Double Crossed: Marionette

Prologue

In the beginning, Earth was peaceful. The Maeryn Kingdom ruled over the planet with a graceful and merciful hand. The only people who did not receive such mercy were the Parallax. The Parallax was a group of outcasts, rebels even, that despise the royal family. They broke away from the Phoenix Rise just over 50 years ago. Since then, they have acquired unlikely allies and have only grown. Our story takes place here, on the border of a planet wide war.

Marionette West, a young female in a sea of experienced male generals. No one had time for a girl who attempted to climb the ranks of a male lead society. The only chance she had to climb into a place off the front lines was her intimidation and emotionless demeanor. And that's exactly how she got her position as second-in-command in Parallax Order 117. Right behind two stuck up men who don't know the difference between pain and a joke.

The only person even close to a friend in the Parallax that Marionette considered a friend was Agent Calian. Her chocolate hair and sea green eyes made any guy she wanted fall for her instantly. Marionette, with her crimson eyes and ivory skin, was more the intimidating beautiful. Only the bravest dared to even approach her.

And that is how it went, day after day. Marionette was downcasted for being the girl to climb the ranks. She hid in her room for hours after her shift. She didn't want anyone to find her. Men plagued every hallway, searching for a victim in their next prank or some girl to pretend to love for a night. Those men tried to capture Marionette the first week she was here, but they quickly learned not to play with an Ancient One. Each had at least a broken bone when they left her room.

Now the large clock in the courtyard below chimed twelve, it was midnight. The large windows in Marionette's room let in large streams of moonlight. She had no lights turned on, she much preferred the darkness. There was nothing with no light. No family, no friends, no emotion. Marionette liked it that way. There was nothing to remind her of her past in this lonely but spacious room. The lack of the need to sleep allowed Marionette to enjoy the night for hours more. Just her and darkness.

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