Chapter one.
Elara was an innocent child of an happy family till her brother open his eyes in this brutal world where nothing stay longer in it's position.
Her mother losses the strength of her legs just after giving birth to Jacob and since then, she is all depending on her arm chair where she usually sit and look out of her window, watch the clouds is moving, every Bird is flying, even the weather is changing except her.
She had become a face of a waiting death to come and take her, but she didn't wanted to end this cycle of life, not yet.
She had responsibilities, as an wife, as an mother. She was still waiting for right time, not for her to recover as she had stopped hopping for her recovery just after she give birth to Jacob. But for her family which depends on her, she wanted to see her childrens get back to normal life, she wanted to see her daughter finally getting an caring partner who can take care of her just like she take care of everyone.
Her husband was an traveler, dealing and selling goods in kingdoms where he can reach. He was an hard worker, the load of responsibilities was all on his sholders after his father death. And after that accident which happens with his wife, he knew he have to work hard for the bread, for his wife health, for little kids, except for himself.
And all of that had grow Elara early then her age. She became an second mother of Jacob when she herself was still an child. And she knew she have to be like this, act like this, and go with it as this is her life now.
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One early morning, after the breakfast when Elara was doing her daily chores in the kitchen, mopping the floor.
She heard a loud crack sound, came from the dining room. It was more like a glass have been broken.
Elara hands tighten on the handle, of the broom, as she felt sudden shivers in her stomach.
She quickly rush to the dining room to check if it was her sick mother trying to grab the glass from her coffee table or something else?
But rather then seeing any broken glass on the floor, she found a ball on the right side arm chair, which had broken the glass window.
She take a breath of relief as her shoulder
relaxed.
She walks to the direction where the ball was, she pick it up. Her gaze goes to the broken window, and then to the floor where she saw so many small and large pieces of the glass.
The door brust open and little Jacob came in, he freezes as he saw his sister have found out that he have made the mess.
Elara looked at his direction and made a smirk "you ...COME HERE!!!" She shoat as she ran to him.
"Ahhh....hahaha...no....forgive me." Jacob ran out of the house to the garden with his little bet on his hand, but Elara long legs sped up as she chase him and after running for a little while, she finally catch him and start tickling him.
"Agh....hahahaha....sorry sorry....hahahaha." Jacob fell on the ground, laughing heavily as his voice shaking.
"Sorry huh? You broken the window.....now mother will beat you up. COME HERE! You little noughty boy."
Elara pull Jacob on her lap and start tickling him untill his eyes gets
watery. "Ah,...hahahaha, so...sorry Eli..... don't..... don't tell mother. I won't do it again I promise.... hahahahaha"
After a while of tickling and playing with Jacob Elara finally take her hands of him.
"Okay I won't tell mother about this....but promise me one thing."
Elara stand up and Jacob finally catch his breath. "What?"
Elara pick his bet and looked at it. "Promise me, you won't play in the front yard. You know it's small, and we don't want any other window to be broken again."
Little Jacob stand up on his feet
"Okay okay sister…..I won't play on the front yard now give me my bet back."
Elara smiled and give pass him his bet.
"Good boy, now let's go inside."
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