Octavia felt her heart stop beating as
she stared at the mess she'd caused.
The Master lying unconsciously on the
floor. She had hurt him!! She hurt him!
Oh! What has she done???
She stood up from the bed and ran to
him immediately, and he seemed to be
asleep, his head still bleeding.
How could she had done such a thing?
How? Why did she have to cause such a
mess?
Consternation took over and reflected in her eyse. She had just made a terrible mistake; a terrible one. What would she do?
No; she couldn't stay. She needed to get
far away despite the fact it was
something she was scared of doing.
She took off her shoes, opened the door
and ran out of the room and doing that,
she saw some boys coming her way.
They'd been drawn by the clamorous
sound from the room and immediately,
Octavia started running away, taking the
opposite direction.
"After her!" One of the boys yelled and
they all began running after her.
Octavia's heart was beating so heavily, more than she could ever imagine.
The boys were closing up on her and without thinking straight, she turned to look at them and pushed them off with her mind - like she normally did.
They groaned and landed on the floor,
and she continued running.
She got to the exit which was connected
to the hall being used for the party and
not stopping to look at any of them, she
went for the door, opened it and jumped
out.
But more boys came running after her
as she ran for the gate and finally, she
was caught just when she was close
to the gate.
"No!" She cried as they pinned her to the floor.
"Let me go!"
She tried using her powers on them, but
discovered she couldn't and at that
time, more people had come out from
the hall already. It was enough to create
a scene.
"Make sure she stays pinned down!"
One of the boys rasped as Octavia vied
with them.
She was attacked by the tumult of her
own feelings.
"No! Let me go, please!" She grunted,
despite the fact she knew it had no
effect on them.
She tried struggling with them, kicking
them or something and when the boys
saw how determined she was, one of
them made her sleep.
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She felt herself lying on something hard
and cold, her head aching.
She couldn't hear a sound - not a single
sound at all, but she stiffened when she
felt a cold hand touch her skin.
"Octavia" She heard her name sounding
very far and she struggled to open her
eyes.
"Octavia!" She heard her name again and this time, she shook.
She gasped and looked around and discovered it was her sister all along .
"Hey, Octavia. Can you hear me?" She
called again and Octavia just nodded
slowly.
Mica assisted her to sit up and look her
in the face.
"How're you feeling? Are you alright?"
She asked, her hands on Octavia's
shoulders.
Octavia looked around, trying to
recognize the place.
She was sitting on the floor, in a quiet
hallway.
"Where am l?" She asked weakly, her sister almost sounding faint to her.
She could recall what had happened at the party, but that was it.
"We're back to the Khalid clan", Mica
replied, her eyes portraying how worried
she looked.
"Oh! Octavia, why did you do it? You hurt
one of the Masters! You made him
unconscious", she quarried almost whispering.
Octavia didn't say a word but just stared
down at the floor, her heart racing
heavily.
"I'm sorry...", was all she could mumble
at last.
"You're sorry?" Mica scoffed.
"You don't need to be sorry to me because, I am not the one who'd punish you".
"I warned you about this, Octavia. I told
you you'd have to do a lot of terrible
things here. It's only your second day
here, yet you already messed up. Why??"
She sniffed and remained mute.
"I tried my best to warn you, Octavia, but
you didn't listen. What you did today
could get you killed. It'd get you into a
lot of troubles".
Octavia decided not to blame herself
much about it. She just couldn't help it.
She couldn't help the fact that she'd
have been used by a complete stranger.
It was unbearable for her.
"Octavia..."
Mica was about calling her name when some steps suddenly interuppted them. They looked and saw some of Khalid's guards walking towards them.
"She's awake", one of them grunted.
They stopped walking and watched the
two sisters.
"Come with us. The Master wants you in
his room", another said and Octavia felt
her heart doing summersault.
The Master - Master Khalid. He was
going to punish her!!
Mica could read the fear in her sister's
eyes, but there was nothing she could
do. She stood up and Octavia stood up
as well.
The boys tilted their head and started away and Mica and Octavia followed.
For a moment, Octavia felt like holding
her sister's hand and telling her of how
scared she was, but she quickly
debunked the idea. Her sister had
warned her about it, but she didnt
listen. Well, she had no choice.
The room wasn't too far from where
they were as soon, they got there.
The boys went into the room with her
while Mica waited outside since she
wasn't called upon.
Octavia looked behind to see if her
sister has followed her in, but a
disappointed look followed her Face.
The room at first, she had to adjust the dimness in it because it was almost dark.
A thin line of smoke rose from the
darkness and she strained her eyes to
see him smoking a tobacco pipe close
to the window.
Despite how worried-ness, she could
notice how dashing the room was
capacious, and well furnitured.
If not for her present condition, she'd
gone deep into admiration.
"She's here, Master'', one of the boys
beside her said, but Khalid didn't turn
away from the window...
He barley even said a word.
He puffed more smoke into the air and after what seemed like forever, he stated unruffledly:
"Leave us"
The boys bowed and left and Octavia
felt her whole world crumble as she
realized she was alone in the room with
him.
Alone with the Master.
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To be continued!