One week to the Royal Wedding.
~Kie and Samantha~
"Let go of me!"
Samantha snapped, trying to snatch her left arm from Kie who held dearly unto it.
"Please talk to me."
Not only in his words, but there was plea in his eyes too. His face soft and demanding.
"I said let go of me, right now. Somebody might see us. Don't you use your brain at all?"
Kie scoffed,
"Do you think I care whether or not we are caught? It's been almost three months now and you wouldn't talk about what happened between you and Malisa. Should you be the one giving me an attitude or vice versa?"
She sneered,
"And why should I explain myself to you? Wait, who do you really think you are, Kie?! If you're so called tough as you claim, why do you keep hanging around the princess. Why didn't you question her and probably leave her if you are so much vexed. Why are you taking it out on me? Because I am a maid?"
His hand slipped from her wrist s
Along a quiet track. "Is that what it seems like?" Kie kicked gently at Talia, his horse, urging her to increase her pace, yet in the most stealthy manner it could go. Kie wanted to catch up with the man he'd seen few minutes earlier. At first, the man was tending to his sandals which seemed caught up in twigs. Something no one could ever explain but the victim. And when the man had looked back and saw a rider of a horse coming, he'd looked away but then looked back again as though he'd missed something. And after the second look, the man had left his sandal stuck in the twigs and started running, with one foot strapped, the other bare. Who wouldn't had thought of that suspiciously?! And since then had Kie been trying to catch up with the man. And he already had an idea of who 'twas. But he wanted to be sure. For all 'twas, he might be wrong. 'Tmight even be a new foe 'a marriage to the princess' had earned him. "Hold your peace or I'll run yo
Africa. Land of the God-king.~ Jaith and Xerxes II ~"Who in his right mind would come all the way to this waste of space in the name of solitude?"Jaith grumbled, climbing the slope of the hill. He was almost at the top when he began to hear a continuous flow of lyre overlapped with cymbals and brass."That must be him."He convinced himself, and pulled forward for while, digging his neat fingers into the hides of the steeps. He finally had a clearer view and a good thrust-shot, and up, he went."Damn."He sighed, standing at the top of the hill."Thank the gods I ate to my fill."Then he turned to where he thought he heard the musical accompaniment from. But there was nothing in view. Just a set of displaced shallow clothed trees on the hill.But the wind was generous to him and blew the music in his direction again. He took his steps to the tail of the wind."By heaven, I went through hell to find you."
Somewhere in the woods.Kie and Shamaica."Where's that sly fox. Would she keep me wandering about?"Kie halted at the front of a hut in the woods. He had walked around it for a while, entered inside and came out to no avail; he couldn't find the person he was looking for.Then a sudden female voice came from inside the hut,"I'm certain you know that I'm not as deaf as you are."Kie turned and entered again into the gloomy hut which had recently been lit by a sequence of tiny golden rays dancing off the flame of a red candle, which was placed on a small stool with a picky edge.Seated on a wooly chair was beautiful Shamaica with legs crossed, and a wily smile eating up the perfect curves of her face."Sit."She urged him, looking behind him. Kie looked in that direction, but there was no chair in sight."I'm not as dumb as you are."He repaid her. She scoffed and tossed her head in the same direction, defe
The D-DayThe day opened in the largest arena. King Wealene and his dignitaries had their seats at the elevated spots as usual, while the couple was set high above all;Their position was set such that. There were two long iron pipes reaching from where Wealene and his dignitaries were to a height beyond the spot in the air. The pipes were widened at the end which was in the air, holding a big couch-like royal chair in magnanimity.Malisa and his groom held the most respectable and revered position that day, even than Wealene. They were the subject of interest, and at large could get the best view of the activities going on beneath them, a bit forward.Samantha was behind the couch, directly behind Kie. While Jaith was directly behind Malisa.The floor of that spot they were occupying was well decorated in different kinds of traditional adornment, ranging from the flowers from that sacred garden of Wealene to gifts given by the women whom Wealene h
Night. In the Woods.~Samantha and her abductors~"Let go of me, you gutless excuse for men."Samantha yelled the threat now clearly. The cloth had been removed from her mouth but her eyes were still very much covered.None of the three men riding the carriage spared her a reply. But of a fact, the pace of the carriage was slackening and the stridulation of the crickets was deafening. Which gave her two impressions, they were in the woods and were also about to stop.And her guesses were right, the carriage stopped suddenly."Untie my hands and take this off my face now."She bit another sequence of threats. One of the men of Hanik shot,"This bitch is got quite the tongue for a maid. If your lips were the hoofs of a horse, hell, how quick it would be!""Stay your tongue."Hanik warned the man who'd just spoken. Then he ordered the other,"Untie her and remove her mask."Samantha opened her eyes to t
Morning. Somewhere in the woods.~Samantha~"Kie?"The constant call of the nearest Jays scared the cloud of drowsiness loitering on the tips of her eyelids.She flipped her eyes open and put her left hand to her side to feel a presence, but there was no one. She sat up suddenly, removing Kie's wedding robe, with which he'd covered her, and called out the name with much assertiveness,"Kie!!"She stood up. While she browsed the inside of the empty hut with her now-sharp eyes, she touched her gown carefully, spreading her palms down her thighs."Did he?"She picked up a side of the gown and held it up to her nose. To aided the stretch by bending down a bit. It smelt earth and dirt.She sighed in relief. Then it returned to her; the consciousness of a missing person.She hurried out of the hut and halted suddenly. There were new sect of men standing watch few steps away from the hut. They were placed in different di
~ Along the route of a forest ~"Halt!!!"One of the elites of Xerxes II called the troupes of warriors arranged thoughtfully like multitudinous fallen leaves along the track of a large mango tree.There was an ocean of arranged warriors travelling with the great Xerxes. To be more precise, a million warriors, excluding himself and his elites.Hundreds of thousands of warrior armed with different types of weapons, ranging from swords, axes, spears to other deadly weapon carved from metals were behind Xerxes.Hundred of thousands of warriors were at his front too. But directly before and behind him were his elites, masked in bones of dead panthers. They were all marching towards Agranah.Aside the elites of Xerxes, there were a set of hundreds of slaves carrying the 'Object 279 kotin' type of carriage Xerxes was standing majestically on;But unlike the Object 279 kotic which had fighting equipment, this is plain. It's circular, and had
Wealene's Palace. Agranah.~Wealene~"Go now into the towns and speak my words in their ears. Speak of terror and angst. Of pain and rewards. Of dread and urge. Scream it at the top of your voice while you ply the streets that who ever brings the head of Kie, Samantha and their loved ones on spikes, shall have a portion of the royal inheritance which had stayed out of reach for several decades."As soon as Wealene paused, the addressed guard wanted to make an exception, but the king's face had him choking on his own thoughts.Wealene continued,"But acquainted with the people of Agranah. Of course many would be willing to have a free taste of what their parents killed for yet couldn't come close to. Yet, we all know that there would be many with conflicting interest."He stood up from his throne and walked down, towards the guard whose face remained plastered to the floor."Give a stern warning that whoever is caught in any possible w