Time Will Tell

Prologue

England 1169
Belinda Drake, Lady of Northampton sat in her cell staring at the woman standing on the other side of the bars. Once her most trusted friend, now her bitter enemy. Kathryn and Belinda were raised to be as close as sisters. Both their mothers were descendants to the witches of the blood. Although now witches themselves, each family bore a witch every few hundred years. It is never known when a witch will be born but nevertheless, these women were born in the same lifetime. She tried her best to prevent the tears from escaping her eyes, but failed.

"Oh don't cry Belinda" Kathryn said with a smirk and merriment in her eyes. " You don't want to go to your grave with a puffy face, do you?" Kathryn was petite with hair as black as a raven and eyes as blue as the sky. Whereas Belinda was faired haired with grey eyes. Both women were remarkable beauties and neither bested each other in looks. Kathryn looked regal in her gold gown , finished with a gold belt studded with rubies and an amulet encrusted with a large ruby.

Belinda looked down at her own dress that once was sapphire but now looked almost brown from the dirt she was forced to live in for almost a week. "Kathryn, please reconsider. Remember the love we shared one another long ago or have you forgotten?"

"Forgotten ?.." Kathryn screamed. " It is not I who has forgotten but it is you, who has forgotten." She glared

"I have not for....." Belinda started

"Oh yes you have. Forgotten your loyalty to me. You were as close as a sister to me, but you betrayed me." She smiled again "like a bitch in heat."

Belinda pushed of her bench and walked towards the bars. " I thought we have gotten through that. It's the past, the past that you said you've forgiven."

"I lied." Kathryn laughed " Did you truly believe that I would forgive you? I almost forgot...." She shook her head. ".... and here I was chastising you for forgetting when I have not told you that your family has not escape my wrath either. Matter of fact, I put a curse on your family that is already in place. No male in your line shall escape their fate. All males shall die before there 30th year."

"Kathryn, he asked for my hand in marriage, not the other way around. I did not betray you."

"Yes I know. But......" She pulled a dagger from her sleeve and jabbed it into Belinda's gut. "..... You knew I loved him. You should have said no"

The pain from the dagger wound, radiated through her body as she screamed while clinging to the bars. She looked upon Kathryn's face and found her grinning happily. Belinda reached out and took hold of of the ruby amulet around Kathryn's neck and whispered a quick chant before she fell to the ground holding her wound.

"What did you do?" Kathryn yelled. " Tell me what you did ! "

" A child of the blood will come and end your curse..... And you." She grunted and watched as blood poured out of her wound. Her thoughts went to her three children. Especially the two boys, boys who were now cursed by this evil witch that she still loved. This witch who means harm to her children and their children . With that thought she started to pray for them as her eyes dimmed.

"No child of yours shall have a hold of my amulet. You shall not win again."

That was the last thing Belinda heard before everything went black.

Hello everyone,

I am very new writing . In fact, this is my first work ever as a novel. I'm sure there will be many mistakes, so please bare with me. Also, although I know a good amount about the medieval times, I don't know everything so some things may be historically incorrect . Thank you very much and I hope you will enjoy the story I have to tell.