noctis-crow-MOVED's Literatures
tw for explicit violence, descriptions of death, flashbacks of child abuse
“This will be over quickly, now, won’t it?” Queen Enmity hissed. “In all my long years, I never suspected that you would be the first of my daughters to challenge me. You, of all dragons.” Truthseer felt pain shoot up her arm as the queen’s claws dug in. Blood trickled down her scales. “It’s a shame you suddenly gave into such foolishness- you could be painting peacefully in your bedroom right now if you had given up your ideas of challenging me.”
Finally Henry began to speak. His voice was different now, soft and rasping, and Toni struggled to make out the words. “So no one thought that maybe I…” He faltered, and tried again. “That maybe I would have liked to know about this. So I could be here.”