Disclaimer: I do not own Kel. I do not own Wyldon. I do not own Neal. I do not own anybody. I do not own myself. I do not own Tortall. I do not own my own cello. I do not own my own life. What am I saying?
Ships: Kel/Wyldon or Neal/Wyldon. If I choose Neal/Wyldon, then there will also be Kel/Zahir.
Summary: Uh, basically, Kel is going to exact her revenge on the king and Lord Wyldon. And maybe Joren and his friends as well. It depends on what kind of mood I'm in when I write each chapter, because I'm probably not going to go back and change anything, ever.
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Kel surveyed her empty room. Everything was packed; she was ready to board the ship. In a few days' time, she would be back in Tortall. Another two weeks and she would be back in the palace.
The palace. Her old friends. She had written to them, all of them; no letters had been returned. It was likely that they had forgotten her by now, just as it was likely that the letters going either direction had gotten lost. After the first year, when she had gotten no replies, her letters grew less frequent; last year she had stopped writing altogether. She had written Neal, once, three months ago, to let him know she was coming back to court. She had received no response.
"Keladry? Are you ready to leave?" asked Ilane. "The procession begins in fifteen minutes."
Kel turned. "Let's go," she said shortly. The two walked down to the city street together, where five men took her luggage and departed for her cabins on the ship.
The procession was slow. When they finally reached the ship, Kel waited impatiently until the opportunity arose for her to escape to her cabins. Once there, she changed into a less ornate kimono and went to stand by the rail. She was impatient to get to Tortall, although she wasn't sure why. She felt no loyalty to the King, or to the country; nor did she care to see the palace again. Tortall no longer felt like home. Home was the land she had just left.
It would be a long journey; at the palace, a long waiting; but the time would come when she could exact her revenge.
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It's not a real chapter… none of them probably will be… I only get about five or ten minutes at a time to work on this, so I post the little I have as I go. So if you hate the shortness of these "chapters", don't read.
But since you've ALREADY read… you can review!
Thank you battle raven, hikari-kage, Ziara, KittyKat, and Celestial Secrets for your input on the two different prologues! And thank you everyone who reviewed.