ASCELLA: The Untold (Untold Stories 1)

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"Tell me your name, lass!"

The smell of liquor and the hunger for lust surrounded the atrium, I was dragged into a large open-air building and saw a bunch of soldiers inside. There were some young ladies as well, they were dressed in a servant's gown while holding buckets full of liquor and wine. 

"I dare not speak something so personal and privat-"

I was about to reason out and turn down his request but before I could even finish what I was saying, a guard who was standing beside me slapped my cheeks. The servants gasped but the rest of the men laughed after seeing what happened. 

I held my right cheek as I felt it blaze up. "W-what..."I stuttered but all I heard was chuckling and laughter.

"It was not the answer I was looking for, lass." said the soldier who was indifferent regarding their armor, he looked like he was the Chieftain of these bunch of lunatics.

I scoffed. "Is this how you treat-"

They cut me off again. "Of course! You are indeed different from us, so why should I treat you like how I treat them?" he asked and pointed out his troops who were busy fantasizing over the women in front of them. 

"Well," the Chieftain started. "Bring her,"

My eyes widened when he asked his men to bring the servant in front, she had this curly and brown hair which was medium length. She had fair white skin and an obvious mole beside her lips. "Let me go!" she resisted as soon as the men started to drag her in front.

"What are you doing?!" I shouted. They tied the servant's hands behind her with a rope and faced her to the Chief. The man beside the Chief gave him a bow and an arrow. 

He pointed and aimed for the servant as he started to pull the bowstring. "Your name," 

I gasped after finally registering in my mind what her plan was. "Or her?" he asked.

I don't want him to know what my name was but the servant's life was on the line. I can't bear the pain of someone dying because of me, not again. I bit the lower part of my lips and breathed heavily before finally giving him what he wanted.

"Ascella!" 

I blinked twice. "Ascella, m-my name is Ascella,"

"You shake over a life, her life's not even worth a sack of rice," he remarked and dragged his troops to laughter once again.

"Let her go," I whispered. 

The Chieftain chuckled so loud before speaking. "Do what the lady wants, boys! We don't want her to wait,"

They cut off the ropes that held the servant captive, she ran to her friends right away after she was set loose. I can see her knees shake as she tramples on the floor while taking a step forward. I turned around to look at the Chieftain and he seemed entertained. He got a piece of apple at the table beside him.