8 | Desert

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Seraphina was dragged into the prison.

Next moment, she's banished.

It was a desert. To be more exact, a desert for those who had sinned and were banished.

She couldn't see. She couldn't speak. She couldn't move.

Her vision were ruined by the vast amount of blood that seeped through Her eyelids.

Her voice is locked by Jason.

Her limbs were ripped by the nails that severed her joints.

She is hurting. She couldn't cry out for god sake.

*

The moment she entered the desert. She can only lie on that hot sand.

People come and go. She can feel it.

She was dragged by thugs. They were a bunch of bastards that dream of eating her. They threw her twin bells around.

She lost her mind. She tried to take it back.  Those bells were gifted by him. Him.

They left her alone.

She was alone.

She was dying.

She was losing hope.

She lost hope.

She was saved.

*

Seraphina woke up to a ceiling. She jumped out of bed. Only to realize, she can move.

She looked around the room and her eyes landed on this man. His face was scarred by knife. His eyes were that cold. She could see.

As of her voice, she attempted to speak. "Who are you?" And she could.

The man ignored her.

She knew that he saved her. But why?

"Why did you save me?"

Silence.

"How did you find me?"

Silence again.

"Seraphina."

"How did you know my name?"

The man scanned her from top. He didn't answer any of her questions.

She stared at him. She saw something. Bells. He was also a part of that paradise that she lived in. He is now with her at this place too.

She stayed. She didn't ask for any answer.

*

Years passed.

She became stronger. More powerful. Practically invincible.

*

He lived in constant regret.

He was wrong.

She never did any of this.

He just couldn't risk it to believe in her.

"You never believed me. All you believes is your eyes. I told you you will regret it"

Her eyes that convey that message still etched deep within him.

She was right.

He is a coward.

He close his eyes.

The images of her in pain.

The images of her begging him with her eyes.

Her lost hope.

He lost her.

*

She could not forget him.

She loves him more than anything else in this world. She truly does.

He didn't.

That's what she thought.

She wanted to get out of the desert. She seeks freedom.

So, she spread her wings and flew.

*

Facing the place she once loved, she was circled by guards.

Guard dogs seem like a more suitable name for these creatures.

She faced him once again after all these years.

After all these years, she still loves him.

He threw her into a prison.

Would you classify a mansion that's like Eden a prison?

She would.

*

He regretted his mistake.

And he's not going to lose her again.

With the excuse of capturing her, he placed her in a house that he safeguard. All for the sake of being able to look at her.

She became thinner.

His heart ached.

He looked after her. Day and night. Months and years.

*

All good thing come to an end. Eventually.

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