Lady Laila

Chapter 39: OMA

Laila looks up at Oma frowning, "I cannot be with my beloved king? You don't know anything about me Oma"

"We're sisters-"

"THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW!" Laila yells in anger. She can't be telling her the truth! She loves Stephan and he has been good to her since she got here!
Oma sits up, looking at her sister with an emotionless smile. "Laila, have you ever wondered why we had no father?"

She does not respond, glaring at her.

"He was killed...by mother-"

"We were molded Oma, think again before trying to deceive me."

Oma's laugh echoes, as she falls back on the ground, kicking in the air.

"You really believed that we were molded, and her witchy powers from that pot brought us to life?"

"..."

"Laila, we had a father, but mother killed him."

"...How do you know?"

Oma shrugs on the floor, "I just know...I saw it...must be the witch's-"

This time Laila laughs, she forgot that her sister is actually mad.

The woman laughs with her, grabbing her hair and throwing it in the air.

"I know the kind of rage you have inside of you Laila. It's just waiting for you to crack and BOOM! You end up like that witch and I"

"I will never be like you," Laila spits back.

Clapping, Oma nods violently, before smiling. "If the witch did it, and I did it, you are next Laila. I know you've found yourself being jealous of people to the extent you wish they didn't exist. That's just the first stage...slowly, you become one of us," Oma sings, moving her hands in the air as if she's conducting a choir.

Taking the keys from her side, she moves to her sister's cell, to open it.

"You think I will not attack you and escape?"
Looking at her insane sister, she says, "If I'd think you'd do that, then I wouldn't open the cell."

Unlocking it, Laila walks further into the dungeon, Oma limping as she follows behind, looking back to make sure, no one sees her.

Using the keys again, she opens a small black door, the forest greeting them. Turning to her sister, who looks at freedom, and then back at her, Laila watches as Oma runs out immediately, laughing before she turns around.

"You know why I am still sane, talking to you?"
"You're not sane"

"It's because you're a witch's daughter."

Laila slams the door closed, locking it, and walking back up the dungeon, her heart pounding. It's not possible, but then again it is. How did she know exactly where that back door was, when she had never been to King Xerxes' dungeon before? How did she even know the keys would work?

Feeling tears in her eyes, she shakes her head, "I will not be like them."

***

"I realized King Xerxes' castle is just like Stephan's, so I knew that the forest was filled with traps, looking at how your skin is not scarred, you were lucky," Laila says calmly.

"Oh no little sister, I was gravely injured...but at least I was still alive," Oma replies, before looking down at her belly.

"...Twins"

Snapping her neck to her sister's direction in shock, she asks

"What?"

"Can't you hear? You're having twins...wonder why it's still small. Normally women having twins are already big."