Cruel Legends by Miller Addison

Author:Miller, Addison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2023-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

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A vision plagued my mind last night. It was the one I’ve feared of for so long, the one that always resurrected adoration but sorrow in me. I was back in the Heiress Court, and I was about fourteen. Hiraeth was being kidnapped by the Soliar guards because I was stubborn and refused to marry the Prince. it turned into this scarring, messy ordeal, but just before it got even worse, Cyrus came in and saved us all. He spoke rationally with his parents and saved my family from distress and war.

This marriage is about creating allies, he had said. And there we were, tearing each other apart because of a little disagreement between two young teenagers. All I want is her happiness.

And after that, I had fallen for the Prince. That’s when our relationship had started and would continue for what we hoped would be forever.

Until he died, and I was kidnapped.

What about that dream makes it so unbearable? Perhaps because my sister was in danger, or maybe it’s because the love I felt for Cyrus then is the same burning passion now. And both of them are gone: Hiraeth betrayed me, and Cyrus is dead. Losing the ones I fought so hard for is what makes the dream unbearable. I never want to have to experience it again. Perhaps that’s what has driven me to do what I must in the Helcast Court, as vile as it may be.

When I woke up, I was back in the Helcast Court, just as I should’ve been, but the dream was so vivid that I remember it as if it were yesterday. But I recall the feeling more than the actual scene. When I woke up, a single tear pooled in my eye and rolled down my cheek and onto my lips: the lips he used to kiss.

* * *

After the vision that plagued my mind last night, I debate visiting Gavril, as I haven’t spent much time with him recently. But the image of Cyrus flashes through my mind and I’m guilty. He deserves so much better. I shouldn’t forget him so easily.

I will see Gavril soon, I promise, but not now. Not until my guilt has subsided.

A scarf is wrapped around my shoulders, carefully covering up my undergarments: a cream shirt that flows like a dress but cuts off at my waist and matching baggy pants that cut off at my calves. I know I should’ve changed before embarking on my little walk, but most of the other people who would roam the castle are in class, so the hallways are empty. Not even ghosts are awake.

I keep Nyx in my hand at all times, not even bothering to strap the sheath to my upper leg and placing it in there.

I roam familiar parts of the castle, and I’m not even sure where I’m heading. For the most part, I’ve memorized the castle, and I’m easily beginning to fit in. I cross into another hallway and immediately spot a room encased in glass with lines of books on each wall.

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