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I in wait amounst the trees, tuning out Ruadhan’s ridiculous humming,
choosing to focus on my target rather than the momentary satisfaction that
would come with slipping my knife through his ribs, which will only amuse
him.
I spend a lot of my free time, –which admittedly isn’t much considering
that training my soldiers and ensuring that they are strategically placed
around The Stolen Kingdom for recognizance–, takes precedence over my
own pleasures; perching in the trees waiting to slit the throat of any ally of
the imposter queen. But today, my more indulgent hobbies have to be set
aside. For a myriad of reasons, truly. The most important being that the
wheels I will set in motion today and the actions I will have to commit to
ensure the future of the Seelie–ones that will ripple throughout eternity–
are not something I can merely delegate. Not because I lack confidence in
my whisperers abilities, but quite the contrary. It is because I know they
will succeed that I cannot allow them to do so.
“Have you ever paused to muse upon why every creature, regardless of
species, repeatedly stumbles into the same snares?” I let my gaze waver for
a brief moment only to turn back when Ruadhan cocks his head slightly, his
eyes narrowing as though he is pondering a riddle that defies even his
wisdom. Arrogant, dramatic Dragon. He chuckles at my blank face.
Amusement fading, he gestures subtly toward a group of Fae milling
around edge of the square, unaware of the eyes above them or of the ones
hidden right underneath their very noses.
Clinging to a facade of normality,
forcing smiles and engaging in strained conversations as if everything were
perfectly normal. If it werent for the pinched expressions and the air
carrying a thick, undertone of pervasive fear it would almost be believeable.
Yet, despite milenium of hiding behind trickery and masterfully constructed
manipulations, their movements betray them; they are too quick, too
deliberate, their bodies thrumming with a tension they can’t hide no matter
how hard.
“Look at them,” he says, the corners of his mouth pulling into a half
smile, his razor sharp teeth on display, a feral gleam flashing in his eyes
before they snap closed. “The fear in the air is a buffet,”he takes a deep
breath before continuing. “A part of me relishes this destruction, you
know,” he says softly with a shake of his head. Ruadhan’s steady gaze meets
mine, his eyes unfocused, distant as the memories of his people play
through his head. He would appear to be as emotionless as usual to anyone
else, but I’ve come to learn his every tell and for that, I am honored.
Especially now. Because this mission brings him deep within the heart of
the most sadistic of Fae–one who would bypass her very nature just for a
taste of power.
I nod in understanding. While the Seelie have no quarrel with the
Dragons, having not caused the suffering that plagued their people for so
long, I can still see why their being mixed in with the Unseelie, even if that
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