My bones ache to my very core as I walk back into my cell. Shivers work there way down my spine at the stench of my degrading vomit. It pales my face as I walk over to the opposite corner taking the familiar seat.
My exhaustion washes over me in oddly soothing waves. Roy enters the cell dirty and exhausted as he sits next to me.
"Long day?" I ask.
"Yeah" he answers, resting his head on my shoulder. I stroke his hair swallowing the lump in my throat at the thought that he might never get out of here. With how he looks he's most likely working in some sort of mining network. Labour like that could kill a person.
I close my eyes welcoming the darkness. It drags me under into sleep.
"Mommy" I call out "Daddy" my voice shrivels in fear as fire surrounds me growing closer at every moment. I dodge a falling piece of wood barely as I try to run for the exit a large log falls in the path. The smoke fills my lungs as tears fall from my eyes. "Daddy!" I cry out again desperate for him to come get to me. He has always been my saviour.
So why isn't he here?
I whirl around coughing as the smoke burns my lungs. I dont see fire reach out behind me as it burns my ankle accompanying the other burns I had gotten. The pain devours me. This can't be how I die, please no. I drop to the ground as my head spins. "Mommy! Daddy! Help me!" my cries fall onto deaf ears.
But just as the world starts to turn black I seem Mommy's green eyes come above me scooping me up into her arms. I cling to her as she carries me out running me to safety. Her body shakes with adrenaline and fresh air covers my terrified body. But before another thought can cross my mind the world fades into nothingness.
Roy is shaking me awake his eyes frantic. Sweat covers my skin, I reach up my hand to wipe away tears I didn't even know I had shed. My face is blank, my mind racing with thoughts and nothingness all at the same time.
I shiver as he pulls me into a hug, holding me tight.
"Are you ok?" he says his voice soft. I hesitate before nodding my head even though it's a lie. I hadn't dreamt about my childhood in a long time- and I hoped I never would again. Roy wipes away one of the stray tears as I blankly stare into the distance.
"I'm sorry" I say quietly.
"It's fine," he says, stroking my cheek as he looks at me with caring eyes. I swallow a sob as I lean back against the wall, closing my eyes for a moment before opening them again. "Do you think you can go back to sleep?"
"Yeah" I answer.
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An Assassins Crown
FantasyKatara, a highly trained assassin is sent to what she thinks is another world. When she gets there, she is prosecuted for her use of magic and taken to the Royal Family where she meets Verian. Verian is a prince and the heir to the throne. She is a...
