The Void

Crave not The Grave

Not touching  not  experiencing not being able to impact tis a miserable existence indeed...

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Tables do turn,this dawned on Sheefa as she was suspended mid air   with ropes.The cold metal chains bit into her ankles and  wrists.Half her face was smashed as blood gushed from somewhere on her head causing her hair to shine a fierce red.

Tears of bitterness cascaded down her visage mixing with her perspiration.She had been tortured for a whole night and right now she was at the verge of breaking.So this was it?Her servitude had meant nothing to either emperor or empress.

She had sought to redeem herself by giving them absolute loyalty but they gave her this instead.She wished fervently that   her strong spirit could just give way to death.She craved it and would welcome it with bliss but death never came.

The search had gone futile and the obsessed emperor had directed his rage on her.This is after they had exchanged knowing glances with the empress.What pained her was that Zoelah had not even looked her way when the emperor had accused of treason.

With every breath Sheefa wished it was her last.Was this Gaea's way of punishing her for  her shady past?

There was hardly any light in the dungeon.Darkness seemed to taunt her.Her thoughts were giving her no peace and she actually looked forward for the moment she would be taken to the gallows.

Hopefully she would be  spared the torture of seeing Wulf-her only light   at the end of the tunnel.Right now she wanted no such light.

...and the light streamed into the vicious darkness of the dungeon when the iron door creaked open. However, there was no knight in shining armour to save her instead two 'reapers' walked in.She ought to be terrified but resignation was all they could register on her bowed face.

"Are you up for this."Warren asked the man who reeked of....evil.

"And by this you mean kill her?She's a walking corpse if you asked me."Mogan answered smoothly

He  identified very much with the look she had-resignation.

"No, I  don't want you to kill her just yet.Bend her to your will as you twisted that neck and make her talk."Warren replied viciously.

Mogan cared not what he had to do to win the emperor's trust as long as in the long run he would get what he came here for..Or did he care?

"Enough with the pleasantries... you shall be escorted out when the task is accomplished."With that Warren shut the door on his way out  leaving the two feeling entrapped.

"You can just kill me you know." Sheefa said  as her molten brown eyes  bored  into his cold stare.

"Or maybe not.I like a little bit of fun."Mogan said as his hand clasped round the small of her neck and squeezed life off her  and just like that he released his hold.

Gasping for that very  air is dawn to the thought of  not wanting to die ...atleast not  painfully

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Reana,

I was at loss with everything including words.Confusion was an understatement of how I felt.What I detested with my all was now part of me.I knew I would never be the same after the ordeal.Denial automatically reigned as I screamed a No! This had to be a nightmare ironically I was now living a nightmare.

I was scared of what I could do. I tried to convince myself  that this was all an illusion or some mind trick but I knew deep down it wasn't.

This had to be Mr violet spooky eyes' fault.He was some supernatural creature I guess and this was probably some payback for stomping away from him.This could only explain why he was constantly in my mind right?

....so my blame game started.

"You not going to cry all day now will you?"Blue eyes asked with an expression I could not quite place.

"I....I just don't know what's happening." I said as I broke down and cried my lungs out.

Believe me when I say I  was strong willed but I was just stumbled  upon countless times.I caved in to the feel of vulnerability as my eyes teared up once more.

"You really don't know do you?"She continued with her questions as I practically zoned out.

I bet my welts would scar but blue eyes' embrace  provided the  comfort I so needed.The sight of the night owl next to me made me shudder.Why had I touched it in the first place?

"Hey I will get you round this."She murmured words of comfort next to my ears.

I bet I looked disfigured and unnoticeable due to the flames-something that hopefully would  be  of aid to me.

I hardly heard what blue eyes was telling me because I simply had brain freeze but I didn't miss this :

"You can always join us."She whispered but I heard  every word.

"No she won't." A rich and dominant woman's voice echoed in the chamber as I saw the light.

It seemed like sir death's welcoming hand. I was drawn to the icy white light and I found myself walking towards it.

Crave not the grave Reana! My mind shouted at my walking legs but wasn't the light just too promising to ignore it?

Swirls of gold warmed me up making me be able to focus.It was just too soon  to die.With that resolve the light burst forth into millions of gold crystals.

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