(?'s POV)
Another furious sob escaped my chest and burst out through my mouth. How - why did this happen?
Shelly.
My mother.
She was dead.
She was dead.
My mother's body had never been shown to public. According to the rumors, Shelly Rainsworth had been savagely attacked by an assassin from the neighboring country. Her body had been so gruesomely disfigured and mauled that it was too violent a sight to be shown in public.
Everyone bought that nonsense.
I know better.
The last time I spoke to Mother, the last time I saw her, she was headed off to the palace to see Arte and the prince.
The prince.
It was him.
It was him who'd done it!
He killed my mother! Him! HIM!
Everyone knew that Prince Xerxes had always found Shelly annoying and overbearing, and everyone knew that he'd always planned to execute her one day.
And to day was that "one day".
Today was when it had happened!
That tyrant of a ruler had ordered my mother killed! It was him! It was his fault! It was all his fault!
My fists clenched, and my nails dug into my palm so hard that I had to stop or tear my skin.
More tears streamed down my face, wetting my cheeks. They felt like burning fire to match the inferno that had sparked in my heart.
Mother...
You will not be forgotten like this. Not by me. I will avenge you!
I ground my teeth together, determination beginning to dry my eyes. I would never give up doing this, until I succeeded or died.
Mother, don't worry. I will avenge you. I'll see to it that that brat of a prince's head rolls from his shoulders! I'll attest it with my own two eyes! I'll smell with my own nose his blood splattering on the ground, just like he ordered so many people killed!
He.
Will.
Pay.
I was going to get revenge, retribution, for Mother.
Prince Xerxes was as good as dead.
Get ready, you piece of scum. Somehow, somehow, I will kill the one responsible for this! For Mother's death!
Hatred.
Anger.
Fury.
Loathing.
Total, unadulterated loathing.
Pure, world-shaking hatred.
Wrath consumed me.
Thirst for vengeance devoured me.
Mother was going to be avenged.
I was going to avenge her.
Mother...for the sake of avenging you...
I...
Will even become evil.
Here's the next update! Even though I didn't mention who's POV it was, I'm pretty sure you guys could figure it out. I mean...just look at the picture.
As usual, thanks for reading! *cuddles* I'll see you awesome people soon!