Patricia Wilson
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Perhaps as was to be expected, the temperature within the dining room dropped a few degrees after Alice gave her casual statement. Duchess Giselle still maintained a mostly normal expression, but the knights who were to serve as protectors were naturally fairly insulted by her insinuation. But they did not get the chance to say anything, the Duchess raising her hand to keep them in line. “You speak with a great deal of certainty, young Countess. Are you so sure that the Crown Princess will discover your…-
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A light throbbing prodded the back of Alice’s mind, a somewhat sore dryness stinging at the back of her mouth and throat. The uncomfortable sensations made her eyes slowly slide open, a somewhat sticky and crusty sensation marring the corners of her eyes as she forced them open. At first, everything in front of her was blurry and blinding, she couldn’t even make out any shapes. But after blinking a few times to get her eyes accustomed to light again, she could take in her surroundings. She was…
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Abigail’s gaze lingered on the door that Alice had shut behind as she left, her pupils trembling while her outstretched hand quivered. Her breath was caught in her throat for more than a handful of moments, clogging her throat with a burning sensation that crawled up the back of her head. Huff. Eventually, a breath that was many years overdue escaped her lungs, scattering several of the papers that still lingered on her desk. Her outstretched hand was pulled back so that she could rub her face and then…
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“Please follow me, Countess Vritara, the Crown Princess will see you now.” A maid bowed deeply to Alice, who finished the cup of tea she had been given and put it down before she got up from the couch. She’d arrived at the palace so early that Abigail had still been in the process of getting ready for the day so she had been guided to a salon so that she may enjoy some refreshments as she waited. Another maid, who had been quietly waiting in the back, stepped forward to clean away the tea as Alice…
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As was expected, silence dominated the underground training area after Gabriel spoke, his hand still gesturing towards the two blades that had been stabbed into the ground. The gazes of the two young girls alternated between the weapons and the bound Kaden, their pupils trembling for different reasons. Bellona was the first to move, be it because she mustered up her courage or because the anger inside grew too violent to contain. She clutched the handle of Gabriel’s sword and tugged on it desperately.…
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Gabriel strode away from the mansion, but he didn’t walk far. He found a spot in the courtyard where the trees grew freely and hid in a spot amongst them where he was hidden from all sides. “Karas, Takt Ka.” (Darkness, Mask Me.) “Karas, Aset Ka Hui Ka’e Taki.” (Darkness, Switch Me And My Mark.) The darkness lingering between the trees rose as he beckoned, washing over his body as it swallowed him. When it settled down again, Gabriel had disappeared from the estate, a small black dot…
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A somewhat unfamiliar ceiling greeted Gabriel as he opened his eyes, the canopy of the bed visible in the darkness. His lips were sore, and the scratches a bit below his ears were still itching. The sensations helped keep his mind clear even though he just woke up. There was a slight pressure on his chest, when he tilted his head slightly he could see Edith, the young orphan girl that Alice had been comforting when he arrived. The girl didn’t wake up no matter how long he and Alice kept kissing, but she…
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Alice felt the itch within expand outward, creeping along her limbs until it made her fingertips twitch. Granted, by the time it reached her fingers the itch had taken on a whole new meaning, it ate at her like fire. But she held herself back. Not yet, not just yet. “Then, my second question.” Gabriel had set several milestones for her in the past, goals she had to reach if she wanted him to answer whatever questions she had. Being officially acknowledged by the duchy, getting acknowledged by the…
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Alice gently stroke the girl’s hair as she looked at the closed door. The reports she’d received indicated that he would arrive today, as efficient and quick as always. She was still clad in the dress she wore to the investiture, a dress that had been many years in the making, just waiting for the day it could knock him out. The flickering lights of the candles danced across her face, her eyes occasionally turning as she thought back to the end of the investiture. Gabriel had left to join the…
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The inquisitors did their best to save or stabilize Karnaka, but they weren’t priests so they couldn’t manifest their healing powers. So, in the end, the only thing Karnaka could do was choke and drown in his own blood, never even getting to leave the chair he was tied to. “Curses!” Nerissa muttered a quiet curse through grit teeth as she looked at the slumped Karnaka. Their witnesses kept dying on them, be it through suicide, safety measures put in place by the ringleader, or other outside…
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