{Sequel to Smoke & Mirrors}


10 months since Sapphire lost her family.
8 months since she escaped the clutches of a monster.

She might have escaped, but she did not leave undamaged. She knows she will never be the same again.

Her soul still yearns for revenge for her family, she wants to charge into the storm.

But what she does not know is that the storm is raging towards her.

Fangs and Roses

I gritted my teeth as I held onto the arm of the struggling monarch as he tried his best to evade the salve that I wanted to apply to his shoulder.

/"You are acting exactly like Jem when I tried to heal him. Why won’t both of you let me do my job in peace? An ten minute job lengthens into a hour’s long work because of your childishness. I could have gone back to my books…/"

I sighed as I thought dreamily of the stacks of books awaiting me on my desks, Orion having delivered them when he returned with his brother…a better gift than the blood-soaked stains that Xander had gifted my couch.

/"Maybe I do not want you to leave my side-Ow!/"

I giggled as the mighty King yelped when I pressed the salve harder against his wound. His flirtatious expression twisting to one of indignation at my actions while he cradled his hand.

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