The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb
This story begins in a time long before the kingdom began. It was in a place where the world was covered in darkness and chaos. Monster and demon roam all over the earth leaving the lands of the humans with rot and death until a new hope awake.
The Holy Temple received a prophecy that spoke of a Emperor that is bathed in fire and Saint that shines with light and they will cleanse the earth from the darkness and chaos also they will destroy the demons and monsters that ruled the land and create a new kingdom of the Holy Temple ruled by the Emperor of Fire and the Saint of Light and bring peace on the land. For many years the people kept on to the hope of the prophecy and prayed that the Holy One will bring them the Emperor and the Saint. Then decades pass and the prophecy came to fruition bringing an end to the rule of the monster and demons that roamed the earth creating peace in the land, but will this peace be forever?
As the man walked the quiet dimly lit hall of the royal castle dressed in his high rank royal knight uniform with the crest of the golden lion enveloped with flames around it on the right side of his pocket also wearing a long blood red cloak that flowed across his body to the floor with lion fur on his shoulder.
Emperor Alexander Daviditis III Kronos ruler of the kingdom of Kronos de Lux reaches the end of the largely ornate hall filled with royal paintings of the previous Emperors of the kingdom with red lush carpet, the black and white marble walls and floor with traces of golden and around it with large golden pillars. In front of him were two large golden doors with a round shape black lion face statues hung on the door with its mouths open and roaring. Then next moment the large doors open slowly presenting a large banquet hall with three crystal chandeliers vast in size with an art painted roof with golden finishings with multiple golden statues across the hall with black and white checkers marble floors that shone beneath his feet. Yes, the hall was full of people but this were not just any ordinary people, they were the royal court and the respected house of the land gather together. You may think that a banquet ball may be commencing at this moment but it is not in this case for you see at this very moment this people who have congregated here in the banquet hall on this Luna night have come to seek out they justice, punishment, they revenge. The room full of people kept still and silent the only sound made is the sound of the Emperor shoes clicking on the marble floor as he approached the front of the hall then walked up the short stairs to where his throne was. The blood red velvet set with golden arms and legs with a roaring lion on top of the chair. As he reached the top he turned from the throne chair and face the royal court. The the Emperor lift his hand and pointed at the side of the hall to the women who was chained up to the floor on her knee. Her long black thin hair flowing on the floor covering her face, her skin paler the moon and the dress she wore was covered in dirt making the original colour of it impossible to know.
"How do you find yourself women!"
The Emperor spoke in a loud commarding voice making everyone still in the room. Then they all turn to face her to see what she would say but the women kept silent looking to the floor unmoving. The atmosphere in the room started to be come filled with malice and hate because of the women unmoving silents.
"SPEAK WOMEN!" The Emperor roared in the hall causing a echo but the women still said nothing, she didn't even flinch at the Emperor voice.
Moments past the the Emperor sighed then spoke one again in vocal but calmer voice.
"Are you not going to speak?I am giving you the opportunity to tell the people your side."
Once again she remained silent. Then the Emperor catch movement on his side view of the throne looking he saw a women approaching him coming from the bottom of the steps and she stopped mid way clinching her two hand on the side to hold up her overly large blue ball gown then lifting it up slitty to bowed to the Emperor showing respect then came up and look at the him with her golden long hair that was styled with white flower ornaments, sharp blue eyes and light skin. Then she spoke softly
"My Emperor please don't do this she just- "
"She just what Ella ?" The Emperor said as he stopped her from finishing what she was going to say to him. Anger still on his voice he continues
"Innocent huh? Is that what you going to say after what she did to you, after what she did to all of us, to our Kingdom"
"No" she said in small voice looking down fearing the Emperor still angry. Then the Emperor walked down from atop of the throne, malice lace on his eyes and stopped in front of Ella and look down on her and spoke in a beep growling voice " I will not hear your plead Ella. I love you but your reasoning will not change what she has done to this Kingdom. You are under my rule so keep silent . "
Ella flinched making her step down of the marble stairs her heels giving a shaking click in fear as the Emperor walked pass her.
The Emperor deceased the stairs and approached the women who had still be kneeing face to the ground as the dry thin hair covered her face, some of her back and the floor around her. Looking up close he was that the women body was thinner than he thought. He saw her spine pop out under her skin like a sickly person.
'If I were any other man and she were any other women maybe… but that reality is not true.' He thought.
Then his anger come back in full force making his body vibrate in heat then his aura started to emanate a beep orange like a heated flame with green flex's sparking out. The Emperor aura burnt through the room filling with heat making the people sweat. The oxygen began to thin making it difficult for the people to breath, some people started coughing and chocking cause of the Green embers that lit the air around them.
"Your Majesty please!" A voice choked out from the crowd
The Emperor snapped out of his haze to gaze cross the room to see that the people were struggling to breath some were on they knees coughing. Realising what was happening he closed his eyes, breathed in and control his aura making the orange light that encompassed him disappear and the air in the room returned making it easier to breath.
