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Princess of Fate

Princess of Fate

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Chapter 1 Changeling

Word Count: 2016    |    Released on: 26/01/2022

d the dying coals of the evening fire, we spin tales of naughty children stolen never t

t births, and diviners to foretell the weather, but to fear sorcerers or sorceresses w

r the Fae with their deceptive beauty,

other's denial was final and

, and the cold had seeped into the gloomy room, the dark wood of the furnishings and the floor fading

y carried in with the wood, froze when it was exposed and then scurried away, its long hairy legs disappearing back into the pile from which it would, no dou

The fabrics now had faded and become threadbare, and had not been replaced by new, the occupants of the bed no longe

e surfaces were dusty, the floor crunched with debris, and the room carried with it the scent of stale body odour a

n to sleeping else

sted fingers remarked upon hearing of the birth of my brother, Fiane. He gave challenge to that with the

lightly to seed. His belt did not tie as tightly as it once had, and his dark hair held more silver, but h

the little face, screwed up and reddened with fury, and smell the soiled rags he wore. So new t

ed ribbon. No one has done anything to anger the Fae Court or an

caught my skirt as I rose, and I pulled a face as the

he turned back

illbirths had stolen the colour from her skin, the light from her eyes, and the flesh from her bones. She was feverish. The birth had not been easy for her. Sh

ned with the milk she refused to give to the hungry baby. She smelled of body odour, illness, old blood, and now sour cre

." He wrapped the baby in the blanket lovingly woven by my mother during her first pregnancy, and used briefly in infancy by myself, and no

ss, I could see my father, his cloak dark over his shoulders, striding off down the street. The afternoon was fading into evening, but his passage

d eggs caught in the weave of fine sticks and down feathers. I wonder where the pa

er," my mother mu

lways been kind to me. She had a six-month-old baby that was widely known, but never openly ac

hat kept the locks so lush. Once, I was told, my parents had loved each other, before time

invited into her company as she had come, in recent years, to resent me for living when the boy children had not, but she had summoned me here today,

told me, fervently. "You can do it. Offer th

dens from where-ever they could get them, only to return them, twenty-years older the very next day, grieving being parted

being stolen by one as a wife, was being a recipient of their costly altruism. A gift from the F

? They'll be more handsome, and younger than Tilef. It's better for y

to read, to sew, with gentle kindness, and loving looks. She had taken care of her appearance and overseen the house, so that the maids had never been slovenly. The hous

s no longer the envy of our neighbours, no longer clean, no longer bright, and no longer home to my father. He

skin in clawed demand. "Take my cloak, the blue one. They favour blue. G

t around me, and I had only the one suitor in the village, Tilef, twenty years my senior and who had already buried two wives. I had turned him d

she released her grip, exhau

e is yours mother. This is just

of sound, like the boiling of a kettle. Her eyes glittered with

n't been for the good-witch, Isyl, neither of us would have lived. Isyl... Isyl would help us, I was sure. She came every year to the vi

decay of the household, a reflection of the decay of the marriage between my parents. The last time she had been here, she had told me

changeling then I will do as you ask." Perhaps I could apprentice myself to Isyl, offer to keep her house for

d to sleep. I sat gazing at her, my heart tight within my chest. I loved the mother she had once been to me and grieved t

