Odette

Twenty three

Odette

"Elida what do we do?" 

"The village is gone!" 

"She deserves to be punished! 

"Banish her for causing our pain and loss"

Everyone was seated in the big room yelling about what the council should do with me. I sat in the front away from the commission alone. What was left of the council were in the front trying to calm everyone down

"Everyone please! This is frustrating times but we must keep calm" Elida spoke

"On the issue of Odette. We have decide to keep her in our care as she is still the reincarnation and family member of Cordelia. If the king found out about her everyone would be in danger" 

She looked at me in pain. I had no words for anyone, its been five days since the attack. Five days since my heart broke. Five days of me knowing I was pregnant. I haven't been able to sleep and every time I ate it would all just come back up. I had no emotion on my face as they all conversed 

"That is bullshit! We should turn her into the king" somebody yelled 

More people started agreeing and an anger mob began to form. "Why don't we just kill her"

I would easily let my life go as I have nothing to live for anymore if they wanted to kill me I'd be more than grateful

"Enough!" Celeste shouted and everyone got quiet as the elder stood up

"I have gotten visions and spoken to my mother. The great Cordelia has spoken and Odette is the key to the redemption of our worlds!" everyone on the council looked at her confused

"Mother, what do you mean? What did she say?" Elida asked the elder women 

Whenever Celeste got visions they always came true. Before I was born she told the village I was coming and would be in grave danger my entire life. My mother ignored her warning and moved outside of the village

"She carries the future" were her only words

"A crossbreed..." Poppy whispered 

"She fucked the human as well, this is just disgraceful!" more people began to shout

Voices began to fill the room. I thought she would give me more time as I was still processing but now everyone knew. I was caring Eric's child the looks of disgust were present and I couldn't take it. Standing up I stormed out the room. If they wanted to hate me anymore they could now its one thing for me to be in love with a human but to have an offspring. I was looked at like a common whore 

Once I got back to my room I ran to the bathroom and threw up again. In just five days, feeling my stomach it was still flat but I knew there something there. This child reminded me of Eric and I union and i wanted to die. I couldn't take anymore, I was ready to move rothe motherlands with my parents and granny. I didn't deserve to be on this earth 

Looking at the mirror I couldn't even recognize myself. The once joyful sweet Odette was gone and I was staring at a broken girl who caused millions of death because she was foolish. I opened the cabinets looking for the pills 

These were old quarters used for war and they had many herbs and pills. The other day I noticed a certain herb but set it aside because Celeste was here. Moving around different bottles I found it and walked to the bed. If I drown 10 of these my life will go back to normal. The pain will be gone and I'll finally be able to sleep

I opened the bottle and let ten pills fall into my hand. Taking the glass of water I took a deep breath and jugged the pills 

I'm sorry future child, I spoke to myself rubbing my stomach. In a different world I would have greeted you with open arms but we are not in that world. I can't welcome you into a place that will point fingers and call you names. A place where there is no love...