Divinity's Price (an AU in pieces)
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King Olezka of Tharafell was hunting demigods, on some crazed goal to achieve divinity and godhood. Luckily, Elva wasn't a demigod by any means, so none of that concerned her.
“Didn’t you used to know a demigod a few years back?” a drinking friend of hers asked. Elva just nodded and grabbed another one from a passing barkeep’s tray.
Her friend asked if she was worried about them; the demigod she used to know.
“Why would I be?” she returned the question.
And then her response was challenged hours later when the topic of their conversation appeared on her doorstep, bloodied and still somehow smiling.
Elva wished she had forgotten that dumb, beautiful face that made her heart skip beats before it left her five years ago.
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- Part 1 of Divinity's Price (an AU in pieces)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 800
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 12
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𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦-𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸… 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 something 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵—
Their divinity was a secret, one they intended to take to the grave.
Mother died with their secret known to the damn Frost King of Tharafell.
“I’m going to kill him,” the demigod declared through tears.
“His hunters will be after you,” the blacksmith reminded.
“I’ll run from his hunters. I’ll run and I’ll hide and when Aurvanda’s stars align, I’ll march up to his throne of ice and bone and he will breathe his final breath with my blade in his heart.”
She expected Elva to make a retort, but it never came. Instead, a sigh left her lips. All that was on her face was pity.
Series
- Part 2 of Divinity's Price (an AU in pieces)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,229
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 12
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Every few years, settlements living near volcanoes would receive a warning in the form of a minor quake: throw a sacrifice down the crater or try your best to survive an eruption or a full earthquake. Animal sacrifices were the usual.
But human sacrifices were much more preferred.
“𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯,” 𝘌𝘭𝘷𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦.”
𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. “𝘚𝘰…𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦?”
𝘌𝘭𝘷𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥. “𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.”
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I struggled to title this.
Series
- Part 3 of Divinity's Price (an AU in pieces)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,465
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Hits:
- 17
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“You’re leaving,” Senja said absently before Elva could say just that. Elva watched as the human swirled her ale languidly, staring at the liquid with drowsy indigo eyes.
Senja reiterated, “You’re leaving for her.”
Elva rested her head in a glowing hand, glancing at the nearest wall torch. “I’m leaving with her,” she softly corrected. The conversation felt vaguely familiar.
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Turns out Senja is the drinking friend from the very first work in this series. Huh.
Series
- Part 4 of Divinity's Price (an AU in pieces)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 454
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Hits:
- 7