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He says this every time a messenger or scout of his comes through the gates…
9/18/24 I was just thinking that…
I call for a full attendance of my household in the Grand Hall.
9/18/24 Why in the hell does he keep doing that! He has to provide food and refreshments for them each and every time he does! Does he forget that the food is rationed? My word, man!
Wouldn’t she have seen the lands when she traveled there these few times. Even though they took a gate, there was still barren land to cross to get to and from each gate.
9/18/24👆That part.
Prince Doryn met with him and discussed his urgent desire to be with his wife and daughter during such trying times,
9/18/24 Is that Arlie’s dad? No mention of his grandson then.
She’s now heavily guarded and not allowed to repeal his decision or go in exile to her family’s lands.”
9/18/24 What kind of mess is that? Is he scared because the goblins helped Soren? I mean, WTH! Why the sudden lockdown?
The regent knocked her up…
9/18/24 That’s why she wanted to stay! She was doing the regent! Also, why do all the females seem to die after birthing his children? Didn’t Sari’s mother also die in childbirth?
“The scouts have come back and said the witches ride to Yregar for you.” Her brows inch up her forehead, and she tilts her head consideringly. “My crime is breaking the curse and thwarting your enemy?
9/18/24 He’s just as bad as his uncle actually, spinning the truth of things to sway the court in his favor. But to what end? His fate is tied to hers! She what does he really get out of this…
“You were close, I'll admit. Our little trip to the Ravenswyrd Forest had you close to convincing us all that you wanted nothing to do with Kharl.
9/18/24 Convincing you all? Only three of you went!
Do the witches of the Ravenswyrd still walk there, are they the ones who taunt us if we dare to enter? Do they know that you repaid their deaths with loyalty to Kharl and his armies, or did you find out your fate and take it straight to him to be crafted into a weapon against us?”
9/18/24 Wow… this a-hole. Rooke, put him in his place PLEASE! In front of everyone.
So, where is the damn scout that went to find out about who she is? And he’s talking like he was killed the witch horde on the way already. Knowing about it is one thing, but beating it is another.
9/18/24 No, it’s even closer to ruin now because of your ignorance and arrogance…
It’s going to save your dumb asses.
9/18/24 👆That part.
but only a fool would keep skilled battle advisors at their side only to ignore their advice out of nothing but arrogance.
9/18/24 Like the fool you are for locking up a soldier and powerful ally because she’s a witch, despite her having not harmed a soul there?
A roiling sea of soldiers, ready to die at Kharl’s command for a cause that was never theirs to begin with.
9/18/24 And now you acknowledge that…
Whatever else his magic is capable of, the mercilessness of the power he holds over these witches is second only to the cruelty of the now-broken curse.
9/18/24 Careful Soren, someone is going to think you care for the innocent witches Kharl corrupted…
but Corym holds his command, staring at the horde with a critical eye as he waits for them to make the first move and show their hand. He’s a good commander with the patience to draw them out, form the best plan, and protect our home and our people from the evil that’s come calling.
9/18/24 I thought they said they were going to start picking them off with the archers before they even got close?
If he has any magic stores left to use on the inner wall after that burst, we’re doomed. Yregar will fall.
“If nothing else, imagine how pissed off Soren is going to be when he's forced to admit he was wrong. That’s the only thing that stopped me from tearing a new hole in my cousin’s throat to breathe through as he whined and simpered in that stupid meeting.”
9/18/24 That’s what I’m talking about! Motivation! It’s petty, but he’s petty so… it works.
If they breach the inner wall, we all die, and Kharl gets away with our deaths and your sister’s too.”
9/18/24 Oh sneaky sneaky Reed…
I drag the dagger up the length of my arm, my skin splitting open as the steel bites deep into my flesh, far more than a simple opening of a vein.
9/18/24 Well damn! She trying to commit suicide…
“I really wish you’d stop saying that, because it might be your impression of us all, but should I remind you that the Grand Hall is filled to the brim, bursting with lower fae and part-bloods.
9/18/24 Just like she wishes you all would stop blaming all witches for Kharl’s war.
and even in our planning we prepared for the loss of the outer wall.
9/18/24 No, that was all Roan’s idea boo.
“Ready, take aim, hold…fire!” Half the pots of witcheswane now have arrows sticking out of them,
9/18/24 He says take aim and fire but the arrows are still in the pots? 🤔 What magic is this?
There are too many of them, too much force and magic pressing against it. The wall cannot hold!”
9/18/24 And what exactly is Rooke doing right now…
Doesn’t everyone?
9/18/24 Yep, sure did. They thought you practicing patience for 1,000 years would help, but NOPE.
The evils of her magic are boundless, but she barely gives me more than a once over before turning back to the battle before us, watching as the archers continue to pick off dozens and dozens of witches.
