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Raven
The Land of Moonlight is a frigid, cold place, at least fro I’m a vampire, part of the undead species that always runs cold, that’s saying a lot Perhaps, though, the constant blizzard of snow pouring down on us is si now, that tiny, crystallized icicles have formed on my eyelashes, my lips are numb, and my skin has a bluish purple tint to it I even have on Rhyland’s shirt over my own and still, I’ve never been this cold in my undead life
I’m uncertain if I should be worried, especially since Rhyland, Kingsley, Dex, and even Harper, the half faerie, half pixie that’s leading us further into this seely endless blizzard, don’t appear to be bothered by the cold Sure, they look a bit chilly, shivering ever so slightly and frost glazes their skin, but I’ like a sprite that’s had a taste of sugar And trust ar unless you want to be up all night listening to the on people Which, yes, actually happened to me once Accidentally, of course
All sugar crazy sprites aside, I’ for the stor chill insoon seems pretty damn bleak
All I can see in front of me is snow covered n that reads:
Welcoht
Please enjoy your time here, but as a precaution, stay within the walls of the mountains unless you want to die a torturous death Thank you
I swear to all the Eternal Readers we’re soh we’ve been walking toward it for over a night without taking any breaks My feet are actually starting to ache, but thatI’d ask everyone to slon a bit, but considering an arht be headed our way to hunt me down and takemy feet could fall off and I’d find a way to hobble feetless at this pace
Part of me wishes I could just turn back, but only to search for sley and Rhyland keep assuring me that if the queen hurt them, she would’ve left the bodies behind forwith theuards at all Perhaps Nadine did soave her I hate to believe it, hate to believe my own sister would harm my parents, but after what Nadine did and said to me in the tent, it seele inal life, she was always a cruel hearted, straight up bitch, who once threatened to behead and punish anyone, even her very own sister It hy I was so afraid to love Rhyland in inal life
“You doing okay over there, sweetheart?” Kingsley calls out over the howling of the wind and snow flurries
He’s stoh the snow beside me with a sword clutched in his hand The sleeves of his shirt are rolled up, and his short, dark hair is dotted with snowflakes and so at all Not even a little bit, despite the snowstor down on us
“I’hter around h the snow just in front of ht be because of her thick coat of bluish blue fur and the bit of h? I feel like I’ to the undead and you don’t even have your sleeves rolled down”
The corners of his lips kick up into a cocky sh, you can come over here and I’ll keep you ith my body It’s my duty as your Blood Protector to make sure you’re safe, even if it’s just from a storm”
“Seriously, you’re as bad of a flirt as a faerie,” Imy head, I arch a brow “And how do you even plan to keep me warm? Your body temperature is probably as cold as the ice frozen to my eyelashes”
His gaze ski moment, concern flashes across his expression But then he returns to his nor smile
“Well, I guess you won’t know until you try it” He spreads his arlint in his eyes
Even though I’ve remeood va around with me Sadly, this life is where my emotions are connected to, to the painfulthey directed at o, but it’s difficult to when I’m not even certain why they treatedthe saain, but why did they have to treat oblin, one of the most despised species in all of the worlds?
In sley and Rhyland; otherwise, I wouldn’t be out in the middle of one of the worst snowstor around in a land full of powerful, dangerous creatures that are at ith each other
My lips part with a snarky cohin the snow, closer than he was th blonde hair dance in the wind and his facial piercings are glazed with ice He doesn’t have a shirt on since he gave his tohis lean ars of bite ednot to think too much about, because it freaksabout the way his blood tasted s ache to t
aste hiin as that I thought it ht break the curse, but apparently it was only the first step And who knohat the rest of the steps are That is if I even get to co to end the curse by killing et that far
“How are you holding up?” Rhyland plucks a few icicles fro okay?” His hand falls to his side, near where his sword is tucked into the leather holster around his waist
Like Kingsley and Rhyland, I have a weapon too; a knife that’s tucked in h holster Honestly, I doubt I’d even be able to use it if I had to I haven’t been trained at all in the art of fighting I was supposed to be trained by Rhyland, but we neverto flee to the Land of Moonlight And considering I barely beca as swiftly as a badass va skills will be at the level of a bat swinging around a… Well, bat
“I’ to seem weak
In reality, I shouldn’t be weak That is, if I really am the new vampire queen, like Fate and the Eternal Reader declared Finding out I’, when I went fro thrown into a world of lies and danger I’m not totally convinced I’m supposed to be the queen and wonder if maybe it simply has to do with the curse I mean, first of all, I’ Rhyland’s blood froinal life, right before the curse started, Fate chose Nadine as queen It was the catalyst to this curse, froh, a part of me believes there may be more to the curse than any of us realize But only time will tell That is, if I continue to re So far, I have no control over re that long… Well, I’ I do Hope that this cursed life isn’t all I ever am
Rhyland frowns at ”
“That’s not true” And I’ht about that He may have lived decades of lives with otten to know each other in any of them, except for the very first life “And what is with you two calling , but why do you insist on using the same silly pet name for me?”
“I didn’t realize we both did” His gaze briefly travels to Kingsley I don’t knohat Kingsley is doing, but Rhyland’s jaw ticks before his gaze welds with ht Sweetheart is a silly na better”
“You could always just call ether as I shiver “I’ve never been a fan of nicknarin “Rhy Rhy”
His eyes narrow, but it’s a teasing move “Not even funny I’ve always hated your sister’s nickname for me Just like I’ve always despised your sister”
“I know you did in the first life,” I utter softly,carried away in the wind “But all the others… You seemed to like her”
His throat muscles work as he ss “That’s not true” He inches closer toa hard ti Nadine What you saw over the years… Nothing about that was real”
“And yet you haven’t explained why,” I say Our shoulders brush as heunderneath our boots “All I’ve been told is that it has to do with the curse, yet no one will explain the reason”
“Because we can’t,” he whispers reainst the rules of the curse”