Oh, have you heard of the majestic King and his most faithful courtier? You see, the King trusted this man, this courtier, more than anyone else in the world. So when his spies that he had set to following this man told him of the truth- that the faithless betrayer was conspiring against him with his very own brother, he was outraged. He killed his most trusted advisor in cold blood. He took a flaming branch and scorched his bones as the man screamed through the gag. That one was for betrayal.
Four rats left with me in this cage, this room with its filthy, shrunken walls. Once there were five.
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Descent into Insanity
HorrorA short story told in the form of a fairy tale. Narrated in first-person by a prisoner in a cell deep underground; as the story progresses the truth unfolds, dark and haunting like the prisoner's stories. (Not exactly explicit or graphic violence, b...
