Chapter 2:
I DON'T OWN LEGEND OF THE SEEKER!
Kahlan and Dennee were being lead down a path by their "father." Their hands were bound behind them and the monster was on a horse, watching both the girls closely.
"Are you okay," Dennee whispered to her sister who hasn't said a word to her since she got out of the cellar.
"SHUT UP!" The creature on the horses bellowed. Dennee jumped and Kahlan just looked at the ground.
They walked for another 45 minutes in absolute silence. The only sound was the horses breath and a few of their fathers insults.
"STOP." Both girls stopped abruptly. He jumped off his horse, and grabbed both girls by their hair, pulling them in front of him. "You." He pointed at Kahlan, "Are going to do this one. Wait here."
"Kahlan. I'm sorry. I know its my fault." Dennee said. "I promise to be quieter."
Kahlan spun around, rib starting to burn again as she did so. She looked at her sister straight in the face, anger over taking her. "Don't you ever, ever say that. None of this is your fault. It's his."
Dennee buried her facing Kahlan's neck, not being able to hug her due to her hands. Kahlan kissed the top of her head.
Dennee looked up at her sister. "I'm scared."
"I know."
"Whatca talkin' bout?" Her father asked, mockingly.
With her new found courage Kahlan stated, "You burning in hell."
Her father was taken aback. He only grabbed her by the arm and dragged her to the hut. "You're going to knock on this door and confess the man that opens it. Got it?"
Kahlan nodded as her father unbound her hands.
He started to walk away, but before he did he bent down and whispered in Kahlan's ear, "If you refuse, your sister will be feeling it instead. Got it?"
She nodded and knocked on the door.
A young man, about twenty five, opened the door. He was tall, blond, and sturdy. Once he caught sight of Kahlan, with her unhealthy looking skin, bleeding bare feet, and ragged dress, he tried to close the door, but Kahlan's hand was already at his neck.
The man fell to his knees. "Command me confessor."
"Tell him to bring you all his valuables." The monster said.
"Do as he says." Kahlan said to the man.
The man came back swiftly with a bag filled with money and gold.
Kahlan was relived. They could leave now. Her father got what he wanted and her sister was protected.
"Now tell him to kill himself."
Kahlan's breath caught in her windpipe. Sweat started to form on her brow and she started to shake. Never has her father asked her to do that.
"Dennee," He whispered into her ear, "I wonder how she would hold up in the hands of a slave trader."
Kahlan turned to face her father, throwing her hand at his neck.
Her father just laughed. "I paid a wizard handsomely for a potion to protect me from you and your sister. Now do it."
The man in front of her was still waiting for an order. "Go out back and hang yourself."
"Mistress?" The man asked, confused. But he was getting ready to compile.
Kahlan leaned down and whispered into the mans ear, "Don't do that. Go around to the back of your home, wait for a few minutes then find a constable and send him to the hut in the clearing of the North Woods. Tell him a thief is living there and has a hoard of stolen goods."
"Yes mistress."
Kahlan looked at her father. "It helps to comfort them," she said.
The man was gone, doing what she said. Her father rebound her hands, dragging her back with him. Kahlan let out a breath of relief. She would only have to put up with this man for a few more hours, then her and Dennee would be free.
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The Professor