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Some man named William had written the story …
The ghost of the recently deceased king tells his son to avenge his murder by killing the new king – the hero’s uncle. It was a bloody tale about death, murder, and deception, but he had little else to offer her.

Not Merikh reading Rae Hamlet while they’re cuddling 😂

He was at her mercy and was thankful his tormentor was kind enough to let him slake his lust on her.

YES PLEASEEEEEEE 😩😩😩

When she took too long to move, claws scraped into the stone behind her, and the tiniest whine echoed from his chest.
“Please, don’t leave me like this.”

😩😩

He’d warned her, and she wasn’t shying away.
In that moment, he knew he was weak to this pretty little Elf.

😩😩😩

“And you think that female would want to be mine? You saw her. Why would someone that beautiful consider becoming my bride? I am hideous, inside and out. She is too kind, too smart, too... perfect, and she can have someone who is just like her. I know that once I go to her realm, she will want nothing to do with me. All I can hope for is that her people allow me to live among them in peace.”

MY BABYYY 😭

Slowly, the glowing streaks retracted, and instead grew up her own arms. She hissed in what he thought might be agony, and he gleefully admitted that pleased him.

That’s his mother btw 😭😭

“Do you know what yours was originally, then?”
“It was Orson, meaning bear cub. She named us each after our features, like Aleron’s wings and Ingram’s skull.”

My baby 😍

“Fine, I will name you, then.”
“No, we do not want you to name us.”
“They will be bad names. Mean names.”
“How about... Ingram for you. And Aleron for you.”
“What do they mean?”
“Probably something terrible, like annoyance or destruction.”
“Ingram means raven of peace. Aleron means the winged one. To fly.”

MERIKH NAMED THEMMMMMMM 😍😍😍😍

Standing near the entrance of his cave, Merikh watched the Elf and the two Mavkas spending time together. Raewyn was sitting on the ground with the raven-skulled Mavka acting as her back support, while the other had his bat skull resting in her crossed legs.

AWWWW MY BABIES 😍😍😍

[Orpheus] understood just as Merikh that they were nothing but beasts to them all, that they were hated, that there was no kindness for them.
Yet, he still fucking hated him, because he held out hope that he could find a bride.
Orpheus and he had the same perspective on the world, but where Orpheus allowed his loneliness to fester into foolish hope, Merikh had twisted it into spite.

Merikh 😭😭