Commanding Hope: Part One by RogueTheForgotten, literature
Literature
Commanding Hope: Part One
“Please, Rose, you can't leave me. I don't know what I'll do without you. Who will our people turn to?” Caeda's eyes welled with tears, her lip trembling as she watched her best friend giving her life to have this little creature. Caeda felt the cold chill of death creeping along Rose's almost limp hand, beads of sweat plastering her blood-red hair to her forehead. The princess needed any excuse to keep Rose alive as long as possible. She couldn't lose her, not now! Still, Rose smiled weakly, lightly rasping like an old hag, knowing what was coming for her in the still hours of the morning, yet she seemed unafraid and well prepare