Here is another chapter at 2:30 am cause i cant get to sleep
Raven could feel her body moving, it felt like it was slung over something. She tried to open her eyes but her vision was blurry, she could tell she was passing things by but she really didn't know how she could be doing that at the moment. Then it came back to her the beautiful morning, the Seekers, running for what seemed like eternity and then total blackness.
Did they find me? Am I captured? She thought to herself. Raven wasn't fully conscious yet so she couldn't do anything. With her eyesight still blurry she pushed herself off the horse. She landed on the ground with a hard THUD!
It hurt really bad but she pushed herself up with all of her strength her eyes clearing up a little. She was beginning to run but she felt a large hand grab her forearm roughly.
"And where do you think you are going little lady?" Raven turned around and saw a man maybe middle aged.
"Please let me go!" She pulled at her arm but the man didn't budge at all. He just stood there smirking at her.
"I don't think so" He pulled rope out from behind him and grabbed her other arm and took the rope and tied her wrists tightly together. Her skin was already turning red. The man grabbed her and Raven lashed out and elbowed him in the stomache.
She started running in the opposite direction but it was really hard to move fast because of her tightly bound wrists and then she tripped on tree roots. But before she could pull herself back up she felt intense pain on her head.
She looked up and saw they gripping her hair and he pulled her up by her hair.
"You little bitch!" He raised his hand up and struck her across the face. She fell back to the ground. Tears stung her eyes she had never been touched like that in her life. The man once again dug his hand in her black hair and started dragging her back to the horse.
He picked her up and sat her on the saddle, he went to the front of the horse and grabbed his reins and started walking. On the slow journey she had time to process what had happened with her tribe and she began to cry silent tears.
After hours of walking she started to see tents as they kept walking more started appearing. Everyone they passed were staring at her. This tribe is much bigger than mine! She thought
"There is a meeting taking place today that where I'm going to take you and see what the counsel wants to do with you." He didn't even look at her he just kept walking. He rounded a corner and say some aged old men sitting down and another group that looked about her age or a little older. Everyone turned and looked at them when they came to a stop. A young man about her age stepped forward.
"What is this?" He was very handsome. He had jet black hair that was messy, ice blue eyes, muscular and he seemed about 6 foot. He had only glanced at Raven for a second.
"Sir, I found her in the woods she was passed out." He stated he seemed proud
The mean old man pulled her off the horse roughly and she fell to the floor on her knees. Raven kept her head down. The handsome young man bent squatted down and took a knife out. Raven panicked.
"No please!" she started scooting backwards on the ground. He grabbed her forearm gently. Their eyes locked she was stunning.
"It's ok." He said calmly. He grabbed her bound wrists and sliced it off with the knife. Ravens wrists were bleeding and they stung really bad.
"Kori go take her and get her washed up" A young red head got up and walked over to them and grabbed Raven's hand and pulled her up off the ground. She walked with her along a stream that lead to a lake. Raven looked at Kori.
"You shall bathe here, if you give me you clothing I shall wash it" She said with a kind smile. Raven lifted the dress over her head it was filthy. She was standing there in her undergarmets.
"Go wash up" Kori said again. Raven cautiously walked to the edge of the lake and slowly got in. Kori went to the stream close by and washed her dress and hung it over a tree branch. Raven was enjoying the nice cold water. She scrubbed her hair, face and skin. When she came out Kori gave her a fresh blanket to wrap around her. When her dress dried she gave it back to Raven.
She was completely clean. She felt refreshed. She couldn't escape right now there were to many eyes watching her. They walked back to where everyone was. She was given back to the old man because the counsel were still deciding on what to do with her. Finally an old woman stood up.
"We will keep you, you shall stay here with us. Richard shall own you now." The old woman spoke.
"Wait what?" Richard spoke. So that's his name…Richard Raven thought
"You need a woman Richard and she looks to be the perfect age for you." The old woman spoke again. Richard knew not to debate with them. The old man pushed Raven into Richard. He put his hand on her back so she wouldn't fall. He gave the old man a death glare.
"Kori take her back to my tent and wait there." The red head stood up and grabbed Raven's hand again. Within a few minutes she arrived at a huge tent. Kori gently pushed her in. Raven was in awe. The tent was a deep red, there was a huge bed in the right corner with bright red silk sheets, a dark brown table was right next to her when she walked in and a bunch of huge pillows in random places.
She walked to the left corner of the tent and sat down the pain in her wrists was coming back and they stared bleeding again. She had to get out of here but how? With so many people watching her it was nearly impossible. She began to quietly cry. She was lost and didn't know what to do.
She heard the tent folds open for a second and Richard stood there just looking at her. He could see her holding her wrists. He grabbed a cloth and a small bowl filled with herbs that helps your body heal. He sat down at her side and gently grabbed one wrist. Raven looked at him, he put the cloth around her wrist and squeezed. It hurt so much worse, Raven bit her lip and moaned out in pain.
"Sorry, but it will help" Richard looked at her apologetically. Raven nodded she knew it would hurt. He removed the cloth and then applied the herbs, it stung for a while but at least the bleeding stopped. He repeated the same with the other wrist.
He set everything aside and looked at her "What's you name?" she hesitated for a while
"Raven." She said quietly
"That a nice name I am Richard…how old are you Raven?" He asked curiously
"I'm 17" she was so quiet and scared and Richard picked up on that.
"I am 18" she looked at him and he looked at her "Are you ok?" he moved his hand to touch the bruise on her face. She flinched
"It's ok Raven you don't have to be scared." But she was terrified at the moment. She was picking up on something from him. She turned and looked in his eyes. She saw anger, hate, and fear. It wasn't towards her but it showed that he was unstable right now and that's what scared her the most. He was the kind of person that could just snap at any second.
Another chapter well im gonna go to bed its almost 4am i hope you liked this.