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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.”
1 Chapter 1 PROLOGUE2 Chapter 2 CH-1 FLASH BACK TO 1800s3 Chapter 3 2: Royal Court and Shadows of Betrayal4 Chapter 4 3: The Princess's Influence5 Chapter 5 4: The King's Wrath6 Chapter 6 5: Divisions Among the Counselors7 Chapter 7 6: The Curse Unveiled8 Chapter 8 7: The King's Death and War for the Throne9 Chapter 9 8: The Cursed Prince's Fall10 Chapter 10 9: The Kingdom's Collapse11 Chapter 11 10: The Earth Revolution12 Chapter 12 My Start13 Chapter 13 II MY START14 Chapter 14 III MY START15 Chapter 15 CLUMSY KISS16 Chapter 16 Brain-zyn17 Chapter 17 Ckass18 Chapter 18 Sen-Intro19 Chapter 19 Sen-Into II20 Chapter 20 Williams21 Chapter 21 Williams II22 Chapter 22 Stack Out23 Chapter 23 HA!24 Chapter 24 GAM- TRU-DARE25 Chapter 25 SHIFT26 Chapter 26 RY27 Chapter 27 EVER K28 Chapter 28 CAMP END29 Chapter 29 UNFORGOTTEN LIPS