Page 97 of Royal Lies

"Oh, this is getting interesting." A mocking drawl echoed from the door frame.

"Shut up!" Eli and I both roared back at the King of Blood and Fire. Both our gazes burned bright in the cool dark room. Half the side was warming up. While the other half was cooling to freezing temperatures.

"What in the magic is your ability?" I muttered before repeating it louder against the confusion that seemed to be etched on Eli's face.

"I beg your pardon?" Eli queried his brows scrunching together.

"What in the magics is your ability?!" At this point, my fingers had dug into my palms nearly drawing blood. I closed my eyes hoping that he would at least tell me this. In all the years that I've known Eli, he's never spoken about his abilities. Everyone knew his gift was ice but what about his abilities? He's never once told me, not in the millions of eons that I've known him. When I've asked he'd always change the subject. Which I had found suspicious but I never would have expected this.

His silence was all I needed to know. I turned looking up at his brother. Shifting to get a view of everyone in the room. The only one who showed the slightest inkling of knowing was Snow. The small shift of her pupils as she looked away from me. Everyone else was frowning, staring back at Eli. But all that mattered was that no one else knew. How Snow figured it out, I had an inkling I already knew.

I have been alive for eons of years after all. It would be weird if I didn't know. Which is why I was particularly peeved and curious as to how Eli's kept his abilities hidden for so long. Most fae would jump at the chance of using such a skill. They’d boast about it for years until everyone got sick of it. I would have thought Eli would too. Well, then, I guess this isn't going to be all too fun for Ellie is it.

"You can read minds," I uttered in sheer horror as the pieces started clicking together. I'd never figured it out before becausehe hid it so well. He never used his ability before; he always used his gift. He always used the ice. But if you pieced them together. If his ability had something to do with the mind, reading them or something similar. Then he could also just use his gift of ice to essentially freeze someone's mind or in my case my memories. Just like how I use my light magic to create new spells allowing me to use different abilities and magic.

Everyone else's heads turned from me and then back to Eli. It was almost creepy with how in sync everyone was as we stared at Eli's cool icy gaze.

He didn't deny it.

I felt the floor rip out from under me as I let the betrayal and heartbreak from this secret tear me to shreds.

"Get. The. Fuck. Out.Now!" I bellowed as the room shook as if there was an earthquake. I did not need this man who could essentially fuck up my head, when it was already pretty fucked up at the moment, anywhere near me.

The shelves rattled. Books began to thump onto the floor. The walls curled in on themselves as Eli and I stared at one another.

Neither of us wanted to back down.

His glowing blue gaze locked against my shining golden irises. Silence. For a moment no one spoke. It was as if they were all just waiting for one of us to explode. Before Akatsuki finally sighed in exasperation. Walking over to Eli she rolled her eyes as if to say "Really guys?"

"Eli, please let's just go." Akasuki pleaded. Her hands ripped soft against his arms urging Eli to leave. The stubborn bastard just kept staring back at me. Ignoring Akasuki's pleas.

I smirked.

He sure was brave.

"That's enough, both of you," Fletcher shook his head exasperated as he took a stance in front of me cupping my face in his hands. His eyes pleaded with my own to just let this mattergo, for now. I might have listened. I would have given in to his request but what Eli did was just wrong. All I was asking for was a damn apology.

"Evie-" He began but I knew he wouldn't finish that sentence. He didn't need to. I knew what he wanted to say. He was warning me without outright saying so. My magic, I needed to calm down or find a way to release it.

The downside of having too much power I guess. If my emotions were too built up it increased the rate at which my magic replenished itself. Ever since I was young I trained myself to manage my own emotions because of this.

In normal circumstances, I would have found a way to release it. When I was young and naive I would release my magic unconsciously through my rage. Even now, if my body had too much magic to contain it would leak out, hence the involuntary peeling of the wallpapers. Most powerful fae did this too. This was why whenever Eli, Fletcher, or their younger sister Snow got angry the room temperature would drop or frost would cover the area. For Lucarious on the other hand his magic would alter his eye color to black. Each fae handled their own rage-induced magic leakage differently.

With the current poison running through my body, having too much magic in my system could kill me. Maybe it was my pride as a queen or it was simply me being a fae, perhaps aROYAL. But I wasn't going to back down.

"Evie" Fletcher sighed as he tried once again just as Akasuki spoke Eli's name.

"Eli, please let's just go."

The floor was freezing over in ice as the ceiling started splattering paint against our faces. The drip drip of the wallpaper melted off the ceiling and onto our faces. I could feel the spikes of frost coating my blanket as I stood my ground. At this point, I'm not even sure if I could move my feet voluntarily.Our magic was blending together. Some spots of the room were melting while other parts were freezing over. It did that sometimes, magic bleeding together when exposed against one another for long periods of time or blended through a spell.

"For lords’ sake. You're both going to destroy this room. Eli, you've just been crowned king not mere days ago. What would people think about having their king blow apart a part of his own castle? As for you, it's pretty obvious your body hasn't fully recovered yet. I suggest you take it easy on your magic for now." With a snap of her fingers, Snow had efficiently snapped everyone out of my room leaving nothing but the humidity of my magic with me and Fletcher behind.

"You need to leave Fletch. I- I need to let my magic out. I can't contain it for long.” I had to pop myself somewhere safe so I could let my magic loose. I have no clue why Snow didn't send Fletcher off with the others.Didn’t she care for his safety?

A firm but gentle grip on my wrist stopped me as I turned, narrowing my eyes on the man I loved. "Fle-" I began trying to make him understand. But he spoke before I could.

"I know a place we could go. I'm not leaving you like this. Not because I don't trust you. I'm fully aware that you could handle this. But- please, I'm just worried." Fletcher reasoned as I closed my eyes. Opening them back up I stared into the cool blues of the Wolf Court. I nodded reluctantly agreeing with his request. ?"Fine, but hurry," I gritted through my teeth as I felt the pounding against my head. Gripping my hands to withhold it.

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