Calm Me Down (girlxgirl)

chapter one: theia

Theia POV

The enormous doubled doors opened loudly, a loud thud was heard. I entered the throne room with a powerful and fearful aura. The whole room plunged into a frightening and nervous silence, the thud sound of my heels on the wooden floor played as the background. I held my head high, despite the heavy mass of my golden crown, my back straight and my arms crossed behind my back. After a few more steps, I finally reached my golden red throne. I sat and faced everyone, all had their heads down, not one dared to make eye contact. It was clear as day that everyone feared me, their Queen. I smiled with satisfaction at the thought.

Today, I had a hearing. My favorite part of the day, watching prisoners beg and weep for their lives to be spared. Even more interesting, when prisoners are sentenced to death, their execution is done in an instant. They are simply killed in front of me. I loved seeing blood pour out of my prisoners and hearing the screams of the creature when their head is cut off with a sharp axe. It does give satisfaction and I needed the thrill from watching everyone else cower beneath my feet. Reminding them the consequences of going against me. Which explains the silence and frightened behavior of people inside the room.

I took a deep breath, cleared my throat and looked ahead. I gestured for the head of the royal guard to proceed.

"Bring in the prisoner!" Maximus yelled. Guards and a few maids looked at the double doors, others looked down in fear as they trembled knowing well what was coming. I make few of my pack and servants watch my hearing to show them that I am not a force to be reckoned with. Two of the royal guards dragged a young werewolf in, they shift their gaze towards him as their eyes flood with sympathy. A woman starts to whimper and a man holds her close to his chest, i took notice of their behaviour and smirked knowing that they were his parents. I look and see a little girl holding the older man's hand, she must be the sister. The boy looked unfed and tired. The royal guards roughly threw him down on the ground in front of my throne. They held him forcing him on his knees, while i maintained a straight posture looking directly. I burn my gaze onto each and every one of them and smiled in amusement watching as they would shut their eyes close to avoid my stare, my smile falters seeing as the boy returned my burning gesture.

"Your Highness!" The guards who was holding the boy bowed. His parent along with the boy and the little girl bowed, both parents were shaking and i could almost see the sweat that dripped off the father's forehead, his damped clothing and heavy puffs only caused anticipation to fill my body. The grip the mother placed on her daughter tightened and she shakily tried to breathe out.

"Explain what the imbecile did" I demanded to Maximus who nodded and looked down.

"This boy in restraints, Philip Adais, is being tried for stealing money from his master, who he later killed. He has pleaded guilty and as a werewolf, you, the Queen of Werewolves can only decide his faith. He claims that he needed money for his family as his sister was sick, his master however, was not paying him enough and this servant decided to steal instead. The master found out and to repay him, the master demanded to have his sister wholly in exchange for not killing the family, this resulted into the killing" Maximus explained well with his thick accent that exaggerated his 'o' and 'r'. He also knew well that that I did not want one detail left out that will leave me confused. I smirk in satisfaction at his explanation and he gave a slight nod and breathed deeply.

I faced his parents who was crying, the little girl about six, looked around confused. Though, I could see her darkened eyes and dried mouth. That was enough for me to recognize that the little girl was indeed ill, she was malnourished and her withering skin was pealing off in her arms. The boy looked about sixteen, he was thin and clearly exhausted. From non-stop working or from the prison he was tortured in, I presumed.