Chapter 35- Bitterness of words

Chapter 35- Bitterness of words

One cannot wield power,

if one does not have control over it.

~HD Carton

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Princess Maya looked at the creature with a speechless expression. No one spoke. No one moved. The first stage of silence had been the absence of speech. This was the next stage, the absence of movement, with just the two people so still that none drew a breath.

Ever since Princess Maya was twelve, she had grown affection towards this demon rumored as the cursed beast. The sour fruit. But then it developed into something strong and willful, that all she did crave when she had stepped into adulthood was the attention of Arthur Black, the bastard. But sooner, he was given the royalty surname, Hawthorn, the first illegitimate son of Dragsholm making him the priority of the Kingdom. Which meant he was soon to have a Queen.