The Elven Slave And The Great Witch’s Curse [work] Official
The chain around Kaelen’s throat was cold, but not as cold as the silence of the Wychwood estate. For three hundred years, he had been a trophy—a Silvervein elf, captured as a youth, his wings clipped with rusty shears, his magic bound by a rune-iron collar. He served wine to human lords who sneered at his pointed ears. He scrubbed floors while his back bore the scars of a hundred lashes. He was property. A breathing ornament.
“You’re letting it happen,” Kaelen said one night, sitting across from her in the tower as real snow fell through the enchanted ceiling. the elven slave and the great witch’s curse
For a long moment, Morwen stared at him. Then she said, very softly, “Do you understand what you’re offering? To be bound to me? Not as a slave. Not as a lover. As an equal . Two broken things nailed together into one whole.” The chain around Kaelen’s throat was cold, but
Morwen looked at him. Amber eye and blue eye. “Because I am tired of watching beautiful things wither alone.” He scrubbed floors while his back bore the
But so does the kindness.
“You fool,” she whispered. “You beautiful, impossible fool. You’ve bound yourself to a witch for the rest of your very long life.”
“Teach me,” he said. “Teach me the spell that made the curse. If I know how it was woven, maybe I can unweave it.”