Chapter 20
Somewhere in the universe, a woman sat on a throne swathed in darkness, the air around her crackling with anger. A lone figure crouched in front of her, shivering.
"Mistress, please, please forgive me! I know I have-"
"I do not want excuses." The woman said quietly, closing her eyes and willing the darkness around her to calm. She took a breath. "I want results. And for those results, I want that girl dead."
"Mistress, please just one more chance! I beg of you!" The creature bent lower, giving his pleads to the floor.
Silence permeated the room, broken irregularly by the creature's ragged sobs. "Please."
"You have failed me too many times, you worthless nit." Anger flared again, and the darkness began to vibrate once more. "I have no use for you." She concluded simply.
The hunched creature let loose a broken howl of pain as flames engulfed his figure. The woman breathed in the wave of heat that washed over her and she smiled. The dying fire revealed a sunken face with fierce amber eyes glaring from the depth of her skull. Harsh black hair was twisted and pulled into a loop on the back of her narrow head. A deep red robe set on her lithe frame, its shadows dancing with the vanishing flames. The fire died away and the woman was left again with her darkness.
Darkness twisted in front of her and a crimson orb appeared. Letting her hands rest on it, she took a slow breath and let an image filter through the crimson. A girl, about her age and height walked quickly across a gold-tiled floor in socked feet. The woman let her hands fall to her sides as she smiled. "Never send a nit to do a woman's job." Smile widening, she reached forward again and bent over the orb. "Now, it's my turn."
I'm sorry!!!!! I really wanted to update sooner, but, sadly, I'm really not feeling this story right now... The thought even entered my head to just skip all the nice stuff I had planned and end it in the next chapter, but I'm hoping I'll get some inspiration soon. So don't worry, I will try to update soon, and don't be mad I couldn't update sooner with a longer chapter... Though this chapter itself was just to give some background info on what is happening to Rei. If you didn't catch it, the underling was the one who kept trying to kill Rei, but since he failed too many times, someone new is going to try and kill her. Well, I hope it clears every thing up! Once again, don't be mad, but if you must be, tell me in a review!
Somewhere in the universe, a woman sat on a throne swathed in darkness, the air around her crackling with anger. A lone figure crouched in front of her, shivering.
"Mistress, please, please forgive me! I know I have-"
"I do not want excuses." The woman said quietly, closing her eyes and willing the darkness around her to calm. She took a breath. "I want results. And for those results, I want that girl dead."
"Mistress, please just one more chance! I beg of you!" The creature bent lower, giving his pleads to the floor.
Silence permeated the room, broken irregularly by the creature's ragged sobs. "Please."
"You have failed me too many times, you worthless nit." Anger flared again, and the darkness began to vibrate once more. "I have no use for you." She concluded simply.
The hunched creature let loose a broken howl of pain as flames engulfed his figure. The woman breathed in the wave of heat that washed over her and she smiled. The dying fire revealed a sunken face with fierce amber eyes glaring from the depth of her skull. Harsh black hair was twisted and pulled into a loop on the back of her narrow head. A deep red robe set on her lithe frame, its shadows dancing with the vanishing flames. The fire died away and the woman was left again with her darkness.
Darkness twisted in front of her and a crimson orb appeared. Letting her hands rest on it, she took a slow breath and let an image filter through the crimson. A girl, about her age and height walked quickly across a gold-tiled floor in socked feet. The woman let her hands fall to her sides as she smiled. "Never send a nit to do a woman's job." Smile widening, she reached forward again and bent over the orb. "Now, it's my turn."
I'm sorry!!!!! I really wanted to update sooner, but, sadly, I'm really not feeling this story right now... The thought even entered my head to just skip all the nice stuff I had planned and end it in the next chapter, but I'm hoping I'll get some inspiration soon. So don't worry, I will try to update soon, and don't be mad I couldn't update sooner with a longer chapter... Though this chapter itself was just to give some background info on what is happening to Rei. If you didn't catch it, the underling was the one who kept trying to kill Rei, but since he failed too many times, someone new is going to try and kill her. Well, I hope it clears every thing up! Once again, don't be mad, but if you must be, tell me in a review!