Olivia fell to her knees, weakened from the brief torture she had just been through. What had caused her to scream wasn't the aching but the feeling of being stabbed that came with it.
All the others were frozen still as they watched her intently. They had already noticed that her scream was one of pain and not of fear.
"Your Highness, what sh-" Amy was cut off before she could even finish her sentence.
"Continue with the rest but leave her out" Maximilian said calmly.
Amy didn't say anything more. She only glanced at Olivia and continued her task. Olivia took in a deep breath and tried to stop her tears. She sniffled lowly and wiped her tearstained face with the sleeve of her white
blouse.
Olivia didn't move an inch, neither did she speak. She stayed silent as she sat on the floor. Before long, Amy and Penelope finished their task and we're patiently waiting for orders from their Prince. Without looking at them, Maximilian ordered, "Put them to sleep and send them back".
They immediately got to work while Maximilian took slow, measured steps to Olivia. When he was finally directly in front of her, she raised her head ever so slightly up to him.
Maximilian bent until he was in a squatting position.
"What happened?" he asked curiously.
Olivia shook her head in response.She also didn't know what had happened. Owen walked over to them and tapped Maximilian on the shoulder. Maximilian got his signal and got up to back up.
Owen got on one knee and stared into Olivia's eyes. That was when Olivia finally noticed him. Not that she hadn't seen him already, it was just that she had been too mesmerized by Maximilian to notice that this man also had impressive features which were almost on par with Maximilian's.
He also had some similarities with Maximilian. His eyes were a greyish silver. It looked very similar to Maximilian's but it was just that Maximilian's was a pure silver color while his looked like a greyish silver.
His hair however was a dark chocolate brown color. His face looked serious, the complete opposite of the cheerful look he had before.
"You're Olivia, aren't you?" he broke thick silence.
Olivia's eyes widened but she wasn't as shocked as she was before. 'Of course they knew her name', was the only thought that passed through her mind.
Instead of answering, she asked a completely different question, "how did they do that ?". Owen sighed but did not answer. Instead, he gave Olivia a small mysterious smile. Olivia already had a feeling that they would not reveal anything to her.
Everything was silent until Amy and Penelope disappeared from Olivia sight making her gasp in horror. They were in front of her but suddenly they just vanished into thin air. Once they were gone, Owen came back to her and asked the same question he had asked before.
This time, Olivia actually answered him, just to find out if he knew anything about it.
"At first, I felt my body become light and then I was lifted off the ground. It was uncomfortable but I felt no pain, but then somewhere along the way, I felt a dull ache until it started getting stronger and more painful. Then I felt like a thousand knives were piercing wherever ached until I couldn't hold it in for anymore and screamed."
Olivia noticed how Owen's eyes turned wide and then narrowed. Maximilian also had the same reaction. They had..... never heard of such a thing before. Maximilian and Owen turned to look at each other but said nothing.
Owen helped Olivia up and though Olivia was still on guard against him, she felt very weak and could do nothing but accept his help. At that moment, Amy and Penelope appeared out of nowhere, making Olivia gasp.
"Amy, try again, this time since it's only one person do it the usual way," Maximilian ordered. Olivia already knew they were talking about her so she released her gripped on Owen's hand and backed away cautiously.
Owen looked at her cautious movements and almost let out a chuckle. He sufficiently suppressed it in but his amusement shone clearly in his greyish silver eyes. Olivia immensely intrigued him. However, he wanted the spell to work, not only for his benefits but also for her safety.
Olivia, who was panicking internally, finally got to the end of the cell but Amy was just a few steps to her. Olivia gave up and closed her eyes, ready to meet her doom. Therefore when she felt a warm hand land gently and her forehead, she almost relieved.
But, her brain's pessimism immediately kicked in and she thought maybe Amy was going to do something else, something more painful. She subconsciously held her breath as she squeezed her eyes closed.
Then she felt Amy back away and Olivia very hesitantly opened her eyes. Everyone had their eyes wide open in shock. Suddenly, Olivia felt a surge of power within her.
She subconsciously looked at her hands, only to find that she was glowing, a glow very similar to Amy's and Penelope's however she was glowing in a rainbow coloured hue. But then, she unexpectedly felt dizzy and fell unconscious.
Before she could hit the floor, Maximilian rushed to her with unnatural speed and caught her in his arms. He unconsciously held her gently, as if she would break in his hold.He lay her on the bed and covered her with a blanket, all the while staring intently at her face. Slowly, Maximilian got up and walked away with Owen following right behind him.
All though they all had a billion of unanswered questions swirling violently in their brains, none of the said a word. The women and men separated. Maximilian's aura was dangerously calm. Which only meant one thing, his devilish mind was at work again.That mind that could make plans in plans and problems into benefits. His mind was hellishly powerful and at the thought of that, Owen almost started trembling.
Luckily, he kept himself in check and prevented himself from shaking unconsciously. Suddenly, Owen felt a chill run down his spine and he found that the atmosphere was freezing cold. Of course, the sudden chill in the air came from Prince Maximilian himself.
Thinking his mind had thought up some answers, Owen started talking slowly, "what do you think about what is going on?". No response. A second later, the bone-chilling aura disappeared as if it was never there.
"She can only be one thing, a witch" Owen continued recklessly."And you think I wouldn't be able to recognize witch, Owen? " Maximilian asked with an elegant brow raise.
"Max, chill dude," Owen said with a cheeky smile. "Of course, you would be able to recognize a witch but she seems rather powerful".
"She doesn't seem to know how to control her powers" ,Max said in a sarcastic tone his lovely lips lifted up in a very slight and subtle smirk.
"Hmm...." Owen glanced at him and didn't notice anything unusual because his beautiful silver eyes were still as always, cold. Thereafter, they went their separate ways.
Olivia found herself in the room, a room so familiar she knew every spider web and crack in it. A room that somehow, she can't even feel shocked from being here once again. The room where she had almost lost her innocence. And once again, the nightmare started.
How the damn drunken kidnapper had walked into the dimly late tiny room in order to 'have fun' with his captive, as he had always said. A 19 year old Olivia, tied up and leaning against the wall when the drunken kidnapper suddenly pounced on her and she let out a shriek in shock. When the poor 19-year-old finally regained her bearings, the kidnapper had already started to strip right before her eyes. She struggled to be set free however, because of the cloth in her mouth, she couldn't even speak. The man then started to strip her. She could only try to wiggle under him and in the struggle when he had almost penetrated inside her, she finally managed to push him off her, making him fall back and hit his head on the floor. he immediately fell unconscious and with that she was safe until the police finally found her. Since then...
Suddenly Olivia shot up into a sitting position. The sweat had soaked her clothes. Once again she found that she was enveloped in a thick darkness and once again, she could do nothing about it.