a king walks among us
The clacking of hooves on the cobblestone is not lost to him; as flesh slides from his horns he begins to realize that he, still, is not alone. A light opens up the alley; nude and ashamed is the scene of gore and failed instruction. The blood turns bright as a coveted stone and El Rey thinks, for a moment, that it is pretty.
But she has seen him.
”Are you smart, then?” She blinks and he squints against the flashing light, every muscle taut and ready to gore another civilian. He wonders if there is one more for each he kills. He does not want to be chased again.
”Yes.” He walks towards her, this bright and strange and foreign woman that will soon be split on his horns. But he is not weary, not yet. El Rey does not tire of such activity. It is like breathing.
The black stallion halts with a few feet between them, eyes black and shining with Eshek’s own gaze and grin. He says, ”They attacked me,” hoping, briefly, that she did not see; but in the moment she belies further knowledge, he intends for her to find that a king’s crown is just as sharp as his sword.
@Eshek | Lacrimosa
”in blood the blade, to its golden hilt, I’ll drown,“
I pledge you now, to death they all are bound,
But she has seen him.
”Are you smart, then?” She blinks and he squints against the flashing light, every muscle taut and ready to gore another civilian. He wonders if there is one more for each he kills. He does not want to be chased again.
”Yes.” He walks towards her, this bright and strange and foreign woman that will soon be split on his horns. But he is not weary, not yet. El Rey does not tire of such activity. It is like breathing.
The black stallion halts with a few feet between them, eyes black and shining with Eshek’s own gaze and grin. He says, ”They attacked me,” hoping, briefly, that she did not see; but in the moment she belies further knowledge, he intends for her to find that a king’s crown is just as sharp as his sword.
@Eshek | Lacrimosa
”in blood the blade, to its golden hilt, I’ll drown,“
I pledge you now, to death they all are bound,
