RECAP: freyja, devland and azalea are now teaming up to find a cure for their curse. Since they are broke teenagers they decided to go on a job to earn some cash. Unfortunately it went wrong and Freyja killed her mom's twin and had a breakdown in the forest. Azalea and devland comforted her. Felix also stalked her. They had an exchange and Freyja gave him the other half of the stone (it has clues to find the cure). After that, fefe royally disappeared and that caused tension in the group. An argument started and turns out devland is the rightful prince to the throne and Osiah (his uncle) murdered his whole family. Freyja, angry she'd been left in the dark, stormed out and decided to fight men to make herself feel better (it worked). However a teenager was following her as she left the bar. It was Lucian, felix's little brother (adopted). Freyja finally learned who Felix was— he was King Osiah's adopted son. Lucian reveals that fefe will be at the festival. So freyja convinces the gang to go (while wearing sus disguises). She finds felix and he hands her the rest of the clue that he translated. This chapter starts off with the translated clues written in italics. Happy reading!
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«My truth:
We had an adventure. We traveled from village to village. We crossed the sea. Admired the sun, the moon, the stars, and the land. We got to a cursed island. Horrid luck. It started to rain blood. We found shelter in the Cerulean Cave. Beautiful monsters. I ate him. They let me live.
-Mal.»
«Thou walketh the path of great terror. Tragedy and curse plague thee. But if thou wisheth to put an end to thy plague, thou must seek healing with the purest of hearts. For if thou art unworthy, the Ceruleans, angels shall turn devil and devour thy soul...»
Freyja read and reread the clues to the cure. Felix was looking over her shoulder. She glared at him.
"Whoever the Ceruleans are, they are horrible people. Imagine forcing someone to eat" he shivered.
"I just need to figure out where they are." She muttered
Felix laughed dryly. "Sure. Then they'll ask you to eat Devland and Azalea."
"I don't remember asking for your help."
"Look, it says cursed island." He pointed it on the paper. "So I mean, the place has to be on an island." He snapped his finger. "Wait, we are currently on an island. In fact, islands surround us. It mentions a cave."
"There aren't caves here in Diggertip as far as I know." She informed him despite herself.
"There aren't caves in Afoya, in general. There are a few in Brausee but I've been to all of them. There's nothing special about them so I don't think it's in Daerris…"
"You've been to all the caves in Brausee?" Freyja asked skeptically.
"I'm very bored on some days."
"And other days you decide to go on killing sprees."
"My idea of fun." He winked.
She rolled her eyes.
Freyja bit her lips, thinking of the name Mal. She'd heard it somewhere. In a story perhaps?
"It says they crossed a sea," Felix observed. "If we know where this Mal person previously lived then it wouldn't be as difficult to guess where it is. I don't understand why it isn't explicitly written. What is the point of Parables?" He complained, sighing when he saw she was glaring at him.
Silence stretched between them, both their eyes fixated on the paper. The wheels in Freyja's brain turned. A lightbulb practically appeared above her head.
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Poisoned Lips
Fantasy•Her lips are death itself• ____________________ Freyja, cursed with lips that bring upon death, spent most of her life away from the knowledge of society in fear of getting captured or worse - killing people. But after a painful incident, she disco...
