Betrayed,plotted against,and killed.  Elodie Adedora’s corpse was left to glaciate in a cold abyss… but why does this protagonist wake up seven years later?

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Far away, off the outskirts of the Solaria kingdom, where the sun and warmth were scarce. A dark cave, lit only by the dim reflection of silver chains, suspending a single person to an icy wall.

The person's skin, dark and  covered in  winters frost. The hairs on her head and eyelashes were grey, covered by tiny icicles. Her lips, pale of all color, cracked, and like the rest of her, cold.

But, slowly, her lips were the first to melt. Her eyes started to flutter open, revealing brown eyes flickering with white. A bright, illuminating, magical white.

"Kill the queen. You must kill the queen. That is why you are alive."

The iridescent shimmer of white began to spread across her body, intertwining itself with the natural ebony color of her skin that was stuck to her bones. The intense frail appearance of the girl filled out into a healthy complexion. The melting ice dripped like water down her skin, and the more that dripped, the more alive the unconscious body seemed to become. 

Just as a first warm breath escaped the girl's mouth, a spiteful emotion bubbled up to the surface, flashing across the girl's eyes.

Pain, suffering, and betrayal. Those were the three most prevalent in her expression.

One of the three must've been a feeling strong enough to revive the dead. The chains on her arms were thick and bulky, frosted over with a glaze of ice and frost.

In a second however, she ripped her arms away from the stone that in prisoned her, falling weakly to other side, where her other arm remained suspended to the ice wall.

A screamed ripped out of the girl who had just awoken, the voice of regret. It echoed against the walls of the cave. Her restraints shattered in a horrifying unison, metal bits flying in different directions in the room. Falling to the ground, her shivering body hit the ice floor below her.

The ice ground made direct contact with her knees and forearms. Under the intense contact, they scraped and peeled.

Yet, the girl's hands and knees held strong as she stood up. Her dark, raven black hair fell in front of her face, a protruding but delicate nose bridge interrupted its flow. 

"You will never be forgiven..." Were the first words to leave the girl's lips. The white flickers and crackles in her eyes and across her skin had calmed. The iridescent shimmer had also vanished, and yet, 

Now was the moment the girl appeared the most intimidating, warm tears of anger had overtaken the melted ice on her skin, obstructing parts of her vision.

She raised her head, and with it, a stem of green glow manifested from no where. In her palms, the white shimmer of light had now turned a threatening forest green.

In this icy prison was where the infamous evil witch was held captive. It would also be the same place which this story begins.

Hello GreenReaders! This post is to announce that Emerald Witch will be on hiatus effective immediately after chapter 16, "The Truth and Nothing but The Truth". The hiatus duration is undecided, but Chapter 17, "Don't Leave me Behind" will be posted as soon as the hiatus period ends. Please save this book to your collection to be notified as soon as the next chapter is posted.


Chapter 17 - Hiatus Announcement