A COURT OF PAIN AND SORROW (ACOTAR FANFIC)

Chapter Two

Verna Tansmia, the Heiress of the Spring Court, was not scared of anything.

She was not scared of her father's temper, as she had to deal with that for the last two hundred years. She was not scared of sirens, as she had one to be her future step-mother. She was not scared of Willow's, as she would have been if one was not the High Priestess of these lands, Circe Van Rosenburg, who was currently visiting her homeland of Re'en and her older sister Lord Nicole of Scalswind. Circe was of Verna's oldest and possibly her only friend.

And Verna would never be scared of an Artemis whore. So, when she saw the Artemis royal family in her living room, she was going to raise hell.

She tapped a brown leather boot onto the wooden floor. Gods, this room needed a clean, some spiders had made their nest on the east wall and on the south seemed to be a rats nest. Verna made a mental note to tell her lady servant, May, so that two of them could get ride of it together.

"Why are you in my house?" Verna asked in her sweet voice.

"A meeting," Nyx Artemis replied. "The meeting, the one are parents have been talking about for the last few months. Unless your father did not tell you."

No, Tamlin did not tell his daughter anything. Nothing about the meeting that was held every December nor the fact it was their time to host. And oh dear! Verna has showed up in a bloody tunic and blood all over her arms. She felt her cheeks burn and her green eyes went wide as she turned and looked at Nyx. His black hair fell into curls at his blue eyes that held a purple glow in them. His lip piercing moved as he looked at her.

"I'm sure your father did mean to tell you," The High Lord of the Dawn Court said. "But if you need time to change, we can wait."

"However, we might need to know why you are covered in blood. That is yours and the others." Lilith said with a small smile. She sniffed smelling Verna's blood. Verna turned her nose at Lilith, a wicked smile on her face. "I'm sure your Lord father will come in that time."

"I don't need to tell you anything." Verna replied with the same smile. "My father should be home shortly."

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Gods that bath was nice, and just what Verna needed. The oils and fresh clean hair. She could still hear the voices of the other High Lords downstairs and with it she rolled her spring green eyes. Tansmia eyes, the eyes each Tansmia had and will ever have.

That, was not what she needed. What she did need, was a nice smut book, a warm fire burning through the fire place. And of course, lots and lots of kisses from her pet dog Lavender who was currently sleeping on Verna's bed. The female dog did not seem to care about the most powerful people in the world down below in their living room.

Verna herself could still feel Nyx's blue-purple eyes on her body, the way he looked so worried at the blood on her. As if something could take her down. The thought itself made her mad and yet she wanted to laugh at the thought.

"Verna," Echo said from her main  bedchamber. "Your Lord father is asking for you."

"Tell him that I will be down in a few minute." Verna said.

As she spoke, Verna rose from the bathtub and walked naked into her bedroom. Soap ruining down from her breast, past her cunt and ass, and gown her thighs. She used a towel to clean up most of the soap before putting the towel in the pile of things the laundress would need to clean.

She rolled her stockings back up and placed her shoes on. Always shoes first. She then placed her petticoat on and with that her over top and a green skirt that fell to the floor, over that she placed her girdle on, a beautiful brown that had flowers placed onto it. Over all her outfit screamed her title.