Judgment, A Story in Six Scenes
I. II. III. IV. V. VI.

You hear the door slam and realize there’s nowhere left to run // You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun

He stared up at the ceiling, eyes unfocused in pain. Pain is the wrong word, agony is not complete enough, it goes beyond despair to something that is supposed to be ( Read more... )

Be kind to me, or treat me mean // I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine
Fiona Apple - 'Extraordinary Machine'

There are a few things Mab has found out about getting into the swing of mid-pregnancy. First of all, she’s more possessive than she’s ever been in her life. If Mab saw a woman she didn’t know touch Bobby in an even mildly ( Read more... )

There's no aphrodisiac like loneliness // You shouldn't leave me alone
The Whitlams - ‘No Aphrodisiac'

Mab walks through the Court, and they all take a step back, making sure they don’t offend her by touching her or even the hem of her garment. They don’t think about the way it isolates her. To them, it is just another way to show respect. She is ( Read more... )

But we all know there is a law >> And that law, it is love >> And we all know there's a war coming >> Coming from above
(Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - ‘Hiding All Away’)

While their queen slept under a thick veil of medication in her husband’s arms, the Unseelie found out what had happened on that night. Fae love no gods, they do not have it in them or ( Read more... )

don’t want to lose it // it must be worth losing // if it is worth something
Tori Amos - ‘Talula’

(note, predates her getting poisoned by Athena)

Mab sits at her desk and stares at the phone. The phone calls have been made. It’s all done but the press conference. She can not bring herself to move away from the desk. Children were worth the sacrifices ( Read more... )