by Rachel Angel
And my Saturdays were reserved for Henry who, in addition to keeping me up to date on all the goings on in Arcadia, always pleasured me in the most exquisite fashion.
My four prince charmings and my knight in shining armor.
As for Sundays and Mondays, those days were all mine. I often took the time to read reports, stroll the grounds and just relax.
All in all, we were happy with the arrangement that really suited everyone.
Especially me!
Epilogue
Violet
As my morning routine would have it, I sat out on the balcony adjacent to my room and looked out at the castle grounds and the forests and mountains of Arcadia beyond it.
It was a spectacular view that I never tired of. Sunny days had the island bursting with color. On overcast days, shadows shifted and moved around with the light that filtered through the clouds.
While the winter months could sometimes be bleak and grey, once a blanket of snow covered the ground, it was a true wonderland.
But today, with the promise of spring bursting from everywhere, I simply stared up at the clear blue sky, not bothering to find amusing forms in the small puffs of clouds that slowly travelled across the expanse.
I had, once again, had a disturbing dream about Axel. Over the past years, the dream would occasionally return, making me anxious about seeing Axel at all. But lately, the dream had persistently troubled my sleep night after night, often leaving me trembling with fear in the morning.
A gentle knock sounded at the door.
“Come in,” I called out, knowing it was Lucinda.
She opened the door and peered inside.
“I’m out here,” I said.
She came to the French doors that led to the balcony. “You called for me, Miss?”
“Do you have a moment to sit and chat, Lucinda?”
“Oh, I always have time for you, Miss.” She took a seat across from me and I poured her a cup of tea. “Thank you so very much, Miss Violet.”
For a long moment I looked down at the crust of buttered bread with only one bite taken out of it. My stomach seemed to refuse any food today.
“What is it, Miss?” Lucinda said, clearly concerned for me. “I have noticed that you are a bit out of sorts lately.”
“I know that I should be the happiest woman alive,” I said, gesturing all around me. “I have everything a woman could want and more. My role as Kingmaker has been widely accepted. My men… oh, my lovely men… they are all so good to me. I really do think that I made the right decision in not marrying any of them. Taking them on as lovers has proven to be the perfect solution.”
“You are, indeed, in an enviable position, Miss.”
I slowly brought my gaze to her. “My dreams about Axel have recently taken on a sense of… I don’t know. They are more frequent… and they are just so darn real. There’s a sense of urgency to them, as if I should be doing something about it, but I don’t know what.”
“You mean the dreams where he kills you?”
I nodded. Just saying those words aloud gave me the creeps. He killed me. In every single dream with him, he killed me.
“I don’t know what to make of it, Lucinda,” I said. “I’ve tried to shrug it off as just a dream. But there is something so foreboding.”
“Is today your day with Axel?” she asked. She knew all about my weekly routine and knew which days I was with which man. It seemed to amuse her greatly.
I nodded.
“If I remember correctly, last week you excused yourself from your day with Axel,” she said. “You claimed a headache.”
Again, I nodded. “Yes. It wasn’t a complete lie. This dream really has given me a headache.” I looked into her eyes so full of wisdom. “What do you make of it, Lucinda? Should I be concerned? Should I avoid spending time with Axel… alone?”
I thought of our escapade two weeks earlier. We’d climbed to the top of a very high and very steep mountain. As we’d stood on the precipice looking down, Axel had put his hand to my waist, and I felt certain he was going to push me off the edge. It was a dreadful sensation.
“You once said that in these dreams, while you knew it to be Axel, he was nonetheless different… bigger, stronger… even a bit younger.”
I nodded.
“I believe your dreams may be warning you of something that is to come in the future… far in the future. I don’t believe he will ultimately kill you, but he will undoubtedly do something that will break your heart. From what you’ve told me about these dreams, I believe that he may have a very black message for you.”
I set my elbows on the table and leaned in closer to her. “My dreams have this castle turning into a school for royals. It’s beautiful and enchanting and, while for the most part everything looks the same, many of the bedrooms have been converted into classrooms. In my dreams Axel does not go by the name Axel. They call his Kaz.”
Lucinda looked perplexed as I told her the intricate details of my dreams.
“He has been spreading rumors about me,” I went on. “He has been telling the noble students that the newest student is not a royal at all… just a commoner. That new student is me, Lucinda. He is telling everyone that I don’t deserve to be here and that I’m nothing more than a commoner.”
