The Necromancers

Chapter eleven

"Yes. But they were following me even before that. It's not my fault. You can't blame me." I gritted my teeth as I spoke to the dumb lady before. For the past one hour I'd been trying to tell her that her son and his friends would have been unhurt if only they didn't dare touch me and this woman was pinning it on me saying I shouldn't have walked through an empty street. And it's not even night.

"No. You're a girl, you should know that such places are dangerous and not move around wearing a dress on top of that. You should be careful you are a young lady and not appropriate to be wearing such short clothes." She glared at me pointedly.

My hand twitched at that. Swear to the beathan, I was done with her and the type of morals she has been giving her child. Before I would have done something out of pure instincts and regretted it later I turned around to walk away but the witch wasn't done yet. She gasped and said something crude about my behind and that got me pissed like no other and I was close to snapping her head in half when I realized that I had much better things to do.

"You know what? You can suck his dick and all of their dicks cause I am not wrong you bitch. Go back to being the dumb submissive wife and mother that you are. Don't move out, you're too fucking contagious!" I spat and walked away.

My insides were still burning. The rage consumed me and I didn't know what to do or who to turn to so I just called Nyx. Thankfully she picked up in two rings and we had general talks. Nothing about douchebags and nothing about that bitch. It was good catching up with her and being thoroughly updated with the happenings of the palace. It has already been a week and time flew by like a gust of wind.

The preparations at the palace were at full swing. I even had to stop by a nice boutique and buy myself a dress incase if I was late. Though chances were low of me being late. The past one week had been adventurous, yes and thrilling too. I had my fair share of fun and I even found some clues regarding ma.

It wasn't as hard considering I had to go back to her hometown first, which I knew through the queen. I remembered the conversation with her where she told me about how they both come from the same place. People knew little about her and those who did, had nothing good to say about my ma. They disliked her to a great extent and just said she was mean and arrogant for no reason at all.

It hurt to know that people hated her so much but they were the consequences of her own actions and I couldn't do much about that. It was heartbreaking to see the lack of sympathy towards my ma by these people. I would have felt anger too but they were nice folks and welcomed me wholeheartedly. Which solidified my belief that ma must have done something really horrible to these people. Despite my persuasion none of them answered me, but on my last day there an old man had narrated a story which felt like he was telling me what my ma did to him and the entire village.

I was shook to say the least and didn't come out of my hotel room for the next two days. My ma was not a nice person but I didn't exactly know how horrible she truly was. A part of me refused to believe that she could be anything but nice, but I had seen it with my own eyes. She was never nice and she could be brutal to those who were innocent too. But she was always fine around me. She did raise her voice at me, sometimes she would even tie me up with her spells for the littlest of mistakes but at the end of the day she would always come back to me and apologize.

"Okay you talk to Drystan I need to use the washroom real quick." Nyx blurted out and I heard some shuffling before I heard his quiet breaths. In the past one week I barely had enough time to think about him. There was nothing holding me back to him but now being on the call with him while I awkwardly shuffled on my feet made me realize that I need to sort out my feelings towards him. I can't keep hating him but feeling something else for him was also questionable. My stomach churned at the thought of being normal with someone whom I hated with so much passion that each time he came around me I would imagine myself stabbing him with all my might.

"How are you?" My knees almost gave out at his voice. It was very sudden and I was not prepared to hear so much concern in his voice.

"I'm fine. How are you?" I asked softly. Any louder and I would have crumbled, I don't know what but I know I would have crumbled.

"Good. I heard about you from mamma and papa. They can't wait for you to get back home."

"I am looking forward to returning too. Just a few more days." I replied while playing with the rose petals in my hotel room.

"Do you want someone to be there with you?"

"No. I'm capable."

"Astoria that wasn't what I meant and I am sorry that it hurt you. It was not my intention." Drystan pleaded.

"Hey, it's okay I told you the other day as well. Don't fret. And I'll be back soon." I spoke hurriedly wanting to make my intentions clear before something went down. Already there was so much angst among us for apparently no reason.

Before he could say something else Nyx returned and we both did not get the chance to talk about it. Things seemed clearer for me. I was not going to be steered away from what was supposed to be and focus on what is.