The truth that lies behind her.
"Aunt, I'm going to the forest to hunt", she said to her aunt Milly while clutching her bow and arrow on her back. " I'll be back before dinner", she said while closing the door. Her aunt knew her so much, she just nodded and smile towards her because she knew she cannot stop her from doing what she wants.
Khaliana was running and walking at the same time, she missed hunting since her uncle ground her for a week in their small hut. Skipping to the capital will always made her suffer, but she cannot afford not to go there, it is her only way of making life more colorful. The capital made her more knowledgeable, she heard things in there that is far beyond the hooting sound of the owl when she sleeps at night. She gained learning when she went to the capital. There is a store in there that sell books. That is one of the reason why she went there, it is to read. Though my aunt is teaching her staff, but she thinks there is more than that and only the capital can satisfy her thirst of learning.
She stopped walking and became observant when she heard a screeching.
"This will be a good hunt" she hisses to herself.
She walked slowly that even the wind cannot hear it, she hide herself behind a big tree and there she saw a rare deer. It was not that big, but big enough to be hunted, it's brown white dotted fur glistened under the rays of the sun. It is sipping water in the nearby river. Without further waiting, Khaliana positioned her bow and arrow in her hands, and bend it tightly towards the direction of the deer. In just a second, the arrow was stuck on the deer's body and now lying on the ground. Khaliana moved fast towards her prey and saw it painfully dying. Though, she's a hunter, she respect life, so she touched the deer and silently pray for its spirit. After her ritual, she search her pocket and hand out a small dagger and quickly tucked it to the deer's body and then the deer stopped breathing.
"I'm sorry for doing this, we need your meat, I hope you will meet with your ancestors directly", she said to the deer. After that, she lift the deer using her hands and tuck it in her shoulders like a sack of rice. If one can see her, she's like a girl assassin kidnapping her target.
When she got home, her uncle is there waiting for her, sitting in his small chair in their small living room.
"Where have you been young lady", her uncle's voice gives shiver down her spine, but she was used to it. So she answered her directly.
"I went for a hunt" her simple reply.
"Dear, your almost bloody, your hair was soaked in blood because you carried that deer in that manner, it is not so lady like Khaliana", her aunt sweetly announce. Her aunt is her life saver, she is always in the rescue when her uncle is in no mood, just like today.
"You have to go clean yourself dear". That's it, she is now safe.
"Yes. Aunt, and thank you", her short reply. She put the deer on the kitchen table and eyed her aunt and nod. She went to her room quickly.
"You are spoiling her Milly!" she heard her uncle talking to her aunt. She can still hear it even though she's in her room, she was also amazed by that ability of her, maybe because of the silence of the night, that is why she can hear every single word from a distant.
"No I am not, you are just so hard on her", her aunt replied. She is nodding her head while taking away all her clothes for a long hot bath. Her aunt was an amazing woman, she knew it, she was raised by them and knew that they loved her, but there are things that she wanted to know but they never gave an exact answer towards it especially if it is about her parents.
"Let's not talk about it now, rest dear, you've been away for a week and you will just scold her for her doing", she's a grown woman and I knew we have deprived her for so much", her aunt said. She can feel the pain from the words of her aunt. She was still in the hot tub rubbing her body from the stench of the deer's blood. She is listening to their conversation.
"I know Milly, but it is only for her sake, and you knew that", her uncle replied. It is the first time she was deep into their conversation.
Sometimes, she just sleep them away when her aunt and uncle has a conversation, it is maybe because they are talking about her. It's been years since they talked about her, their conversation is always about the happening in the capital that is why she became so interested in going to the capital. Now, they are talking about her. She has to be attentive about it.
"What if she will knew the truth while doing the things outside the forest?" her uncle said,
Truth? The question that lingers her mind.
What truth? She whispers to herself.
"Let's not talk about it right now, we cannot let anyone hear us, we don't know if there are people outside listening to us", her aunt said.
O my God, did they knew I'm listening?
She immediately scrub her body and bathe herself quickly. She changed into her sleeping clothing, a big white dress that reached her feet and upon reaching the bed, she stared outside the window and asked herself.
"What is it they are hiding from me. I want to know".
She sleeps the thought away without even having dinner. Her body is so tired because of the hunting, walking and running.
"What is it they are hiding from me, I want to know", she murmurs in her sleep.
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The Kingdom of Etherna: Return of the Prophesied Queen
Historical FictionKhaliana Khamia Esme is an orphan, she was adopted by her so called aunt and uncle, they loved her, but she seems unsatisfied with it. They live in a small hut within the forest outside the Kingdom of Etherna. She was trained by her uncle in handlin...
