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chapter 13 (5 weeks later) Haunted
The wet ground was cold from the rain pouring down from the sky, washing the red and black blood away. The war was finally over and thousands of Orcs, Men and Elves lay slain on the ground in the rain.
It was hard to keep myself from vomiting. Many of the slain were my friends, now their lives are just a memory. Vedurion being one of the many who parished.
There were no smiles on any of the faces of the army as we marched home. We hurried. Word came about the attack on the castle three weeks ago.
My stomach was turning from the nervousness I felt. I prayed Reagan and Julia were unharmed. I prayed anyone was unharmed. But, each time I tried to think of anyone else, every thought revolved around the ebony haired vixen who stole my heart.
Almost a month has passed since I have layed eyes on her beautiful face, and I long to touch her with every ounce of my being. When we reached the southern edge of the woods, a group of 15 Elves were waiting on us. Each looked as if they had been through their own war.
I stepped up to the leader of the group as he bowed his head, handing me a piece of parchment. I kept my eyes on his face as I opened the letter before reading it.
What I read made me close my eyes and sigh as I fell to my knees. Reagan was missing and Julia was deathly ill from a fever.
"Mattox.." Vildervin put his hand around my arm and pulled me up to face him. "Ill kill him." I mumbled, squeezing the note in my hand with rage.
I was blinded by my own anger and tears. I vowed then and there, Orion would not take her away from me. Not when I just found her...
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"Julia..Please, you have to eat." Tillion paced the floor at the foot of the young girls bed as Lilith, the castle medicine woman tried to spoon feed Julia.
Beads of sweat rolled down her pale forehead as she shook her head with a moan. Her blue eyes held dark circles under them and seemed to be getting darker every day.
Lilith finally got one spoonfull of rice in her mouth. The Elf took this time to wash the food down with some water which held medicine.
Julia swallowed it and coughed, rolling over on her side and burrying her face in the white pillow. A soft knock on the door sounded and Tillion reached for the handle.
"Mattox!" He pushed Mattox out into the hallway and sighed heavily. "Lilith says there is little hope for her. And we've searched every inch of the woods and outer regions of the land for Reagan. The only thing we have found is shreds of cloth from some of her clothes. Nothing else."
The young prince gripped his friends shoulder as Mattox closed his eyes, covering his face with his hands. Mattox lifted his eyes to the door and pointed at it.
"If we get Reagan back, Julia would surely recover. I have to find Reagan, Tillion." They shared an embrace before Mattox backed away, walking into Reagans room. Before he closed the door, he looked at Tillion and repeated his vow.
"I will find her." He closed the door and walked to the bed, grazing his hand over the pillow. It seemed like yesterday when she was laying there smiling at him with her hypnotising green eyes. Mattox shed his clothes and layed in the warmth of the bed, grasping the soft fur blanket.
He burried his face in the white pillow and took in her smell. It was still there, after a month. It still stayed to haunt him.
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My arms were sore from fetching Orion his meals, blankets, fire wood and anything else he desired. I wished I could fall dead from exhaustion, but I still stood each day to tend to his every need.
Even when that need was me. What could I do but give in? If I didn't he beat me. I would rather have physical abuse than have the pain he was causing deep inside me.
My heart felt like it had shriveled into nothing-ness, leaving an empty black hole. "Reagan dear?" I cringed at his voice before turning to face his dark eyes. "Yes my Lord?"
"Fetch me another pitcher of Ale." I barely had time to catch the pitcher before it crashed to the ground. I poured it slowly, looking around the kitchen for any possible posions to cast into his ale.
Nothing was available. I carried it carefully back to him and set it in his hands.
"You look ill. Rest a while, I will be fine alone." I smirked and bowed in front of him. "As you wish, my Lord." His eyes danced with amusement at my tone of voice.
There was one thing decent about him, if it's decent at all. He allowed me to share his bed, but at the cost of rape. I had become so used to it, I barely refused anymore.
I merely cried until he left me alone and then I screamed in my pillow, cursing myself and him for all of this. Tears streamed down my face, making me wonder if there was a time in the past month that I had stopped crying.
As soon as I layed down, my stomach shifted, causing me to raise back up and run to a pail in the corner of the room. I emptied my stomach and fell back on my rear, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. My forehead was warm and a bead of sweat rolled down my temple.
I raised my tired eyes to the door to see Orion standing there, his eyebrow raised. He looked generally surprised, making me smirk wickedly.
"Did you actually think that you could rape me night after night and I would never get--"
"Shut up you filthy wench." His words stung my heart deeply. I watched, frightened as he walked to me and picked me up by my shoulders. He sneered and set me down on the bed.
"Stay where you are. If you take one step toward this door Ill slap you so hard, you wish you were dead." I gaped at him as he slammed the bedroom door shut, locking it with the key.
His boots sounded through the whole end of the castle as he made his way out into the streets. I layed against the pillows and cried for the third time today.
Even on my 18th birthday, I am heart broken. Deep inside I knew Orion wasn't the father to my baby. I knew I was pregnant a few days after Mattox left. I feared I would never see him again, however. In fact, something deep inside me told me I wasn't ever going to see him again....
