A Dark Crest Novel

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Everly is the next "bride of the beast," she is taken up the manor, and expects to be sacrificed, she survives, but meets a much worse fate the she had ever imagined.

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A wild beast had begun to attack our town, once every full moon, after it had its fill, it would calmly walk back up the hill, to the infamous Whitlock manor. It was rumored to be haunted. No one quite knew who had started the rumor, and no one had bothered to ask. It had been known forever, and everyone treated it as fact. Anyone ventured up to the manor, we’re said to be cursed. So no one in town dared to step foot inside, the seemingly empty manor. 


 One night, the town had agreed to try and stop the attacks. The beast would come down, and hunt soon, but what if we brought the hunt to the beast? What if we brought it a bride? A midnight snack? Would that quench its thirst? Would it still come down from Whitlock Manor? Those questions ran through all of our minds, as Ophelia Drillscoll, the first bride, was forced up the mountain by a few curious villagers, and left bound, at the foot of the manor. The village was not attacked that night. 

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The Beast Of Whitlock Manor

I was born and raised in the village of Khela, where fairies had lived, hidden from mankind, for centuries in peace. That all changed when we were discovered. As mankind’s population grew, they expanded, and took over more land. They were soon to close for comfort. Beneath the land we lived on was a mineral deemed valuable to the humans. Once the nearby hunters discovered this, they came to collect. 


I woke up in a sweat. I opened my eyes to see the very walls surrounding me on fire. I ran to the door but the exit was blocked. “Mama, Papa!” I screamed out to my parents but in return got nothing but silence. I ran over to the window, hoping to squeeze through. Luckily I was able to get the window open. I squeeze through the tight opening. 


I fall to the ground, and begin coughing due to the smoke. I look around to see the other houses we’re also burning. Fairies we’re being ripped from their homes, and thrown into cages. Wings were being cut off their backs. I gasp in horror at the sight. 


I turn to my home, that had begun to coplase, with my parents presumably still inside. A ruff hand grabs my arm, attempting to pull me away. I stomp on his foot causing him to loosen his grip on me. I run as fast as my legs can take me into the forest. I dont know just how long, but I kept running, until I reached civilization, until I reached the manor. There my legs gave out, and I collapsed at the doorstep. Just before passing out, I manage to summon the courage to hide my wings. 


“Amora, I'm so sorry…” Everly pulls Alora into an embrace. “I won't let them hurt you again, I promise.” Amora gladly returns the hug. Everly hears movement in the wood. She pulls away. “Let's go inside. It isn't safe here.” The two return to the manor, and Everly tries her best to brush off the unnerving feeling; that something bad may soon happen, in the pit of her stomach.


Chapter Ten