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We are your prisoners, things couldn't get much worse . I've had it up to here, you know your end is near. You had to have it all, well have you had enough? You greedy little bastard! You will get what you deserve. When all is said and done, I will be the one to leave you in your misery and hate what you've become.
~ Had Enough- Breaking Benjamin
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" No, I don't know anything!" She denied, keeping her exterior calm and composed. She didn't like the aura that was coming off of him. It was dark, and foreboding.
" LIAR!" Noah yelled, so loud that she inwardly cringed.
"You know who's causing this. And if you value your life, you will tell me." Noah said, grabbing her arm in a painful grasp.
" My life lost it's value a long time ago." Kira spat, referring to her time as a Kaletica, her amethyst eyes spewing crystaline ice. Expertly getting out of his hold, she tried to back hand him when she felt, something cold and death-like grab her arm.
The Shadows.
Noah rose, pushing her down on the bed, and having the Shadows hold her there. She squirmed, the dress she was wearing riding up her legs.
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She looked absolutely beautiful. Noah fought the urge to touch one of those silky brown locks that were splayed over the bed. She seemed to be the embodiment of lust, the more he looked at her.
" Beautiful." Noah said, gently tracing his fingers over her neck.
" I hate you." She warned, unable to move as he pinned her.
" I don't care." He responded, tracing her arm. He saw her clench her eyes shut. How potently her wanted her right then and there. Alas, he couldn't, not yet.
" Take her back to the harem room. She is to be untouched." Noah ordered the Shadows. He saw them envelop her in black, smoky haze as she screamed.
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" True reason? What possible reason could I have?" Sachira said, acting innocent. His gaze once more returned to her.
" I simply want some entertainment." He said, heavily accenting his words with innuendo. I.C knew he would act upon them again.
" Noah said I can have her." Dav said simply, refusing to reply to Sachira's actions.
" Well, she has to return to the harem room sometime, doesn't she?" Sachira said. I.C was pushed back as Dav lunged at Sachira, grabbing him by the throat.
" Fiend!" Sachira choked, as he tried to release Dav's hand.
" I don't like to share." Dav said, his voice completely changing, becoming raspy and deep.
Sachira was thrust out of the room, the doors promptly closing behind him as Dav whirled around, to face I.C. His eyes were flashing between their usual hue of gold, and a stormy gray.
Kira, please be on your way. I.C thought, as she backed up.
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" Oh!" Gin said, dropping the tea cups that her held on the silver tray she was carrying as Kira re-appeared in the room. Her scream was still lodged in her throat.
Horror. That thing that grabbed me was pure horror. Kira thought, while trying to gain control of her limbs. She felt as if she was insubstantial. Gin noticed she was rather pale.
" What happened with the Dark Lord?" She asked, curiousity shining in her eyes. Kira glances at her, and scowled.
" Nothing." She said, heading towards the bathroom.
Once she returned, she saw that Gin was arranging only one bed.
" I.C isn't returning?" Kira asked, a familiar sense of dread tearing through her. Gin shook her head.
Gin smoothed over the crimson blankets.
" She was charged with Master Dav. He does as he pleases, so we don't really know what he will do." Gin said, looking over the beds once again.
" Dav- that one with the blonde hair?" Kira asked, remembering how regally the Huidan carried himself.
And how unlike the other Huidan he was.
" Yes. He arrived some time this year, and quickly earned his place next to Lord Noah. He does as he pleases, so I don't know if I.C will return." Gin said solemnly.
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" Are you sure that going to this castle is a good idea? I mean, isn't that where we're supposed to be away from?" Zed asked, as he crawled behind the bushes with Roya.
She ignored him.
" Hey, I'm talking to you!" Zed snapped, his irritation for her growing by the minute.
" Shut up, willya? We'll be caught." She said, stopping beside what seemed to be an outer tower.
If I remember this right, this has to be the Kaletica harem tower. I'll just get in, and get out. No biggie. Roya thought. Still, she had an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach.
She reached for the hilt of a sword that was strapped to her side.
" Here. If you see any man- any man, kill him. He's probably a full-fledged Huidan since we're so close to the castle. And if he finds you, you will be killed. Got that?" She said, thrusting the hilt of the sword into Zed's hands. He nodded.
Feeling a bit better, Roya pulled out her own set of daggers.
" Use the red orbs in your arm to activate the sword." She said, assesing the cracks in the tower nearby.
Zed gaped at her.
" How'd you know about my arm?" He asked, unconsciously putting it behind him.
" You're forgetting what I am. It's easy to pick up something so simple as having the ability to fight. You're part shardcaster, even if they are all reportedly gone." Roya said, finally stabbing through one of the cracks and getting a sturdy grip on her blue dagger.
" Throw the red orbs to create fire. But only use them when you absolutely have to. We don't want many people to know that shardcasters are around." Roya said, stabbing her other dagger in another crack.
" You're going to climb the tower?" Zed asked, amazement in his voice.
" Obviously." Roya said, as she climbed.
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I.C ducked as Dav lunged for her, a clast of fire barely singeing the hairs on the top of her head. She slid on the floor, crashing into one of his cabinets, that was then set on fire.
It was as if something entirely different had taken over him.
" Get out!" He said, in a deep, raspy voice that was not his own. I.C scrambled for the door, barely dodging a fire ball. She darted down the hallways, evading the guards with ease.
She soon found herself at the harem door, and burst through, just in time, as well.
" Kira, we have to get out of here. He's crazy. They're all crazy, perhaps much crazier than we are. We have to get out of here." She said, a bit out of breath.
Kira simply nodded.
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" There has been a breach on the southern wall! Call the guards!" Someone off to Zed's left yelled. Roya, who was halfway up the tower, lost her footing.
" Roya!" He called, worry lacing every part of his being.
" Get them!" Zed heard someone yell. There was the sound of heavy footsteps quickly approaching.
He looked up, at the lithe form that was desperately trying to reach the top.
And he saw the arrow that hit her.
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This chapter was choked out. I'm not kidding. I had so much work to do, I'm surprised this is actually here. I apologize if it's short. I promise that the next chapter will compensate for this one. Until next time!