The rode was bumpy.
Riania rode in one carriage with Sriosno, Guyanias, and Sriosno's servant, Mois. As their carriage made its way along the difficult rode, the four talked merrily. Riania suddenly noticed a connection-or what looked to be a *soon one-between Mois and Guyanias. Riania leaned forward, whispering in her handmaid's ear,
"I see you've taken an interest in Mois, have you not?" She backed away and grinned mischieviasly at Guyanias. Her maid blushed deeply and let a smile twitch for a moment on her lips before she returned to speaking with Mois.
Soon only whispers and murmurs were coming from Mois and Guyanias, and Riania with Sriosno. Suddenly the carriage jolted forward, sending Mois into the prince and Guyanias into her mistress. They barely had time to scream before the carriage flipped and tumbled off the rode.
*****
When Sriosno opened his eyes, they revealed a horrifying sight. His new wife, and queen, Riania, was slumped in her seat, blood dribbling down her face and onto her clothes. Mois, his servant, stirred only a little, dying. Guyanias was already not breathing.
"Riania," Sriosno murmured, shaking his beloved only slightly. She made no sign of conciousness, or life. He wept onto her body, wishing he could bring her back; he'd do *anything.* Suddenly her body shifted, only a little. Sriosno sat up, turning her over to see if she lived. She did- barely. Her breatrhing was shallow and she was still not awake. That made no difference to Sriosno. Painfully he made his way out of the carriage.
He looked around, and saw no one. He walked to the front of the wagon to see if the driver was alive-but what he saw made him still immediately. Softly, so he even barely heard himself, Sriosno whispered,
"Orcs."
Riania rode in one carriage with Sriosno, Guyanias, and Sriosno's servant, Mois. As their carriage made its way along the difficult rode, the four talked merrily. Riania suddenly noticed a connection-or what looked to be a *soon one-between Mois and Guyanias. Riania leaned forward, whispering in her handmaid's ear,
"I see you've taken an interest in Mois, have you not?" She backed away and grinned mischieviasly at Guyanias. Her maid blushed deeply and let a smile twitch for a moment on her lips before she returned to speaking with Mois.
Soon only whispers and murmurs were coming from Mois and Guyanias, and Riania with Sriosno. Suddenly the carriage jolted forward, sending Mois into the prince and Guyanias into her mistress. They barely had time to scream before the carriage flipped and tumbled off the rode.
*****
When Sriosno opened his eyes, they revealed a horrifying sight. His new wife, and queen, Riania, was slumped in her seat, blood dribbling down her face and onto her clothes. Mois, his servant, stirred only a little, dying. Guyanias was already not breathing.
"Riania," Sriosno murmured, shaking his beloved only slightly. She made no sign of conciousness, or life. He wept onto her body, wishing he could bring her back; he'd do *anything.* Suddenly her body shifted, only a little. Sriosno sat up, turning her over to see if she lived. She did- barely. Her breatrhing was shallow and she was still not awake. That made no difference to Sriosno. Painfully he made his way out of the carriage.
He looked around, and saw no one. He walked to the front of the wagon to see if the driver was alive-but what he saw made him still immediately. Softly, so he even barely heard himself, Sriosno whispered,
"Orcs."