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chapter 13 (5 weeks later) Haunted
The wet ground was cold from the rain pouring down from the sky, washing the red and black blood away. The war was finally over and thousands of Orcs, Men and Elves lay slain on the ground in the rain.
It was hard to keep myself from vomiting. Many of the slain were my friends, now their lives are just a memory. Vedurion being one of the many who parished.
There were no smiles on any of the faces of the army as we marched home. We hurried. Word came about the attack on the castle three weeks ago.
My stomach was turning from the nervousness I felt. I prayed Reagan and Julia were unharmed. I prayed anyone was unharmed. But, each time I tried to think of anyone else, every thought revolved around the ebony haired vixen who stole my heart.
Almost a month has passed since I have layed eyes on her beautiful face, and I long to touch her with every ounce of my being. When we reached the southern edge of the woods, a group of 15 Elves were waiting on us. Each looked as if they had been through their own war.
I stepped up to the leader of the group as he bowed his head, handing me a piece of parchment. I kept my eyes on his face as I opened the letter before reading it.
What I read made me close my eyes and sigh as I fell to my knees. Reagan was missing and Julia was deathly ill from a fever.
"Mattox.." Vildervin put his hand around my arm and pulled me up to face him. "Ill kill him." I mumbled, squeezing the note in my hand with rage.
I was blinded by my own anger and tears. I vowed then and there, Orion would not take her away from me. Not when I just found her...
~~
"Julia..Please, you have to eat." Tillion paced the floor at the foot of the young girls bed as Lilith, the castle medicine woman tried to spoon feed Julia.
Beads of sweat rolled down her pale forehead as she shook her head with a moan. Her blue eyes held dark circles under them and seemed to be getting darker every day.
Lilith finally got one spoonfull of rice in her mouth. The Elf took this time to wash the food down with some water which held medicine.
Julia swallowed it and coughed, rolling over on her side and burrying her face in the white pillow. A soft knock on the door sounded and Tillion reached for the handle.
"Mattox!" He pushed Mattox out into the hallway and sighed heavily. "Lilith says there is little hope for her. And we've searched every inch of the woods and outer regions of the land for Reagan. The only thing we have found is shreds of cloth from some of her clothes. Nothing else."
The young prince gripped his friends shoulder as Mattox closed his eyes, covering his face with his hands. Mattox lifted his eyes to the door and pointed at it.
"If we get Reagan back, Julia would surely recover. I have to find Reagan, Tillion." They shared an embrace before Mattox backed away, walking into Reagans room. Before he closed the door, he looked at Tillion and repeated his vow.
"I will find her." He closed the door and walked to the bed, grazing his hand over the pillow. It seemed like yesterday when she was laying there smiling at him with her hypnotising green eyes. Mattox shed his clothes and layed in the warmth of the bed, grasping the soft fur blanket.
He burried his face in the white pillow and took in her smell. It was still there, after a month. It still stayed to haunt him.
~~
My arms were sore from fetching Orion his meals, blankets, fire wood and anything else he desired. I wished I could fall dead from exhaustion, but I still stood each day to tend to his every need.
Even when that need was me. What could I do but give in? If I didn't he beat me. I would rather have physical abuse than have the pain he was causing deep inside me.
My heart felt like it had shriveled into nothing-ness, leaving an empty black hole. "Reagan dear?" I cringed at his voice before turning to face his dark eyes. "Yes my Lord?"
"Fetch me another pitcher of Ale." I barely had time to catch the pitcher before it crashed to the ground. I poured it slowly, looking around the kitchen for any possible posions to cast into his ale.
Nothing was available. I carried it carefully back to him and set it in his hands.
"You look ill. Rest a while, I will be fine alone." I smirked and bowed in front of him. "As you wish, my Lord." His eyes danced with amusement at my tone of voice.
There was one thing decent about him, if it's decent at all. He allowed me to share his bed, but at the cost of rape. I had become so used to it, I barely refused anymore.
I merely cried until he left me alone and then I screamed in my pillow, cursing myself and him for all of this. Tears streamed down my face, making me wonder if there was a time in the past month that I had stopped crying.
As soon as I layed down, my stomach shifted, causing me to raise back up and run to a pail in the corner of the room. I emptied my stomach and fell back on my rear, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. My forehead was warm and a bead of sweat rolled down my temple.
I raised my tired eyes to the door to see Orion standing there, his eyebrow raised. He looked generally surprised, making me smirk wickedly.
"Did you actually think that you could rape me night after night and I would never get--"
"Shut up you filthy wench." His words stung my heart deeply. I watched, frightened as he walked to me and picked me up by my shoulders. He sneered and set me down on the bed.
"Stay where you are. If you take one step toward this door Ill slap you so hard, you wish you were dead." I gaped at him as he slammed the bedroom door shut, locking it with the key.
His boots sounded through the whole end of the castle as he made his way out into the streets. I layed against the pillows and cried for the third time today.
Even on my 18th birthday, I am heart broken. Deep inside I knew Orion wasn't the father to my baby. I knew I was pregnant a few days after Mattox left. I feared I would never see him again, however. In fact, something deep inside me told me I wasn't ever going to see him again....
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