Beneath the King's Gaze

[ KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

Still.

My whole body stills as if no breath or even as much as a soul remains present in this terrifying moment, locked into the hollow gaze of the King of Fang, an Arc, Lucius Alaric himself.

His eyes darken distastefully and it feels like I am locked in a quantum state. Unable to move, or even flinch though my brain feels like it's on fire, screaming at me to step back a