... royal bed becominga couch for luxury and damned incest?, yet his mind is weighed down from the grief of this revelation, his mother's overhasty marriage, and the appearance of this phantom. At first he is full of fire to avenge the murder of his father, but he quickly realizes the heavy charge of the duty of revenge given to him and ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... years of guarding, steeling her own wild heart whilst looking into the eyes of strangers, seeing her mother? Was this the final dance of the ghost deep inside her, a tormenting phantom that had taunted her with the thought of one day looking into the eyes of her own mother, and demanding to know why she had done this to her? Or ... ...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School