"So you're the one who holds the most important thing in the world..." a magically-weak woman that I could barely see says.
"Do your worst..." I tell her and those men of hers before I look about the cell I was in. In terms of previous places I had been held captive in, this was nice. The bars were smooth and spikeless and there was no osibindah about the place.
"Unfortunately, the worst has already been done to you. So I cannot really improve on it. But whoever did it? Masterful craftsmanship." she cruelly cackles as I grow insecure about the scars on my body.
"Thankfully, you won't ever meet them." I sigh out, oddly thankful that Rose'lhia was taking my son home. I may not be able to see my lover again, but my little one would be able to see his father at last. The other key that unlocked his life...
"We'll see about that I suppose. Someone of their talents has a lot to teach." she starts to say at first, worrying me. But, I was able to maintain my cool as it seemed she was unaware of who did this to me.
"Maybe take a few lessons on how to look beautiful instead." I sneer as I had nothing else to say to her. So I would just try to worm myself into her head. And it seemed to work...
"WATCH YOUR MOUTH YOU FILTHY PLANT!" she roars all of a sudden. The suddenness of it proved to be quite shocking. But I had no time to think about it when this chain on my neck suddenly tightened.
"ACK!" I let out as I started to desperate claw at my neck where the metal was.
"Go on, take it back..." she growls as anger clearly covers her face.
"AH! ACK!" I let out before the metal suddenly snaps open.
"You best have a good reason for doing that, Darling..." the woman sneers to the man who had me put in this cell.
"Don't go trying to kill her." he chastises before he tries to shoo her off.
"Be very careful..." she threatens before she leaves on her own.
"Should have just let her kill me..." I tell him as I rub my bleeding, bruised neck. I know I had no way of predicting it, but it was annoying knowing I could have avoided this.
"No, even if you can't do the usual jobs we expect from your kind. You have other uses." he tells me before he also turns to leave.
"W-Wait...!"
"Hm?" he lets out as he stops on the stairs.
"Can I at least have something to eat...?" I ask of him as they had not fed me anything since they brought me here. But if I had other uses, then that meant they needed to at least take care of me... Right?
"Don't think you'd like the menu." he comments with some disgust.
"Anything will do... Please..." I beg as I carefully hold out my hand in the hopes anything would come my way.
"Alright, but don't expect a banquet you bloody petal." he says before he leaves with the rest of those men. And while I was not smiling at the fact I was finally going to eat. It at least gave me some hope that I could make it through this. I just had to wait for an opportunity to get out of here.
To run towards the wind-people who I would be safe with... But I would only be safe so long as I stayed with them. If they let me stay with them... However, I wanted to believe that they would help me.
So I needed to conserve my strength. They did not have the means to suppress my magic. But I was also not strong enough to just fight my way out of here. A gun could still kill me unlike the Valkinvar I once travelled with.
Dreaming about having different help to get home wouldn't help either... I needed to rely on myself right now. I have spent enough time being pushed around and locked up... My little one needed me...
And I will hold him once again!