Cassian received a report that a female is being punished for flying, not wasting a second he flew there what he saw made his moments halt. A woman stood in infront of few illyrians. Cassian recognized her, Amaya the woman he hasn't been able to forget. He watched her kill those men, cutting wings of the last one. Cassian was bewildered by her, how she controlled shadows, was she a shadowsinger he wondered.
He saw her move towards the injured girl he goes to help her.
He touches the girl checking her pulse Amaya sneers at him. He assures her he is tending her. He picks up the girl going towards healers quarter.
"Let's wait outside" he says to Amaya. She doesn't move staring at the girl.
"They will work efficiently if someone's not giving them death glares" i say.
She glares at me walking outside.
Cassian had so many questions he wanted to ask her but now wasn't the time. They waited till a healer came and informed them that the girl is fine,her back would take some time to heal.
"Are you close with that girl" he asks
"Her name is tyla. I met her few days ago"
Cassian wasn't sure what to say, what he saw still had him stunned. This woman fought the illyrians,she could manipulate minds just like rhys and use shadows like azriel. He stared at her in awe.
"You will be in spotlight after what you did, the illyrians won't let you go away with it"
"What about you. You're an illyrian what do you plan to do with me now that i have harmed your people"
Cassian snorts. "I couldn't care less about them,they deserved it. I don't follow their ways, i am an illyrian but am not like them. My court have been trying to stop this cruelty since ages but these people are hard to govern,they still punish women who tries to defy them. We try to help everyone we could but unfortunately there's still some cases we haven't been able to stop before it's too late"
"Tyla falls in that category" she says
Cassian takes a long breath before nodding slowly.
"My high lord will be here soon we will decide then what to do with you. We can't leave you here it won't be safe they would soon retaliate against you"
"Then they would suffer the same fate" she gives him a mocking smile.
Cassian chuckles "I would love to see you doing that but i don't think that's the solution we need now,if you kill every men there would be chaos and these people are still recovering from the aftermath of the last war to go through another massacre"
Amaya startles when a man appears in front of them out of nowhere.
"Ghost" she screeches hiding behind cassian.
"I prefer being called handsome, glorious, attractive,majestic" a deep voice says.
Cassian laughs."This is my high lord" he says.
Amaya peeks from Cassian's shoulder at the man who scared the shit out of her.
He wore a black tunic,his hair dark as night,a tan complexion and voilet eyes.
She steps out of her hiding feeling embarrassed.
"Hello i am rhysand the high lord of night court. It's a pleasure to meet the person who has left the illyrians appalled"
Amaya stares him saying nothing.
"She is Amaya, she recently arrived here" cassian says.
"I must say i was shocked to hear that a stranger has created an uproar in illyria" rhys says
"She knows the victim, they punished her for trying to fly, i was too late to prevent it" cassian says remorsefuly
"Show me what happened" rhys says to cassian.
Amaya watches them having a silent conversation.
Rhys stands still shocked, he looks at her amazed, in wonder.His gaze assessing her.
"It seems that went well" rhys says
"Well? Someone had to suffer because their ruler couldn't control a bunch of sexist men" amaya says angrily
"I meant it was good to see someone handing their asses to them" rhys says
"If you had done that earlier maybe the situation would be different now. What's good being the high lord if you can't give your people their basic rights" amaya says
Rhys's face turn remorseful "I did everything i could to change their customs,they don't always listen to me.
Illyrians refuse to change,they prefer following their old conservative ways
We try our best to help these women suffering at the hands of men but that's still not enough"
"Well you are clearing lacking in it" Amaya taunts.
" We need to discuss what to do next before situation becomes worse.
I doubt the illyrians would welcome you here anymore,they might already be planning to lit your tent in fire while you stay asleep" cassian changes the subject.
"You are coming with us" rhys says
"Where" amaya asks
Rhys and cassian pass each other silent looks.
"Go pack your bags we will be leaving soon" rhys says.
"I will come with you" cassian says
"What about tyla"
"We will take care of her,she is safe now" rhys says.
"I want to meet her before leaving"
They nodded.
Amaya looks at tyla lying on the bed covered in bandages.
"Tyla"
"Amaya"
"How are you feeling"
"I feel lost. I don't know how would i live now with this shame"
"Hey it's not shameful those who did this are. And i made sure that they suffered as much as you did. They are dead but you will live. As brightly as you did, you will become stronger give yourself time. Show them that they failed break you"
"Thank you for what you did"
"Find your strength tyla, never let anyone break you"
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A Court Of Love & Sufferings
Fantasy{CASSIAN×OC} In a dark abyss somewhere a soul is struggling to breathe,thrashing to hold on, fighting with the darkness eating away her life presence. she tries to fight, tries to resist the pull she's feeling absorbing her towards the darkness. It...
