Prologue


Erik's cell within the Shah's dungeon was covered with black material that had become torn over the years but Erik was thankful that none of the other prisoners could see him,

"Put her in the cell next to the monster's" he heard a guard grumble before listening to a girl struggling as she was thrown into the cell next to his,

"Disgusting pig!" she yelled as the entrance to the prison was slammed shut after the guards left and Erik chuckled,

"Insulting them will only make them treat you worse" he warned,

"Not interested in having a conversation, thank you" the girl replied firmly and Erik chuckled but simply let her be.


It turned out that the girl had only tried to escape slavery so she was let out within three weeks but it took only two days for her to be thrown back into the cell beside his,

"You really don't like working for The Shah do you?" Erik asked before hearing the girl sigh,

"Still not interested in having a conversation with you" she mumbled and silence once again fell between them.


The 14th time Erik heard the girl being thrown into the cell beside his he chuckled,

"You must really like this place" he teased and Erik was stunned when he watched the girl's hand come through one of the rips in the material and he looked at the small crescent scar on her thumb,

"My name's Anna" he heard her say gently and he hesitantly shook her hand,

"Erik" he replied in a murmur.


It was three weeks later when Erik heard Anna being thrown into the cell next to his once again and he chuckled,

"Will you ever give up?" he asked and heard her giggle,

"Nope but this time I actually let myself get caught" she replied and Erik frowned in confusion,

"Why?" he asked and nearly jumped out his skin when a fresh green apple landed in his cell,

"So I could bring you that" she replied and Erik chuckled as he thanked her and took a bite out of the apple and it was in that moment that a friendship between two people who hadn't even seen each other became friends but it didn't last long due to an accidental fire that burned down The Shah's palace; The Shah blamed Erik believing his devil's fire to have been the cause but Erik's old friend Nadir helped him to escape despite Erik wanting to search for Anna but Nadir assured him all the prisoners escaped the fire.


As Erik and Nadir fled Persia, Anna searched the remains of the palace and was sad that she found no trace of her friend but she prayed one day that they would meet again.


Yay or Nay? There will be a lot of Christine in this story and Erik shall first meet her at the time he reunites with Anna.

Kind Regards,

TheAuthor1996