When They Ruled

Prologue

I remembered everything that night, the night when everything was taken away from me.

It was hot and dark that night. I was hiding in the cabinet, peaking through the crack that was left a little open because of everything that happened so quickly.

In the small cabinet that I was shoved in, I sat quietly, trying my best not to make a sound.

Loud crashes and thrashing soon entered the room. A high pitch scream rang in the air and then there was silence.

I knew in the back of my mind it wasn't smart, stupid actually, but despite my better judgment my curiosity got the best of me and I leaned slightly forward toward the crack of the cabinet. Though my body was still, my eyes traveled everywhere through the crack until I saw something familiar on the ground.

She was barely moving, only twitched every other second. She had spatters of blood all over her body especially around her neck. Her once beautiful, long hair that she had always tied up in a bun now looked like a dirty bird nest. Her plain dress that she wore almost every day was now shredded into pieces barely covering her. Instead of her dress, her corset and camisole were showing. Even those pieces of clothing were slightly ripped up and between those rips; her skin was exposed, showing hideous slashes and fresh wounds.

I closed my eyes not wanting to see my mother in her current condition. A tear rolled down my left cheek as my eyes closed. I bit my lips from any unwelcome sound I might mistakenly make as I tried hard not to start crying.

Stupidly I held my breath a little longer than I was supposed to and a rush of air came rushing out of my mouth, louder than I expected.

Almost immediately, I slapped my hands over my mouth and nose, thinking somehow it would be like I never made a sound. But I knew. I knew in the back of my mind that they heard me; I mean how they could not?

I shut my eyes tightly not wanting to show them the fear in my eyes when they find me. I heard the sound of a door opening. It was so close I knew it was the door to my cabinet. I started to shake uncontrollably.

They were in front of me, staring at me. Even though my eyes were clamped shut, I could feel the cold, dark aura coming from them. While I was sweating in fear, I could feel my body warmth slowly leaving me. As soon as the door was opened I could feel the cool air hitting my skin causing to me to shiver.

I knew it was over. I could feel it. My heart started to hammer like crazy as I felt the need to scream and run for my life but I didn't, because I knew once these things find you, you can't escape. Against everything I said earlier about not letting them see the fear in my eyes, I opened them. I wanted to see them, to see the monsters that killed my father, my mother and was now going to kill me.

What I expected to see was an ugly monster with red eyes and bloody mouth, but instead I saw two handsome men before me.

The one closer to me, the open that opened the door was far more handsome than the one behind him. He was also dressed different, fancier. I know expensive clothes when I see them. My mother had always sewn my clothes for me, because was I would always run in the forest with my father and hunt animals. I never really learned my womanly duties, like I should have. I always thought that my mother or sister would always be there to take care of me. My beat up clothes were so plain next to his that I started to get angry. Even the other one seems to have nicer and cleaner clothes than me. Disgusting creatures like them shouldn't have better clothes than me. They shouldn't even wear clothes like us.

I mustered all my hatred, fear, and sadness into my eyes as I glared intensely at them. The one closer to me darkened his brown eyes. They were so dark they almost seemed black, almost too evil. The moonlight shined through the window into the room showing his pale white skin, full red lips, strong jaw and black hair making him look like he was glowing. I let out an unpleasant grunt, feeling as if the moon was also against me, for making him look beautiful under its light.