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“Did…did you see…?” The maid’s face was as white as bone.
“Of course,” the princess said quietly.
“What WAS it?”
It had been unsettling, to see the proud and handsome King of Vorlvea striding along a dark passage with white worms swarming in and out of his ears.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
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“You beheld the Crown of Maggots,” the princess confided. “It’s why kings of Vorlvea go so swiftly mad.”
“Those worms EAT, er, the royal brains?”
The princess nodded. “It’s why I own the farm of fools.”
“Who all look like your father….why?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
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“So I’ll never have to wear the crown. When my father falls to drooling, the Vizier will come looking for the Crown Prince—and I’ll present one of them as him.”
“But…but what of your brother, the REAL Crown Prince? Won’t he—?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
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“Object? No. Who do you think gave me the farm, and stocked it?”
The maid gaped at the princess. “But…where will your brother hide?”
The princess smiled. “Recall you my younger sister, the leper, shut away in the South Tower? We kept her death secret. When the…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
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…time comes, she’ll live again.”
“You mean…?”
“I do. A simple spell, and my brother will never need a codpiece again. I’ve got his wardrobe ready.”
Then the princess moved like a striking viper.
Suddenly strangling in an iron-strong grip, the maid…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
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…could only stare at the princess in horror as she murmured sweetly, “And if you breathe one word of this to anyone, you’ll find out the hard way what the maggots feed on when they’re not tunneling the king’s brains.”
“Eeep,” said the maid. Loyally.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018