Writing Prompt #17--Banished

You’re carving glyphs into a client’s sniper rifle when a portal appears out of thin air. You ignore it as Queen [insert name] steps through with her personal guard and chief advisor. Once upon a time, she was a princess you rescued and fell in love with. While you were courting the princess, her father cock blocks you by marrying her off to some distant realm to cement an alliance. His reasons were threefold. You weren’t of noble blood. Using her to cement an alliance had more perks. And, he didn’t want you anywhere near the line of succession. See, you’re not a hero. You’re the court assassin—arguably the best who ever lived. A master of magic and murder, you’ve killed kings and commoners alike. Scared of what you might do in retaliation, the king had you arrested and banished to Earth. Now, almost ten years later, the queen comes groveling. A rival realm’s awakened some ancient army that’s conquered three realms so far . . . and hers is next. She needs you to end the threat
What happens next?

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Published on December 07, 2016 15:46 Tags: murdersaucesquare
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