When Elves Die : Episode One Read Online Free

the spell she
cast on you.”
    “I have never encountered her. Only seen her once or
twice from afar.”
    “She doesn't have to meet you to cast her curse. It
was done incrementally. You have the sword. But she and the women
under her rule...Have their beauty.”
    The Dark Queen removed her bra and stood before him
with a seductive smirk. Running both hands through her lush black
hair, she twirled around slowly.
    Tholan's gaze took in all of her perfection; her
breasts, the diamond piercings hanging from her navel and ears, the
raven tattooed on her lower back.
    “Do you see what is happening? Who has the power
now? Your sword? Or my beauty?”
    On “beauty” she pressed herself against his
chest.
    “This is my power,” she whispered into his ear.
    Feeling weak, he turned his attention to the globe.
He watched a scene where he took down three barbarians who attacked
him outside a tavern with steel maces and clubs. Tholan broke all
of their necks with his bare hands.
    “That was one of the greatest nights of my
life.”
    “You can become that barbarian again.” The Dark
Queen pulled away from him and ran her hand over the sphere
again.
    “This is Carella's castle, Wandacove. It is heavily
fortified, as you might expect. She has the most highly trained
archers at the castle windows.”
    The sphere showed bowmen shooting down enemy
invaders from afar.
    “Her soldiers are strategically placed around the
castle according to their various skill level. Novices are placed
at the rear but even they can be dangerous. The castle entrance is
blocked by the best wrestlers and swordsmen in the land. Carella
has the best in everything. But with my army at your side we can
defeat them with willpower, fire and hate.”
    A spell book appeared in the globe. The book opened
on its own, the handwritten contents fading on tattered brown
pages.
    “That book is called the Arcanscape,” Ravalynn said,
her voice inflected with a sense of wonder. “It contains spells
that will allow me to create a whole new world. A world where
warriors like you no longer have to slave for dollars. A world of
order where the ruthless eat the weak.”
    The Dark Queen waved her hand over the globe.
    “And a world where barbarians are duly rewarded,”
she said.
    The sphere revealed Tholan surrounded by lovely
young women. He sat on a throne of gold while one girl massaged his
shoulders. Another fed him grapes. Three other women performed a
strip tease while two more girls stood on opposite sides of him,
waving fans.
    She circled her hand over the globe again. The black
sphere showed a large number of elves descending upon Wandacove. A
lot of them holding candles and appear to be singing a song.
    “Every seven years, Carella comes out from the
castle and greets her followers. It is a two day festival of music
and she delivers a sermon. Every elf of the Pegasin religion will
come and make their pilgrimage there. It is then we shall strike.
They will be at their most vulnerable.”
    “That's a lot of elves.”
    “You take out the soldiers first. Eliminate their
army and the rest of the population will not even raise their
weapons.”
    The door opened and the veiled old lady dragged in a
blindfolded, hog-tied elf. He struggled against the woman's grip
but she tossed him in with practiced ease.
    The elf scrambled to get up. He rolled and shifted
his body sideways. Somehow, he managed to stand up on his knees as
the old lady ripped the blindfold off.
    The elf's eyes darted around the room. His facial
expression turned from one of confusion to terror as he looked up
at Ravalynn.
    The Dark Queen's eyes shifted into crimson slits.
Saliva dripped down the side of her mouth as she licked her lips.
She opened her mouth and revealed a pair of dagger-shaped
fangs.
    The elf fell sideways. He caught the eye of Tholan
as he lay on the ground.
    “Hey!” he yelled. “Don't let her do this! Do you
know what she is? She's a demon. They are all demons here!”

    The Dark