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Zuzia
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“You will never be queen of me,” he said softly. “That fate no longer belongs to us.”
What the aCTUAL HELL I DO NOT LIKE THIS
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What the aCTUAL HELL I DO NOT LIKE THIS
Zuzia
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"Here is the summary: Queendom is wasted on you.”
NOOOO BITCH I KNEW HE WAS TOO LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE ANS CARING 😭
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NOOOO BITCH I KNEW HE WAS TOO LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE ANS CARING 😭
Zuzia
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Huckery had parted ways from other pawns to intercept his king. I would marvel over this when I got the chance. Such connection. Such loyalty. Such defeat of his inner lack of worth. “I am so proud of you, Huckery. You have my thanks.”
“You have my loyalty,” he whispered.
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“You have my loyalty,” he whispered.
Zuzia
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“That is the beauty of you that I have not appreciated until too late,” he wheezed. “I am sorry, Princess Bring. How quickly I became undeserving of you.”
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Zuzia
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How could he exist for me? How was that possible?
See peered into my gaze and soul as if he had heard my silent words. “Where did you come from?”
A different version of my question—how could he exist for me?
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See peered into my gaze and soul as if he had heard my silent words. “Where did you come from?”
A different version of my question—how could he exist for me?
Zuzia
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I winced again with his movement.
He smirked. “Have I hurt you?”
“I used you to hurt myself,” I answered.
He liked that more, as did I.
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He smirked. “Have I hurt you?”
“I used you to hurt myself,” I answered.
He liked that more, as did I.
Zuzia
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See exhaled as if in pain, and moved forward onto hands and knees as if he might crawl to me.
"There has only been you, See,” I whispered, pushing my hand further down.
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"There has only been you, See,” I whispered, pushing my hand further down.
Zuzia
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This chamber was warm in a way that I could not have guessed. There was something in See, as apparent by his surroundings, that wished for happiness. I felt stability in this chamber.
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Zuzia
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“Perhaps if you set my dress to rights too,” I murmured.
He did so.
I waited.
“I recall,” he eventually said, holding out a hand. “This way.”
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He did so.
I waited.
“I recall,” he eventually said, holding out a hand. “This way.”
Zuzia
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Then he paused and rested his forehead on my chest. He moaned, “My chambers.”
His chambers? Why? No, I meant yes. Yes, we should go there. I wanted to go there. Out of the hall. “Where are they?
See muttered, “I cannot recall.”
I laughed. “Perhaps if you remove yourself from my breasts.”
The king did so, but only to stare at my glistening thighs. “Perhaps if you set my dress to rights too,” I murmured.
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His chambers? Why? No, I meant yes. Yes, we should go there. I wanted to go there. Out of the hall. “Where are they?
See muttered, “I cannot recall.”
I laughed. “Perhaps if you remove yourself from my breasts.”
The king did so, but only to stare at my glistening thighs. “Perhaps if you set my dress to rights too,” I murmured.
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Zuzia
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See’s milky gaze stole breath and thought. “I have had five minutes to regret the excellence of my hearing. The sound of silk and bead moving across your skin is engrained in me.”
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Zuzia
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“It was your idea to invite all monsters.”
“I know,” he grunted, drinking a third glass. He poured a small amount into my glass, then held it back without looking at me.
I took the glass and sipped. Smokey dusk. Long summer day. “Mmm.”
"Kindly cease your sounds,” he groaned low. Candor stated, “King See was so hard he thought he might explode."
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“I know,” he grunted, drinking a third glass. He poured a small amount into my glass, then held it back without looking at me.
I took the glass and sipped. Smokey dusk. Long summer day. “Mmm.”
"Kindly cease your sounds,” he groaned low. Candor stated, “King See was so hard he thought he might explode."
Zuzia
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Conversation returned as I also stood, though there was an amused undercurrent.
Candor called, “Everyone pretended that King See and Queen Perantiqua were not undoing each other on the bar floor.”
I released a breath. Perhaps I would not always appreciate the vocal truth.
See filled a glass with an amber liquid, and drank the entire thing. He drank another after. “Fuck.”
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Candor called, “Everyone pretended that King See and Queen Perantiqua were not undoing each other on the bar floor.”
I released a breath. Perhaps I would not always appreciate the vocal truth.
See filled a glass with an amber liquid, and drank the entire thing. He drank another after. “Fuck.”
Zuzia
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“He wallows in his ruinous ideas because he cannot stand that you reduced him to shackles,” said King Take in a bored voice.
King Change looked at him. “You always were the most disrespectful and disobedient of soldiers, Take.”
“I was obedient when I agreed with the orders.” Take snickered after.
“Like I said,” growled Change.
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King Change looked at him. “You always were the most disrespectful and disobedient of soldiers, Take.”
“I was obedient when I agreed with the orders.” Take snickered after.
“Like I said,” growled Change.
Zuzia
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King Raise might agree, but his face did not confirm much of anything ever. “Might you unshackle us, Queen Perantiqua?”
“Not before our last friend is conquered,” I replied. Perhaps not then either.
A nod. “’Tis well to do so, and I do not often move very far anyway. Shackles shall suffice.”
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“Not before our last friend is conquered,” I replied. Perhaps not then either.
A nod. “’Tis well to do so, and I do not often move very far anyway. Shackles shall suffice.”
