Such Sweet Sorrow (Entangled Teen) by Trout Jenny

Author:Trout, Jenny [Trout, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teen, jennifer armintrout, romeo and juliet, hamlet, romance, fairytale retelling, historical fantasy
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The warm, calm feeling of peace that enveloped Juliet the moment she crossed the threshold brought tears to her eyes. It was exactly the way she’d imagined mortal life would end, though she’d accepted, with her lifeblood flowing from her and onto Romeo’s unmoving form, that the loving embrace of paradise would not be hers.

This was what it should have been like, she reasoned. No fear. No agony or doubt. The welcoming arms of eternal peace, instead of the blank, emotionless void she’d woken to.

“What is this place?” Romeo asked behind her. His suspicion was an affront; how could he not see what a perfect place they had entered?

The sun shone down from a blue sky, and though cheerful white clouds drifted above, they never cast a cold shadow upon the ground. The grass beneath Juliet’s feet was the greenest she’d ever laid eyes upon, and it lay in a long, rectangular field surrounded on all sides by a stately colonnade. Souls draped in softly colored fabrics moved from the shade of the columns to a large central fountain. The water sparkled pure gold, and just the sight of it made Juliet’s mouth water.

“I’m so thirsty,” she murmured, shaking free of Romeo’s grip on her hand. A few of the pastel-clad souls looked up, their faces serene and radiant, the way Juliet imagined angels must look.

“Hail friend, you are most welcome here,” one of them, a woman with golden hair in ringlets piled atop her head, said as Juliet approached the fountain.

“What is this place?” Hamlet was behind Juliet, and his voice startled her. She had forgotten all about his presence. Everything felt so right in this place, not at all like the bleak emptiness of Sheol.

In fact, it felt so right to Juliet that Romeo and Hamlet seemed…wrong. She wanted them to leave, so she could experience this place on her own, as a soul in communion with the others. The glittering fountain beckoned. A few of the people lounging on the grass or strolling the colonnade held crystal goblets, and they sipped the golden liquid from them.

If the beautiful blond woman was disturbed by the presence of the two living men in her realm, she did not show it. She smiled kindly at Hamlet and told him, “You have come to Elysia, traveler. Rest your weary heart here and be healed.”

“Elysia?” Hamlet sounded as though he didn’t believe the woman. “The plane reserved for mortal relations of the gods?”

If Juliet had a corporeal face, it would have flamed with embarrassment. To think that he would question someone who spoke with such authority, a denizen of this holy place, it was… well, it was arrogant and absurd. Hamlet may have been a prince in Midgard, but here, in the Afterjord, he was no better than anyone else.

“Becalm yourself,” the golden-haired woman urged Juliet with a knowing smile. “The secrets revealed to you in death have yet to enlighten him. I can tell you’re one of us.”

“Mm?” Hamlet chewed his thumbnail.

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