"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows "
Nahill, kingdom of the shadows
There was a celebration on going in the palace,the annual tribute celebration among the shadow tribe.Their king the shadow war god Draven Ramadius has conquered the neighboring kingdom of sharii,the rogue shadows,many slaves were captured in the war and Zillah was one of them.
Draven sat on the golden throne toiling with a wine glass in his hands looking sinful and mysterious,a strong dark aura surrounding him,none of the shadow elders sat with him,anyone who came near him would suck by the dark energy pooling around him,this made him lonely,countless people had died just from touching him.
The slaves entered the hall and knelt before the king not daring to raise their heads ,not knowing what will befall,the kings action were not always predictable,but one thing was paramount they could die.Appearing before him was like sighning a death warrant,they all trembled in fear,well ofcourse except for Zillah.Her small glittering eyes darted around,I can't believe am really here ,I had heard about the mysterious god of shadow,Draven his subjects had not really seen his face up close,because he had a dark aura and shadow sucking energy around him ,his body sucked in other shadows,so no one stayed close enough to him.it was rumored that this same energy killed his parents,he must have been devastated I thought in my mind.
He is lonely,I feel it. I must be out of my mind for feeling pity for this guy right,I mean there is a probability I might die in this hall,we were brought in as slave maids and as offerings to the shadow god,and he was definitely not predictable .
I raised my head to peep at him,couldn't really see his face,but I knew he was handsome,like an handsome shadow,hehe I giggled,damn that seemed to have caught his attention,not just his but everyone else's too.All eyes on me,I was doomed,everyone was waiting to see what the shadow god would do ,his eyes had stayed glued to mine since I giggled,he kept looking at me like he couldn't take his eyes off me,I was baffled ,okay so what's next now? You are all dismissed,I heard him roared ,he stood up from his throne,heading to his chambers,not before beckoning to me.And you , follow me ,he boomed.i stood rooted to the ground completely confused,what just happened,I thought I was about to die? I noticed silence everywhere until I looked up to find the king staring at me.Oh myself,I had completely forgotten to follow him."Am right behind you my lord", I said clustering close ,he looked at me for another moment before storming off again,I had to walk really fast to keep up with him,gosh he had really long legs.we arrived at a room,which am assuming is his chamber ,he strode in and stood,probably thinking i was following while I was right behind him and I then I stumbled into him and bumped my nose into his ,"ouch I squealed that was painful just like a wall,he turned,Am so sorry your majesty I didn't mean too".
"Does it hurt?i heard him ask.
Of course it hurts ,oh I mean yes your majesty but it doesn't matter.Oh Zillah what the hell is wrong with you,I mused in my mind,this is the king okay.The king must be out of sorts or maybe the rumors I heard about him weren't true,I mean what's he doing rubbing my nose?