CHAPTER 3

"Sister Natasha, what are you thinking about?" Sister Cami with fear in her voice asked me, I had never been a talker and for one never believed in the power of team work.

I was a one woman team, though most of my sisters saw it as pride Lord Rahl didn't seem to mind actually I think he found it kind of amusing and I trigging that such a young woman could hold such power.

I was too old to be trained as a mordsith when I was found but my trained saw something different in me, something special, I wont lie I was happy to become a mordsith than a slave , it was what I came to D'hara for, to become a mordsith and to kill that wretched male confessor wizard who was destined to destroy the worlds both new and old

" Do you really want to know what to know what I was thinking Sister Cami" I said as stood up and took a menacing step toward her making her cower even though she didn't show it outwardly I could feel her fear and I enjoyed it.

After a few seconds I step away and allowed her talk"No" she said firmly, just wanted to let you know that our lord requires your presence in the court room immediately" I smiled liked the cheesier cat from Alice in wonderland, a book I had read as a child, and said "thank you sister" before leaving for the court room

I finally arrived in the court room to find lord Rahl alone in the court room, I didn't bother bowing, and I only did that when we had audience to watch our marvelous performance.

"my lord, you called for me" I said "you want to continue our little play, without any audience darling" he said while approaching me with his hand behind his back

" I just thought that since your birthday is next week and guests are going to be everywhere I better get in character so I don't need to get punished" I said in a monotone manner

"don't worry about the guests my darling, we are going on a trip" although I was surprised I didn't let it show and asked with tea party interest "if I may know father where will we be going?" his response almost made me choke even though there was nothing in my mouth "we are going to the midlands my sweetheart"

DA DA DA DUH

"Try to knock me down again, and this time do it right " Shota said to me, I had been distracted throughout the lesson I was shocked. I couldn't go back yet I wasn't ready to face them, well was ready in respect to my powers but not emotionally wise, I had no idea how my family would react to seeing me, the long lost daughter, back home.

"Helloooooooo!, where is your mind little Natasha or should I call you….." I interrupted Shota couldn't let her call me by my real name, it brought back too many memories

"Don't you dare to do that Shota, you know that I don't like it" I said to Shota in a serious tone " calm down princess, I was just trying to get your attention" Shota said that in an annoying tone

"I am going back to the midlands" I told Shota while inspecting the flowers in the field we were in, I was dressed in a modest green peasant dress that seemed to make my eyes pop out and was wearing my sword pendant.

"Well you seem to be half way there" Shota said, then my pride took over, I swirled around and threw Shota to the nearest tree and said "what did you just say?" "I said you are ready" Shota responded

"Better, now where were we, Yes you promised to give me a certain spell book" I said a manner I had learnt from my adopted father Darken Rahl " The book is very dangerous, no one knows what lays within, not even me because the creator forbade it " Shota said, I was amused at how she thought I was going to buy her whole act of being an obedient servant of the creator

" Come on, Shota the creator also forbids tricking nature and looking forever young but here you are a century or so years old not looking a day over 30 years, soo if the book hasn't been opened it's because you can't" do it Shota darling, so let's cut to the chase and just give me the book" I said with huge grin on my face

"It's so funny how well you know me, you want the book" she said and brought it from thin air and tossed it at me "You can have it , but the consequences are dire" she completed and then disappeared just like Shota to be dramatic.

I was going to figure out this book no matter what the consequences might be

Today I decided to go ahead to spy into the next town before Lord Rahl got there , I was dressed in my usual green dress, I was walking through town, nothing seemed to wrong but I had to be sure, it was time to bring out the arsenal

"Mam what would you like to buy, we have apples, oranges even rare grapes fit for beautiful queen like you" a man who was selling fruits said to me. I turned around and looked at him and said

"Sir are you sure they are really fresh" I replied

"They are the best in the land" he said

"Well I'll have this one , this one and this one…." I stopped in the middle of the sentence pretending to be dizzy

"Are you okay mam ?" he asked moving towards me time to make my move

"I'm okay" I said, now he was behind me with his hands on my waist, then I knew it was the moment and then I pretended to faint

I heard people shouting then I felt myself being carried and I pretended to be unconscious

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After a the whole scene I was brought to a hut of a woman named Carlista, she was the town's healer, she was a young woman probably in her late thirties probably had one or two kids. I finally decided that I was tired of playing pretend, so I started to rise up slowly then she rushed to my side and pushed back unto the bed gently

"You shouldn't try to stand you just fainted, how do you feel?" she asked with so much concern

"I feel dizzy, I also feel like throwing up and…. What is that smell" I asked faking being irritated by the smell

"It's just milk" she said

"Are you sure it's just milk, it smells so bad" I lied

" Yes and you have to drink it to get your strength back" she said

I shook my head

" Come on you have to take it unless the medicine will not work" she tried

"Okay" I said and then gulped it all down

"That's a good girl" she said as if she were talking to a little child

And then I ran outside and threw up everything I had eaten throughout the day which wasn't much

"What's wrong with me?" I asked with my most adorable face as I turned to face Carlista who was behind me

"Let's go inside" and we did and then she began to ask me questions

"What is your name?"she asked

"Mera, daughter of a farmer John Carson" I answered without hesitation

"Are you married or single?" she asked

"I am a widow, I lost my husband last month" I answered then I decided to put more life into my acting , I started to sob

"Carl was everything to me, I don't know what I'll do without him" she bought it and came over to soothed me although I hated to be touched it was vital for me to play the poor widow

"and now I have nothing of him with me, the thieves who killed him burnt down our house and left him outside" I continued to cry

"It's okay" she said and I finally calmed down so only sniffles could be heard in place of my sobs

"I am sorry for making you relive such memories" she said with such sympathy it was almost comical

"Sorry, but you have to answer this last question for me to be sure of what you have, can you do that for me. I nodded

She asked when last I had seen my blood and I told her two to three months ago

And then she said "I think you're pregnant Mera" then I burst into tears "Carl always wanted us to have a baby and now he's gone" I said

"calm down Mera , everything will be just fine" she said rocking me back and forth until I decide to go to sleep

THE NEXT DAY

I woke up that morning and went out only to meet the man I met yesterday at market, chopping fire wood. He looked up and asked " how are you feeling "

"I am fine, have you seen Carlista?" said while leaning on the door frame

"She went out to drop the kids at school, is there anything you need" he asked

I hated to admit but the potion was quite potent, you see I used a potion to induce those symptoms and the only way to undo it is to take the cure, I do not see the appeal of feeling this way, the nausea, the dizzy spells and tiredness. Why would anyone want this?

"Are you her husband?" I asked for the sake of it

"Yes I am, Lista is the best thing that ever happened to me, before she came into my life I was just a poor sales man moving from town to town but when I met Lista I knew she was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life.

But wooing her wasn't easy I had to give up roaming around and settled down here a became an established fruit trader with a farm and bought the land for this house and the land for planting after awhile of sending her flowers and notes she finally noticed me and we started courting…" that was the last thing that I heard before everything started spinning, my vision began to blur and fell to the ground

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