The Elemental Love

25: Possessed

"Excuse us your grace"

"W.. What?" I asked, backing away.

"Excuse us for what we are going to do" The man who is probably a varlet said before charging at me.

I screamed loudly but suddenly my mouth was zipped. My lips were glued together. The man kept a finger on his lips and smiled creepily.

Without thinking much I started running. I realized that no one was chasing me until something smacked me hard.

I stumbled as I tried to keep myself from falling. The guy who smacked me was the leader guy who bowed to me.

"Why don't you fight back Your Grace" The man smirked as he twisted my wrist.

I screamed as other varlets gathered behind the leader.

"Stop screaming" The leader said, his dead black eyes glaring at me.

"Nothing is triggering her? What should we do sir?" The varlet standing close to the leader asked.

What did they mean by triggering me? What is this about?
I thought as I tried to free my hand from his grasp. But before I could touch the leader's hands I was slapped hard across my face again and this time I could feel blood in my mouth.

"Trying to be sneaky are you? Let's do this, we will give you a 30 seconds headstart, run wherever you want to go but after the time is up you are going to get killed by us" The leader said as he released my hands.

As soon as he left my wrist I stumbled across the forest floor in an attempt to escape. If only I reach the edge, someone would help me. The forest was filled with the sound of my steps and rushed breathing.

Suddenly something fell out of my pocket. I turned around to see that my ruby pendant had slipped from my pockets. I intended to leave it there but I couldn't, reluctantly I walked back and picked it up.

But as soon as the ruby touched my palm I dropped it again. The ruby burnt my palm which was already covered with my own blood. I quickly blew air on my palm but the burning sensation wouldn't stop. It felt as if someone squeezed lemons on my wounds.

I heard footsteps closing on me. Probably the varlets have come for me. I fell down on the grass as I started feeling dizzy.

Blood flowed down from my busted lips and nose as I rested my head on the floor waiting to be killed. Leaves stuck to my wounds as I focused on my breathing.

I looked at my right palm again but this time it has turned black even my fingers have turned black. I tried to touch it with my left hand but was horrified to see my left hand turned black too. Was the burn bad enough to blacken my hands?

I dug my nails in the forest ground as I tried to sit up. Slowly black veins started forming throughout my arms. My breathing became inhumanly fast. I stretched my back and stood up. I wanted to run away before I got caught but strangely I couldn't.

I realized my body was not in my control and I was a mere audience to the atrocities my body is going to do. I can feel it's intention. It's intention to kill. Yet it wasn't me. Who is this in my body? Who is controlling my body?

I looked through my eyes as varlets gathered around me.

"Time's up your grace, I think this is going to be an easy fight, we attack and you die" The leader said.

"Bring her here" He said to two of his varlets.

One man and one woman came forward and took hold of each of my arms as they made me stand up. I was being dragged by them as a raggedy doll.