Alexandrite Mountain Fantasy Book Ball

CHAPTER 2.

The gemstones embedded in the Alexandrite mountains shone brightly that night, their jagged and rough silhouettes jutting out against a shadowy night sky. Beyond their peaks, clouds began to roll in from across the violent seas, dark and heavy with a promise of thunder and lightning. The Court of Storms was no stranger to the raucous cloudbursts, after all, it was in their namesake.

It has been almost 100 years since the Cauldron was released from its otherworldly bonds in the ocean floor to create the Bridge. The Bridge (now know as the Wisteria Woods) merged the Night and Light Courts realms that had previously been separated by waters full of horrifying monsters.
The Cauldron, having been called by the Old Gods to bring unity and peace to the Realms, pierced the hearts of the leviathans with alexandrite fragments, raising their massive corpses above sea level and disintegrating them into fertile land. While the Cauldron was tasked in bringing these two realms together, its magic was not limited to them alone.

For a small island kingdom, far away from the north shores of the Night court, had also benefitted from the accretion of the sediment left over from the oceans monsters. The small island kingdom quickly rose from sea level into a formidable mountain empire, the alexandrite fragments cementing themselves into the rock and soil that were once the living bodies of ocean beasts.

The empires wretch of a king had reigned for over 500 years, watching his kingdom grow while he himself became stagnant with power. While it was well known he frequented every brothel he came across, carelessly sowing his wild oats, he had refused to marry, and thus, had no legitimate heir to the throne.

It was this particular stormy night the king, leaving his harlot-occupied bedchambers, stumbled drunkenly towards the parapet surrounding his window balcony.

No one heard him slip on the rain slicked stone.

No one saw him pitch forward and fall over the low, protective wall.

No one screamed in warning as he crashed against the rocky breach of the ocean.

........No one would miss the bastard.

To Be Continued
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The Court of Storms has summoned you.
Now be a good little attendee and come...to the Alexandrite Mountain Fantasy Book Ball!

Join your fellow dark Fae and magic folk for a night writhing in romance, luck and a bit of peril..... This years fantasy book ball invites you and your brethren for a chance to become the main character in an immersive original story telling. Come dressed as your favorite morally gray character—or as the version of yourself that belongs in its own pitch black tale.

Why just read the book when you can live it?

MORE DETAILS TO COME 

• Banquet dinner and drink ticket included
• Entertainment
• Meet and Greet with North American Authors
• Shadow Market ( vendors will accept a mix of cash, etransfer and Square)
• Chance to be crowned High Fae of the Court of Storms
• Swag bags
• A dark & moody portrait—provided by PurpleMoose Portraits 
• Book Art booth - make your own sprayed edges and bronzed book corners
• Book Swap Table 
• Interactive fantasy themed classes and activities woven throughout the evening
• 19+
• No outside Food or Drink
• No real weapons

FIRST 100 tickets are DISCOUNTED AT 175.00$, after they are gone tickets will be available  at regular price 🖤