A Dusk By Any Other Name (BoyxBoy)

XXVIII: Royal

~Emilia's P.O.V~

Despite her current situation, Envy looked irritatingly smug. Her eyes taunted me, telling me that she's not afraid, and in fact, amused by all things.

And that just fueled the rage I have on her from before... And now, it's no longer on her, It's on Crepsus too. It may be a coincidence that he had us both working on his side, but the fact that I was on the same side as her...

I won't have it. As far as I'm concerned, if he's allied with a monster such as she, he is my enemy.

She opened her mouth, attempting to speak before I knocked her in the jaw.

"You fucking bitch!" I screamed at her.

"Oh, you shut up you whore!" She shot back.

"Oh, I'm the fucking whore now? While you were sleeping around with Crepsus for who knows how long? And for what? A power fund? You have some nerve calling me anything when you're worth being called a two dollar slut!"

"Ha, that's fucking it, you damn Princess!" She barked, freeing herself from my plant's binds, and punching me in the gut.

I pretended to bellow over, hoping to maybe catch her off guard.

Sorry, but it takes a bit more to bring a stubborn bitch like me down.

"You should be thanking me... you insolent girl... Did you not like your family in the first place? Especially your mother? Your royal blood required you to be an heir to the throne, plus, you also have the Royal Voice, the bloodborne power you swore to yourself you would never use... But your mom was going to force you to, wasn't she?"

She pushed me to the ground, dirtying my clothes of dust and dead grass.

"Force you to use it upon those poor, future royal subjects of yours so that you would assume the position as the new queen of the domain... But no... you didn't have the heart, did you..?"

I don't know what to say... She's right... But if I used my voice on them... They.... they would have...

"DID YOU?!" She shouted, making me feel a pang at my heart.

She's right... I'm pathetic... and a coward... who has only been thinking about my own well being instead of the safety of others that I affect along with them...

"You're a selfish person, you know that?" She continued.

"I'm aware..." I trailed off, trying to shut my mind of the emotional tidal wave that's about to pour out of my soul.

"Are you though? Are you truly aware of the conundrum you rained upon your own kingdom; simply by walking out of it? Are you truly aware that you are the reason you see me as you do right now?!"

I couldn't speak, I'm afraid that whatever I say will end with me crying... Crying about my mistakes, my past, something I promised myself that I wouldn't do anymore, right after that fateful day...

Envy placed her hand on my throat and squeezed hard, depriving me of an effort to fight anymore...

"Why don't I just kill you as I did her, shall I?"

My consciousness was starting to black out before me...

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"Mom, I can't do this! I shouldn't have been born with this!"

"You must, Emillia, this kingdom can't function without a queen with this power!"