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I swatted his approaching hand. "I may not know how to contribute, and I may not yet be old enough to overrule my father's commands, but I can protect you."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

A few tears escaped my eyes. "I didn't mean to…please, check on her."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

Angrily—brutally, I forced the trident deeper into her so that her cries were louder than the blood screaming in my ears. I allowed my anger to influence me, to control me. If I showed Verena any mercy, she'd only attack Taegen again. 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

A loud metal clang rang in my ears, an almost deafening sound. My heart raced noisily above it. I peeled my eyes open, and I gasped with a strange shiver. Taegen stood before me, his sword unsheathed and withstanding Verena's hammer.

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

She smirked, her shiny lips pulling taut in the moonlight. She was dangerously beautiful, and the stars admired her. "I hear your power isn't what it was when I faced you before. I am sure I could take you on."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

I almost laughed at the obvious lie. It was adorable, but I knew Ruith just wanted to comfort me. He could sense something was wrong but didn't want to upset me by prying for information. I considered his offer—knew it'd leave my heart yearning when our moment ended.

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

Sorry, dad, but how can I believe in a God that didn't save you?

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

…where I found him swinging from the ceiling.

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

"Then…can I take a photo of you?" After pulling a sheet from his hand, I struggled to insert it into the camera. He laughed with me and demonstrated how to open the back and correctly input the film. 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

"Usually fifty, but since you've got your boy here, I'll give you a discount."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

Considering my stance, Fyodor leaned back in his seat. "It does not matter what I believe. I exist solely to receive orders and assign them. So, if I believed annihilating even the innocents of the elven community were wrong, I couldn't take any action."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

I lowered my inhaler and spotted the blood on the mouthpiece. How was it that I wasn't surprised, yet my gut still tightened at the sight of it? 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

It was hard to hold his gaze when he reacted like that. Although a kiss was an ordinary gift to give to those one cared for, I felt embarrassment swell in me. 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

"Don't be like that. I was teasing you." A playful laugh fell from his lips as he squeezed my shoulder. "I'll come around for a bit, two or three days from now. Can you wait that long? Or will the world end if I'm not back by tomorrow?"

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

All I'd ever been taught was a bit of combat—how to wield the little magic I knew to defeat enemies, and how to manipulate swords into inflicting fatal wounds. But how could I protect the ones I loved if I could not save them after they'd already been struck? My magic had potential that even Spring recognized, yet I could not tap into it. 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

A long while later, the clouds were merciful, and they closed their pores to spare me the never-ending rain showers. However, it wasn't the lack of patter that had startled me awake, but the sound of Simon's erratic coughs beside me. My eyes flew open, and I faced my left. Bound to his coughing fit, Simon felt around in the dark blindly. 

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

Taegen was always so considerate of me, always so loving. He disciplined me, took care of me, and performed adoring gestures. Guilt gnawed at me for having considered life wasn't worth living once Elion had passed. How could I have been so unappreciative of my beloved guardian?

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

"Not that." Taegen returned to me. "I don't believe you don't hold compassion for humans and elves. That is not how Elion and I raised you. Do not believe everything your father says about them. There are wicked humans, that is true, but there are wicked elves also. A batch cannot define an entire race."

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

Taegen did not. He braved the fire of the king's glare. But I could not have him burning for my sake, so I took to Taegen's side. That earned me a painful look as Taegen and I shared knowing what came next. It could not be avoided. When my father stood, I was again astonished by his towering height. He plucked a metal bar from the collection of disciplinary objects hanging against his beige wall. An iron bar.

Pining Through Calamity (Bromance)

Fantasy · _Haven

I was born free! And no one can tell me otherwise!

I Will Kill The Author

Fantasy · Night_Crawler619