" Bow to the crown prince of Alcheria " The voice command and everyone began bowing, Ravenna also proceeded to join them, not wanting to draw attention to herself.
' Let's just get this over with ' she thought, moving her legs to kneel.
But soon panic set in as Ravenna found herself frozen on the spot.
She couldn't move any part of her body, no matter how much she struggled.
' oh no ' Ravenna muttered in despair wandering why the deities couldn't even spare her on this one.
she has just been facing a lot of scenarios back to back, without rest
poor girl....
" WHIP " The harsh sound of the whip, resounded in the already silent courtyard and Ravenna fell on her knees
she only gritted her teeth in pain much to everyone's surprise.
' so much for avoiding the whip ' She thought bitterly, blood flowing from the side of her lips due to the impact from the harsh whip.
" How dare you disrespect the crown prince " The man that had announced the crown prince arrival, shouted in fury.
' i didn't, something's stopping me ! ' she almost rolled her eyes at the way they all exaggerated, like she killed someone.
' uh ' she had really wanted to lay low, but it seemed the heavens weren't on her side.
They never were.
From the corner of her eyes, she saw the man preparing to whip her again.
The crown prince who had been watching everything right from the start suddenly raised his hands.
The head eunuch, seeing this immediately shouted
" stop "
It seemed like the prince wasn't in a good mood.
The lead soldier, hearing the command retreived his whip before bowing.
The prince whispered to his right hand man, before walking away.
Malcolm, the crown prince's right hand man finally faced them after the prince left.
Jumping from up the balcony like a graceful cat he landed with ease, his brooding eyes then came to settle on the soldiers who were cowering in fear, he was a mage after all, one of the most powerful.
Sire Malcolm was famous for his quiet nature, oppressive stare and his ruthlessness.
If someone as Much as breathed the wrong way, blood would flow.
Excluding the royal families, everyone could swear that his Aura was unmatched.
" who's the lead soldier here ? " His voice sent tremors down their body. The soldier who had whipped Ravenna shakily stepped forward, trying his best to hide it.
" bring the slaves there, they will be counted immediately " And in a heartbeat, everyone had began moving, obeying his command.
He finally turned to face Ravenna, another soldier had already seized her.
" Take this one to the dungeon " He sized her up, noticing how she just stared back at him without fear.
' it seems like this one wasn't trained, the lord Paramount had some explaining to do ' Malcolm thought to himself.
No slave had ever dared to raise their heads at a noble talkless of the high standing officials.
Even women, noble or not never raised their heads but this slave had dared to.
His blood boiled in anger
' A mere slave with such audacity '
He glared at her but she didn't even flinch.
' SLAP ' His hands descended on her, with such anger.
Although he held back, as a mage like himself could have sent her head flying, if he hadn't.
Ravenna's ears rang, blood slowly dripped out from both sides.
' what did she do wrong again ' she groaned in her heart.
It seemed she wasn't acoustomed with the rules that guides the slaves, as she wasn't trained or familiar with anything to do with slaves.
Ravenna had lived most of her life as a young boy, who just hustled for money, every ounce of feminity had long left her. And because of this, she didn't know women talkless of slaves weren't to stare at nobles or high standing officials.
Not even her Master had restricted her gaze, how was she to know?
" keep her locked up with no food for a month " Although her ears rang, she still heard his ruthless voice.
Great just great
good going Ravenna, you managed to incur his wrath in less than an hour.
Ravenna mocked her own self
oh she knew it, the heavens were against her.
she hadn't even spent a day here and she was already being thrown into the dungeon.
*****
Though the sun was high up and scorching, everywhere felt dark and suffocating for Maa' .
It was like this too before her previous death everything and everywhere reeked of death, it was choking and unbearable, but it was her punishment she had to endure.
Before her life ended in this body , she needed to do something important.
now that had she clearly began to understand how fate and nature worked, she would do her best to help all four of them in anyway.
Especially the forbidden ones, fate and nature would work against them without her intervention and to make sure they survive, she needed to step up before her last breath.
Maa' stood up dressing in all red to shield off any spiritual attack.
it was her only means of protecting herself.
Her dainty legs moved fast across the pathways, till she got to the river.
lowering herself to face the water she dug her hands into the earth to tap into the frequency then removed the pin tucked into her hair and pricked her finger.
letting the blood drip into the water..... what she didn't expect however was for dark shadows like tentacles to shoot out with the speed of lightening, latching unto her legs and pulling her into the river.
It kept on pulling till she was deep down in the water.
Maa' struggled to break free, fighting for her life before she would run out of breath and die.
She never imagined dying like this, she just wanted to summon the ' NAIDA ' the water spirit.
She hadn't expected to get locked in a battle with the sinister dark water spirit.
' Drenovar '
And that too in her mortal form, she was basically powerless against this dreadful creature.
Maa' felt air leaving her body as she sunk deeper with the shadowy dark tentacles wrapped tightly around her leg....
The spirit doesn't usually attack in clean waters unless attracted by a sinister smell or vibe.
' it seemed something had attracted it to her and with the suppressive atmosphere she had found herself in since yesterday, she was sure she reeked of death to have attracted this evil thing.
Maa' was ready to die but not without doing something very important first. Ravenna mustn't die and for that to happen she needed to stay alive until she had successfully summoned the NAIDA.
The Drenovar wasn't going to show mercy, it dragged her this way and that, expelling every ounce of air in her.
Her consciousness was slowly slipping away, not sure if she could even hold on any longer....
' No not yet , please ' she pleaded, not knowing exactly to whom but whoever cared to listen and just give her a few more minutes.