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Seth crept soundlessly through the darkness. He didn't want her to hear him coming. After what seemed like miles to him, he finally reached the lone hanging sheet that was the entrance to her chambers. Not bothering to knock, he stepped inside. Before him, his servant laid, her face hidden in her pillow. Soft, quick sobs came from behind her curtain of scarlet hair. She did not hear him upon entrance, which had been his plan. He stepped to her bedside and touched her shoulder lightly. At this, she flipped around abruptly. Even after such intense sobbing, she was beautiful. Her eyes were glassy and full of emotion. Her long eyelashes shined.
"You!" she hissed, between clenched teeth.
"Are you sick, should I call for a doctor?" Seth asked. He tried to mask the concern and fear in his voice, but to no avail.
"I wouldn't think that someone as heartless and uncaring as you would care even if I was! I'm physically well, but inside is another story completely, not that you would know emotion! You pulled me away from my family! All I had in life!" She tried to remain strong in his presence, but despite her efforts a new wave of tears rolled down her flushed cheeks. Realizing this, she turned away from him
"I don't deny it," he said quietly. "But your assumption of me not knowing emotion was less accurate." She remained facing the opposite wall. "Please listen," he said, laying a hand gently on her shoulder. She shrugged it off with a quick and cold motion. He made no more effort to console her, but began his story.
"When I was ten years old, I lived in a small home with my parents on the Nile. I was a content only child. One day, however, everything changed. My parents left with a caravan to a distant land. They promised me they would return within the next few days. I waited. First a week, then a month, then six months. I refused to accept the fact that they weren't coming back. Finally, on my eleventh birthday, I absorbed the obvious. They were never going to be by my side to guide me again. Never," Seth's voice began to waver. "You're not the only one that knows loss," he finished, finally relenting to the tears that had been gathering at the corners of his eyes.
She turned to face him. For a moment, the entire world seemed to pause as the two sets of teary eyes met. He put his arm around her. She acted as though she would not allow it at first, but relaxed. Suddenly, she threw her arms around his neck and just sobbed. He slowly pulled her into an embrace.
"I am called Sapphire," the girl whispered into his ear.
He held her tight and whispered "Sapphire."
There they sat. From two separate worlds, but not as distant as they had thought.
Seth and Sapphire.
Seth crept soundlessly through the darkness. He didn't want her to hear him coming. After what seemed like miles to him, he finally reached the lone hanging sheet that was the entrance to her chambers. Not bothering to knock, he stepped inside. Before him, his servant laid, her face hidden in her pillow. Soft, quick sobs came from behind her curtain of scarlet hair. She did not hear him upon entrance, which had been his plan. He stepped to her bedside and touched her shoulder lightly. At this, she flipped around abruptly. Even after such intense sobbing, she was beautiful. Her eyes were glassy and full of emotion. Her long eyelashes shined.
"You!" she hissed, between clenched teeth.
"Are you sick, should I call for a doctor?" Seth asked. He tried to mask the concern and fear in his voice, but to no avail.
"I wouldn't think that someone as heartless and uncaring as you would care even if I was! I'm physically well, but inside is another story completely, not that you would know emotion! You pulled me away from my family! All I had in life!" She tried to remain strong in his presence, but despite her efforts a new wave of tears rolled down her flushed cheeks. Realizing this, she turned away from him
"I don't deny it," he said quietly. "But your assumption of me not knowing emotion was less accurate." She remained facing the opposite wall. "Please listen," he said, laying a hand gently on her shoulder. She shrugged it off with a quick and cold motion. He made no more effort to console her, but began his story.
"When I was ten years old, I lived in a small home with my parents on the Nile. I was a content only child. One day, however, everything changed. My parents left with a caravan to a distant land. They promised me they would return within the next few days. I waited. First a week, then a month, then six months. I refused to accept the fact that they weren't coming back. Finally, on my eleventh birthday, I absorbed the obvious. They were never going to be by my side to guide me again. Never," Seth's voice began to waver. "You're not the only one that knows loss," he finished, finally relenting to the tears that had been gathering at the corners of his eyes.
She turned to face him. For a moment, the entire world seemed to pause as the two sets of teary eyes met. He put his arm around her. She acted as though she would not allow it at first, but relaxed. Suddenly, she threw her arms around his neck and just sobbed. He slowly pulled her into an embrace.
"I am called Sapphire," the girl whispered into his ear.
He held her tight and whispered "Sapphire."
There they sat. From two separate worlds, but not as distant as they had thought.
Seth and Sapphire.