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The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

Same! It’s really nice. They’ve yet to realise they are quite similar and it would be interesting if they ever did discuss about their past to one another haha

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

Haha I can’t wait for it!

I loved finding out about his parents, it just brings up more questions! It’s just like I love seeing the little snippets with Liveuta and what it could mean there!

It’s just so much fun and really gripping having these tiny little sub plots ebb away as we continue on :3

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

Self-preservation? Is that really why I did it? Elise thought to herself thinking how cold that sounded, selfish almost that the only reason she had saved him was because of the need to preserve her own life. It was partly true, but yet did she believe it fully that her sole purpose to save him was for that. Of course, she had admitted it and she hated that she had, but yet there seemed to be something more to it that even she was yet to admit to herself.

Should I say thank you? It seems polite. Pushing a lock of her loose hair behind her ear she glanced to him again, “Thank you.” Politely nodding alongside it as she considered his phrase for better or worse, it seemed comically as that was part of the usual wedding vows, but it was fitting. They were stuck with one another for better or worse as he so put it.

Do I look bad? Is he insinuating that I haven’t been resting? Does he know? She couldn’t help but worry for a moment that he somehow knew that she had not been doing well since being locked away in her tower, though as she thought about it her ladies in waiting would have reported anything to him. That and she figured he would have noticed the dark circles under her eyes from the many sleepless nights here, something she was trying to get accustomed too. Rising to her feet she felt unsteady inside, but she kept composure as if nothing was wrong, “Farewell.” Speaking on polite terms as she left the chambers to return to her rooms keeping up appearances with her head held high as she paced back to her room not letting on to anyone that she was anything but fine.

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Sending everyone away from her room as she returned, she allowed everything to sink in, she couldn’t hold it anymore as the unsettled stomach and bile she felt overpowered her, and she rushed to the adorning bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach. Heaving as her skin clammed up, she dropped the façade she had put on whilst around the others as the fear washed over her with the sight of the dead body now imprinted on her mind forcing her to compare it against her younger brothers. Athos. A repressed memory that she never thought would resurface. Feeling her arms tremble as she knelt against the cool wall Elise let out a shaky breath wiping her brow letting out all the emotions now she was safely behind closed doors and had sent her ladies away.

Pulling her knees up to her chest she wrapped her arms around her legs burying her head into her knees as she let the wave of sickness pass her, not daring to move just yet knowing she was quite unsteady. Although she had her freedom to roam, she didn’t feel like leaving her room anymore, the idea of being trapped inside feeling like a much safer option even though she hated being caged. Weak. I’m so weak. Reprimanding herself for the mess she was currently in, barely rested and hurling her guts at the sight of his death? Pathetic.

Closing her eyes, she took a few minutes to herself letting the silence of her room envelope her, darkness becoming her friend as she tried to push back the memories of her younger brother and the brutal scene before her. It was as if she could still feel the blood on her fingertips and they were forever stained with his blood as she remembered how she tried to shake him awake, everyone was just standing around him and not helping. All of them silently watching her as she cried at them to help him. Why now. Why did I have to remember this now, surrounded by enemies.

Elise knew that her servants reported on her movements and she was certain that by now they all knew of her sleeping patterns, her distress. Maybe even the nightmares she had tried to conceal, and she knew they would come back tonight, she knew it would be a mix of her dead brother and the poisoned server. Curling her hand into a fist angered by the fact they all knew about her private affairs.

“Your highness.”

Hearing the knock at the door she recognised it to be Floras voice one of her ladies in waiting that Ozragad had assigned to her she cringed not ready to face anyone let alone her ladies that spied on her day in and out.

“Is everything okay?”

“Fine. I’m fine.” Her hoarse voice spoke up from her position on the bathroom floor hoping that Flora would just leave her be and not probe anymore. Elise could sense the hesitation, the woman knew the lies that spewed from her mouth, but she couldn’t question it if she had stated she was fine.

“Forgive the intrusion, but I have had the bed heated and a fresh cup of hot tea placed at your bedside. It should help you rest.” Flora spoke softly through the door listening out for any movement, but she didn’t catch it, or a response to what she had done. Turning on her heel she bid the Princess a farewell giving her space to rest, whispers had already spread like wildfire about the events of this morning and most if not, all people knew about the poison laced cup.

It was only when Elise had heard the closing of the door did, she pick herself up from the floor and move into her room seeing the fresh cup of tea as expected. Sighing she hated to do it, but maybe rest was good for now. Not even bothering to change from her simple dress she slipped beneath the covers feeling the inviting warmth as she closed her eyes, not even daring to drink the tea because of what had happened earlier she closed her eyes trying to find some inner peace to allow her to sleep already dreading the idea of nightmares disturbing her.

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

I recommend the series! It certainly caught my attention haha.

