The Villian's Princess: A Dark Retelling of Romance and Horror by Abby McCormick

Author:Abby McCormick [McCormick, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-29T04:00:00+00:00

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A KNOCK ON THE DOOR stirred him. Glancing out the window, he saw the sun beginning to set. It was time.

Daisy still slept.

Gareth hurried to the door, aiming to open it quietly so as not to disturb her. She needed rest.

“Tell Lord Cedric, I’ll be ready in a few minutes. I want you here at all times. Do not leave her. If something happens to her, expect me to be waiting.”

Stryx nodded and went back into position at the door.

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HE WATCHED BENEATH THE light of the full moon, as the wall of dead skulked toward the growler. They latched on to the gigantic wooden mass, even as water flung at them, and the rungs of the water wheel knocked some of their bones off into the streaming river.

Still, they persisted.

Before long, a hundred fleshless beings swarmed the strong wooden monument, the weight causing deep croaking sounds to rise from the structure.

A resounding thump rang out in the night as the namesake of Noria was dislodged and rolled into the river, crashing amongst the rocks beneath.

Trumpets blared and torches lit on the castle of his enemy. Yelling sounded in the distance. Gareth pulled his sword from its sheath. He looked to Lord Cedric on his right.

“She’ll never forgive me.”

“She doesn’t have to.”

With that, the Dread Sovereign watched as his skeletal army started climbing the walls of Noria.

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