Chapter 5 Reasons and Nightmare
"OK. Reasoning behind this decision?" Kileath looked over me with an amused expression.
I leaned forward rubbing my temples. "Well if they try to find an assassin that could be problematic to any missions that you would want to send me on. But I think if we can space out the killings and maybe set someone else up it won't be much of a problem."
"Ok we can go along with trying to find the killer and find someone else to pose as the killer. Now what about Rune?" Kileath reasoned and got up from the desk and moved to sit behind it. I got up and started to pace.
"Something is off with him." I said trying to reason out what exactly was wrong with him. I felt my brows furrow as I thought and I stopped pacing and pulled the dagger from its holder on my thigh. I played with the blade while I thought. Throwing and catching it deftly.
"His presence is wrong. Everyone's presence is strong and almost so easy to read I can know what they are thinking. But his....his was almost non-existent. And then it would flare up but it was unreadable." I looked over at Kileath and stopped playing with it before he asked me to I could feel how nervous he was getting with my fiddling around. "Another thing that bothers me is that I didn't kill General Raul and he was a careful man so I want to find out who could kill him."
"Well in that case, we won't kill him."
"Him who?" Knowing the answer but dreading it anyway
"Rune"
"WHAT!" I moved toward the desk and Kileath fought not to flinch.
"I want to know more about him. I will order for him to remain here and you can work with him on this 'case' and find out more about him." Kileath said with finality.
"Yes, Your Highness. As you wish." I said with gritted teeth. I turned on my heel and was about to leave the room when Kileath spoke.
"I know you don't like this guy, but right now is he really a threat?"
"No. But I rather be safe than sorry." I left the study and walked purposefully toward my room. I was alone in the halls the light wall sconces were dim and a few were out. It was nice to be alone. I took some deep breaths and immediately spun around with my dagger in hand and pulling another from my boot. And went for the throat of the person behind me.
"Easy Eve, it's me." Angelo raised his hands in a surrendering gesture.
"What the hell. Are you insane I could have killed you!" I fumed lowering my weapons.
"I thought you would have noticed it was me, but since you didn't what is wrong?" He looked at my with concern
"Nothing, and you know better than to come up behind me like that, I wasn't look for the presence of anyone so that is why I didn't notice you." I stated like that was the real reason I didn't need help from anyone no matter how good the intentions. "Just don't let this happen again, understood?"
"Yes, ma'am. I guess I will see you tomorrow for training. Good night Eve." He nodded face still full of concern but knowing that I wouldn't talk about anything that was bothering me.
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I made it to my room the rest of the way without incident. I quickly went to my room making sure to lock everything on my way up. I changed and crawled into my bed, unwilling to fall asleep knowing I would just be up again in a few hours. I couldn't relax and all I could think about was how I was going to make Cadmus and Rune or anyone else stop looking for the assassin that killed all those men...Well except for Raul.
My thoughts must have made me drift off because the next thing I knew I was in the darkness of my dreams.
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It was dark and I couldn't see anything in front of me. The next thing I know I am in a large room as big as the Great Hall here in the palace. I know what awaits me but I can't control what I see next everywhere there is blood and bodies and I am standing in the middle of it covered in the blood, but this isn't the me now the 21 year old me, no this is the 13 year old me. Covered in the blood of the bodies strewn across the room. I look at all the faces and recognize a few but can't bring the name of the face. The names are there but I can't grasp them.
Next I am in a room its dark except for a single candle. I am on my stomach and I can feel restraints on my arms and legs. I know I am on a bed and a blood chilling fear comes over me as I hear a door open and close. Footsteps can be heard coming closer to me then I feel warm breath on my cheek.
"Just do as I say and you won't be punished," a cold and cruel voice says. My senses are screaming for me to do something. To keep him from doing what he has been and will continue to do to me. I can feel it inside me the power to make him stop. The power to make him never touch me again, but I can't reach it. I feel the tears come and he whispers in my ear.
"No one loves you. I only love you, I saved you remember. You would be alone if not for me so be a good pet and listen to me." He sneers in my ear. I know that is I fight back there will be pain.
The dream shifts again I feel searing pain in my leg then nothing at all as the burn gets worse.
"I told you to listen. Now you have to be punished. Have you learned your lesson?"
"I will not kill them! You can't make me!" I screamed tossing trying to get away from the pain. Soon I would learn that he could. Feeling a sharp pain rip across my back I screamed and he started to speak in my ear.
"You WILL do as I say, my little pet."
The dream moves again to another place filled with blood. I am soaked and with the feeling a vague sense of Déjà Vu sets in and I look around and feel cold metal in my hands. I look down and see the swords in each. I can't remember what happened or how I got there. I look frantically around and se nothing but bodies and blood.
I start to feel it the end of my dream coming.
I look around and start to move forward not releasing the swords and I see a figure and run towards it hoping they can help me tell me what happened. I get closer and its him his long white hair and sharp obsidian eyes and a smile of nothing but cruel happiness and his voice reaches me where I stopped a few yards away from him right next to the body of a small boy.
"Good job my pet. I told you that you would listen."
I scream.
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I wake up screaming covered in a cold sweat, the scars on my back are throbbing and my body feels like it is being smothered.
I stop screaming and sit up panting. I get out of bed and head to the balcony that is in my workshop. I take in a few cool refreshing breaths and push away the remnants of my dream.
"I am going to find him and kill him one day. That I am as sure of as there is no such thing as love."
I move back inside after a few more minutes. I go to my room and get some clothes and change.
All the time knowing I won't be able to get back to sleep.
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The picture is supposed to be her stuck in the dream.....PLease vote and comment::)
