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ACT ONE. the devil is real and he has a...tail! CHAPTER xxiii. ❛ DING DONG, THE PRINCE IS DEAD. ❜
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coronation ceremony, palace of elfhame.
WHEN THE BELLS RING AND THE CEREMONY BEGINS, Allura is lost to all her peers. She shakily stands in the centre of the crowd ━━━━━━ shoulder to shoulder with the strangers of Elfhame. Her mother is up front and close to the dais (where she should be). Alongside her is the rest of the Gentry of the High King's Court. Beyond them, the royal family: Balekin, Elowyn, Rhyia, Caelia and Dain's mother, Taniot. The only one missing is Cardan who Allura assumes has gotten so drunk he's forgotten his place. Then there is Eldred, sitting in a throne of woven branches. The crown still on his head. Everybody stills and the musicians quiet their harps. The crowd surges but Allura is rooted to the spot.
Dain approaches and sits in a stool beside his father wearing long white robes.
No sign of poisoning.
Allura held her breath.
The High Kind stands. "Long has been my rule, but today I take my leave of you. When first I felt the call to search out the Land of Promise, I believed it would pass. But I can resist it no longer. Today, I will be King no more, but wanderer."
