Third person ~
Rahaya walks up and down her ragged home and she gets lectured by Saerra, her last living relative .
" Rahaya you need to stop , you need to sit down and rest your mind and your body for at least one day ".
" I can't Sae , I can't . There's a way now , I think there's a way now ". Rahaya murmured like she was speaking to herself , if anyone saw them , they would think she was going insane .
" A way for what ? , tell me . A way for you to drain your self to death or commit treason against the royal family " Saerra folded her arms , questioning and even this question didn't stop rahaya from trotting back and forth .
" Treason , did you forget what they did to us , to our family , I mean I wouldn't be surprised if you did " . Rahaya retorts and that angers her cousin.
" I suffered just as much as you did Rahaya , don't try to act like you're the only one in pain , I think about them too , I know what happened " That made Rahaya pause and she slowly turned to face Saerra who took a step back as the fire in Rahaya's gaze scares her.
" You know Nothing , nothing". Rahaya says , enunciating every word as she spoke .
"I do ". Sierra speaks, fighting her voice to sound fearless.
She never showed it but deep down she scared of Rahaya , she saw how strong she was even though Rahaya was never aggressive not with her or anyone for that matter but she knew how much anger Rahaya had in her and it seemed this conversation rose that anger to greater heights.
"No , you weren't there , you had eloped with that foolish boy you were hopelessly in love with , enjoying life while we suffered, while we were threatened". Rahaya voices out , her words shocking Saerra , she had never thought Rahaya blamed her in any way . It Hurt .
" Don't you dare blame me " .
"I don't ,but do not act like you know ". She was walking towards Saerra as saerra walked away , avoiding her until her back hit the wall but Rahaya didn't come too close but instead stood at a reasonable yet intimidating distance.
"You weren't there when the Queen's soldiers , led by Colonel Gar'e Handle , the wickedest man I'd ever known intruded in my home a- a- and stabbed my father as he tried to protect my mother and I , you weren't there when my mother tried to run with me but got shot in the back and she kept screaming , 'run Haya run to Mosieh' to your family . For whatever reason she thought your father would be able to keep me safe , safer than mine did ". The pain her eyes grew , this was first time Rahaya was really opening up about this and it seemed Searra finally understood why Rahaya was in so much pain but Rahaya wasn't done.Not yet.
"Do you want to know what happened to yours?". Rahaya questioned and Saerra nodded , if she open her mouth to speak she might have said no.
" When I got there , they getting ready to escape, they had a hideaway that no one knew about deep in the woods and I got there right on time. Just as we were about to leave we heard a knock on the front door . Strong and ferocious and I knew who it was he had knocked on mine just the same . Your mother took my hands and that of Jes'se and we hid in a space in the ground and through a crack at the opening , I could see that they had come in and this time for whatever reason the first Prince and the Queen were with them ". She paused this time , gritting her teeth, it was clear that this was a horrific memory of hers.
She sat down on their dirty , old mattress,her head in her hands.
" There was a tiny door in there , she held our hands as we crawled out , we were going into the woods , to a hideout. And as we ran away , we were so close to escaping, so close but we heard your father scream and she stopped abruptly.
I looked at her and I could see in her eyes from that very moment that she had made up her mind to go back and to die with him . I couldn't force her to stay , I couldn't beg her and Jes'se couldn't either .
" Run " she said "Run and don't stop no matter what you hear , protect him Rahaya , make sure he lives please !" .
" And then she walked away , boldness in her steps , oh she was bold , so bold in love and so we ran even when we heard her scream as she was getting killed , torn apart , murdered". Saerra was crying now , her body slid to the floor , her legs weak . She had never heard about her parents death in this much detail and she knew this wasn't the end . Rahaya was going to tell her about Jes'se , about how he died .
But Rahaya sighed and stood up
"That's enough for today "
"Rahaya !". Saerra called to her , even though she couldn't endure knowing that part , but she needed to know but it was clear rahaya was done , she couldn't say anymore , it was too painful.
Rahaya walked to the door and looked back
" He didn't want to die Saerra , not like them " .
And that was all she said , a tear kissing her cheek as it fell and she left the room , to wherever she usually went when she needed to cry her pain out . But those words weakened Saerra even more and so she knelt on that floor and wept . Wept for her father , her mother and her little brother would have been fifteen if he wasn't killed .