Week 5, Title: I know a place where no one's lost

[swirlsofblue]

“To grand new alliances; and the joining of our kingdoms!”

Everyone cheers, though some of them still strained. It’s a good alliance, one that will lead both kingdoms to prosper, but there are better ones.
The king of the East sea lands wanted her hand and would’ve brought great wealth and power to them, but the man also had a reputation as a

Comments

[rayaso]

This was so good! It pulled me right in, and kept me wondering how it would turn out. Excellent work.

[swirlsofblue]

Thank you, so glad it pulled you in :).

[alycewilson]

Extremely well done. How naive he seems, to think that nothing has changed. But I guess some people are like that even in this day and age.

[swirlsofblue]

Thank you, glad you liked it :). Yep, it's likely part Naivete and part just being in denial.

[murielle]

Powerful!

I don't know if this is part of an ongoing series or a stand-alone, but I am all-in. Wonderful, wonderful story of love, betrayal, and resolve.

[swirlsofblue]

Thank you, so glad you found it powerful :).

With Idol I tend to leave it so it's dependent on what the prompts are, so kind of closed and also kind of open-ended, because I do think the prompts massively influence whether a good sequel can be made.

[halfshellvenus]

I liked that you didn't go for the easy ending here, where a chance to just talk fixes everything.

How can all those years of war help but change her, and change how she views the man she once loved?

[swirlsofblue]

Thank you, so glad you liked the way I ended it :).

Exactly!

[adoptedwriter]

Nice way to end it!

[swirlsofblue]

Thank you, glad you liked the ending :).