Fractured Glory: Rise of the Dreads Series by Loren Hart & YD La Mar

Author:Loren Hart & YD La Mar [Hart, Loren & La Mar, YD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Amira

I awoke to the strangest dream. My body moved, but I didn’t control it as it did.

“Yes, I want to offer myself for the games at the Midsummer Festival in the name of the Intellect Dynasty. I will be our champion at The Chaos Games and represent the Intels with class and dignity,” my voice said. The words came from my mouth but I’d not uttered them.

This wasn’t a dream at all.

The King stared at me and then at the man beside me.

“Our champions have only been men in the past. What makes you think a peasant woman like yourself would stand any sort of chance against the other nations?”

“I can answer that for you, your majesty,” came a voice from beside me.

It was the asshole who came up with this whole plan. I glanced down and noticed the pinky finger on his right hand brushed the back of my left. Somehow, his touch enabled him to take control of my body. I felt like I was sitting back in a separate room, watching everything unfold.

“Go on,” the king waved his hand. His face was full of impatience and in my periphery all I could see were the king’s guards surrounding him in this opulent throne room.

“My wife here is only half-intel, so she’s not as intelligent as the rest of us. However, her hybrid power will give her the upper hand, and she’s a sworn citizen of the Intel Dynasty.”

“What is this hybrid power she wields?” The King asked.

The scourge beside me placed his free hand over his chest and shook his head slightly. “My king, in order for this to work, we will have to omit that information for the time being—in case there are spies. You understand.”

“Spies?”

“Yes, my King.”

“You think the Intel Dynasty, with all of our intellectual capability, could actually be fooled by spies from other kingdom-territories?’

“My king, the Emperor Supreme rules the world, but you head the greatest kingdom in that world. Is it not possible the other kingdom-territories would be so threatened by our intellectual prowess that they’d send others to find out how we plan to win? The other kingdom-territories would hate to see a member of our society with the chance to rule over them.”

The King rubbed his chin.

I’d never seen him before, only hearing his name whispered on the lips of the commoners. It was said he used to travel down from his throne and visit his lands consistently, until he became the age of forty-five. From there, only gossip and rumors circulated about him, but nothing concrete was proven.

I never paid much attention since surviving the next week with my family was my number one priority.

“You’ve given me a very interesting proposition…”

“Ebrim, sire. Ebrim Hunt of Yarrin.”

Yarrin? What was he doing—

“Yarrin? You’ve traveled a long way to make this proposition. And what guarantees do I have that if she wins The Chaos Games, she won’t seek to make wholesale changes to the Intels? She’s only half-intel as you say.”

“On her mother’s side, my King.

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