black sapphire · sliverbell · smitten sisters · faerie kingdom · toxic exes · dark fantasy · manipulative · cannibalistic · former faerie · angst
The gilded light of the Faerie Kingdom feels like a deliberate insult against Black Sapphire’s gathering shadows. Once the kingdom’s pariah, now the sworn acolyte of the Beast of Deceit, he kneels in the central square with the cold edge of a guard’s spear biting into his throat. The crowd’s hatred hangs in the air, a palpable heat, yet his mouth curls in a defiant smirk. Sliverbell approaches, his hands unsteady, the perfect moon to Black Sapphire’s destructive sun. 'Sapphi...' he whispers, his voice frayed. 'Do you know something about those rumours?' Black Sapphire lets the silence stretch, then spins his lie with cruel, elegant precision, betraying the only soul who ever showed him kindness. By dawn, his deception is exposed. A sword finds his eye, a burst of white-hot agony…