After downing my fourth alcoholic beverage, I put the glass onto a butlers tray, and continue to sit down onto my throne next to my dear parents. Dissatisfied with the strength of the beverage, I ask for something stronger. But my mother glares at me and tells the butler to leave. I glare back at her. My mother is many things, but she is not more powerful than me and I will not let her belittle me like she belittles her servants.
‘ Do you seriously expect me to make it through this wretched ball without being slightly tipsy?’
‘I’ve been telling you about the importance of this ball for weeks, Hårbyn. Don’t you dare disappoint me today.’ I roll my eyes and see her turning back to look at everyone else dancing and laughing and eating in the ballroom. As she surveys in a calm manner, she continues to underestimate me.
‘ If you don’t do what we planned tonight Hårbyn, I’ll make sure Perzarius locks you somewhere where you will be disciplined and this time, you won’t make it out.’ I sigh. Another threat. If I got a gold coin every time my mother threatened me, I’d be a rich man. I turn my head to look at my people and tap my finger on the arm stand of my throne. I smirk slightly when I hear my mother suck in a breath.
From the corner of my eye, I can see her fingers slowly starting to freeze from my power and disappearing into small little snowflakes by her feet. Too bad she can regenerate rapidly.
‘ When will you understand you can’t keep me locked up mother. I’m already more powerful than anyone else in this land and you know it. That's why you’re making me do this announcement tonight. You just want to flaunt your power and let your enemies know you have a weapon that can destroy their lands in a blink of an eye.’ I laugh slightly and continue. ‘ The only way you can stop me is with this little stupid bracelet you’ve enchanted me with. But just wait…’
I turn my head at both of them, and look them dead in the eyes. My mum still looks calm and composed like normal. The only slight difference is her biting the inside of her mouth to stop herself from screaming. My dad, on the other hand, looks slightly taken aback and fearful. He was never good at hiding his emotions.
‘ Once I find out how to get rid of this damned bracelet and reach my eighteenth birthday, I swear on everything good and holy I will kill both of you. And if my dear siblings try to stop me, I’ll kill them too, and blame it on something stupid like some tragic accident that occurred while on the border between our world and the mundanes. I will make sure everyone believes me with either sorcery or with pure skill, and I will rule these lands gracefully without any of you barking orders at me.’
It seems they understand what I’m trying to say very clearly because my mother looks at my father and he activates the bracelet that feels like a hoard of giants are ripping me limb from limb. I bite the inside of my mouth to keep me from screaming but I’m used to it by now. I smile at both of them and stand up. The bracelet has been deactivated and I’m able to think properly again, but the powers I was using on my mother have stopped and she was already regrowing her lost fingers.
‘ Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to be somewhere right now. But I’ll be sure to come back in time for the feast and the announcement I’ll be giving.’ I kiss both of my parents on their hands, making sure I look them in the eyes so they can see my eyes flashing red. This way, they know I was serious about what I said.
Then I walk away. Graceful on the outside but furious on the inside. It seems I’m going to have to take a couple minutes to compose myself so I don’t rip this castle out of the ground and take it apart brick by brick.
I go up the servants stairs and reach my own floor in the castle. I’m walking rapidly, dedicated to arriving at my playroom in hopes that the little elven girl I left there a couple hours ago took my advice of enjoying the commodities. She was the closest one to the real thing. I sigh. What am I even saying? Ever since that dream I had a couple months ago of this beautiful girl with dark flowing hair, bright hazel eyes, big kissable lips and knifes strapped to her thighs, I couldn’t do anything sexual with anyone that didn’t look remotely like her. I thought of the fact that I finally went insane. Maybe this bracelet strapped to my wrist was making my sex drive terribly bad. But then I realised that I was doing perfectly fine with someone that looked similar to her. So then I just decided to accept the fact that some sort of higher power was playing tricks on me. Call it karma if you would. For all the horrible things I’ve done to others.
I’m nearly outside the room, ready to open the door, when I hear something. Another heartbeat. I pause for a second, confused. It sounds different. And my servants should all be downstairs, tending to the guests. Then I realise ; my curiosity peaks. This is a human heartbeat. There is a human in my castle.
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