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ETHEREAL BLUE

Chapter 5 4: The King's Wrath

Word Count: 851 | Released on: 03/12/2024

Appa's voice thundere

doorframe. It wasn't as if I had a choice. When the k

ents. Ministers and generals flanked the room, their faces flushed f

I shouldn't have to ca

e, Appa, I'd actually listen," I muttere

eak

ty," I said, barely

e, his voice low. "You're going to get y

try," I

om. "This is not the time for petty squabbles. The kingdom is

asy glances, and I resiste

is glare at General Kwon, a grizzled vete

borders remain unstable. The Buyeo forces have launched several raids, target

t am I paying you for if you c

lomat. "The Buyeo forces are using guerrilla tactics. They

eping across the room. "Are my commanders so incom

pent less time insulting your commanders and more t

l silent, al

his voice dangerousl

rning look from the corner o

u?" Appa's tone was venomous. "You th

gaze. "I think actions make a man.

could react, the force of th

respect this family or this throne,

mber, my cheek was burning

outh shut," Seok Hoon said,

napped. "We're fighting wars we can't

n, his voice low but fierce. "But we don't get

. "No one questions him. And

ing grounds. The air was thick with the sound

gn," General Kwon informed

I argued, though I

he countered. "And

o the heart of the campaign, witnessing firsthand the brutality of war. Vil

have you?" Seok Hoon asked one night as we

itted, my v

hts to protect," he sa

have an

slave trade spread quickly. In the co

gerous," Hyejin war

truth,"

can get you kil

mish near the border. We were out

al Kwon shouted, b

loodied and beaten, a sinking realiz

vincibility of the royal c

he soldiers around me began to scatter. The enemy's battle cry grew louder, their f

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“"Guy why you dey look me like that?" His voice was steady, but the flicker of confusion and heat in his eyes made my chest tighten. "I'm not," I lied, though my gaze refused to move from the water sliding down his neck, tracing the hard lines of his chest before disappearing beneath the towel. " Huh! Really?" he asked, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips. "Because you're looking at me like I'm some kind of forbidden fruit." I swallowed hard, cursing the way my breath hitched. He wasn't wrong. Something about him-his presence, his confidence, the way he stood there dripping wet like he didn't have a care in the world-had me unraveling. "You're the one standing half-naked," I shot back, though the words lacked bite. "What do you expect?" He laughed, the sound deep and rich, like the rumble of a storm. "I didn't expect you to be so easy to distract." "Distract? I'm not distracted." My words came out too quick, too defensive. He stepped closer, his damp hair falling across his forehead, and for a moment, the space between us felt electric. "Then wati dey make you dey blush?" I opened my mouth to respond, but nothing came out. Because he was right-I was blushing, my pulse racing, my thoughts a mess. And then, just as suddenly as he'd appeared, he was gone, leaving nothing but the memory of his smirk and the ache in my chest that told me this wasn't over. --- Can you survive the pull of gravity when it's not just the black hole that's consuming you-but him? Dive into ETHEREAL BLUE, a tale of cursed ghosts, forbidden connections, and the kind of chemistry that stops time itself.”