Kandlin

I felt my legs go weak, saved by the fact that i was already sitting/laying on the bed.

“or would you rather leave?” she continued, looking at me with this sinister look in her eyes.

I wanted to leave, i had seen a lot of deaths to last me a life time, it was a miracle i was not throwing up my guts at the sight in front of me.

"i would like to choose the latter” i said, bowing my head to show some sort of respect.

“really? But you have not heard the conditions for leaving” she said, standing from the chair and taking powerful slow strides my way.

Like a tiger hunting its prey. “you will be free as per your request, but…” she said, walking at an insane speed towards me.

The air left my lungs for the briefest of seconds causing my eyes to widen. “you would have few seconds to look at the view before you are snatched!” she said, fisting her hands “unless you can out run the guards though.” she said, brushing my hair out of my face.

“I really hope it is nothing like that though, because for some odd reason, i feel drawn to you. I would give you time to think about it’ she said, suddenly pulling away from me like i was repulsive.

She walked out of the room having that air of elegance surrounding her as she went, leaving me alone to my thoughts.

As soon as the door slammed shut, i let out a sigh, tugging on my hair to think of the choices given to me.

Do die, or to go into some marriage where i did not know what to expect?

“is there anything for me to live for anymore?” i thought out loud, a sense of hopeless filling me.

‘This was it, an easy way out of everything.’ a small voice whispered at the back of my mind. As i stood up, or at least tried to as i fell on my knees.. “fuck” I muttered.

“i see you have made a decision?” she swung the door open, as though she had been standing there the whole time.

I took a step back, something about her made me shiver from fear.

“y..yes” i said, still quivering.

“Pathetic, you choose death and you still would not be brave to face it” she said, making her way into the room and then using her feet to raise my head so that i would look her in the eyes. “It is a shame though, i would have liked you” she said, in a pity voice before she used her legs to kick me, causing my head to fly to the other side, my head almost removing in the process.

i gasped, spitting out the blood that had gathered in my mouth from the force.

I moved back, getting as far away from her as i could.

“why are you running away? I thought you wanted to die?” she said, looking at me with a sinister look on her face “ don’t worry, i would keep to my promise and end you just as you step out of this kingdom and into the human world.”

I shook my head no. Suddenly, the marriage did not seem like a bad idea anymore.

“ple….ase” i stammered, trying to get on my feet and run away before the wicked witch came any closer but my feet did not seem to be working.

“oh honey, don’t be in a hurry to die, begging for death would only want make me want to enlongate your suffering” she said, the evil smile expanding by the moment.

“please, i just…” she grabbed me by the neck, butting off anything i was going to say.

“you just love to…” she said, wiggling me as though i was a rag doll before she stopped, her hand caught in my necklace with shock written all over her face.

“How the fuck did you get this?” she asked, looking at me like she was ready to murder me.

I took in a deep breath, trying as much as possible to get my mind together.

“Fucking answer me!!!” she yelled, making my body to shudder.

“i don’t… i don’t know, i just… please, my neck'“ i said, trying as much as possible to get out of her hold. “i guess you don’t mind torture little girl, cause i swear, i would make your life a living hell, making you just miserable enough to want to die but making you live just enough to take another breath, and nothing more.” she dropped me like i weighed nothing, making the impact with the floor merciless.

"Kandlin!!!!” she yelled, looking over her shoulders, “take her to the cellar, don’t let her out of your sight, it is obvious she is either with the dark side, or a thief” she said, stepping on my fingers breaking a few and ignoring my cry for help before she left.

I took in a deep breath, trying as much as possible to get myself together before i heard footsteps.

I braced myself, already certain that it was going to be another horrible creature that was going to cause more harm to me and i was right.

A tall man entered into the room, his face looked like he had been to hell and back but still, you could not deny that he was beautiful. If not for the scar that ran so close to his brows and the side of his face, you could have swooned that he was a god of some sort.

“please..” i begged, getting myself up to a sitting position and laying my back against the wall. “Just end it, for me. Don’t take me anywhere, don’t prolong my suffering just please” it was ironic.

Two years ago i was begging for my life to be saved when i was in that accident and now, i was begging to die.

He stood for a minute before his eyes landed on mine and i could have sworn, they softened.

He leaned down, closing his eyes for a second while he took in a deep breath. “Here” he said as he stretched out his hands, sounding incredibly gentle, which for some reason felt wrong.

He looked like he was the type to growl whenever he was speaking, and slam heads into any wall when he did not get what he wanted.

I looked at him, for a moment, ‘this was honestly a trap, it might be that this was another type of torture. He seemed to see that i was not falling for it because he raised his hands, causing me to flinch, closing my eyes as i waited for the impact.

It never came. “you should not hold in your breath, you are bleeding out too fast, you need a lot of oxygen so you don’t pass out.” he said, wrapping his hands around me gently as he helped me stand.

I said nothing, too stunned to speak as i watched him. “what..” i looked around, surely there was still the pale guy in the corner, his throat still slit and his skin paler than usual from losing a lot of blood, and there were still blood stains on the floor from when i spat out a bit of it.

This definitely was not a dream. “Breathe” he said with the gentlest voice i had ever heard, kind of reminded me of my family, when we were happy.

I closed my eyes, feeling a bit lightheaded, the effect of losing a lot of blood finally weighing me down.

“I’ll always be by your side Lola, you can trust me” I heard before everything went blank…