Page 21 of Royal Lies

Not my problem.

The shadows must have reminded her of the past. Guess, the boy couldn’t hold back all her memories for long. I let myself grin at the future chaos that would ensue. Oh, how the rift would start to crack between them once she remembers everything. It would only be a matter of time. Every fae knew of the Bastard Prince’s story and how he rose to power. It’s a shame, I thought the boy was smarter than this, trying to outmatch the girl. It's a fool's hope. Then again, maybe I was a fool too.

I turned my back on the whole mess. The boy was muttering something to the girl but fuck that shit.

I'm not here to witness any more of their lovey-dovey or whatever it is they were.

In all the years I've known them, they never got involved romantically, which I always found odd considering how much they cared for one another. Instead, they took on other partners but always remained close. That was why my brother never fully attacked them, it was always two against one. But it wasn't as if my brother never tried. He did and he always failed. I smiled a bit at that. How I loved watching him lose, which was the only reason why I was teaming up with those two children rather than my blood-hungry brother. If these two were back it was only a matter of time before they led me to my brother. I could still remember the smile he wore that day, the day he killed the one I loved, the only person in the world in all my lives I truly cared for. I will make him pay, I’ll make them all pay.

Chapter 8

Everetta

Damn, that was hectic.

I thought that a light dagger would have surely killed that shadow fae since well, their shadows. See shadow fae aren’t just made of nothing, they're fae like me, Eli, and this girl we just saved, I think her name, was Luna. I like Luna, she's nice, a bit stingy but nice. Anywho, what was I saying… right, shadows. They're fae, or at least they were fae, or are they still fae? Not really too sure on that front. Eli seems not to think so though.

He says those who've lost the light shouldn't be considered a being at all. But I don't think that's true. After all, they're just fae who've lost their light. Driven by excessive greed, and power, or maybe they've just gone mad, or at least madder and more power-hungry than any normal fae is. Oh did I not say that? Ya, so apparently from what's been documented about these creatures, as quote-unquote Eli likes to say, they're mainly fae who've lost their light and turned to the dark side.

Of course, it's not uncommon for a creature or two to turn to the 'dark side' as well. So ya they're fae. Or to be more precise they're evil fae if that makes any sense.

I groaned again as we trudged up a rather large hill. I mean come on, how many hills are there in the Winter Court? It's been fucking days. Days! For magic's sake! And finally, we've reached thebordersof the Winter Court.

For a name with Wonderlands at the end, one would think it would have been much more fun than this. I sighed huffing a breath of air to move my dangling hair from my face, again.

Sigh~

"Ugh! We've literally been walking for days. How much longer till we can like, oh I don't know,REST!" I nearly explodedfrom exhaustion. I mean even my sweat was sweating, and that's saying something.

With a huff and roll of his eyes, Eli turned back around. Him leading our merry not so merry troupe up this damn mountain. Cause no way something so steep was a fucking hill, it's a mountain.

Fuck this shit, it's a mountain I called it!

"I won't be reminded every day about what I've lost." It was like a whisper in my ear but the potency of the venom spewed was nonetheless absent.

Frowning, I turned back trying to find the intruder. Readying myself for an attack. Cause, those words sure as hell sound like fighting ones.

Noting my sudden rise in energy Eli turned to me, brow cocked.

Shit.

Stiffening, I grimaced inwardly. Fuck, again with the voices. I've been hearing them a lot lately, unbeknownst to Eli of course. I don't want him to worry too much. That and I don't want him to think I'm mad, like the crazy kind of mad. Plus, I want to figure this out myself first before I confide in him. I know I shouldn't but, for some odd reason like a very, very, very odd reason I feel like I can't trust him.

Which is like so~ odd cause hello he's my friend. My best friend, but was that the only reason? Wait, why else should I trust him again?

....

Oh ya, cause my memories say so.

In the past, at least as much as I can remember, he's always been like so fucking helpful, like really helpful. When I had no friends he was my first friend. When I got dumped he was there for me. Then there were those countless missions we went on together, there is no way a little bonding moment wouldn’thappen with how much time we spent together. Plus, when I got… when I wasn’t appreciated as much for lack of a better term by my court he was there for me. But now, I don't know what I feel, like, now hear me out, I just feel that maybe he's keeping something from me.Weird right?Cause the Eli I knew would never do that not to me.

Would he?

Cause if you ask me it's just a little too suspicious that he hasn't ever lied to me. I mean no one's that straightforward with anyone.

Right?

I get that we're fae, and we can't lie, but wecanomit things and in my memories, he's never done that. Which ya know, should make me want to trust him more but, I don't know it just seems odd.

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