Chapter 1-
It is safe to say that I am completely and utterly bored. After Ash took me to the Winter Court and dumped me off, disappearing, I had nothing to do. But wait.
And I waited. I couldn't be more happy when Mab finally called me in. Well, as happy as you can get if a deadly Winter Queen wanted your head.
It turned out that Ash didn't love me, and Mab was going to use me as a pawn, but why would my father come rescue a tiny half breed like me? At least, that's what the goblins whispered when I walked by.
After I cried out all my tears, and Rowan gave me that mushroom, I didn't care any longer. I tried saying this was all in my head. I tried pinching myself awake, or telling myself I was crazy.
But it was no use. I was still in love with the Winter Prince who would never be mine.
And that's why I'm here right now. Bored. Because one can only read books on maiming and or killing techniques so much.
Today I sat in the battle room. Mab let me wander the kingdom as I pleased, and she warned anyone who would hurt me would deal with her. So naturally, no one looked me in the eye.
I watched the troops train with the art of the sword. Just like Ash, they were deadly, but not as good as him.
"The sword is a part of your body, remember that!" A tiny toad-like creature shouted. More like squeaked. I thought he the instructor. He didn't seem as nasty as the rest of the court.
When the lesson was over, I walked to where he sat, polishing the weapons. The room was quite with everyone else gone, except for the tiny screeching noises of the swords clanking together after he was finished with each one.
I risked getting hissed at, or maybe cussed out. "Is it…possible for me to learn how to use one of these?"
He didn't look up. "A summer fairy doesn't usually work with swords. Like your friend Puck, they use daggers. Short, but lethal. They also use an array of tricks that confuse our troops."
I shifted my weight to my left foot. "I know. I'm just so bored. There's nothing to do around here."
I immediately regretted saying that, because he narrowed his eyes and spat out, "Maybe I should sic the goblins on you. Then you'd be so busy dying that you wouldn't have to be worried about being bored."
I looked down. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that."
He looked me in the eye. "Foolish girl. I will teach you the way of the rapier, only because I don't want you torn to pieces."
I grinned. "That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me here."
He cocked an eyebrow. "I just don't want blood stains on my floor. We start tomorrow after the troops train. After your lesson, you will help me polish their swords."
I looked around. There had to be at least 200 swords. "Deal." I would work hard for this guy. This one creature who showed me kindness.
I had a master. But more importantly, I had a way to defeat the Winter Court.
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