9/18/24 People are dying while she’s busy posturing on a wall, glowing…
The witch draws the blade across her hand, the blood pooling there for a moment before she reaches out to let the drops fall in a long and tumultuous journey down the wall until they hit the land below.
9/18/24 So instead of using the power she already gained and attacking, she drips more blood on the ground?
A shimmering shield now follows along the inner wall of Yregar, a magic blanket covering us as far as the eye can see.
9/18/24 Oh, she was activating her shield…
a plan to breach the shield myself to face the witches and fend them off already starting to form in my mind,
9/18/24 Because you’re an idiot.
A breath catches in my throat as I stare at her, humbled at the power she wields.
9/18/24 Finally… humbled. How long will it last?
A ripple of unease works its way down my shoulders, my sword gripped tightly in my hand as I inch toward the witch.
9/18/24 And you’re still trying to kill your savior right now? Idiot.
The Seer delivered it to me, and I killed her for it, then I rewrote my fate to my own liking.
9/18/24 Oh! He must have been told he would die by a Ravenswyrd witches hands, so he murdered all of them! Or so he thought…
“You missed me.”
9/18/24 Now that was badass, Rooke! lovely!
it’s a massacre the likes of which I’ve never seen before. Alone and with no regard for her own safety, the witch fights for Yregar.
9/18/24 Oh does she now? You sure? This might be another trick.
These skills are so intrinsic to me now that I slip back into my soldier form, swinging and cleaving the witches apart, the magic in my scepter magnifying every blow as I fight them off two-handed and leave devastation in my wake.
9/18/24 I wonder what Tauron has to say about this now… Still think you can take her? She’s taking on 1,000 witches… BY HER SELF.
I wonder how Tauron is taking this…
My boots move smoothly underneath me, my footwork so ingrained in me I don’t have to think about it as I spin and turn,
9/18/24 Well look at that Soren, she has fancy footwork too! Impressed?
I'm here for the Ravenswyrd Forest and the coven within.” She flinches, her eyes tracing over me for witch markings,
9/18/24 Why she flinching? She must have helped murder them.
Didn’t she say all 6 came thru already? So why is this written like they are so far apart she has time to talk and a
Battle each one as they arrive? 🙄🙄
9/18/24 👆 That part. This talking is fraying on my nerves. The fae door is not that far away that all this can transpire…
They slit my mother's throat and killed the baby nursing at her breast where she sat in our family hut.
9/18/24 Oh wow! So that was the blood in the hut on the floor that she put her hands on! And Soren said the place was evil after seeing that bloodstain. No, Soren, evil was done there.
He will later though…
9/18/24 👆🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Why didn't the witch just tell you her fate,” Roan mutters.
9/18/24 I mean, I agree, but why is Roan still calling her “the witch”?
Roan’s eyes widen at my honesty, but the scene before us can’t be argued with. If I tried, I'd be no better than the Unseelie Court,
9/18/24 Well, you have been acting like his lately in front of your own people when dealing with Rooke…
Reed’s eyes narrow as he watches the witch walk through the village, ensuring none of the enemy have been missed in her efforts, and when he speaks, it's with a carefully neutral tone. “Maybe you should start making your peace with her by calling her by her name. Perhaps then she won’t keep her word and force you to beg her to marry you.”
9/18/24 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Facts!
Wasn’t he knocked out for that part?
9/18/24 I was going to ask that too… Maybe he pretended to be knocked out like Reed was supposed to pretend to have not heard Soren’s command. LOL
My own assumptions are also being blown apart right now, though at least I’m not running away in terror from her wrath like the self-proclaimed High Witch did.
9/18/24 Because she’s not directing any of that at you! Hush, Soren.
She lifts her scepter again, only this time, we all feel the magic in our bones as she closes the door and pushes the magic back into the earth, the flames snuffing out as though they were never there in the first place.
9/18/24 So did she jut render the fae door useless of just stop the connection to the Witches Ward?
Our shortcut through the kingdom is gone,
9/18/24 Guess that answers that…
All of these females are one and the same, each a facet of the same witch, driven out of the Southern Lands long ago by a war and a fate that terrified a child of the forest who’d known only peace and neutrality. My Fates-blessed mate.
Finally you see…
“I’m desperate for news of Airlie, but I won’t ask in front of the witch. Let's leave it behind so you can tell me of my daughter's health.”
9/18/24 Dude, your daughter or grandson wouldn’t be there without the witch!
he’s desperate to know if the female he treasures as a daughter survived the birthing bed.
9/18/24 Keep lying to yourself. Of course he knows she survived or else his son wouldn’t be in the state he is in. He’s just prejudiced just like the rest of you.
