Chapter 19
The king’s herald stood by the town’s square by the well as he unrolled a scroll.
“Hear ye, hear ye!” he yelled. “His highness, the magnificent and great Dark King, ruler of the Midnight Realms, defender of his people, champion of all against the onslaught of the wild fairies, has declared that he will announce his heir.”
The crowd surrounding him murmured. The king had started with six children but had lost all but two to suspicious accidents, dark magic and suicide. The last one had died during the hunt m******e, along with dozens of others. He had been heir to the throne.
It had been a couple of winters since the death of the crown prince, yet the king had yet to declare an heir to the throne. That had fueled all kinds of speculation about what might have truly happened t
