Gone. That's what he'd tell the probing lickspittles. It was a perfect system for one of his status. When they inquired where the entire town had gone off to, he'd shrug with high-born #manners, they'd nod their imperious heads and never bother to ask if he'd done it. #vss365
She rubbed her arms to keep the chill from sticking to her bones. Turning to the hearth, she made quick work of tending to the flame. It consumed her with a #lust-ful spark, taking on a human shape, finger-like tendrils & crackling eyes awaiting her command. #vss365
Their job was to excite the little soul within the new mother, to bring about the quickening. An easy #gig and, to their #credit, they usually excelled. Sweet petals strewn about delighted most. Alas, this wee bairn craved blood, so the banal festivities went unnoticed. #vss365
The Queen saw red. She sewed till fingers bled, wielding the magic of her kin. A hidden castle housed the King's betrayal. When she threw her spell over six sleeping heads, their necks stretched, chests puffed in a flurry of plumage, #swans in place of six bastard sons. #vss365
My hands drifted to her waist of their own volition. Her smile shone in the dim light, each perfect tooth like the last gasp of dying stars. Captured in her #nebula, her power was beyond anything I experienced at the academy. In my embrace, she was the one who held me. #vss365
Jealous of her beauty, they drag her below the surface, slick #ophidian constrictions on her ankles. It is like poetry how the jewels on her brow, her fine silks, the symbols of a duty she detested, weigh her down. How easily she succumbs to their appetite for her ruin. #vss365
Spittle on his chin, he licked his lips, perspiration speckled forehead shining.
"Change your life, it will! Just two doses a day! Never again fear the black hand of death!"
He charmed the #torpid crowd with tall tales of a magic elixir. Snake oil simmered in the heat. #vss365