Tantalizing Beauty

Chapter 1

  TW: gore, blood, and mention of murder
                                3,417 words

     I took a deep breath of the nice sea air, as I wiggled my toes in the white sand. I tilted my head up and smiled at the grey clouds that covered the brightness of the sun.

     I never want to leave this gorgeous setting: the cold blue waves of the Fatal Sea brushing up against the shore, the soft white sand that I could fall a sleep in, and the cloudy sky that didn't let the sun peek through... it was my home, and I never want to leave.

The home of the Fatal Sea is relaxing to me. It helps me think, and helps me stay calm. There has never been a time where the Fatal Sea couldn't calm me down. Despite the name, it was relaxing, and quite beautiful.

Evalina didn't think so. She preferred  old. The Fatal Sea was the opposite of color. The grey clouds always covered the sky no matter what time of day. Almost nothing in Solaria was colorful. Unless you were inside the castle. I've never been there... but I knew that their riches have gifted them with bright colors. I will be in there soon... hopefully, if our plan works.

My sister and I have a plan to get into the castle... but we aren't sure it's going to work.

Well... more like she doesn't think our plan is going to work. I feel like it could work. All we have to do is pretend to be someone we aren't.

                                       ~
                           Two nights ago:
I rose out of the cold water. The scales slowly receded from the my legs and hips. My arms quickly retreated to cover my bare body when I felt the cold air bite at my pale smooth skin.

     I looked to my right to see Evalina start to shiver. Her arms did the same as mine and she started to take small steps out of the freezing water, so I reluctantly followed.

     "He should be here soon," Evalina spoke softly, her voice quivering, "I could hear his mind when we were in the water, so he's around here somewhere."

     I sighed and I continued to walk up to the shore. I turned around to look out at the churning waters of the Fatal Sea, to search for the lord we wanted to seek out.

     Lord Arden was a man that Evalina and I have been watching for some time... He is the king's favorite lord, so he is much needed for our disguise. We needed to know when he was going to be arriving at the palace, and where he would be before that. So we did our research and found out that he had to go to war with our neighboring country, Vecina.

We planned to end his life, nicely... and then we act as his daughters to break into the castle. But first, of course we had to make him write a letter to us that he, "supposedly" wrote while in battle to us, " his daughters".

I looked farther out into the distance to look for a sign of any ships, until I finally saw one. "Evalina! I see them! I see a ship!" I ran over to Evalina to lead her to where I was standing.

She started to focus and I stayed quiet. The only sounds I heard was the whistles of the chilling wind, and the crashing waves of the Fatal Sea against the large rocks that gathered at the right of the shore.

"That's him," Evalina said, breaking the silence, "I can hear his thoughts... he's going to the nearest dock... and... after he's going to the Rocky Pub."

"What's that?" I asked.

"Somewhere you get drinks," she replied.

"Oh... so where are we going to kill him? It can't be somewhere public."