Oh man that was such a great post! I can’t wait until I get to learn more about Liveuta. You keep hinting towards her and I want to know more!!

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

Oh true! I will see how it goes and such, I’m sure Elise will have a reaction or two haha.

It was a court of thorns and roses! Really good actually, I’m currently on the second one in the series.

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

I’m looking forward to it! Brilliant sounds good to me, when I pick it up want me to move it to the day of the hunt?

Thank you! I recently got into a new book series that I adore, and I found some artwork I loved of it :3

Plots galore~ [CLOSED]

Bump! I am open again :)

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

I thought I'd add a little more information to what happened to her younger brother :3 It seemed really fitting for the moment,

I'm glad you liked it!

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

Elise had to hold back the bile in her stomach from watching the scene before her, as much as she wished she could look away she had to watch the reality. It only affirmed what she and Lady Cheldarine had spoken about and that enemies would be everywhere she turned, though she couldn’t discern if this had been meant for her also it still left a foul taste in her mouth. Not once had she seen someone die in such a gruesome manner and seeing the serving boy die had resurfaced a repressed memory of her own.

It took all her strength not to hurl her guts as the image of her dead younger brother crossed her mind, remembering how she had been defiant pushing past the guards and her elder brother to see what the commotion was. Instantly she had regretted the decision as for many nights after she had nightmares surrounding it and even to this day it came back to haunt her on occasion. To see her younger brother sprawled on the bed skin ghostly white, blue tinging his lips and fingers adorned by red blood splatters. Crimson stained sheets from the usual bright white they were. To remember the haunted look of horror on her young brothers face as her eyes looked over the wounds, a deep slice across his throat and smaller ones on his wrists and then feet. The younger Prince had bled out and no one had heard anything, no scream and no signs of fight meaning the coward that had done the deed had done so whilst the Prince slept deeply. It had later been found there was a sleeping aid in his drink so he wouldn’t have stirred at the attack.

So, caught up in her own whirlwind of horror Elise didn’t pay any sort of attention to Ozragad and Manawyndans conversation until she heard the shut of the door leaving her alone with him. Panicked for a split second she whirled around to look at Ozragad as he returned to his seat at the table, silence forming between them as she couldn’t find any sort of words to say and it seemed he couldn’t either.

Elise didn’t dare move from the spot she was standing, using the table to keep herself steady fearing that her own legs would fail her and crumble beneath the pressure. A shaky breath escaped her lips, one that she didn’t realise she had been holding as she slowly gained the courage to move back to her seat the whole way using the table to lean on as she lowered herself into the chair glad to have the support of the wood beneath her.

“I understand.” Clearing her throat to try and sound confident and not show how unsettled she had been from this incident; it had dredged up memories she wished to be kept buried. “I’ll take it as a compliment that he thinks I could orchestrate such a thing under your watchful gaze.” Trying to settle she knew the comfort she needed would not be gained here, but she was not looking forward to the nights to come knowing the nightmares would resurface and that was a vulnerability she wanted no one to know about.

“Why? Why did you choose to save me?”

Why had she saved him? Pausing as she thought on how to answer him because she didn’t know herself, it could have been down to instinct. It could have been because she knew her survival depended on his own, or maybe she was warming to the idea of marriage. It could have even been because peace was sorely needed in their lands and the blood that had been spilled was more than enough to last a lifetime.

“I don’t know in all honesty.” Elise folded her arms as her brow furrowed trying to piece together her own scattered thoughts, “Poison is cowardly.” Muttering out her distaste for the substance until she found herself sighing again cringing at how he assumed she despised him and the palace. It wasn’t true, she despised that her freedom had been taken, that her father had forced this on her which she had channelled through onto Ozragad when it wasn’t his fault she had been put in this position.

“I don’t despise you or this place maybe some of your actions. It’s actually beautiful here in its own way. I despise the fact my freedom was taken from me because I was born a certain gender. That as a woman you can’t fight. If I had allowed you to drink that poison than you’d have died. Maybe I could have had a chance at my freedom, but that wouldn’t be the case.”

Elise stopped for a moment placing her head in her hands on the table finally admitting to herself something she very much knew, and something Lady Cheldarine had also reminded her of as she was honest with him. “My life is very much in your hands, it’s dependant on you being alive because you are the only thing stopping those that wish to tear me apart because of my heritage. I have a handful of men and they’d be crushed in a heartbeat leaving me to deal with whatever horrors my enemies wish me to live, I wouldn’t be able to make it out of here and if by some miracle I did I would not be able to navigate your lands or go unrecognised for that matter.” Lifting her head up slightly to meet his gaze she could feel her own mental exhaustion of this place creeping in.

“We came to an agreement. I will uphold my side of it.”

The Arrangement [Suki & Kassarock]

That sounds good to me!