Hector struggled through the day. He wished there wasn’t so much damn walking. A few times, he considered skipping class to go take a nap somewhere, but he knew Garovel wouldn’t permit it. He tried to pay attention to each lecture, but he felt like he had missed more than a few things.
History class was the worst yet. Mr. Cormac was talking about the rise of workers’ unions, and people kept raising their hands to ask questions about the royal family. Hector stopped trying to follow what was going on and just shut his eyes.
Garovel, however, did not. ‘Something’s strange here...’
‘Hmm?’
‘Raise your hand and ask why everyone is suddenly so interested in the Crown.’
‘What? Why?’
‘Because I want to know.’
‘But... I don’t like to... participate...’
‘I don’t care. You can be a shy bastard on your own time.’
He sighed and raised his hand.
Mr. Cormac stared at the hand a moment, about ready to lose his patience. “Yes, Hector?”
“Uh... sorry, I was just wondering... why... everyone else was asking about the royal family...”
A few laughs rang out, and the entire classroom turned to look at him.
His knuckles went white around the edges of his desk. ‘Oh, fuck. What did you make me do...?’
“You’re joking, right?” someone said.
“He really doesn’t know?” said someone else.
He tried to melt into his seat. “D-did... did something happen...?”
“I know you’ve been absent,” said Mr. Cormac, “but you didn’t hear about it on the news or from your parents or anything?”
“H-hear what...?”
“Three days ago, someone tried to assassinate the Queen.”
Hector and Garovel exchanged confused expressions.
A dark serial novel. Set in a modern fantasy world called Eleg. Mature language. Updates every night at midnight PST by ~400 words.
The plot thickens....
ReplyDeleteAnd so ends chapter twelve, as well as the first major story arc.
DeleteWhat exactly is this society? Is it a monarchy, or is the queen a figurehead? Also, how big is this nation (roughly)? Just curious...
ReplyDeleteI could tell you, but all these questions will be answered fairly soon, anyway. SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE.
DeleteZe plot, I see you've added some thickener. It's such a good thing that you post on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteRe anon, I vaguely remember a mention of the name of the currency, about when Hector did that drug bust.
Speaking of Hector, people are going to start to think he's crazy if he keeps looking at something no one else can see.
Yeah, they might start thinking that. But then again, Hector's not that big on eye contact, anyway. And just looking off into apparently empty space for a few seconds isn't all that strange to see. He can just say he was lost in thought or something.
DeleteThat or he could just claim to have add or something.
ReplyDeleteAh, yeah. Or begin crafting an intricate web of lies.
DeleteFast reply is fast
DeleteIT WAS A COINCIDENCE. SHH. YOU'LL RUIN MY ALOOF AND ENIGMATIC AUTHOR CRED.
DeleteWonderful chapter that had me wishing you had more full chapters written already...
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I sometimes wish that as well. Just wake up one day and find that twenty chapters suddenly wrote themselves while I was sleeping.
DeleteThough, I greatly enjoy the actual act of writing this as well, so maybe that wouldn't be as great as it sounds.
Ever heard of Lee Hadwin? He wakes up to find completed artwork each morning...
DeleteWhat a cheater.
DeleteHOLY CHICKEN CHEESE CRACKERS
ReplyDeleteSO MANY COMMENTS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS PAGES
I like your name. And your comment. And your general disposition.
Delete'Hector's not that big on eye contact' The evidence mounts :)
ReplyDeleteWell that escalated quickly! It's nice that you ended the chapter, the volume (I Ihink) and the first major story arc. It was quite enjoyable. I'm gonna take a small break before tackling this monster again.
ReplyDeleteYou really are amazed...
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