Chapter 09: The King Is Cooking

Luveas was returning to the garden bedroom when he noticed Amethyst’s silhouette at the window. But the silhouette hurried away upon his sight.

He halted in his tracks. He felt a pang in his chest but he couldn’t quite explain what it was. Then, he remembered she had not eaten anything since he took her home and the attempt to feed her was to no avail.

Inhaling deeply, Luveas turned on his heels and left. He went to the underground dungeon in his palace where humans were kept but not a single elf was in sight. He knocked the cages, freaking the life out of the captives.

He asked, “Who among you can cook?” He eyed them one by one.

However, none responded. Everyone was terrified. Who in their sane mind would answer such an eerie question from someone who preys on them? The question alone sounds the same as ‘who wants to be eaten first?’

Luveas said nothing after he was given silence as an answer. He left shortly after that and went to Blyne Town, one of the four large towns in Luthien.