I couldn't tell where we were heading to, but it was getting dark, and we were no where into the forest nor the road Rhiona mentioned earlier. I was panting and my legs were going numb, did I mention I was freezing, it was crystalline everywhere that I started to ask myself if we are aliens who are still walking on a December evening without any gear.
I have to admit, this lady is good with her feet.
But again, the cold was eating us up as the night came, I can't believe it took me almost five hours to realize snow was cold. And now that I feel it I think we'll freeze soon.
" I think we better find a place ." I mumbled.
" We will die out here" I heard Rhiona speak through her teeth.
" I can't even see where we are going, let's make a fire to warm up" I said and she stopped walking.
" We can't, we might attract the wolves"
" But, aren't you afraid of the dark?" I asked without thinking. She stared in my eyes with shock.
" Who told you that?" She asked in a low voice. Looking at me like she would run the next minuteNow this was confusing, I thought she almost passed out because of darkness in the ship toilets. Wait, ship. I was on a ship before I.
....
What is happening, I was on a ship, a ship to Hermes station, so I could board a train to the city. What am I doing here in the middle of a snow forest.
" Hey, are you okay"
What is this place, what just happened.
I saw a bright blinding light as well as Rhiona calling me out. I believe I fell to the ground and hit my head hard.
.....
Since the day I was born, I've always believed in fate, a long endless path, with a lot of corners, the sides have beautiful flowers though at some point, there are withered. Old sticky thorns. But path was never like that
It has always been like tomorrow, just a mystery. Never clear. I remember when I visited the old woman in out town for the first time, she had a sickly smile on her aged face.She held my hands and stared into my eyes.
" My dear," she spoke, "a man can be defeated...but you cannot destroy him." I didn't know what that meant. " You broke him over and over. And then smiled at him with the one you thought suited you, you played with his feelings till he couldnt feel the wind but only the heated pulse of his heart."
According to her, I was as evil as these people see me in their eyes, I was ruthless, ignorant and self centered.
I never knew that about myself. I doubted her words. But then I kept dreaming about a young handsome servant boy, he had distinct features, though I can't recall them.
' you're back.... hm' chuckles. I can't see any one. ' I think you should start afresh, you are a tough cookie' what am I hearing, all I can see is light, light is everywhere.
' Irina...'
huh? Irina?
' you must make everything right.... make sure you make everything right...don't make him curse another time, make him forgive you. Make it right, Irina, make it right...'
' make it right...'
.....
My head hurts, very badly. I slowly open my eyes to a high ceiling. It's well decorated, with designs I don't think I know.
" she's awake!" someone is shouting. And then a young lady with dark long hair comes before me. " Irene! you're awake!" she says with a sweet smile.
who is Irene? She just called me Irene. is it my name?
The lady looks to the side.
" Alex, she's awake"
"oh?" a male deep voice. And then a tall figure walks to the bed side. I hadn't realized I was in a huge bedroom, on a large bed.
" where am I ,who are you" I growl at the new faces before me.
" Irene, it's me, Rhiona" the lady with long hair says. " don't you remember me?" she says with a frown. Do I know her?
Who am I, who are these people? Why am i here?