At the Palace.
"I call this meeting firstly to discuss with you chiefs before I take it to the populace."
She started, picking each of the five chiefs in her curious gaze. Especially that one chief who wouldn't help but rant if he had the knowledge of what she was about to say.
"We're at your service, my princess."
That same man she feared said, his bulky eyes lapping on her guts. She wished he could just stop looking at her. Even though she hadn't said a thing, it felt to her like that chief already knew what she was about to say.
"Thank you."
She hesitated, thinking of the appropriate way to start the conversation. Or say, the intended.
"The king as we all know is worthy of our references and reverence. Knowing fully well what he had done both for us and this great land."
She paused again, as that chief snapped,
"We do not need to be reminded of that, my princess."
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A hut. "Where have you been all this while?" The middle-aged woman asked, her mean gaze eating up the indifferent lady walking towards her. She was seated on a stool at the door of the hut. "Didn't you hear what has been happening? Don't you no one is safe anymore? Did you think I have been out working too? Isn't you the one have been looking for? Or do you want to end up like your father and sister too?" She asked, standing from the chair. She wished she could make lashes off her words and lash the lady, but twas a mirage. The lady was very much beyond lashing. "What do you care, ma?" The lady shot at her finally, halting few steps away from the confused mother. "Do not speak back to me in that manner!!!!" The mother shot walking towards the lady to match up her face. "Tahni, let that be the last time you would speak to me in that manner." But Tahni thr
Inside a tree. "Now that all the work is done, what stays you yet, Ayla?" Prium shot at the indifferent Ayla. All Vulcan did was supplant his rude and mean stare on Prium. After all he had done to her and made her seen for herself, she yet wouldn't leave and would keep constituting the nuisances she thought she had her grasp on? "You don't get to choose who stays or leave, Prium. You might as well leave if you're tired of being here." Vulcan found his words, but Prium seemed like a rock which bounced back whatever got to her. She didn't seem beaten nor moved. She said, "Was only saying, she should leave and go and call her mistress, afterall she is a slave all along." Vulcan slapped her and she was so shocked. She didn't expect it. Like when a rollercoaster which seemed to had been mute, out of nowhere, from behind you knocked you out. "Say one more thing about her and you would get another. Gone are t
In a forest. "Where do I go from here?" The princess muttered, breathing heavily, the sac containing her clothes in her hand. She stood in the path not certain where to go. She knew that going back wasn't even a choice. She would be beheaded at sight. She could risk her own life of course, but not of the baby in her. She was dead already to herself. She was living because of the child in her. She looked at her back, there was no one in view. She opened the sac of clothes and brought out the skin of water. She drank from it. That was the last drop. She wasn't sure whether or not they was a stream nearby. She was already doomed. But then she looked up towards the other direction, to the front. She saw a wierd lady seated under a tree all by herself. She began to hurry towards the lady. Probably she could be of help to her. As she drew nearer to the lady, she noticed that the lady had her head down tracing her
Still same."Did you see what happened just now?"She said walking towards the middle-aged man who also was also walking towards her. They almost walked into each other when the man stopped and said,"What business did you have with her? She's not whoever she says she is."The man's husky voice came, his face rough, but quite trained to filter whichever emotions he was nursing at that moment."We barely talked before she left. I actually freaked out seeing what she looked like and ran away. But she just stood there watching me like I was mad and had just made the whole stuff up. Then I walked back to her and then she didn't wait for me. She then walked into that tree. You saw her. Please don't say I am mad."She paused to catch her breath finally. The man looked past her towards the tree in which Aynea had entered. He then started walking towards the tree."Please say something. My state isn't good for t
Inside a tree."Unbelievable."The princess gasped as soon as the darkness was swept away like the cover of a book. Twas like a trance to her. All she knew was that they were in a tree, but it didn't look like it. At least, not what she had expected.There was a blue and crystal lake few metres away from her, but no building in sight. Aside the lake, the whole place was surrounded by different types of beautiful trees. And a green pasture tantamount to a lawn, spread across the space the water was generous enough to spare.Then she noticed Vulcan and a super beautiful lady standing before the lake and obviously arguing.Twas quite strange that the lady no longer had hoofs for legs. She was as every lady would look, but she was more than beautiful.Her beauty seemed to be reflected or mirrored by the body of water neighboring the two. The gentle breeze which crashed against the lips of the water, did
Prium and Ayla. "I want to go out of this tree." Prium said in akimbo, glaring at the indifferent Ayla who was looking towards the pool. Prium's body, especially her waist, swaying to the rhythm of her want. "You Ain't deaf, servant. You must do as your mistress order you." She said again as Ayla turned towards her, wearing the inquisitive gaze. Then Ayla asked, "What is it that you want, mistress?" "Why do I have to repeat myself over and over again. I want to go out of this tree." Ayla shook her head and said, "I ain't holding you, mistress. You can leave now." Her shoulders doing the dances spelt by her guts and body. Prium at that was quite vexed and didn't hide it. She wasn't fashioned to hide such emotions, "Are you fucking with me now? If I know how to leave this tree would I had asked you in the first place?" Ayla scoffed and stood up, "I don't know too."
Outside a hut."I don't think it's safe here anymore."Tahni said finally after been quite since a while. Her mother was seated on her usual stool, her back to the door. Tahni was standing beside her, staring blankly at the worn path which leads to their hut."A little uproar shouldn't change the fact that this is our land. If we all run away, who will defend it?"Her mother said without looking at her."How could you say that, ma. Even the princess is no longer in the land. She had been banished, with the pregnancy in her. The men who had done such thing to her, do you think they would make exceptions for us?"She heard her mother chuckle and looked at her."It's a wonder you found this funny."Tahni said bluntly. Now, her arms were tucked into each other and wounded around her stomach, immediately below her titties."What's there to be particular about? Tahni, do not worry. J
Inside a tree. "You can't keep me hostage here for long. I will not have you treat me with such contempt. You will let me out of this shithole once and for all. And I mean it. You will let me out of this place right now." Vulcan raged, he occasionally would look away from Aynea to the princess who pretended as though he was not there. He had tried all he could to get himself out of the place but he simply couldn't. He still couldn't understand how he had been able to walk out of the tree when he was with Prium and Ayla. Only Ayla had the answers to that. He wished she was there. A part of him missed her. "Only one day more. Aynea be take her words seriously." Aynea said, meaning to stand up and enter into the hut she had called out with magic. Vulcan hurried to her and held her arm. He spun her around that their faces brushed. He could almost rest his lips on hers. He let go of her and stepped back