Moonstruck

| Chapter XV |

The Queen crosses her legs as she lounges on the side of her bed, her wife leaning on the wall across from her.

"I'll kill that snake-faced bitch." Makai mumbles, gripping her dress. Kairi looks at her strangely, almost as if she's afraid to say something. Nonetheless, she opens her mouth anyway. "I don't think.. I want you to go." Makai looks up to her wife, raising a suspicious eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Kairi sighs, running a hand through her soft tangles. "Listen, my love, I've already lost half of my family, and my kids as we know it," Kairi purses her lips as her eyes darken. "I just..." She sighs, looking at her longingly. "I don't want you to be next."

Makai's eyes soften, but still hold their lecturing gaze. "You know me better than to die, Kaikai. You don't have to worry about me kicking the bucket anytime soon." The Queen reminds reassuringly, patting her cheek. Kairi brings her palm up to hold her hand there, looking into her eyes. "But I do. There is no telling what's happening there in Vianna and I really don't want you to get caught up in it. Lanie's only good with long-ranged fighting, and Sam's knowledge can only go so far. I don't.." She pauses, looking down and blinking back tears. "I don't even know if the two are alive."

Makai flickers her forehead, "Don't speak like th-" Kairi catches her wrist, holding the hand hitting her forehead, and brings both of her wife's hands down and kisses her forehead. Kairi looks into her eyes, whispering. "You are staying here. I'm sorry about this, Maki" She then let's go, giving one last glance as walks out the double doors of their bedroom. The shorter woman walks after her, but she hears the door lock, and Kairi tells the two Knights guarding the door to not let her out. "Are you serious?" The Queen grumbles, pinching her nose. "I knew she'd pull some shit like this, that worrywart." She complains, walking over to her desk, picking up a paper, and begins writing.

She scribbles the last of her letter, She puts it in an envelope, stamps it with a wax seal—Which has a K&M engraving on it—and puts it on the desk. Finally, she shoots up out of her chair, crawls under her bed to pull out a Kris knife, lyes it down onto her bed, and waits patiently, formulating her plan.

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The room was comfortable, at least. The window had thin, pink see-through curtains falling over it, as well as a huge bed and couch, all pink and white themed. It wasn't too bad, much better than the cell she was in earlier.

Tanna has stopped crying now, but she's still shakey as she tries to piece together what was happening. She's only heard bits and pieces, something regarding "kingdom", "intruder", "spy" and "kidnapping". All things she has no idea about. She gets up out of her chair and goes to the locked window, pushing the pretty curtains out the way to look outside to try to calm her nerves. One thing she can say for sure is that the Vianna kingdom did something awful. She thinks back to the words she's heard.

Kidnapping? Her kingdom must've kidnapped someone! But who? The short girl tried to think back when she was getting apprehended, and remembers them trying not to say any explicit information when talking amongst themselves with her nearby. Tanna thinks hard, scratching her head. It must be someone in Keljamt's royal family. They wouldn't make such a big deal out of it if it wasn't. They must think that Tanna must've taken part in the kidnapping? But she'd never do anything like that! Well, they really have no solid proof of that. She sighs, Tanna could only be grateful that she was moved from that torturous dungeon to a guarded room. She shivers as the memory comes to mind.

She was snapped out of her worrying and memory by a quick knock on the door. The small girl looks at the door, perplexed. When the knights brought her food or water, they'd burst through the door or slide it under the crack of the entrance. They've never...knocked. Not before she was imprisoned. They knock again, quicker and louder this time. she hurriedly scurries to the door and knocks back, as she can't open it herself. The knocking stops, and a familiar voice calls out "Back up!" Tanna jumps back as the door slams down off its hinges. Tanna looks up to a royal guard who...works at her kingdom! Tanna can barely process what's happening before she's picked up by her waist and thrown over his shoulder.

Tanna's gut clenches and turns uncomfortably from being manhandled, and tears begin to seep out again as the man carrying her sprints out the castle with guards from keljamt tailing him closely. Tanna could barely even see the two dead knights laying at her previous cell as the knight runs out of the castle and into a carriage. The knight yells out a "I know a way to the castle that'll only take us a day. Sorry for being rough, My lady!" And Tanna knows he only means well, and is doing his job. But she can't help how her hands shake and tears flow as the man gets in front of the carriage and starts whipping the stead into action. this was all happening at once, and so fast. She didn't know how to react, think, she didn't even know half of what was going on, and she was in the smack dab middle of it.

She looks out the window to see the castle and a few knights running out of it, seemingly looking for her. She blinks a few more tears out of her eyes.

"...I hope she's doing well.