"Help me."
She hurts herself when she's out of control but not others as this time seems to be different. It's like this place is to blame for what she has become.
Radelaine blanks out as she felt blood trapping in making her feel light-headed. Before Radelaine completely loses her wake, alas someone finally initiated to help her.
This man's grasp on Geiyra's hands was so strong that Geiyra couldn't help but let her hands go as she bumped into the floor knocking her consciousness out.
It was Lord Phraselm. He never meant to get her senseless, but Geiyra seemed to have no evidence of delicate strength. Geiyra clearly had no hesitation.
Radelaine saw the face of the man whose face was unrecognizable to her, for her sight has left her as she finally faints.
Gasps of puzzling bewilderment from the nobles that are left in the hall, but all they can do is observe. It was not to a point of an uproar, however. They are still keeping etiquette despite a time for this chaotic circumstance.
Radelaine's head hit the floor by the time Geiyra lets go of her and fell on the ground as well. The remaining strength left in Radelaine after losing some air was not enough to keep her awake.
"Lady Radelaine!!" cry by the man who wrapped his arms around the lady.
As discourtesy, as it is holding the lady by her arms to the nobles witnessing the commotion, the Lord couldn't care for long, they are getting married anyway.
*
Radelaine got back home unconscious and was treated by her family's physician. In her room, she was awoken by a cry from her mother beside her holding her hand.
"Mother?" she said as she worriedly looked at her.
"Oh! Radelaine my dear. You're finally awake!" Right away her mother sobs even more and hugs Radelaine tight.
"What happened?" She asked in confusion as she couldn't think of a memory at all. Her body felt like it went into a deep long sleep. She's still trying to get her senses to wake up.
She started to feel a sensation in her neck. It almost felt like it just went through something oddly painful.
"Your sister," she whispered as her tears became heavy.
All Radelaine could feel now is pain from the tears she saw in her mother's eyes.
" . . . your father locked her up again." Radelaine was staggered by the news her mother said. She couldn't believe it.
But as soon as her mother said that, somehow her memory of what happened came back. It mortified her as she realized how Geiyra's gaze changed when she was choking her.
Worriedly, she got out of her bed and wore her slippers to go to Geiyra but her mother stops her with her hand on her daughter's arms
"She's not in her chamber.... she is not locked in her chamber Radelaine... " She looked at her mother with such confusion.
What does her mother mean? Her father usually locks her up in her chamber.
Where did her father lock her up this time?
Although the sisters share the same room now, Geiyra was just so fond of her that she requested a bed beside Radelaine's room. Not really minding how she could be disturbing her privacy.
The place where she gets locked up - well it was only once that Radelaine witnessed it, is usually in her original chamber.
"She is in the round tower far from your chambers. No one is allowed to go see her. Your father will be angry." Radelaine stood there frozen by what her mother said.
"You're kidding me." Baffled by what she was hearing, her eyes started to sting and all she could feel is remorse. She wasn't at fault but she felt she is to blame.
She slowly finds her way to sit back in her bed. She can't believe this happened to her sister.
"Mother," she called out for her mother.
"I know my dear, I'm sorry Geiyra did this to you." She looked at her mother in disbelief.
"No mother. It's not your fault. Not even Geiyra.... she's just sick." She responded and regretted she didn't take any action despite noticing she wasn't feeling very well.
After a while of Radelaine listening to her sob, she finally asked, "How did I get home?"
"That." Her mother paused, not really sure how to even begin to tell her daughter, "Nemago Family took care of you as we flee the palace. Sir Herelph volunteered to hide us. We had to run for our lives. "
Lady Madelra let out a huge sigh as she remembers how she left her daughter in another family. Radelaine could not even utter a word after she heard what she said.
"What?" Did she stay in another person's house? All the while she was unconscious, she was being a burden to other people's houses. Great. Radelaine couldn't reckon what the worse that had happened already.
Radelaine may have felt she's been a burden, but she also feels embarrassed thinking that she may have drooled in her sleep while she was there.
"You stayed there for three days and we had to leave right away so we left you there.... but we had to, they are hunting your sister." Radelaine is almost doubtful she slept for three days.
"It doesn't feel like I've slept for three days," she said knowing she didn't.
"When they brought you back here just about 10 minutes after you woke up they said something about giving you an opium pill." Radelaine wrinkled her forehead.
She doesn't know much about medicine but she heard somewhere that opium is one of the things that surgeons use. What is going on? She tragically thought to herself. The sensation she felt earlier turned to a stinging one. She runs her hands to her shoulder and then to her neck.
Although it's baffling hearing this from her mother, she is more worried for her sister than herself. God knows what they could have done to her but it doesn't matter to her now.
Because why is this all of a sudden became so much of a sin? Radelaine was the one who was hurt. She is fine now (hopefully) but what does it have to do with them? Why is everybody getting involved?
"Your father reported to the palace how your sister is locked up now, he's asleep in his chambers now though, but I'm just not sure how the people will respond to that... If news breaks out this time, I don't know how we will secure our family's safety anymore."
What her mother said is a puzzle to her. She couldn't get a grasp of the things she is saying. Why would they hunt Geiyra?
"I don't understand." She said as she felt her chest tighten.
"My ancestors knew magic." Lady Madelra said trying to explain to her their circumstance right now.
Radelaine couldn't help but feel like her mother is playing with her. Magic? She brushed her hair in perplexity trying to assimilate everything she just heard.
"My ancestors were using it to take control of people. But they got caught and were burned by the people only a few survived and one of 'em is my mother's predecessor. " She is hardly continuing her explanation as she knows how she sounds ridiculous to her daughter.
Lady Madelra stood on her seat and walked towards the window as if she is looking at her memories on the horizon. Although she knew she just wanted to face away from her. Even to herself, it sounds ridiculous and shameful.
"No one knew about their existence, that's how our bloodline still exists now. But in the longest time of concealing, it has been forgotten. And I thought we somehow outgrew from it." Lady Madelra took a deep breath and looked at her daughter checking how she responds to anything she just said.
"Then how is it that Geiyra has it?" Radelaine calmly asked her mother but still could not hide how absurd this is to her.
"I don't even possess any of it, not even my mother. I don't know how that happened... I don't even know if this is what Geiyra has. It's different. All I know, at least I'm aware of, is that all these years her senses are transitioning. She's connecting to an entity we don't know."
Although Radelaine's mother is hesitant to speak further about her family, she just thought how her daughter was becoming someone that they have already consigned to oblivion.
But entity? Her mother now talking about an entity has gotten extremely confusing and even more ridiculous.
"What's the reason for aggression then if she is just mystical?" She asked after a minute of silence. A silence that was so empty in thoughts because Radelaine couldn't even piece any of this.
"I know darling it's hard to believe. Even I am hardly acknowledging what's going on with my own daughter but as I've heard stories from my mother, they conjure spells to summon magic at command. She must have experienced the world differently from us." Her mother paused briefly as she tries to finally figure out her daughter.
"My poor daughter, I highly doubt she can cast even one spell. Something is forcing her to become like this. I should've known."
Radelaine feels for her mother. She thought if this is all true, Geiyra really must have suffered so much. How can such mysticism even destroy her?
Suddenly, shouts of terror interrupted them. Both went out hurriedly and discovered fire already raging on the first floor. Everyone is panicking. The helpers were shouting looking for a way out.
Their house has been set to fire.