Recent content by Odessa

Travel had been...enjoyable. Was that the word? Probably. She rather liked the sliver of time spent alone in a carriage, but the private ship was unexpected. Rather, her companion was unexpected. She had been leaning against the rail, watching the sea stretch endlessly. Blues and greens...

Odessa had grown abnormally quiet- for her- by the time the sun had risen and she was being loaded back up into a carriage. This time, she would spend the journey alone. Talking had been cathartic to some degree, even if it was only her sharing the surface of her life. Most of it, Lachlan had...

Odessa twisted to look at him, to take in the smile he proudly displayed when speaking of the man she loved. “What?” Her voice was quiet, brows furrowed. “It doesn’t make…then what the fuck happened to him?” She questioned him, interrogating for any answer that might lead to the truth. “I was...

"Six months until we wed or six months until I...move to Vel Odren?" She questioned, regretting that she hadn't been clear-headed enough to be present for any of this discussion. She was, at least slightly, relieved that her wedding would be in the shadow of Perri's. Less pressure was on the two...

"Before the wedding?" Odessa knew how her heart would feel had she kept the ring on her finger. It was a sinking feeling, nauseating and consuming, that she had been drowning in these past few weeks in her family home. "For what reason would I have to go before the wedding? How soon is this...

Odessa returned the expression, mimicking the sad smile. He was not incorrect, Rhidian was what she wanted. Who she wanted to spend her life with. But Odessa could see that her answer would make him feel worse than he already appeared to be feeling. “It would have been nice to have more time...

Odessa did not bother cleaning up the makeup running down her face. By the time she took a seat in the carriage, she was taking heavy breaths to calm herself after that fucking fiasco. She hated him, yes she definitely hated the man who followed her inside, but she had to admit that it was...

Odessa let him hold onto her, making no attempt to free herself from his grasp. Do you think they will ban us… But she looked over at him as he spoke and, for the first time in what felt like an eternity, Odessa laughed. She laughed hard, tears flowing freely from her eyes while they waited...

Odessa did not pull herself from the iron grip around her waist as the man who held her openly mocked the most hot-headed man she had known. A man who knew no boundaries when it came to what he wanted and what he believed was his. She remained there, stiff as a corpse, being dangled in front...

“Lord Ambrose,” Odessa started, startled by the lips pressing against her neck. She withdrew her eyes from her cousin and her fiancé, now aimed at the floor. She realized now, that this was not exactly what she had in mind when she had made her suggestion. She only wanted to leave the ball with...

Odessa twirled under the sparkling chandeliers, her gown swishing across the polished marble each time Lord Ambrose spun her around. Her smile seemed easy, not at all forced like it had seemed in her mind. Lord Ambrose's arms held her as they danced. He had quite liked the idea of leaving the...

Of course I knew. Odessa's eyes heated, threatening to spill the tears she had only recently been able to stop. During that semi-pleasant conversation with her fiancé. She wasn't resilient. She wasn't stronger. Whatever her family thought they knew about her had been wrong from the moment she...

"Oh..." Odessa wasn't sure how to respond to that news. Casinos. Felix really, truly must have hated her if he decided to marry her off to a family who endorsed irresponsibility. A family that preyed on the feeble-minded. The same people to resort to violence when there was nothing else left in...

Odessa felt his eyes linger on her as he turned to face her. She did not meet his gaze with her eyes, looking icier than ever with her bloodshot sclera. "Then tell me what your family does for a living," she let him speak. "And I'll remind you that my family thrives on the Dreadlords they...

She could not stop her eyes from rolling. "Especially not Perrine. If you value your sanity, you will send your cousins to her. Though if you value your cousin's sanity...perhaps you keep them apart." Her laughter was short, but it seemed a miracle that she managed to make that sound at all...