The Sparrow's Eye (In The Eye Of The Sparrow Book 1)

Chapter 1

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believe,

He has no choice but to become an outlaw"

Nelson Mandela  

As the castles guard came to my prison cell I thought to myself what does the king want with me this time. That is the only I get to leave the cell. Which barely had room for a bed and a toilet. It is certainly a place for someone to live in for twelve years. Especially since I was six years old when I first got imprisoned.

As I was walking with the handcuffs that forces my arms to be behind me and shackles that cover my ankles so I don't escape I felt the wooden board that the guards always have with them, so I could move faster, going across my butt or what's left of my butt. Since they barely fed me.

"Move faster Aita," the one guard yelled at me.

Which I ended up doing. The board always hurts when they do it. Even though I never had it before I was imprisoned.

Whenever the guards aren't hitting with the board I try to remember life before my imprisonment. When I was still that happy six year old that always wanted to go outside and play with friends. Whom loved life and wanted to show everyone how much she loves life.

But there is one thing I wished I didn't remember. The day I was taken from my home. I still remember today and it still shakes me to my bones whenever I think about it. I wish for the life of me I could just forget it. But I still I can never truly get away from it. It still haunts me everyday. I just want to be able to go home and forget about this mess. I miss my family very much. I would do pretty much anything to see them again. I have nobody here. I would never expected that I would be this alone for this long in a place I don't even know. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. As if I would really have any at this point. I haven't had the chance to make any enemies for the last twelve years. I was to busy trying not to starve to death with not much success.

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"Have you heard anything prince Arrow bride to be said anything?" I asked one of my royal advisors.

"No nothing yet princess Cecily. I'll let you when I my lady," he said.

"Thank you sir. You may leave now," I told him.

As he was leaving the throne room my mind ended up going to a million and one places. It feels like time was just passing by. Sometimes I would just love to go outside and just have my time that is for me to stay my own. Whenever I have time to myself someone pretty much always have to interrupted it.

I left the the throne room after what it felt like.was forever to go prey to the earth titan. I want to ask him for peace for my country that will be under my rule within the next few years. But unfortunately my father is forcing me to be married before that time comes. It is not like he would take rule or anything like that. But I still have never met him before. I'm not going to meet him before the wedding. My dad doesn't me back out due to his personality before the day come. I would have prefered to have the chance to meet him before the wedding day. I believe his name is Calloway Masrhfall. But I don't know for sure though. My father wasn't fully sure what his name was when he told me.

When I got to our titan shrine I got on my knees and started to pray. I just want peace for the country that I will rule within the next few from war. We have just gotten out of war with Rosia within the last two years. Which unfortunately killed my younger brother Maxwell. He would have been my spare just in case I couldn't rule for whatever reason. But now I have to take the rule since I don't have a spare anymore. Even if I don't to be queen I would still have to take it anyway since nobody couldn't have it.

As I got up I was thinking about the butterflies that are in my stomach. One of the conditions that was agreed upon was that if the other kingdom has a celebration of any kind me and or my father has to go. No matter what our kingdom is going through. Which is not doing the greatest right now.

We are still recovering from the war. Our crops, that we pray and pray to the earth titan would recover, are slowly recovering from it. At this point I'm willing to do pretty much anything to keep the peace of my people. Even if it means going to the home of the people that killed my little brother.

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As they pushed me into this dark room I was thinking that this was going to be where I die. Something had happened between the alliance of Remita and Rosia that made them want to kill me. As if I would know at this point.

I wanted to check to see if they locked the door behind them. But there is handcuffs which made my arms behind me.

I tried to walk in the room but it was to dark to see where I'm going. So I tried the best I could to just go to a corner with very little success.

I don't know how long it was until the door was opened. It felt like it was a long time. I heard some muffling. But I couldn't tell who the voices belong to. I don't think I have ever heard those voices before.

After what I thought was a minute the one person mumbling demands to the other person. Why is this person giving the other demands.

"Sparrow Aita, turn around," the one voice told me.

When I turned around I saw that it was prince Arrow.