She stabbed the space between his fingers instead. His laughter stopped entirely, forsaking his smile with something blank, almost lost, in comparison.
“You question the role of Fate in your life, Orlana,” he said quietly, but the words resounded in her ears like a sonorous gong. “What if I told you I believed in it beyond words? In Haelios and his deceptive ways of making you think you control yourself, when in reality, everything was decided long ago by forces we cannot truly comprehend?” He leaned forward, lips soft and pale and barely moving, gaze flickering between her star-flecked hands and her eyes. “What would you say to that, my White Queen?”
When Orlana swallowed, she swallowed down a mouthful of bile.
Forcing her hands not to quake, she slammed them down on the table. Several pieces fell. The white queen did not.
“What would I, the White Queen, respond with?” she finally …show more content…
Here, she had the sight of a hawk.
None of those idiotic pirates noticed her presence yet, but almost eye level with her was none other than Cedric, holed up in a lavish cafe across the bustling street, toasting her good efforts with a dastardly smirk as if to say, “Having fun, I see.”
She nearly rolled her eyes in pleasant exasperation, but settled with a swift smile, before taking off along the rooftops, wary of every step as she soared and jittered along the edges, her whole intention to create a scene as crowds below openly gawked at her display of perceived precariousness. And although not entirely adoring the rapt attention she received from bystanders, Orlana found the game of cat and mouse one of amusement, especially if she got to play the clever fox hidden under the guise of a naked mouse. Especially if no one ever knew her face, still veiled under a peasant’s
“You question the role of Fate in your life, Orlana,” he said quietly, but the words resounded in her ears like a sonorous gong. “What if I told you I believed in it beyond words? In Haelios and his deceptive ways of making you think you control yourself, when in reality, everything was decided long ago by forces we cannot truly comprehend?” He leaned forward, lips soft and pale and barely moving, gaze flickering between her star-flecked hands and her eyes. “What would you say to that, my White Queen?”
When Orlana swallowed, she swallowed down a mouthful of bile.
Forcing her hands not to quake, she slammed them down on the table. Several pieces fell. The white queen did not.
“What would I, the White Queen, respond with?” she finally …show more content…
Here, she had the sight of a hawk.
None of those idiotic pirates noticed her presence yet, but almost eye level with her was none other than Cedric, holed up in a lavish cafe across the bustling street, toasting her good efforts with a dastardly smirk as if to say, “Having fun, I see.”
She nearly rolled her eyes in pleasant exasperation, but settled with a swift smile, before taking off along the rooftops, wary of every step as she soared and jittered along the edges, her whole intention to create a scene as crowds below openly gawked at her display of perceived precariousness. And although not entirely adoring the rapt attention she received from bystanders, Orlana found the game of cat and mouse one of amusement, especially if she got to play the clever fox hidden under the guise of a naked mouse. Especially if no one ever knew her face, still veiled under a peasant’s