Sanctuary
Angelika's POV
I sighed, tucking my makeshift spear back into the side of my dirty combat boot, where I usually kept it for protection. I rolled my eyes, spinning in my heels towards my bedroom door that was suddenly being knocked upon.
"Enter," I said abruptly. I kept my head held high as I awaited for whomever it was. In walked in Titus, looking bothered as usual, his hands kept solemnly behind his back as he walked into my room just a few inches and then proceeding to do a little bow. I still wasn't entirely sure why he was fixated on bowing whenever he entered a room. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.
"Sorry for the intrusion, Angelika- but Lexa is insisting to speak with you urgently." He said and I scoffed, nodding.
"Of course she is," I said with a shake of my head. I sighed again and nodded.
"Tell heda ill be right out." I said snarkily. Titus shot me a look but nodded anyway and spun around not bothering to ask any questions. I bit back the urge to groan. I most definitely didn't want to speak to my sister at the moment, and if I actually had a damned choice, I would have fled Tondc from the moment I'd arrived if I had known it would have all come down to this. I pushed my light brown hair from my face and decided to stop being such a child and go speak with my dear beloved sister.
"You wanted to see me?" I said as I walked further into the room, the guards' eyes watching me like a hawk. Lexa stood from her throne and stepped down to meet my gaze. She was a few inches taller than me, so I craned my head up to my bigger sister watching her with slits.
"I know you're upset-" She stared and I shook my head, scoffing. "Upset? Upset Alexa? No, I'm livid!" I threw my hands up into the air. A guard noticed my actions and decided to speak up. "Keep it down," He threatened and I spun on my heel to shoot him a death glare. He avoided my gaze and looked elsewhere and I shook my head.
"Speak when spoken to, peasant!" I snarled and he shut up.
"Ang-" Lexa stared and I frowned as she placed her hand on my shoulder.
"Blood must NOT have blood? Really Lex? When did that become our ways? We've always been taught to kill, and to avenge death. Jus drein jus daun. " I spoke more softly this time while staring up into her dark emerald eyes, much opposite to my own being astonishingly emerald with specks of brown. We shared the same Mother, but separate father and from birth I was treated differently than Lexa. She was a brimming nightblood, with nothing subordinate coursing through her veins; as a young girl, she was honored amongst everyone in our village since they believed that once she had come of age, she would go to Tondc to be trained and become the next heda. Now as for me, I was an unruly child, always picking fights, stealing the fruit from the baskets of the women who picked them, getting myself into situations that a young girl should never have to get into, and for that our mother was often looked down upon, appearing to be unfit, and corrupt for even deciding to keep me in the first place. We were her pride and joy, and it showed- her only reason to keep breathing. She had taught us everything she knew, up until her last dying breath. Once Lexa had departed to Tondc , I was all alone. I began hanging with what Titus labelled 'the immoral crowd' which where people from other clans, trying to fit in. Of course I was cast out, threatened, beat and almost murdered for my behavior but I didn't care. I had managed to keep a friend or two.
"Juice drain juice down is not always the answer, little sister." Lexa said and I snapped out of my daze. "But it is all we know, why would you even consider the idea?" I said still confused and she was about to say something until the door knocked and her head snapped up. She placed her hands behind her back and raised her head. I watched her with an eye raised.
"What?" She said and I smirked. "Must you always look so... boring?" I said and she rolled her eyes. "Shut up." She whispered before clearing her throat. "Enter," She said loudly. I watched as a blonde enters the room while staring directly at Lexa. She notices me, and an emotion flashes across her features for a moment before she regains. I raise a brow and place a hand on my hip as she speaks.
"You wanted to see me, Commander." She says, her eyes swapping from me, to Lexa. Lexa nods briefly and turns to me.
"Who is this maiden?" I say while staring her up and down. I can already sense she isn't any good. The girl looks at me with a crinkle in her brows but doesn't say anything more.
"This is Clarke, leader of our 13th Clan- Skykru and-" My eyes widened as I interrupted my sister for the umpteenth time this morning to point a finger at Clarke. "So you're the damsel who executed the people of Mount Weather?" I said while widening my eyes. She looked to Lexa questioningly.
"And who are you?" She said.
"This is Angelika- my sister. I wanted you to meet her before we discuss the fate of the last mountain men." She said and I watched as Clarke's mouth dropped.
"Your… your sister?" She said in disbelief and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. Lexa nodded once before stepping further down the steps so that she was eye to eye with Clarke. Clarke continued to stare up at me, sizing my features head to toe trying to analyze me. Not that I blamed her, the only thing Lexa and I both shared was our beautiful chestnut hair that we had gotten from our mother. I wasn't as tall as Lexa, and I wasn't as tall as Clarke so I had always known I had a small frame. I had bright doe green eyes with specks of brown and full pouty lips. Lexa and I didn't even share the same personality. She wasn't hot tempered and didn't react on impulse like I did, she was kind hearted, caring and nurturing. Her heart was too soft to be heda, I would tell her almost everytime I saw her.
"How is that even possible?" Clarke continued on and I rolled my eyes.
"Must you be this dunce?" I snapped and she looked to me. "Why are you being so rude?" She said and I quickly reached into the ankle of my boot, yanking out my spear.
"Ang, don't." Lexa said sharply and I looked at them both before shaking my head.
"You don't want to get on my bad side, Sky girl." I said and with that I spun around on my heel walking away as I slipped out through the crack of the ajar door, slamming it behind me.