Cienna started to struggle, kicking at Svetlana's shins, but really being more of an annoyance than managing to get free.

"What is it about you?"

"What?" Cienna choked out past the arm that Svetlana had pressed against her throat.

"You have two royals after you. What's so special?"

"I don't have two royals after me."

"Xavier and Henry." Cienna laughed bitterly in response.

"I don't know a Henry, and Xavier doesn't want me, he wants my power." A defiant look passed through her eyes, angering Svetlana.

"He's not the only one." She smiled wickedly, readying the words that she needed in her head. She'd originally planned on draining Xavier first, but with the opportunity in front of her, she could hardly pass it up. And Cienna radiated something, though she couldn’t put her finger on what that was. It didn’t matter. She was going to be feeling great after she'd drained Cienna, and her life force wells would be unrivalled.

She started saying the words in her head but only got to the second one when something hit her side, sending her tumbling to the floor. Cienna dropped next to her, clutching at her throat with her hand and gasping for breath. But Svetlana ignored her, paying attention to the dark-haired girl who knocked her over. There was nothing special about her at all, but that didn't mean anything, not when she'd managed to get one up on Svetlana.

"Cienna, run," the woman half-shouted.

Cienna scrambled to her feet, but instead of running away like Svetlana expected her to, she stumbled towards them.

"Kayla..."

"Go. Head west. Maddy says it will be fine," the woman said.

Svetlana took advantage of her distraction and moved so that she'd be able to capture the woman while she wasn't paying attention. She didn't have the same glow about her that Cienna did, nor the couple that she'd drained before she'd come to the ball. Maybe there was something in that.

"But..."

"Go, find him. Maddy says you need to find him."

Svetlana grabbed the woman's wrist and was surprised when she didn't even try to fight back, she didn't even take her eyes off Cienna. The woman in the gold dress nodded once and started running towards where Svetlana assumed the entrance to the palace was. She didn't know, things like doors weren't important to her.

"How does it feel knowing your friend abandoned you?" Svetlana sneered, pulling the woman around until she was facing her. Yet the woman didn't look scared in the slightest.

"She's not abandoned me. She's doing what needs to be done."

"You really believe that?" Svetlana laughed. The poor deluded fool.

"Yes."

Svetlana considered for a moment. She had planned on just draining the woman, and then going after Cienna, but maybe this was a good time to try something different.

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