͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 .

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[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

https://t.co/8fJH1emoDo

[ִֶָ @reliquiescare]

i am no good nor evil, simply i am.

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

Halden knew better than to approach a woman with a knife, so he kept his distance. He folded his hands behind his back.

"The point is to ruin a perfectly good knife?" Curiosity laced his tone. He had nothing better to do without bothering his little brother.

[꭛ 𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑨 𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵 @lyraariorson]

Basgiath was a prison to her. Everything related to it, to Varrish, to the leadership was a prison. She had been stripped away from who she was. From feeling safe or happy.

Anger replaced all of that.

—

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

+ was just as eager to push him away as Halden was to keep him close.

Cam had asked for some space, and Halden wasn't a monster. He relented, dismissing his guards to wander the grounds on his own.

"Sharpen it any more, and you'll wear the blade into nothing."

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

Basgiath wasn't exactly what he'd call 'home'. But he had doubts that anywhere in the world would bring him the comforting, safe feeling he so desperately craved.

That had disappeared with Alic.

A little shred of it surfaced whenever Camlaen was near, but his little brother +

[꭛ 𝑳𝒀𝑹𝑨 𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵 @lyraariorson]

She's by the river, behind Basgiath, sharpening a knife.

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

"Not happening."

[ᴀᴀʀɪᴄ ɢʀᴀʏᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ @HeirUnspoken]

“So you could leave me alone.”

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

Cue a roll of his eyes.

"Why? So she could throw daggers at me?"

[ᴀᴀʀɪᴄ ɢʀᴀʏᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ @HeirUnspoken]

“I think Violet was asking about you—“

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

𝐕𝐈.

Halden is a victim of "middle child syndrome". He was essentially invisible growing up but was forced into the spotlight after losing Alic.

He is his father's disappointment, which is why he so easily blamed Halden when Cam broke into the royal vault.

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒 .
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[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

𝐕.

Halden never had the chance to grieve Alic properly. As soon as word was received of his brother's death, responsibility immediately fell onto his shoulders in the shape of a crown.

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

@ruthlessminds ⠀⠀
/ let me hear it 👀
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[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

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/ craving deep plots with halden and not just "i hate you because violet hates you". pspspsps. 🙏
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[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

"Can't do that, baby brother, and you only have yourself to blame."

[ᴀᴀʀɪᴄ ɢʀᴀʏᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ @HeirUnspoken]

“Go away.”

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

@thebigtavis ⠀⠀
/ i'll take any! one or both! i just want more developed plots with this man
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[ᴀᴀʀɪᴄ ɢʀᴀʏᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ @HeirUnspoken]

“I’m going to have to disagree with this.”

[︎ ︎ ︎ ،،̲ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ HELL'S ︎ ︎ ︎ ꒷꒦ ︎ ︎ BELLS. @devouringink]

when you spoke of hell, did you mean this place? did you mean me?

[✒️ @Literariium]

as my final act of love

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

@HeirUnspoken

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

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/ stop making my pinned uneven i beg.
or i'll have to hunt you down.
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[𝓒𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 ⏾⋆.˚ @ruthlessminds]

° . ⋆𝓒𝛼𝑡𝚛і𝜎𝑛𝛼 𝓒𝜎𝚛𝘥𝑒❘❘𝛼 ⋆♡ ° . ⋆
° . ° . ⋆𝓚і𝚛𝛼❘𝛼і𝚛 𝑭❘і𝑒𝚛 ° . ⋆
. ⋆. ⋆𝓟𝜎𝚛𝜎𝑚і𝑒❘ 𝓟𝚛і𝑛𝒄𝑒𝚜𝚜⋆. ⋆

[͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 . @SEC0NDPRINCE]

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/ i'm about to make you all love halden
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