The Shadow Queen's Reign

A Blade of Silver (Chapter 4)

As I'm sitting at my desk in the Shadow Realm, reading books about magic, I decide to go and get a drink from the kitchen.

I walk down the stairs into the large kitchen and grab a cup, and fill it with water. After I grab a piece of fruit, I walk back upstairs, counting each stair like always.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten..."

I look up at the hundreds of stairs above me, and wonder what went through the mind of the previous Shadow Queen when she had this castle built.

"Six hundred sixty-five, six hundred sixty-six, six hundred sixty-seven, six hundred sixty-eight, six hundred sixty-nine, six hundred seventy.."

I look up, and still see the abundant amount of stairs until I get to my office on the top floor.

I look down the hallway, and see the one thing that continues on each of the 115 floors of my castle. Blades of silver, the one thing I don't like about this castle.

The previous Shadow Queen had the silver swords put in just incase any of the Shadow wolves decided to go out of line.

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I walk onto the top floor, and see someone who isn't Yami or Kai looking deeply at the swords.

"The previous Shadow Queen put them up.. I've only kept them up as a safety reminder to get the walls and floor checked every year."

I let the man, who told me his name was Oran, into my office. He said he had questions about Neo.