"Come with us. Master Klaus is calling
for you".
That was the moment Octavia knew the
human heart could stop beating even
when the human was still alive.
Goodness! No. No. Master Klaus?
Cold shiver ran down her spine as she couldn't even move.
"Get her!" The boy commended and the
other went to her and grabbed her roughly by the arm.
She was dumbstruck; the ability to talk
suddenly obliterated from her memory
as she couldn't say a word.
Oh God! How could she be so stupid to
think she could survive this night
without getting hurt?
Her heart beat rapidly as they took her
back to the heart of the party. They
walked paas so many tables until they
finally got to the section of the clan
Masters and stopped.
If there was a word greater than fear, Octavia would've used it on herself. She was terrified.
A lot of Masters were there, having the
usual fun; but most of them stopped to
look at her when she arrived.
Khalid was there as well with Becca
beside him. He had been taking a drink,
but when he saw the guards bring Octavia in, he paused.
"Tell me I'm mistaken" one of the Masters suddenly chuckled.
"Isn't this the same lady that crashed Klaus?"
There was a heated laughter among few
of the Masters, but Octavia could tell it
only meant more trouble for her as
Master Klaus face had gotten swollen with rage.
He dropped his glass of wine and stood up.
"Of course, she's the one" he grunted,
taking the few steps needed to cover
the distance between both of them.
Octavia's hands were almost shaken
beside her. Oh! Please, she couldn't
think of putting herself in more trouble.
She couldn't think of using her powers
again never!
Klaus was seething with anger as he
stood very close to her and gripped her
Jaws in a rough way, lifting them up to
look at him.
"She's the little br@t" he added.
Octavia's breath wavered as she was
forced to look into his cold eyes.
Oh! It was so obvious - the coherent anger in his eyes; the hunger to hurt her badly.
They made her so Scared.
"I'm going to make sure you pay for
that" he added whisperingly and let go
of her Jaws roughly.
She winced.
He went round to stand behind her and
his mere presence was making her
shiver. She couldn't see him and didn't
know what he would do. Her eyes were
pinned to the floor as she didn't want to
look into the faces of any of the
Masters - she didn't want to look at him.
"On your knees" she felt the Master's
breath on her neck and slowly, she lowered her knees to the floor.
Her entire system screamed and racked of anxiety.
They were already drawing attention from the rest of the people in the party as all eyes started focusing on them.
Even the strippers on stage had
slackened their pace in delayance to
watch the mini drama.
Klaus reached for her the collar of her
dress and tore it open from the back
and a little gasp escaped the crowd.
To strip her n@ked - that was his plan.
He went to stand in front of her and
tried ripping it down to her chest, but a
stunned silence took over when Khalid
suddenly spoke up.
"Is that really necessary?" He scoffed.
Klaus paused. His brows arched.
What's he talking about?
The rest of the Masters murmured and
turned to Khalid, but he didn't try to look
at any of them.
"Did you say something?" Klaus asked,
wanting to believe it was just a mistake.
And in the twinkle of an eye, something
happened something unexpected.
An arrow flew from no direction and
landed straight on Khalid's chest,
piercing into it.
There was a louder gasp.
Whaat?
Confusion set into the place, it became
scattered.
"Khalid!!!" Becca screamed.
Octavia felt her heart drop out of her
chest as she stared at the sight in front
of her
There was no mistake; it had happened
right in her presence.
Khalid...the master was shot! He was
shot!
Hah! How did it happen??
He was being attacked!
"Khalid!" Becca screamed again, gripping him tight as he groaned with the arrow stuck in his chest.
The entire place was already in chaos; people running hectar sectar.
Guards from the Khalid clan ran up
immediately and ifted Khalid up - carefully.
He was still consious, but it was obvious the arrow was having effect on him as he grunted painfully from time to time.
"Help him! Take him out of here!" Becca
screamed at the top of her voice as the
guards leaned Khalid on themselves and
led him out of the party.
That was when Octavia actually realized
she was still on her knees.
She stiffened and stood up immediately,
confused of where to go or what to do.
Her eyes were pinned on Khalid the whole time and the disturbing image
seemed to muddle her so much. She
couldn't think straight; she doesn't know
why.
She had almost forgotten she was being
punished by Master Klaus some
minutes ago.
"Octavia!" She felt someone slap her
arm and turned to see it was Mica.
It jerked her out of thoughts.
"Come on! Let's go!" She half yelled
admist the noise and Octavia, just like a
robot who was being controlled, followed her out.
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Mica was able to get some space in the van and with Octavia, they drive out of van and with Octavia, they drive out of the building.
"What the f**k just happened in there?!?"
A lady in the bus cursed.
"I felt it coming! felt something bad was going to happen at the party. I should've said it out" someone said, almost whisperingly.
"But who'd have the nerves to raise an
attempt on Khalid? Who'd have the guts
to shoot him right in the heart of the
party?? Who?? Another yelled. I swear on my mother's grave, I'm definitely going to find that scumbag and make sure he pays with his life! I'll make sure of that!"
So many voices went on in the fastly moving van Octavia felt her hands sweating.
She covered them on her legs and they
ended up shaking. What's wrong with
her?
Could it possibly be a result of what
Master Klaus had almost done to her?
Well, of course. It was the trauma.
"Are you okay?" Mica touched her shoulder and asked and to her surprise, Octavia had shaken out of fear.
"Ye... Yeah, I'm fine" she replied and
gulped nervously.
Oh! What is wrong with her! She couldn't
understand why she was acting this way,
feeling this way and shaken.
She clenched her hands tight on her legs and breathed heavily.
So many voices and thoughts ran through her mind. And admist the cacophonic sounds, she found herself asking
"How could the Master be?"
It was jsut an arrow, right? Of course, it
was just an arrow.
They probably wanted to do more to him,
but couldn't succeed. So, definitely, he'll
be fine.
An arrow can't just kill someone like
Khalid. Never.
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To be continued!