'I used to look at someone's eyes delivering sympathy, just to treasure the look of frightening on their faces. How atonishing'
Annie woke up with a sore throat and a back ache. He lifted his chin to see where he was.
It was a broaddaylight, and he was lying on a ground next to a big stone. The fat man carefully stand up and a bit surprise to see a headless corpse on top of a stone he laid to.
By the looks of it, it seems she was put on as a sacrifices upin a certain ritual. Because there was plenty of odd symbols carved on corners of the stones with her corpse in the middle imitating a star which often used in witchcraft.
The smells of rotten animals such as crows, rats and wild fox circling the stone with a splurted blood. Annie puk
'' she's been dead not to long ago'' Her corpse was still in a good condition, according to those dead animals, apparently she's not the only victim.
''some thing not quite right'' said Annie.
He walked further depending on her instinct. She found a house. Although It was kinda abandoned, judging how clean it was someone must have lived there.
He smiled. A scrawny fingers patted his shoulder. Greeting him with a stupid smile.
''may I ask what's your occasion in my deserted area sir?''
Even though he looks clean, but he smells like a fresh blood. 'I better act stupid'
''I was palying with my friends and I got lost on track can you help me? I'm scared''
Annie pretends to cry and shivers.
The guy tok off his mantel and bring Annie into the main house were he served him something to eat.
'he act like he his life is upside down, he can fool other using his scrawny body but not me' All foods and dessert on the plate were expensive as the one he received in the palace.
After eating, the pale man force him to take a simple walk along to get rid of excessive fats he said.
Along the fences, he notices there were so many black plastics in a large size arranged nicely in the river. Where some of it started to move.
''what is with that?'' the man who named himself Russel indicated they were animals they got from a hunt which will be share among villagers.
He just agreed to Russel, so that the man will think of him as a naive young boy who will just nodded to adults.
"where are they?"
"who?" Russel ask him back. Annie put on a cute face.
"the hunters, It's possible for only you hunting them I bet there's more people lived here? where are they?" Annie walk towards the river bank yet he was pulled back.
"they had something to do" Answered Russel all sweaty.
"why do you have to put it in such way?" Annie knew Russel felt annoyed by his non-stop question but he must act like a child.
To why they put it in such way is because, hunting is illegal for ordinary people, but the queen did not forbid enough food for her citizen to eat.
If they got caught in the act, they will lose their head.
"I see" he agreed again. But he did not recalled such rules in Leah's memories so this man must have something in his sleeves that he lied.
Seeing Russel appearances, the way he talked, to he did not wear a mask, it means his social status is lower than most people.
"mm?" Annie was confused to see his gay partner was there sitting obediently on his chair.
The last thing Annie recalled of him was when Aarong put a spear on his neck and ended sleeping together for 2 days in a row.
But Aarong did not recognize his existence for 5 minutes.
"who's that man?"
"he's my guest" told Russel.
"what do you call him?" As he predicted, Russel lied again.
"I bet he got list as well and must have hurt himself along the way" the fake queen stood up and sat next to Aarong.
" you should be nice to others Russel don't hit my friend to hard. He's a fragile man" -while smirking and tapping on Aarong's dislocated shoulder, Annie stare at Russel.
He can see Russel discomfort when he stared be knew Aarong.
"You know him?" Annie said yes. In a minute he heal him. Russel was not triggered to the cracked sound as if he often listened to it.
Annie brushed Aarong's cheek asking if he's okay because he was captured in a duty of guarding his queen.
Either way, Aarong continue to whispered something into his ear while blushing.