Citrine's Monsters: Legend of the Nameless One, #0.5
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A lover's betrayal. A flight through an evil forest. A deadly promise.
When Citrine is chased out of her village for her unusual skills, she travels through a dark forest searching for a place to call home.
Along the way she runs into monsters and makes a deadly promise in exchange for freedom.
Citrine's Monsters is a 9,000 word short story and prequel to the epic fantasy series: Legend of the Nameless One.
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Citrine's Monsters - Angela J. Ford
1
Quarrel
The foul wind slammed the door behind me. The hinges growled as if they would suddenly develop fingers, reach out, and eat me alive. Shaking off the looming six sense something bad was about to transpire, I spun around and drew up short, nearly dropping my basket of goods.
Hansel,
reaching up I struggled with the knot of the scarf that concealed my vibrant hair. You gave me a fright.
They warned me about you,
my lover, Hansel, confronted me as if some outwardly being had invaded his body and held it hostage. His bare arms trembled and his chocolate brown eyes were red rimmed. They warned me about you,
his tone hollow as the repeated words buzzed in the suddenly thick air.
What are you talking about?
I waved my hand in dismissal, more frustrated with the stubborn knot than what Hansel was agitated about.
I was in the garden,
he went on.
A sudden flurry of alarm flittered through my heart like the panicked wings of a butterfly, stuck in a spiderweb. Save me. Words whispered through my mind. Save me. Blinking I straightened my shoulders, dropping the basket and hugging my middle. I told you never to go into the garden…
I lifted my chin, reminding myself to stay calm and confident. He knows nothing. We can figure this out as long as I don’t lose my temper.
I know!
his words bit the air as he snapped at me, a wave of anger passing over his face like a flash of lightening. I found this.
In his right hand he held up a three-foot-long black and white patterned snake skin. What kind of dark creature has a skin like this? And this…
he held up a peacock blue feather, twice the size of my hand.
What do a snake skin and a feather have to do with anything?
I cooed, taking a step towards him, holding up my hands in reassurance. Don’t you think you’re overreacting? We live on the outskirts of the boundary line forest, wild beasts roam the meadows from time to time, which is why I told you not to go in my garden.
Don’t be coy with me,
he snapped. Don’t beguile me with your words. I know what I saw in the garden, what are you hiding back there? Whatever it is, it’s not natural. The villagers warned me. You are too bright and snappy. There’s something odd and enchanting about you.
He pointed a shaking finger at my face as his face sneered. You with your strange eyes and odd plants and herbs and potions…
Sometimes you see things you don’t understand. I’m sure it’s nothing,
I cocked my head at him, amused by his anger.