After that the Emperor turn to face the women on the ground and saw that she was laying still face still on the ground so much so like she was unaffected like what had just happened never…happened. Pushing away the thought the Emperor moved forward with trail.
" Look at me" The Emperor commanded in a low voice.
For a moment she didn't move and the room fall silent again waiting for the women to move. After another moment past the sound of the chain echo in the room, her raven hair slowly moved from the floor and away from her face, as she pushes her body up right completely tipping her head back to look at the Emperor scowling face. Then she broke out in a crocked manic smile. Then the Emperor changed his expression to a cold one and spoke.
"Speak women, I won't ask again."
She continued to look up on him with that broken smile and empty expression on her face then she spoke.
"What is the point of speaking my 'piece'. You will not believe me nor will you care."
"The point is that that in this kingdom we don't judge people of they character then throw them in jail for crimes they did not commit. We are a kingdom of order and justice we are not animals!"
He bellowed out.
The another moment passed as the hall kept silent yet again. Then a low laugh began and increased to see that the women was the one laughing. Confusion came on the Emperor face as she kept on laughing louder and louder in a manic way her eyes closed then she just stop as the echos of her laugh still vibrated the room. Then she opened her eyes and look at him but this time she didn't give him the manic expression as she did before she had an emotionless expression and with empty eyes.
"Ha! You the great Emperor of Kronos de Lux, son to the Father of Fire and Air of the Holy Temple from above of Our Father The All Mighty! You!" She spat out venomously. Then she slowly lifts her chained up arms toward the Emperor smiling cruelly.
"You say you don't judge people on who they are or what they are but your Majesty I am judged"
"No! You are judge for your crimes against the kingdom! You are judge for-"
" FOR BEEN BORN!" She shouted back voice echoing
The Emperor was shocked but not because of her words but cause of the strength behind her them. Then all of a sudden she gathered her strength once again and pushed up her already weak body and shaky legs then stood up right and kept a cold glare on him. The Emperor taking aback of her actions.
" Me, begin born! I was hated by my father, by my bother, my friends and people then-" She stopped as she focused herself to pushing back the tears and keeping her emotions in control then continued with I shaky low voice " By you."
The Emperor flinched at her words and for that moment in the silence of the people an emotion built that only the Emperor and her understood. An emotion that they both experienced all they life's not just by other people but also with each other. Pain.
"Begin born is not a punishment. You did this to yourself."
A man's voice said out loud. Looking where the voice came from the crowd then a man wearing the kingdom high rank uniform of the knighthood like the Emperor but different colours . As the Emperor knighthood garter was navy with red,black and gold the man was navy but only had red and black meaning he is a lower rank than the Emperor. He walked out from the crowd towards the women. The moment she was him her whole body froze as she looked at him walking up to her and him keeping his eyes train on her.
"Duke William Ashwood" The Emperor said as the Duke stopped short in front of the Emperor. The Duke turned and bowed to show submission and respect to the Emperor then indicated to him to rise and the the Duke turn to face the women's harden expression .
"My love" he said in loveless tone "You can't run from what you have done to us , to this kingdom. You must pay for your crimes. They know everything you have done. They found the men you hired to kill the Empress and the book."
"What are you talking about what-" she said then she got cut off. As the Duke turned to face the people of the court and spoke in a loud and sympathetic voice so everyone one can hear.
" Hear me good people of the court. My wife's crimes may have been unforgivable to you as the Kingdom and I know what you are doing now will bring justice and an end to all the terror and the darkness that we have been facing this years but please. I ask as a man who is married to this women to whom…I love and yes I know her soul maybe lost but please. Let the justice to swift and quick. We must have our peace SHE must have her peace. That is all I ask." He said as he bows his head to the people and finishes in a empty sorrowful voice.
The woman to shocked to speak after hearing what he said. This man she married, she love,she trusted and cherish with all what she was now he stood there back faced her ,head bowed to the people leaving her to die in the hands of cruel Emperor.
At that moment she realised that no matter what she said or done this people will never believe her let alone listen to her. All her life always alone and rejected by her father, brother And now the person she loved the most. I mean she gave the last remaining soul, her last light to him and he destroyed it.
"Duke I thank you for your support in this. I know it is difficult but it must be done. This bring me to the point." As he spoke and then he turned to face the women and announced to the entire hall of people "SERAFINA VIVIANA DOX OF THE HOUSE OF WIND AND WATER YOU ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR YOUR CRIMES AGAINST THE KINGDOM AND AGAINST THE TRUE EMPRESS OF OUR EMPIRE."
Then she felt a sharp pain cut across her throat then she saw that a man dress in full iron armer with a long sword just cut her and blood started to pull out from her in larges amounts. Serafina grabbed her throat as a reflex to try to stop the bleeding. Looking around the room everyone stood still while watching Serafina bleeding and dying. Then she falls to the ground still hands on her neck and wet chocking sounds coming out of her then she looked at her husband and sees him smiling in triumph that send a pain through her chest. Then she turned to look at the man who gave her this death and saw that he was not smiling like the Duke was. No what she was in the Emperor eyes was pain and anguish and maybe longing. Longing for who. And everything tuned black.