Midnight Blue

by L.J. Shen

wished he didn’t look like an angry god and write like a tortured poet. It would have made hating him so much easier.

Know what the difference is between you and me, Stardust? You watch me, but I see you.

“What do you want from me, Alex?” Everything. I want everything, and then all the things you’ve already given away to other people. I want them back, too.

That’s the thing about broken princes. Not all of them have to die. If their soul is whole, they sometimes survive. Sometimes, they even grow up to be kings.