Hardship 2

They don’t know of my existence yet, and I prayed it stayed that way. But being a Fae

in the city was hard. I struggled finding work because I couldn’t remain in one place

for too long; anyone looking too hard would be able to tell I was Fae. My

grandmother, who was unable to use magic to disguise herself, could not work either.

My options were scavenging and bartering or being forced to steal. I hated being

forced to steal from others and I also hated stealing from humans, like the Fae they

were helpless and dying out. Humans didn’t have much to begin with, not in this city

that was overrun with the homeless. Everyone was forced to live in poverty, unless

you were Dragon, Lycan, or Vampire. There weren’t many Lycans in the city. The

Dragons tolerated them to a certain degree, but they were by no means friendly with

each other. Dragons are territorial creatures and so were Lycan’s making them

unsuited to live close to each other.

Walking up the muddy streets, I retrieve my contact lenses and pop them in, instantly

turning my eyes to a mud brown. I hate wearing them, my vision was enhanced being

Fae, and I could see every line on the thin film irritating my vision. The streets of the

city are littered with rubbish and homeless people. It wasn’t even considered strange

seeing the dead lying on the roads and paths. Famine is the biggest killer to humans

other than the cold.

The homeless are at high risk, if the elements didn’t kill them first, predators did, and

there were plenty in the city, like the vampires, who use humans as their personal

juice box. The Lycans that got into the city or were allowed to reside here which was

very few, Lycans liked to kill for sport, and they loved the chase. The streets weren’t

safe anywhere in the city, the place was overcrowded. Many creatures walked

around doing anything they could to survive the next day.

Growing up, I quickly learned the difference between the various species. Since then,

Elves, Angels, and Witches have become extinct. I had never met a single one of

them.

Dragons had reptilian eyes and were big, brooding, and muscular. Dragons are the

most easily identified. Dragons stood taller than any other supernatural creature in the

city, they also had this air around them that told you they were a predator. Their

godlike appearances made it blatantly obvious what they are. However, only three Dragons resided in this city. The dragon lords ruled, and the city was their playground

and they only allowed us to merely exist here.

Another strange fact about Dragons was no female dragons had been born since the

war, making the Dragon lords angry, fuelling their hate for the Fae. They too were a

dying species. Although immortal, most have spent their lives alone or chose to take

another male as a mate. I had seen the Dragon lords from afar, but never got close

enough to actually meet one and I prayed I never would. There are three lords and

rumors circulated through the city that when they couldn’t find their mates, they

chose to mate each other, hoping to keep themselves strong enough to rule over the

kingdom.

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