Beautiful Fate

9 - What the future holds - Aries

Life was never easy. Not while being ruled over by Allegra. His siblings had assumed that he had blindly surrendered to her in favor of kind treatment but they were naive to think that Allegra held any kindness in her heart.

Truth is, Angelo had never been hit by her. Not once. But she was no less cruel to him than she was the others. While they got a beating, he got the room. While they got a whip, he got to watch. And it may seem so easy, to be sent to a room for punishment.

But what if the room bared no senses. What if the room targeted the senses with torture but no physical pain.

All he would hear for hours on end were the whispers of the wind carrying Lunas screams. All he would see for hours on end was the sharp nails of that woman digging into his pure white skin. All he could feel for hours on end were the tingles of the air blowing as she whipped her hand down to slap his beloved Luna. It carried to him the taste of blood. The Smell of crimson. He hated it. Despised it. And other times he would feel, see, hear, smell, taste nothing at all. Completely bound to helplessness as the wind abandoned him shackled on the wall.

Perhaps being bound to a chair and watching helplessly as his siblings were displayed to disgusting society with a bag over their heads so that no one would recognize them, as they were whipped to unconsciousness, attacked by dogs or perhaps raped, was an easier choice. It was always the decision of worse, or worser for Angelo. But the others would never know that. And they would never need to know.

To Angelo, the banquet was something he dreaded every night in his sleep. His bunny, Ginger, would attempt to comfort his mind but she was no better than him.

All the thoughts that would jumble in his head.

"What if shes watching?"
"What if we do something to make her mad?"
"What if Luna ends up getting hurt?"
"What if its Killian again? No please not Killian again"
"What if its all my fault again?"
"She always says its my fault so it must be. So do they, they say its my fault too. Thats why Im alone right? I deserve it right?"

So many thoughts repeated to reach Angelos nightly dose of insanity.

The dose of insanity that forever would keep Luna awake at night, crying for his beloved Angelo.

Angelo-

The banquet we've all been waiting for impatiently. Allegra would leave and we would finally meet Luna. Or reunite with him. Among my siblings, I doubt any are anything but excited and perhaps nervous. I wouldnt know though, seeing as not even Julian will talk to me unless necessary.

"Dont be late Angelo."

Like now.

Personally, I dread meeting my Lord. Not in the sense that I dont miss him, never that. But actually that I happen to be the only one among my siblings who never attempts to visit him in fear of being caught by Allegra. Im the only one who ever listens to her bidding, cursing his name in her presence, only to repent with tears later on in my room.

My room.

None of my siblings are allowed in there, ordered by Allegra. They think its such a blessing, a mark of her favoritism, but I doubt she has any favourites.

I look up from my bed at the alarm clock that rests on my bedside and sigh.

Getting up, I leave my room and make my way towards the banquet hall downstairs.

In the hall, the only one absent besides me was Luna and Eden. Eden was never anywhere though, but I also suspect him to be everywhere. The shadows whisper to him you see. Not a single pair of eyes acknowledge me, some for more specific reasons than others. But yet I still felt a gaze on me. A gaze that screamed pity.

I chose to ignore it and instead sit in my chair.

"Angelo?" Ashley knew nothing of my wrongdoings and as such, never thought negatively of me.

"Yes Ashley?" And I wouldnt do anything to make him think badly of me. Even if I deserve it.

"How have you been doing? I hardly ever hear from you." I can tell hes nervous to be speaking to one of us. As I have heard, most among my siblings dislike him for his connection to Sol. A stupid reason to avoid such a pure soul I believe. But perhaps I'm wrong as I am with everything else.

We fill the silence with comfortable chatter. 'How has your day been' 'Where have you been' 'I havent seen you in a while'.

Meaningless bullshit to fill the uncomfortable tension with untruthful comfort. After all, none of us really trust one another. Not really. There are only few here who share trust or have truly gained trust.

Silence, again fills the room as the clock chimes its daily song. Followed by the powerful presence of Luna.

When he enters the room, the first to be greeted is Killian, who was the first to greet Luna. Followed by Ashley, then Hope.

When it soon came my turn, by heart bled with regret. I shouldve tried harder to be there for my Lord. Even if it had killed me. But he didnt seem to think that way, which led me to tears that soaked his robes.

Luna is taller than me at 5'11 ft tall. And I happened to be ridiculously small at 5'3 smaller than even the younger kids. He comforted me in his arms before moving onto my brother who seemed shocked at his affection towards me. But he accepted it. It took a while but Eden remained the last to have not been greeted. And as it turned out, he had been hiding in the shadows. Luna had brought him out, much to our shock. I doubt hope or even Elara had even known we had another brother, but woah and behold, there he stood, in front of us, after 13 years of hiding.

And then I had known where the pitiful gazes were coming from.