King West did not earn his reputation unjustly.The ground had soon turned tumultuous with sharp rocks and jaggard stone, her limbs were weary, tired and frail and she wore only the smallest of dirty scraps on her persons, yet he treated her like a great threat... which was to say harsh.
Despite herself, Sera found pleasure in the fact.
Oh what an insult it would have been to be underestimated.
Or at least she had, until he shackled her wrists and ankles with heavy wrought iron.
It appeared he was a male of few words, despite their earlier exchange, and that was more frightening than had he been swearing vicious threats of death once more. Fyn, on the other hand, was steadily growing on her nerves and if she weren't mistaken, West's also.
That wasn't to say the King voiced his displeasure. No, it was the subtle darkening of his features, the slight crease that formed between his brows, the way the edges of his lips downturned.
Fyn's jovial musings and raucous laughter at his own tales would have been enjoyable had their current trip not been a procession to her own, most assuredly painful, execution. She imagined he'd be a real hoot around a campfire with a pitcher of ale or two.
The thought of the impending had her creature rattling the cages of its confines once more. Though she tried to keep her face blank, she knew she winced. Her brows drew downwards and her lips thinned as she pressed them together tightly. Sera's nostrils flared as she drew a large breath but on the exhale, just when she thought she'd mastered control over her pain, a soft whimper keened out of her.
Atop a dark stallion, with West's bare chest pressed firmly against her side, there wasn't a chance he hadn't heard it. She could feel the cords of his muscle tense and ripple and she craned her neck to the side until she was staring at the billowing mane of the horse and as far away from his unscrupulous gaze as she could manage.
Allowing any sort of pain to manifest to her surface was never an option for Sera.
To show pain was to show weakness or worse yet... reveal what she housed inside.
"Look at me," his rough voice commanded.
Her jaw set firmly in defiance and her eyes narrowed, determined to deny his request.
"I said, look at me," West growled, the timbre of his voice so rough, a shiver snaked down the notches of her spine.
Still, she ignored him.
He moved faster than a spark ignited to a fully fledged flame, the bulk of his body making the movement seem aggressive. Everything about the King was aggressive. The towering size of his body, the sneer that warped his rugged features, the glint that pulsed in his foreboding eyes.
Had he been anyone else- had she been anyone else- she might have said the term aggressively handsome came to mind, if such a thing truly did exist.
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Wolfsbane
FantasiA curse plagues Sera. Slumbering within, a dark creature longs to control her mind. It's wicked and cruel and has a penchant for killing. It knows no bounds and has met no match... until the King. When Sera slaughter...