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Each Minor Arcana is governed by an element. Wands are fire, Swords air, Coins earth, and Cups water. The cards Two all the way through King of each suit have their own unique properties…but the Ace? That’s the beginning. The primordial essence of the suit.
“Which means, as a noble and future High Lady of a clan, she is more than eligible not only to join the academy late, but also to be my future bride.”
When they call your name, you’ll go before the Arcanum Chalice and they’ll give you a simple three-card spread, with each card representing a different aspect of your future. Then, you’ll pick what part of your future to give up.” “Give up?” Skirts echoes, leaning back. Her brow furrows. “What…what do you mean?” She has a soft voice and kind eyes. Neither is going to help her much here. I lock eyes with her. “This is Arcana Academy. Your future is your tuition.”
I hope it is all to your liking. Now show me what my bride can do.
Sigh
A smirk arcs across his lips, and Kaelis tilts his head slightly. “Shall we go and formally introduce you to your other Major brethren, Fortune?”
“How many wounds do you have that you just let bleed, Clara?”
Love me, hate me, but only look at me like my existence sets you on fire…
“I doubt the world around me. I fear what I can’t control. But I do not doubt myself, and I do not fear the one thing I have power over: me.” I bring the blade to his throat. “But, but…I took away your ability to fight.” “I don’t need to know how to fight to end you. It doesn’t take skill to kill a man on his knees.” I drag the tip of the weapon across his cheek. The Five of Swords won’t vanish until it tastes blood. Now I can dismiss it at will. “Yield, or die.”
“You consume my every waking moment. Devour my thoughts. You’ve poisoned my halls with your scent. Flooded my dreams to the point that I cannot tell if it is a delight or a nightmare to want to drown in you. If you hate me, then hate me, let us be eternal rivals. Let any future where you and I are more than enemies finally be done and gone.
“Hate you. Love you. But I can’t be nothing to you.”
“If you give yourself to me, I will take it all. Now. Time and again. I will not be gentle.”
“Look at me with those deep crimson eyes. Look at me with all the hate you can manage and then some to hide the fact that you love me, and me alone.”
“I’m worried about you,” he chokes out. The room goes silent, and all I hear is him. I can feel the fear that furrowed his brow the other night at dinner. That had him holding me tightly throughout the night. “If this fails, if it doesn’t go according to plan, I don’t know if I can protect you this time. As pathetic as my last attempt was…”
“Put her with her sister.”
