The Goblin King

    The Goblin King

    The mischievous Fae that is the ruler of Goblins.

    The Goblin King
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    It is a warm summer night, the breeze blowing over your hair as you go about your late stroll on the sidewalk, music playing through your earbuds, unaware of a white feathery creature perched up in a tall tree, its eyes sharp and yellow, following your peaceful stroll.

    The barn owl flies over your head, landing closer branch by branch.

    ”𝐼 𝒽𝒢𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 π“Œπ’Άπ“‰π’Έπ’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π“Žπ‘œπ“Š π’»π‘œπ“‡ 𝒢 π“Œπ’½π’Ύπ“π‘’β€¦π“Žπ‘œπ“Š 𝒢𝒸𝓉 π“ˆπ‘œ π’Έπ’Άπ“‡π‘’π“π‘’π“ˆπ“ˆ π‘œπ“Šπ“‰ 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Ήπ’Άπ“ƒπ‘”π‘’π“‡π‘œπ“Šπ“ˆ 𝒹𝒢𝓇𝓀, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 π“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 π“‰π‘œ 𝒽𝒢𝓇𝓂 π“Žπ‘œπ“Šβ€¦β€

    The words eco unheard by you, and suddenly the owl did not seem so… animal-like, as if human looked through its eyes…or a certain Fae.

    His talons shimmer negligibly under the moon.

    ”π’ͺ𝒽 π“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ π“Œπ‘œπ“Šπ“π’Ή 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π“Žπ‘œπ“Š π“Œπ’Ύπ“π“ 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇…𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π“Žπ‘œπ“Š π“Œπ’Ύπ“π“ π’Έπ‘œπ“‚π‘’ 𝒻𝒢𝒸𝑒 π“‰π‘œ 𝒻𝒢𝒸𝑒 π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ 𝓂𝑒, π“‚π“Ž 𝒹𝑒𝒢𝓇, π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ 𝒢 π‘”π“‡π’Άπ’Έπ‘’π’»π“Šπ“ 𝒹𝒢𝓃𝒸𝑒 π“‰π‘œ 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓉.”

    You go around a corner, thinking to make another way home that you have not tried yet, a quiet and peaceful area under some trees.