She was trembling. Celestria was trembling. But she had only one more document to deliver to the kingโs office and then she could finish. Why were her hands shaking? Why were her breaths shallow and quiet? Why did her head pound and everything ache?โฃ
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, she told herself. Itโs because of the fear. ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐โ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โฃ
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In the office, Lord stood by the desk discussing things with Meta. Their conversation was interrupted by three knocks on the door. โYes.โ Lord said as he crossed his arms.โฃ
It was the human. Of course it was. โI have brought the final documents for you to look over Your Majesty.โ She said after giving a deep bow.โฃ
โMm.โ He took them from her outstretched hands and quickly scanned over them. But halfway through, he stopped. An irregular heartbeat. Quick, shallow breaths. Trembling hands clasped tightly together. His eyes lifted to look at her own, and he was confused. The humanโs eyes were normally dead-set and determined despite the terror he knew she was enduring. But now, they looked like as if she was struggling. Hazy. Almost almost desperate. โItโs good. Youโre dismissed.โ He murmured, now giving his full attention to the human.โฃ
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โThank you.โ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ... ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต. Celestria straightened and began to walk to the door. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ. Her skin felt uncomfortable. The drumming sound that was overwhelming everything else. Was that her pulse? ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ. Everything was going black. ๐๐ฐ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ. It felt like the floor under her was suddenly gone. ๐๐ฐ...๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ. Celestria bitterly thought as her mind faded to black and her body collapsed.