A Monkey's Harp, Gemini969, MoonLit-Night, and juvenile delinquent: Thanks for reviewing! (And I know this is a short chapter, but there will be more soon!)
Chapter 9
He's escaped the carefully laid trap, damn him!
But he won't always manage to do so, the black-eyed elf argued softly within.
Off with the specialist he goes… I'm the only one who knows the spiders, they obey me. No one else.
You don't know why.
That doesn't matter. The black eyes flashed. The dear young prince will have to go back sometime. It would be a simple matter to poison him then, in the palace with everyone around. They would say no one did anything, because they would see nothing. He will slip into eternal sleep, continue to death, and they'll just watch and morn his passing, silly little elves.
Yes. That will do for now. When he comes back, I'll poison him. He will know the icy tendrils of death he has managed to somehow escape this long.
The spiders will get him, one way or another, and I'll no longer have any annoying prince within the woods.
A sinister smile twisted the thin lips, and hatred burned as an icy flame in the starless eyes.