We were silent for a moment as I let her digest that bit of information. “In my dreams, they do not call me Violet,” I went on. “They call me Tempest.”
I looked at her, wondering if the names Kaz and Tempest could ring a bell, hoping that she could tell me what these wild dreams were about.
Though obviously intrigued, she said nothing.
“All of that has been going on for a while in these dreams, but last night…” I pulled in a long, deep breath, shuddering as the dream came alive in my mind’s eye. “A beautiful woman stood beside Axel. She seemed very regal. With her nose in the air, she glided through the halls of the school, her gossamer gown floating elegantly behind her. She looked spoiled, always wanting everything to go her way. But there was also something evil about her. The look in her eyes… the strange curve of her lips. She seemed to delight in humiliating others, in forcing them to kneel before her as she unloads her derogatory insults on them.”
Tears came to my eyes as I remembered how this evil princess had verbally hammered a professor with incredible accusations. In the end, unable to make any kind of defensive statement at all, the professor had left the school entirely.
“Veronica,” Lucinda said simply, stating the name of this evil princess.
Startled, I looked at her. “Yes,” I said breathlessly. “Exactly. How did you know?”
Lucinda took a small sip of tea and hesitated.
“You have to tell me, Lucinda. I must know. What do you know about this Veronica?”
“The trickster fae… many times when she chooses to take human form, she is fond of calling herself Veronica.”
My heart stopped. “The trickster fae?” I said in disbelief. I sat and stared at the tabletop for a long moment, going over every moment of my latest dream. “She seems very powerful,” I finally said. “And she enjoys wielding it. Not only do the students fear her, but many of the professors as well.”
Lucinda nodded her understanding.
“I believe she might have immense control over Axel as well… or Kaz as he is known. At the very tail end of this latest dream, Kaz has invoked a death decree.”
Lucinda audibly gasped.
“My understanding is that it is an open invitation to all the students of Kingsbury… an invitation to come after me… Tempest.”
Horrified, Lucinda stared at me. “The Black Envelope.”
*****
This concludes the Kingmakers of Kingsbury Series, but you can read more about Violet, Axel, Avery, Henry, Ollie, and Reggie in the Bad Boy Royals of Kingsbury Prep Series. Now Complete!
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SERIES DESCRIPTION
Take her down. Make her leave.
Kingsbury Prep is a 500 year old institution.
The most elite of prep schools that almost every student has royal blood.
A commoner like Tempest Ryan does not belong.
We will break her, break her will, break her heart.
She will wish she never step foot into Kingsbury.
We have declared war on her. The envelope has been tossed. Black.
Anyone is game.
***
I didn't asked to go to Kingsbury Prep. My little sister secretly sent in an application.
I know I am nowhere near the ideal student for Kingsbury Prep.
But I won't be pushed out of anywhere just because three spoiled brats known as the Royals deemed it soLiving on the streets, managing to go to school, work part-time at any odd job to take care of my sister taught me how to fight.
And dream of a better life.
I won't let them take away that dream for my sister. I won't let them win.
They declared war on me and the whole school is game.
Well, boys...you're in for a ride. Because you picked on the wrong girl. I'm capable of anything your royal butts can't even imagine. I don't play games. Life is tough enough already. But since you started it, watch your backs because I'm not called Tempest for nothing.
***Bad Boy Royals of Kingsbury Prep is a reverse harem/mature high school bully romance novel. This is book one of six in the series. Contains foul language and sexual scenes; any sex featured is consensual between 18 year old+ characters. Possible triggers: suicide
This is a bully romance but by no means do we endorse any act of bullying in real life. The author is also a well-known advocate for bully awareness and prevention. This is a work of pure fiction recommended for Mature Readers age 17 and up.
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With a name like Heartbreak Falls, one didn't expect to find love at the new town I had moved to courtesy of my new stepfamily aka Mom's new husband and his sons.
Something was up with my new rich stepfather, his sons, and what happened to their last stepmother. Something was up with the entire town, which my stepfamily seem to run. Along with the school where my stepbrothers reigned as cruel princes. All 3 of them were known as The Heartbreakers. Two were twins and my age, and then there was Tristan, the oldest. Gorgeous but god-awful hateful to me. What was up?
I was about to find out...if I lived long enough.
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