Hey guys, Moose here! Every now and then, a chapter is going to be a flashback chapter, showing Alleielyn's life before she was thrown into prison. I'm not going to do one every other chapter, but I will put a little note before the beginning of the chapter to let you guys know. Okay, time for the story-telling to continue!
This is a flashback chapter.
The door opened suddenly, nearly flying off of its hinges. The sudden loud noise in the small space of Beggar's Row made me jump suddenly, crumbs of bread drifting to the ground as I stood in a flash. An Imperial boot had found its way into the empty room, the rest of its armored self along with it. Two Imperial soldiers, both in shining steel armor accompanied by none other than Maven Black-Briar.
Hard looks were engraved in the soldiers faces and Maven seemed to have an appearance of delight on her mask of disgust as she spoke, "Well, well, what do we have here?" She began, her arms crossed, stepping in front of the two men, "It seems that a little rat found its way into my pocket and took something of mine. I want it back." Maven reached out her hand expectantly, waiting for me to hand over what I stole.
I shook my head a bit, my eyes wide and fearful. I clutched my stomach as if I were going to lose it, "No please, Ma'am," I begged, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to steal the bread. It was just that i was so hungry and I saw-"
Maven cut me off with a simple wave of her hand, I could tell that her patience was thinning with me. I looked at the only exit out of this hole and there were two large guards in my way, along with Maven. There would be no way out until I gave her what she wanted. "You idiot," she hissed, her patience had worn out, "I'm not here for the stupid bread. I'm here for what was inside the bread."
I glanced down at the stone, It had fell onto my bed roll when I stood. It was small and absolutely flawless. It even gave off a small shine, despite the darkness that was Beggars Row. I knelt down, and graced my hand over the smoothness before gently grasping it and standing, "This is what you want? A rock?" I held it up between my index finger and thumb. The stone appeared to have gotten smaller, from being as big as a septim to almost a third of its size. The stone was so beautiful and hypnotizing. I could hear Maven speaking in the background as my body seemed to move out of my control as my hand placed the stone into my mouth.
"What do you think you are doing, you imbecile!" Mavens shouting shattered whatever illusion I was in and I found myself closing my mouth and swallowing. Maven leapt at me, screeching like a banshee, clawing at my mouth, "Open your mouth, you filthy elf, open your god-damned mouth!"
The guards rushed to her, holding each of her arms firmly, pulling her off of me, "Lady Maven, it's too late, I'm sorry," the guard to her left spoke in a gentle yet firm tone.
Maven shook the guards off of her and knelt down to me, her hand was open over her shoulder and steel dagger was placed in it. Her face was red and her eyes were nearly bulging out of her head. She clenched that dagger as if it would save her life and she leapt onto me once again, sitting on my stomach, my arms pinned my her knees. Her face grew dark as she traced the outline of my mouth with that knife. She sliced quickly and deeply, screaming obscenities at me as her fury grew more and more. I was unable to defend myself as I kicked my legs and tried to move my head away from her. Blood filled my mouth and I tasted the steel of the blade. Maven was attacking my mouth, trying to pry it open, "Spit it out, damn you," she yelled, "spit it out!"
I'm sorry that his chapter took a few days to upload, I was going to release it a day ago, but I had heard the unfortunate news that a friend of mine has passed away. As hard as it is to say that, I want you to know that I will be alright and that I am keeping his family in my thoughts for the next few days.