Poison Fairies - The Landfill War by Luca Tarenzi

Author:Luca Tarenzi
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: fantasy, fairies, urbanfantasy
ISBN: 9788899216115
Publisher: Acheron Books
Published: 2014-12-10T23:00:00+00:00

9

For the umpteenth time Verdigris sat up and pushed her back against the wall, quite unable to remain lying down despite being very tired. Her last bit of strength had been used pacing up and down in the cell for what seemed like an eternity, but actually sleeping was quite impossible.

What could the time be? Had the sun already risen in the world outside?

She placed her hand on her damp forehead, feeling a mixture of sweat and mud. She no longer even felt revolted at how she must look. She turned her head, feeling as if her bones were sandpaper. Fever. She probably had a fever, a side effect of her body fighting off Livid's toxic saliva.

In the darkness, the only slither of artificial light came from under the door. She tried to find the bite on her shoulder, feeling carefully. Her skin was badly swollen, aching every time she moved. Even without everything else, this wound would have made sleeping impossible.

She half-wondered if the king had reprimanded his executioner for having poisoned the Sluagh who was so important to him.

The room in the Cells where Livid had placed her wasn't even that small - seven paces on the longest side, with the ceiling high enough that she could stand upright - and the bed of paper towels was actually quite comfortable. But, it was a prison; her nightmare turned real.

She clenched her fists and pushed them against her temples. She'd always known it would end like this. It was inevitable that the king would end up hiding her away in some hole for the rest of her life, just like a precious object one only gets out when it is needed. She'd known as much from the very first time she chose to follow Needleye.

In the end, Needleye always made everything about her.

Her decisions changed everything. Her fits of rage. Her enthusiasm. Her doubts. Her fears. Needleye did something, anything, and she dragged the fate of all the others with her, with the power of inevitability.

Thus it had always been. They'd known each other since childhood because Needleye always spent time with the tribe's orphans. Her mother, the king's second wife, had died when Needleye was but a baby, and her father had found little time and patience for his children. The king had kept Albedo at his side out of necessity. He was his first born and the son of his first wife, meaning one day he would inherit the throne. Needleye was a different story and the king had little idea what to do with her, generally leaving her to go and do whatever she wished.

Verdigris could no longer recall what had made her and the domineering, quarrelsome princess - that little child ignored by her family - first become friends. It had probably just happened as it does when children choose each other.

Little Goblin orphans were plentiful in the Landfill. Their parents might have died in battle, from the cold or in a hunting accident. Perhaps the seagulls had taken them.

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