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1 Chapter 1 Changeling2 Chapter 2 A Little Help Please3 Chapter 3 Shooting Mages4 Chapter 4 Fairy Man5 Chapter 5 Stolen Magic6 Chapter 6 Ogre Stew7 Chapter 7 Silver is Silver8 Chapter 8 Water will get Everywhere9 Chapter 9 The Bath10 Chapter 10 Spell Components11 Chapter 11 Virgin Hair12 Chapter 12 Just Magic13 Chapter 13 The Surprising Wife14 Chapter 14 Precious To Me15 Chapter 15 Dangerous Games16 Chapter 16 Siren17 Chapter 17 Lovers18 Chapter 18 The Imp Rescue19 Chapter 19 Fae Princes20 Chapter 20 Escaping the Mages21 Chapter 21 Seeking The Dragon22 Chapter 22 A Mage Knight23 Chapter 23 Not Sorry24 Chapter 24 A Fae Mage's Lover25 Chapter 25 The Golden Dragon26 Chapter 26 Aurien27 Chapter 27 Sex on the Beach28 Chapter 28 Valhared of the Dale29 Chapter 29 Fair Weather30 Chapter 31 Mermaids31 Chapter 32 Gagging a Siren32 Chapter 33 The Pirate's Map33 Chapter 34 The Law of Three34 Chapter 35 A Mer Mate35 Chapter 36 Fated Mates36 Chapter 37 A Rescue Repaid37 Chapter 38 Amongst the Angels38 Chapter 39 Saphaqiel39 Chapter 40 Stolen40 Chapter 42 The Bridle41 Chapter 43 Rivyn's Rescue42 Chapter 44 The Good-Witch43 Chapter 45 Healing44 Chapter 46 Foolish Mage45 Chapter 47 Rivyn's Twin Akyran46 Chapter 48 Benal47 Chapter 49 Don't Stray From The Path48 Chapter 50 The Last Day49 Chapter 51 Rivyn's Home50 Chapter 52 Rivyn's Wife51 Chapter 53 The Sacrifice52 Chapter 54 Happily Ever After53 Chapter 55 Book 2 The Dragon's Cave54 Chapter 56 Book 2 Room for Two55 Chapter 57 Book 2 The Dragon Wants a Wife56 Chapter 58 Book 2 A Dragon's Hoard57 Chapter 59 Book 2 A Dragon Bath58 Chapter 60 Book 2 Liera's Quest59 Chapter 61 Book 2 There is a Dragon 60 Chapter 62 Book 2 The Golden Dragon61 Chapter 63 Book 2 A Dragon Lover62 Chapter 64 Book 2 Matters of Men63 Chapter 65 Book 2 The Fae Court64 Chapter 66 Book 2 The Compromise65 Chapter 67 Book 2 Kill Clareath66 Chapter 68 Book 2 Destined for Greatness67 Chapter 69 Book 2 The Warlock68 Chapter 70 Book 2 Don't Leave Without Me69 Chapter 71 Book 2 Istacah70 Chapter 72 Book 2 Daerton71 Chapter 73 Book 2 Decisions72 Chapter 74 Book 2 A Matter of Trust73 Chapter 75 Book 2 The Grand Plan74 Chapter 76 Book 2 Timing75 Chapter 77 Book 2 RecNoc76 Chapter 78 Book 2 Poison77 Chapter 79 Book 2 Tarragon78 Chapter 80 Book 2 The Shackle of a Crown79 Chapter 81 Book 2 A King to None80 Chapter 82 Book 2 A Princess Roar81 Chapter 83 Book 2 One Hundred and Fifty Knights82 Chapter 84 Book 2 Leongrad83 Chapter 85 Book 2 Vienthrey River84 Chapter 86 Book 2 Secrets and Prophecies85 Chapter 87 Book 2 Mud and Magic86 Chapter 88 Book 2 Golems and Gates87 Chapter 89 Book 2 A Dragon Lover88 Chapter 90 Book 2 Pretty Peacocks89 Chapter 91 Book 2 Fealties90 Chapter 92 Book 2 The End91 Chapter 93 Book 3 Best Friends92 Chapter 94 Book 3 The Court of Light93 Chapter 95 Book 3 Akyran's Strange Behaviour94 Chapter 96 Book 3 Someone is Keeping Secrets95 Chapter 97 Book 3 A Dress Made of Straw96 Chapter 98 Book 3 The Rite of Three97 Chapter 99 Book 3 Friends to Lovers98 Chapter 100 Book 3 Betrayal99 Chapter 101 Book 3 Joining the Fight100 Chapter 102 Book 3 The First Battle