Phlegathon: The River of Fire
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Last published Sat, Jun 11, 2022
"Ophelia Katelyn Phlegathorn, Crown Princess to Oromore and it's islets. You stand accused of murdering Raedin Thorne; the greatest pyro-elemental in existence. How do you plead?"
"Guilty."
The courtroom roared with righteous fury, calling her every filthy name imaginable, condemning her to death as if they could ever begin to imagine what she felt.
'It was an accident' she wanted to cry out, she wasn't a monster.
They didn't understand that her soul was breaking.
She didn't mean to kill him.
She would've died for him.
She loved him.
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