Zuzia
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King See lowered his head, stealing my attention back. “Princess Change has been digging up your queendom in an effort to undo you, Perantiqua. She will be locked in my dungeons during the day because I wish to punish her.”
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Zuzia
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The wagon door opened and chalky white fingers—huge in size—curled around the edge of the curtain to slide it back.
King See peered in at me, and I met his solemn regard.
"A queen cries, and I would hear why,” he said.
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King See peered in at me, and I met his solemn regard.
"A queen cries, and I would hear why,” he said.
Zuzia
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“That will be unnecessary. Tell pawns to leave no rock unturned. He has not left Vitale because I have not, and he believes I am his curing hope. Speak with Princess Bring. She was his witness for an age. She may provide some hint or clue. Instruct Princess Raise to inspect the olden door for his presence. Carefully.”
“I harden,” murmured King See to King Take. They chuckled together, and I bit back a grin.
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“I harden,” murmured King See to King Take. They chuckled together, and I bit back a grin.
Zuzia
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We all listened to the clicking approach of Princess Take’s heeled shoes.
“I harden,” hissed King Take, earning a snarl from Change.
“My queen,” she said in undertones. “Pawns have been unsuccessful in their mission. There is no sign of King Bring in Vitale. Shall I punish them?” My eyebrows climbed. Goodness, punishment for simple failure, and when they were sick?
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“I harden,” hissed King Take, earning a snarl from Change.
“My queen,” she said in undertones. “Pawns have been unsuccessful in their mission. There is no sign of King Bring in Vitale. Shall I punish them?” My eyebrows climbed. Goodness, punishment for simple failure, and when they were sick?
Zuzia
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I did not like the sudden glint in King Change’s eyes, though I did like the delighted whoop from King Take at the little tickle of my power.
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Zuzia
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“Ah, the beginning,” I said with a grin.
Higher rose the screams, to add to the scent and feeling of the gathered humans. Delightful. So delightful that I could not bear to witness it alone. I had not thought to invite him to join me.
Yet the thought apparently summoned him for me.
"A grand fright,” murmured King See from behind.
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Higher rose the screams, to add to the scent and feeling of the gathered humans. Delightful. So delightful that I could not bear to witness it alone. I had not thought to invite him to join me.
Yet the thought apparently summoned him for me.
"A grand fright,” murmured King See from behind.
Zuzia
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A key appeared in his black-nailed hand, and the key was white—tinged with pink, of course. A slight hint of green moss spoke of the stagnant water in his moat too. “I do not wish to rule. If another king can admit it, then so can I.”
I like him for it nOw
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I like him for it nOw
Zuzia
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I arched a brow. My body felt his idea held merit. My mind said a chamber was best. Which would I listen to? I could ask Take to wait. My body ached painfully for See’s touch. So painfully.
“I will not wait while you go at each other against the wall,” snapped King Take. “Stomp all you like. I will be listened to.”
ahah
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“I will not wait while you go at each other against the wall,” snapped King Take. “Stomp all you like. I will be listened to.”
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Zuzia
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King See lowered to his knees and bowed his head. He extended the key to me. "Does this sight please you?"
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Zuzia
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“I make my choice willingly and irrationally, and you conquered my kingdom and me some time ago.”
Though I do require one last thing of you in the interest of conquering you.”
“Name it,” he said, though I sensed a small, curious hesitation in him. “I drove you to one knee in my dining hall, I recollect, but I have not driven you to both knees. You must kneel before me now.” I did not smile.
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Though I do require one last thing of you in the interest of conquering you.”
“Name it,” he said, though I sensed a small, curious hesitation in him. “I drove you to one knee in my dining hall, I recollect, but I have not driven you to both knees. You must kneel before me now.” I did not smile.
Zuzia
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“I was thinking, when I smiled, of how the mystery of you will never be understood though we are immortal. There is beauty in that which is greater than love. I smile at the idea of unlocking more of our puzzle.”
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Zuzia
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My mother answered, “You are here. Just and barely.”
I rubbed my face, feeling the roll and bump of my stitches. “They got me to the grave.”
“He did, yes.’ I was near the tower, but I turned my head to look at her across the gray dirt.
“See?”
“King Raise. He then shackled himself.”
King Raise is the best 😔
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I rubbed my face, feeling the roll and bump of my stitches. “They got me to the grave.”
“He did, yes.’ I was near the tower, but I turned my head to look at her across the gray dirt.
“See?”
“King Raise. He then shackled himself.”
King Raise is the best 😔
Zuzia
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“Close,” whispered Raise.
His hand was in mine, and as I stumbled up the stairs, the king crawled next to me.
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His hand was in mine, and as I stumbled up the stairs, the king crawled next to me.
Zuzia
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Oil leaked from where his eyes must be. Tears of a king. A travesty. “Do you speak true, young queen? Will you save me? Will my princess be okay?”
I looove him
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I looove him
Zuzia
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The Raises had a silent form of communication, but I had grown ancient enough to make sense of it apparently.
My love, she was saying, you have experienced protocol eight too.
Protocol eight. The shadows of his face showed his disbelief. No, my only love. I have experienced no such thing. I would know.
She released his arm. My mistake, my love.
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My love, she was saying, you have experienced protocol eight too.
Protocol eight. The shadows of his face showed his disbelief. No, my only love. I have experienced no such thing. I would know.
She released his arm. My mistake, my love.
