SEVENTY-TWO DAYS ON

I am not a queen because I rule, I rule because I am THE QUEEN.

Birthed in my heart. Alive in my veins…

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Seventy-two days on, Infernal Keep of Valcesh, Valcresh, The South…

His eyes were bloodshot, adding a more dangerous edge to his already crazed look.

Opposite Elias’ pacing figure, Ivan Juno Cassius had his back rested on the wall, eyes closed and hands on folded legs.

Elias dug his fingers into his hair in agony and restlessness.

“By the whispers of the wind, how long have we lingered here?

How much longer do we still need to wait? I can no longer feel a thing, the bond just snapped like that- gone and away!’’

He shouted, sending his fist into the wall. The bedlamites at a corner pressed themselves together, shrieking in fear.

The effect of his punch left a crack in the wall. One strong enough that it was also seen and traced at the other side of the very thick Keep wall, scaring the prisoners at that end.