i could never forget how the man had mercilessly stabbed Nickolas again and again.
When i ran from the house, i was not even able to save Isabella, as i saw the whole house burning in front of me.
I was helped by the knights of our family later, they took me to the forest and we made a camp there. Soon we heard the news of Gerard becoming the new emperor.
Everyone asked me to leave the empire and live in the neighboring kingdom. But I could never forget the death of my loved ones. So I declined.
I lived in the forest for two years, training day and night.
There was no luxury left of a noble lady, I had hunted wild animals with my bare hands. I had medicine with the wild plants. But it was not easy. In the beginning I had mixed the plants and the medicine had the opposite effect, leaving me on the verge of death many times.
Many days I stayed hungry because I had no idea of hunting. I have eaten half cooked meat too, without any spices to be mixed. I lived the life of nomads, but no matter what pain I had faced, or how sick I was, I never stopped sword wielding.
I practiced archery, fencing and all the other techniques used in battle grounds just to kill the men who took my innocence, who took the life of my family and who destroyed the whole empire for his greed.
And at last, when I was trained enough, I got the chance. Gerard was going to the neighbourhood empire to get married with their royal princess. I took advantage of the chance and attacked the group with all the knights I had with me.
We had killed his whole batch of knights and even reached him, but just when I was about to kill him, a new batch of knights arrived, surrounding us from every corner. Only then did I realise it was a trap. But it was too late.
"I have been trying to find you, Abigail, for the past two years. If I had known you are still a fool to attack me with this handful of knights with you, then I would not have wasted two years of my life on a fool like you," there was still mocking in his voice and my anger blazed.
"You will be killed by me, Gerard. I am your death, no matter how much efforts and how much life I will take. But i will kill you with my sword" i replied as i attacked him again.
But I was still no match to the army he had, five knights attacked me together to save him. I fought bravely till the end, and just when I was about to kill the last knight, he sneakily attacked me and stabbed the dagger in my back. I already had a lot of injuries on my body with the battle.
When I turned he stabbed the sword in my stomach, and I staggered. When I fell on the ground he squatted down and looked straight into my eyes.
"You are still pathetic Abigail, how did you even think that you will be able to kill me with these low level attacks," his voice was mocking and filled with disgust.
"You sneaked and attacked me, if you had the courage, fight with me, and we will see who was more storing" I shouted as I tried to stand up and he laughed a cold mocking laugh.
I took the sword out from my body and took a deep breath. I hurt badly that even now my hands reached my stomach to cover it just by remembering the scene.
"How could i be so cruel to the one who had helped me in usurping the throne, if you would not have been a greedy and selfish fool then i would not have been able to win." he came close and touched my lips with his filthy hands.
"You are the one who helped me in making my dreams come true Abigail. I can give you a quick and peaceful death in exchange." he added as he took his dagger out.
"I will not die that easily, I will take my revenge on you, Gerard." I shouted as I took my dagger out but the man just laughed at me.
"Even if you will ever be reborn a hundred times, you will never be able to defeat me. You and your family will die from my hands." Gerard laughed as I was taking my last breaths.
"I will. I will come back later to take revenge and will snatch everything back from you. I will never let you win," that were my last words when i closed my eyes.
But when i opened my eyes, i was a baby, not even able to move. I cried unlimited time remembering the past. it was like a dagger that had been stabbed deep inside me, making me bleed daily but no one could see. my tears were filled with blood but slowly my parents, their care and love and affection of my family and friends had covered the wounds with the bandage.
The wounds never healed but i got adapted to them over time and lived a peaceful life there, but now that i had got the chance. i am back to take my revenge from you Gerard and fulfill my promise to kill you with my own hands.