May, 19
It was my tenth birthday, at birthdays everyone was supposed to enjoy and relax but even on that day, I was cleaning the house. Relatives and cousins are going to come today for the party. Our cousins came a little bit earlier than expected when they saw me cleaning the house all by myself and my siblings were not even trying to do anything besides laying down for rest, making them doubt why I was the only one who was working, my mother replied to them that 'It's nothing unusual.' She was trying to not show how cold-hearted She was towards me.
It's because I was a girl child. It is the excuse she gave to others
My mother 'Linda' said "You don't need to worry she is a girl so she needs to responsible for matters such as cleaning, washing, and more household chores"
I shake it off despite knowing that my younger sister is a girl too and my older brother is a boy.
Only Iannae was the one who got compared due to her gender. She accepted her mother's deed at that time and thought that her mother was right and that maybe She is a girl who needs to take care of everything around herself while the younger and old siblings can enjoy themselves. At last, She could not even get the cake.
23 February
By the fact that my stepmother could not get my father's attention, and recently, It's made her annoyed. It's that time when she started beating me and that's How I got my first slap mark on my cheek. She hit me so hard that It makes my eardrum numb for a moment. I was scared, my whole body was shaking in fear at that time. I was wishing to forget this night of violence.
25th December
I am 14 years old now. A festival happened to come at that time of the month. It's a those kind of great festival that everyone celebrates with owner. I was happy that my father came home on time but he said that he does not have any money to spend on us. I do not care about how much he is going to spend because every time there is nothing I get ,neither a gift nor clothes ,so it's fine with me. I was just happy that my stepmother is happy too, but it's all my delusion.
Everything was quite fine till midnight.
After, past midnight. There was a big fuss downstairs. To be exact it was a fight between my mother and father. Linda got irritated to found about my father , who has been here on a festival day with nothing
All the kids including the maid's only son too. We are a bunch of four in number. When we heard the noise of a glass vase breaking we all rushed downstairs.
then what happened next 'I still have not forgotten that memory of Iannae' said Samantha inside her mind while telling Ryan all of Iannae's memories along with pretending to be Iannae . Samantha has explained everything most readily but there are always some gaps when you know that you're not the one who got molested instead your closest friend is. It's always hard and to be honest .It's impossible to explain the situation she had handled in just mery words.
She continued 'Anyhow? They both got relaxed through the maid but Linda could not hold her rage inside anymore.'
I was hungry at that moment because I have not eaten anything since the morning, and everyone was extremely quiet after My parents fought
therefore It was me who broke the silence by asking for food from the maid. It was already past midnight and everyone had already eaten something except me. Food has always been provided once, for me. which was at the end of the day. Linda went to the kitchen while I was washing my hands in the washbasin and then I didn't when Linda came to the kitchen and after grabbing a whole bowl of hot soup .She threw it straight on my face. Yes, My face which leads to slightly moderate burns marks afterwards. No one dares to come up for help, not even my father. My brother was trying to stop Linda somehow so that she wouldn't harm me any further. My body got stiff and I was scared. I was so afraid to the point that questions began to flood my mind. What if my brother couldn't stop Linda? To what extent will she drag me? What could have happened to me?. . Would I still be surviving?
My whole appearance becomes messy .My face may have gotten burnt due to the soup. I felt really prickly all over my whole body but I couldn't gather the courage to raise my body and put on some ornaments or medication for my wounds. Just like a pathetically broken metal doll that can't be fixed now...
It's all Thanks to my little divine energy those burnt skin marks have never caused me much problem. I wonder to myself ... 'Should I be thankful or regretful about my divinity,?
'Divinity' What is Ms. Iannae talking about? She is a necromancer then what it has to do with divinity' Ryan said inside his mind but he still maintains to keep his cool.
It was one of the privileges of the contract in this world which can only be signed by the genuinely contrary ability of the contractor.
For example: If the signer has a divine capability only then a necromancer has opportunity to willingly sign up the contract and fulfil its rituals with his/her abilities affirmatively It's also a reason to balance nature stability otherwise the contact must considered void then how come Ryan understood the meaning behind that word ,when he never signed a contract himself or become a part in it.
Samantha was extremely engaged in elaborating Ryan about Iannae's past that She forgot to not point out that Iannae's ability was different from hers.
March 17
One year has already passed. Iannae's condition becomes worse day by day her only support got expelled through the family. Her maternal brother had fallen into the trap of Linda's younger daughter, who she always held dearly.
Iannae truly did not hate her brother Haiman because he was her only supporter. Later He also got tricked by his mother's favourite younger child 'Katina' and got thrown out of the house. It was the first time Linda hugged Iannae and whispered to her that. . . .
"Iannae please don't leave me, I sometimes get angry but I am not a bad person. You are not allowed to leave me until you die"
Tears began to fill her eyes but she held them in, not to show Linda How much Iannae liked Linda's hug rather than the brother who always helps her despite anything. Iannae cried all night because now she has no hope. She got stuck in Linda's traps and can't escape now. She knew well rather than anyone else, that Linda and Katina are going to torture her forever that's what she was most afraid of...
"Next day, due to stress and lack of sleep a crockery slipped out of my hand," Iannae said to Ryan who was listening "Linda slapped me as hard as she could and I froze at my standing instance due to my fear for her. automatically, every single time this happens my body flinches and becomes stiff . Like it's nothing new to analyse, what will be going to happen next "
Linda does not assault Iannae by regular or simple beating and gave her a normal kind of torments but she also did all that after physically hurting her such as„ She shove all the household and outdoor work on Iannae's weak shoulders considering Linda's terrible personality along with that disturbing behaviour, Iannae develops a chronic illness in which she starts to Mutter and speak random sentences out loud through the walls silently like she was talking to ghost or something. It also could be a sign of schizophrenia. She must be going through major transitions internally due to Linda that's why Schizophrenia affects her due to her lack of confidence and fear.
September,14
Zig zzz.zig. . . sound of washing clothes spread through the laundry.
Iannae is washing clothes inside the laundry room. Iannae got the news that today is the day when a high-ranking Nobel boy is considered to be Iannae's brother-in-law.
'It must be true because a boy came earlier this morning to ask for Katina's hand in marriage ' that's what Iannae heard from another servant while pouring washing soda on clothes. As for Iannae. Today, she is banned from visiting the garden and stairway which has the only access to the guest hall and other important rooms of this house. Iannae has been inside the warehouse since this morning which she needs to make, clean and tidy before the guests will arrive to stay in there. She sighs because today she also has a lot to work on.
There are some couple of footsteps hears by Iannae from behind the room that side wisely attached to the laundry she neglect them in thought of a usual butler that must be passersby but their is only one butler in this house and right now he must be busy in attending the respective guests from the marquee household, when she turns her head in doubt, a boy has already settled his foot to ingress the laundry room.
When their eyes met he kept his breath for an entire minute and spoke afterwards that ...
To be continued.