(Late Response) Prompt #78 / "Child by the Waters"

[ap0cryphal]

Title: "Child by the Waters"
Challenge/Prompt: #78 / Shallow
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: N/A
Rating:PG-13 / K+
Warnings: Violence
Disclaimer:  Original work, my own stuffs, etc.
Summary:  You'll come back to me, pet. They promised.
Author's Notes: been away, playing catch-up. Also, this is sort-of a follow up to "Child by the Pyre" / Ficlet for #77 (pure)

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A night of festivals.

Above: dragonform kites kiss fiery arcs to the sky. Below: palace minarets resound: "Blessed be our winter queen, blessed be her mercy in victory, her humility in conquest, her sacrifice in duty."

In the festival's shadow: a knee-deep pond. A boy with bloody hands, wading into still waters.

"Blessed be our lost prince."

Bloody circle, fingertip scrawled to his forehead: an offering to the seasons, a gift from the winter palace.

You'll come back to me, pet. They promised.

He did, with a black heart.

He did, with coal dark eyes and teeth cast in silver.

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Comments

[cydling]

i'm so loving this. so very much!