A/N: Okay, I know I said I wasn't gonna say which of Notebook's chapters we're on, but to clear up confusion, this goes through 29, 30, and 31. The group is now in the Howlkin Palace. And I know it might be confusing for someone who hasn't read Notebook's story (Solo Maxwell-Yamato lol), but these are Mara's thoughts, not the actual story. So remember that. And review! Thanks, Dusk.
I forgot to put on my boots;
my feet are ice in the snow.
But I'm ignoring them and staring
at Acelan instead, how
I can read his thoughts as they fly across his face,
tormenting him.
Prince Acelan. Mocking words
and--
Chaos.
Akoto, I'm remembering him from a dream
that was not quite imagination,
and I feel Iris's pain sear up
my shoulder, as his guards
twist her arm, burning,
burning.
Hanging onto sanity, I press my lips shut,
won't cry out,
won't cry out.
Ecl is my safety net
and I'm walking a fraying tightrope
across the night-ice sky.
Lunge of long-forgotten prince
cruel laughter spills from Akoto's mouth,
"If you want me to stop,
you could just ask."
Let her go.
Iris: dragged away, she's screaming
and we're taken to our separate
cells, my bare feet scraping
blood across the floor.
(Ecl give me boots
to stop the pain.)
No such luck.
I'm pacing, hearing Acelan crying
in the cell next to mine.
And I'm whispering to myself,
Must get out,
must get out.
Flashes of nightmares that
don't belong to me--
swollen stomach, promises
that Iris should not make.
Don't sacrifice yourself!
Too late.
Acelan dreaming
of the war and I'm sharing bloody memories
but he doesn't know I see them,
too.
And Karma.
First memory of a flower.
She dreams of peace that she may never see,
and Ecl wipes away hot tears while
I'm holding her back from falling. I
am in my cell,
but none of them know I share their thoughts.
It is a burden (wishes to cry
are endless--unanswered.)
Must get out,
Must get out.
must/get/out