from my morbo @oh-no-another-idea <3 here’s a little snippet of a scene from chapter 4, the witch trials :)

the raedoran cycle

He is burning. He screams, writhing against the hands that hold him down. Burning, burning, burning—

His mother was laying on the floor, her neck bent at a strange angle. His father was in one of their dining chairs, tied in place with his throat slit and bruises all over his face. Keelan lifted the sword in his hands as the raiders turned sluggishly to him.

“What the fuck—” he heard one say before the sword bit into his neck.

“Can’t you do something about the pain?” Maura’s voice demands, thick with tears.

“Princess, it may be kinder to—”

“Suggest that to me again and I’ll have your tongue.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

and also, this scene makes me FERAL... our blorbos are SO much and we cant wait to share them with you riiiiight here:

ooh !!

keelan:

keelan always keeps people at an arms length. can't get hurt when they (inevitably) leave if you weren't attached in the first place (this is a lie. he's a liar. he holds on to people gently and cautiously but once they've made their way into his heart he'll do anything for them)

tristan:

Poor Neo Octo having a small fear of inklings. "small" yeah ...