By the time he got back to the tree house, it was already noon. He climbed up the tree house to find Valerie reading on the table, he couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked reading. She looked so serious, he loved how dedicated she was to her work. He looked around and couldn't find the familiar black hair in sight. He sighed which got Valerie's attention as she lifted up her head from her book, and turned to the door. Immediately their eyes caught, Valerie couldn't help but blush at what they did earlier. Looking away, she took a deep breath trying to calm herself down before turning back to him with a smile.
"you are back" she had said cheerfully.
He lifted up the dead rabbit. "Something for our meal"
"I shall make us something to eat" she went to him and took the rabbit from him, trying not to look into his eyes, suddenly she was shy. Infact, too shy. She backed away from him but, at that moment, Brina stormed in. She seemed quite upset. Seth couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with her, he could not understand the maiden, she had a lot mood swings.
"You are also back, Brina. Where are the fruits?" Valerie had asked.
" I did not find any" she storm passed them unto her bed.
Valerie chose to ignore her because, fruits were the easiest to find around here. "At least, Emil got us something"
"Yeah, whatever" Brina rolled her eyes as she turned to her side ignoring the other people in the room.
Valerie stared at her friend, she had noticed that Brina's attitude and behavior had suddenly changed over the passed month, since they had met Emil. Shde had became distant but, Valerie knew the reason. She sighed lazily as she walked back to the table.
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Who did Valerie think she was?. Compared to her, she was just some weak pathetic maiden with no future but, she got everything and everyone's attention but her...? Nothing!. The villagers never liked Brina, Grandma Ola was only putting up with her, everyone wanted Valerie and now?. She even had the Knight's attention, she was all that he think about. Brina could see right through him. Brina was not stupid, she had seen the way they stare at each other, getting lost in each other's eyes and for the fact that they kissed each other proved everything she had tried to deny. Gosh!. She hated it!.
She wanted to be in Valerie's shoes for once, she wanted people to love her and not despise her but, she couldn't help what she had became over the pass 22 years of her miserable life, pretending to be a village healer, something she hated and would forever hate.
That was Valerie's dream, not hers!.
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Dinner was later served and everyone ate. Brina stared at them and couldn't help the bitter taste that formed in her mouth by just staring at them talking and laughing with each other, completely forgetting that she was there with them at the table. She felt annoyed and disgust to the point that she couldn't bear the anger anymore, she slammed both her fist in the table loudly, making the others stare at her with shock, she was glad she had finally gained their attention.
"Brina...."
Brina stood up from her seat and ran out of the house, ignoring the calls of Valerie, who had run to the door, she watched as her friend ran deeper into the forest.
"I want to go back home, maybe everything will be alright again. " Valerie's voice waver, she sounded like she wanted to cry.
Seth slowly stood up, he was really confused. " What is her problem?" He asked.
"You" Valerie had answered as she left the house, leaving the poor man even more confused and shocked.
He was frozen, Brina was behaving this way because of him. But, what had he done to her?....well, he wasn't going to sit around to find out as, he regained himself and also left the house, forgetting his meal.
He climbed down the house and couldn't find any of the maidens in sight but, he knew which direction Valerie went. He only had to follow the path in his left and that was what he did.
Searching for Brina was a very easy job because she had made no effort to hide her footprint. He was able to find her sitting beside a tree, he stood at her front. She looked up with a hateful glare that made him confused, on how he had earned it in the first place.
"What do you want?" Her cold voice asked throwing more daggers at him.
If looks could kill, Seth was sure he would have died a thousand times from her stare but, unfortunately for her, she couldn't kill him by just staring at him like that.
"You and I have a lot of things to talk about" his stare matching her own.
She stood up. " I don't want to talk with you, Emil" she turned to leave.
"It's Seth" he corrected and she stopped. He didn't like it when the name Emil come out from her mouth, he suddenly hated the name because she was the one calling it.
She turned back to him. "You remembered"
"I never forgot"
He watched as her eyes widened. "All this while, you were deceiving us!" She barked at him. If it had been Valerie, he would have felt bad and even begged her to forgive him but, he didn't care with Brina since she had proven to be such a hong in his side and that of Valerie.
"I had to"
"And why are you telling me this?" She asked.
" I want to know what your problem is, Brina?" He went straight to the point. With Brina, it was useless beating around brushes.
"It does not concern you!" She had snapped at him.
"I know it is none of my concern but, what had Valerie done to you for you to treat her his way" he tried to keep his voice at Bay but, the woman in front of him was slowly pushing his button.
"Her crime was being born!" She shouted and his mouth hit the ground.
Okay, he was clearly not expecting that. "What?" He choked out.
She laughed bitterly. " Valerie have everything that I would never have. She has the love of the whole village, she is the perfect healer, the apple of Grandma's eyes and now, she has a man who looks at her with so much love and admiration but what about me!. Don't I deserve any of those things. I have always been big disgrace to everyone, a huge disappointment!."
Wow! Seth was speechless as his mouth hung open. But, he managed to put words together.
"I am speechless, Brina. I have nothing to say to you. But, you are a very self and foolish woman who cares for no one but herself. Have you seen the state of Valerie?. Have you seen how much she had suffered for you. Ever since I came here, all she had ever done was to keep a smile on your face while forgetting about her own self. I thought she is your best friend but I was deadly wrong because you have so much bitterness and hate for someone who had done nothing but show you love and respect. But I guess, it was also my fault, I should I left the minutes I recover. If only I had knew you were this foolish and filled with jealousy!." I shouted back. He couldn't believe her!.
She shook her head. "I don't care what you think of me, I don't care what anyone think of me, I never did and I never will. I just want you gone!"
" Alright, if that's what you want, I will leave and you will never get to see me again. I hope that will amend your relationship with Valerie because she deserve so much better but, I pity you, Brina" he turned and walked away.
He cursed his luck!. If only he had knew that this would happen, he would have gone back with Prince Stefan. But, one thing was for sure, he was going back home sooner than expected which meant that he would have to walk all the way back to Sansora on foot!. He really cursed his bad luck!.
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Wow!!
Brina is really one of a kind. She is quite the shocker. isn't she? but, she has not even started yet. She has her reasons for being a bitch.
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