Chapter One
Arina laughed as her brother chased a butterfly through the grass.
" Glen get back here mama is going to want us home soon. "
" But Ari pwetty buggy! "
" Glen now, you dont want mama to yell do you? "
" No," Glen toddled back to Arina who gathered him in her arms.
" Don't worry little brother, we will come back and play with the pretty bugs tomorrow, okay? "
Glen smiled and nodded excitedly. Little did Arina know that there would be no tomorrow for her.
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When Arina carried Glen up to their small cottage, she wondered why it was so quiet. Normally her father would have been outside feeding the chickens or working in the garden but there was no sign of him.
By the time she realized that something was seriously wrong it was too late and Mord Sith came flooding from the cottage. Screaming Arina turned to run with Glen but it was far too late by then.
A blonde woman clad in leather struck Arina with her agiel. She fell screaming and dropping Glen. Arina breathed heavily and lay dazed watching as the blonde monster picked up her brother.
Arina looked around for help but all she saw was a circle of red clad figures and their captives. She struggled to her feet.
" Put him down! "
Turning the blonde cocked her head and smiled cruelly.
" Why would I want to do that? "
" Because you have to. "
The blonde Mord Sith shook her head and placed her agiel just above Glen's leg. The two year old stared in wide eyed horror at his sister. The blonde lowered the agiel to just centimeters above Glen's leg
" Are you going to stop me? " The blonde nodded and another Mord Sith tossed a dagger to the ground in front of Arina.
" Go ahead pick it up, stab me and we will leave you and your family alone. "
Arina shook her head.
" I promise you Arina do it and all this will go away. " The blonde smiled knowing that this little girl of merely age ten would never do it. That was why the Sisters of the Agiel had chosen her.
Again Arina shook her head refusing to pick up the knife. It was a decision that she would regret for the rest of her life. A decision that Glen, even at his young age, would always remember. One that would cause him to hate her.
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The blonde smiled and lowered the agiel until it was touching Glen's leg. He let out a heart wrenching scream, there was a whining sound of the agiel's magic, and a ickening snap as the bone in his leg broken.
Of course the boy fainted with the pain, Arina fell to the ground sobbing. Dropping Glen roughly to the ground the mord sith walked to Arina. She drew back her hand and slammed the back of her armored glove into Arina's cheek.
" Silence your crying, you damn girl! Weakness will not be tolerated! "
Arina looked up at the blonde monster with tears streaking her cheeks.