Beyond The Realms

Chapter 43

* Warning : Chapter contains violence *

The fateful day arrives .

The public has gathered ,
The guards and soldiers stand erect with their faces stoic.

Prince Ruslan has always been capable of keeping his face devoid of any emotions .

Jabeen looks pale standing beside me still reeling with the revelation of what Khsjc actually is and how he will be punished today .

I don't even know what or how I feel.But the only emotion that comes close to what I'm feeling is - terror .

I'm terrified .

I can't bring myself to see the dreadfully sharp axe the executioner carries or to look at Khsjc who has been dragged into the public's view bound in manacles .

I'm terrified to meet his eyes and see the demon looking back at me from a face that I have come to trust as a friend .

His crimes are being announced to the people in a loud and clear voice almost thunderous in quality.
The crowd starts whispering amongst itself with varying expressions of shock and horror .

I feel myself rooted to the place like a motionless statue unable to move and unable to breath when all I want to do is scream , scream and continue to scream until the declaration gets downed out .

I don't want to hear of his crimes or hear of the ways I had been betrayed by a person I had believed in .

I want to un-hear the words that condemn him as a criminal and have led him to such a terrible end .

I don't want to kill him though I know I shouldn't be feeling this way for Khsjc after all he was a demon in disguise who had just been deceiving and tricking me .

The sharpened edge of the axe glints in the sun catching my eyes as the executioner raises his arm.

I want to close my eyes shut at this moment but they widen and remain glued unable to blink or look away as the terrible axe comes down .

A scream builts in my throat but I'm unable to open my mouth as I see his head sever from his body and fall down on the ground with a bloody thud .

And I stand still and motionless .

Khsjc has been beheaded.

He is dead.

I....

I killed him.

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Jabeen says I'm in shock.

Currently I cannot comprehend what she means. As I mechanically move around the castle performing my daily duties .

I find myself standing in the library having no idea how I had gotten there . The Aamir in the glass guides me towards the books but I forget the way to the mentioned book after taking no more than a couple of steps .

I pick a random book and begin reading but I have no idea what I'm reading . I can't.......

I just can't.

Aimlessly wandering and undecided my feet takes me to the study next .
It is empty and it feels lonely. Though the think curtains and rugs make sure none of the drafty chill enters yet it is still feels cold and unbearably lonely.

I wrap my arms around myself to chase away the cold which is making me shiver and hear an chocked voice whimper ,
It takes a while for me to realise that those broken sounds are coming out of me.

The realisation somehow makes the carefully constructed dam inside me burst as tears flood my eyes and hoarse cries began tearing their way out of my throat. Sobs wreck my body making me tremble.

I'm still weeping and sobbing when I feel a pair of arms wrap around me.

Though he had never embraced me like this before his warmth and scent tell me it's Prince Ruslan .

" I did that to Khsjc " I choke out pain slicing at my chest " I killed him "

" It wasn't you " The Prince replies tightening his arms around me trying to comfort me in the silent strength of his arms " Khsjc had turned his back on us to become a traitor. He choose his path and the end it would have lead him to "

I cry .for how long I do not know but hours blend into each other and yet the prince holds me in his arms letting me cry in his embrace.

I'm in the eye of a storm. Each emotion more hurting and painful than the other but he holds me to himself refusing to left me be blown away.

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I had goosebumps while writing the first half of this chapter though I have written many fighting and battle scenes in my stories none were as .... brutal ..
This was a little too much for me.

Let me know how you felt ...

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