"A queen is supposed to be merciful, hm?" She sits tall on her throne, poised and regal. She looks down at her people, having no sympathy for the bloodied and lifeless bodies around her. "Hmm?" She calls out again, but no one dares to look at her. A smile spreads across her lips. "But in this world, being queen means blood."

She takes in the frightened faces filled with loathing and sweet pain. ...

A queen is supposed to be merciful. She sat tall in her throne, poised, and a regal smile spread across her lips, but in this world, being queen means blood. The polished surface of the throne reflected not just her image but the weight of her lineage—the lives sacrificed and the power gained through generations steeped in unrelenting ambition.

Silken banners hung from the stone walls, colors vib...

She looked down at the subjects in her court; the slight shifting of her eyes was the signal for her henchmen to bar the doors. Her subjects screamed, clamored, to get to any exit, but there was no longer one open.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a long, long time,” she shouted over the din. “I will bathe in the blood of you, my subjects!”

That was the signal for the henchmen to draw their swor...

After my midnight stroll in the gardens with Ad, the mysterious man I’d met at the ball, I returned to my guest room at the palace of Gathe. As I opened the door I was greeted by Beatrice, my lady-in-waiting. She sat in the tastefully decorated room utop my bed with a plate of biscuits and tea in front of her.

“I saw you sneaking off with quite a handsome man earlier, and assumed it was a story ...

When Queen Lina married King Zael, he wasn’t a king yet and she wasn’t a queen. He was a wealthy prince and she had a wealthy family. They were perfect.

At least to him.

Unbeknownst to him, anger and vengeance coursed through her veins.

There are moments in life that define what path you go down. You look back and think ‘if that went differently, I may have turned out differently.’ For her, th...

“A Princess is supposed to be merciful.” Dae sat tall in her throne, poised and regal. A smile spread across her lips. “But in this world, being Princess means blood.”

As she concluded her speech, a cheer went up among the people. My people. And now her people.

My father, the King, approached her, carrying a crown. A crown of thorns and diamonds, steel and flowers, that would seal her fate forev...

“A Queen is supposed to be merciful.” The golden knight said to dark queen sitting tall on the throne.

“Ha!” The Queen scoffed. “In this world, being Queen means blood.” A smile spread across her lips.

“Vega. Please listen to me.” The knight pleaded. “We’re friends, and as your friend I’m asking you do not do this.”

“This is way you never bacame a Queen. You were always to worried about the othe...

"A Queen is supposed to be merciful." She sat tall in her throne, poised and regal. A smile spread across her lips. "But in this world, being Queen means blood."

The two guards to either side of her throne looked frightened. Deep shadow curled up the walls behind them. The Queen stayed seated on her throne, as if waiting for someone.

Just then, a couple guards stumbled into the room with crumple...

The rip of flesh beneath her swords.

The sound of the crimson dripping.

The shining of a sharpened blade.

1.) Hurt them before they hurt you.

Grasp in the darkness.

Fight what you can’t see.

Stabbing endlessly, blindly.

2.) Make use of your senses.

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“A Queen is supposed to be merciful.” She sat tall in her throne, poised and regal. A smile spread across her lips. “But in this ...

I couldn’t watch

The dreadful clock

Click…

Click…

Click…

My life has a time limit, and I’m afraid I’ve little left.

I’m stuck in iron clasps and a jail of hopelessness.

I didn’t meet the demands, and now I must pay the price with my life.

The moans and cries of the imprisoned match the ones screaming in my mind.

Who will remember me once I am gone?

I lived in a shack and went on with my dutie...