Forbidden Essence
Chapter 3
Anne hadn’t come back.
I was feeling guilty at the way I had spat question after question in her direction, but nonetheless, I was relieved. Although she spends the night with me sometimes, but that is rare nowadays, she usually leaves me to sleep alone.
She says it’ll teach me independence, I grinned widely, but tonight it’ll teach me how to plan the perfect escape. I tied the long fabric after fabric as night fell.
I smiled in victory as I tied off the last long cloth. Just as I was about to get up and tie it to my beds leg, I heard the familiar keys clinking each other. I gasped and quickly stuffed it under the bed as I flopped on the bed, pulling the comforter over my head and blowing the candle out.
I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. Anne closed the door behind her, but didn’t bother to lock it, meaning she will leave soon. I smiled in relief, and the fast thumping in chest receded. I peaked my eye open as Anne neared, I purposefully lay with my arm hanging over the bed, in case Anne caught sight of my make-shift rope.
However, what I saw with the help of Anne’s candle made my eyes widen in horror and I nearly screamed. My rope was still yet to be half hidden! She was behind me so I risked slowly pulling the rope towards me,
“Oh, Arabella.” Anne sobbed and I suddenly stopped in confusion, is Anne crying? “Forgive me for hiding the truth. But you’re mother would have done the same if she was in my place. I will tell you everything with time, just not now.” That angered me.
Just not now, with time, soon, later, that’s all I hear! There will never be ‘soon’, or ‘with time’, I’ve waited ten years.
I can’t wait anymore. With a swift motion, I jerked the rope back and shoved it under the bed.
“Arabella?” Anne suddenly asked and I froze. I closed my eyes and evened my breathing, she pulled the comforter back and stroked my face. I realized it would be the last time she would ever get to do that. I didn’t have the strength to leave anymore. I couldn’t leave Anne, the woman who raised me all my ten years. I couldn’t just leave her.
Maybe I’ll write her a note... Yes. I’ll write her a note saying goodbye, and that I’m off to live my life. Its not going to go live for me.
I shuffled and turned towards her, pretending to shift in sleep. She smoothed my hair and I felt the bed lighten.
She walked towards the other side where my rope had been, and watched me for a moment before taking her candle and lighting mine.
“Looks just like her father.” she whispered and I was suddenly still. What? She knew my father? “A shame.” she sighed, shakily as she walked away.
I peaked through my eyes as she made her way towards the door. I had the insane urge to run up to her and hug her, tightly, but I fought back. Tears blurred my vision as I heard the door lock from outside. That’s it. That’s all I’m ever going to see of her.
I lay there for a few minutes before getting up, wiping my tears fiercely and yanking the curtains back.
I watched the ground for a few minutes before tying the cloth rope onto the bed’s leg and throwing the other end out the window. I gripped the cloth tightly before I swung my leg over the ledge and looked down at my death.
Oh no. No. I don’t want to do this anymore. I swung my other leg slowly. No, no, no, no, you can’t do this. You’re going to die! I closed my eyes and whimpered, but I still slowly climbed down.
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Forbidden Essence
Historical Fiction#1 historical fiction / 2016 Sent as a spy to the kingdom of West, Arabella would do everything in her power to prevent the war brewing behind castle walls from occurring again. However, she did not not know that her plans would go into ruins when s...