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Obsession - Chapter One Hundred Thirty
Sia stood before a table with her back turned to the door when she heard it open up behind her while her guards granted her visitor access inside.
Just as she turned her head to find herself gazing back at Shima as he closed the door behind him.
Her golden eyes took note of the man's unassuming dress as he moved forward to greet her.
He was someone that she has known for several years now.
The man was her instructor in her medical training.
And not only that.
After she became embroiled in the revolutionary movement to her surprise he came on board.
And she has since organized a network where she arranges physicians like Shima to go treat sick and injured Fire Nationals in the rural islands at her expense.
"That was some speech you gave out there." Shima stated in an impressed voice while the young woman smiled slightly back at him.
"What I can I say? I have a passion for helping the people. Someone has to take a stand. If I don't…who will?" Sia responded in an introspective voice as the physician stood gazing back at her with a smile on his lips.
"I know you do. I wanted to let you know that I have been appointed a station in Hari Bulkan as an on call royal physician for Princess Azula." Shima admitted with noticeable displeasure in his voice as the young noblewoman turned to him with her eyes widened in shock.
"That's…unfortunate. You have my sympathies." Sia answered with a grimace on her lips while the doctor numbly nodded his head.
"Yes…well. Because of my promotion it won't be safe for us to meet as often as we were before. Which means that you will have to find other doctors to fill in in my place." Shima explained with his hands in his pockets while the young woman nodded her head in understanding.
"I should be able to work something out. Just try to avoid displeasing her. You know how Princess Azula gets when she is displeased." Sia advised in a cautious voice as she gazed back at the man's fearful face in pity.
"I…am well aware of the rumors." Shima sighed in a resigned voice while the young noble frowned in agreement.
And then Sia paused for the briefest of moments as if she was in deep thought before she turned to gaze back at the man once more.
"So, I hear…that you are treating that foreign royal servant of hers…Elle…" Sia trailed off as the doctor nodded as he pushed up his glasses with his fingertip.
"Yes. She has a lung condition of unknown origin. Surprisingly enough…the princess seems…to value her more than the others." Shima informed as Sia held a pondering hand underneath her chin.
"I have heard that she possesses incredible power." Sia spoke in a pensive fashion as Shima shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't have any information for you in regards to that. At any rate…since your sister is working directly with the princess. You would likely have greater access to that sort of thing than me." Shima remarked in suggestive voice while the young noblewoman gave him an understanding nod.
"Right. I'll look into it." Sia stated in a thoughtful voice while the doctor turned to walk away.
"I have to get going…it isn't good for me to linger around here." Shima began in a concerned voice as Sia turned to face him.
"Of course, Shima. You have a pleasant night." Sia concluded as she watched the man offer her a parting smile.
"You as well Sia." Shima replied before he strode towards the door while the young woman observed him walking away.
And not a moment after that the man departed through the doors.
Sia turned away to stare down at her table as she shifted through several documents with a contemplative expression in her eyes.
Before her golden eyes settled on a diagram of Hari Bulkan.
As the lamps in the room illuminated her deadly urgent face.
'They have given me no choice! I must act…for the sake of the people!' Sia thought as she clenched her fists over the diagram while a resolute expression overtook her face.
The following day in the early morning hours at the Song clan Hari Bulkan estate.
Yoko sat at the head of a long dinner table eating her breakfast.
Her house servant Mio stood before the table with her hands clasped waiting to fulfill the families every order.
Just before the governor turned to gaze through the corner of her eye to see her youngest daughter sitting down at the table.
"You were out late last night." Yoko commented in a formal voice while her daughter gracefully seated herself.
As Mio quickly made her way over to serve the young noblewoman.
"I was visiting a few girls from university." Sia responded in a calm voice while her mother rose a brow as she eyed her closely.
"I still don't understand why you persist with this university." Yoko commented as she stared back at her daughter with rigid golden eyes while the young woman waved her servant off.
"That's not necessary Mio. I can attend to myself." Sia assured in a gentler voice than she used with her mother while her mother still eyed her carefully.
While the house servant reluctantly allowed the young noble to serve herself.
"Because it interests me." Sia remarked in a firmer voice as she put food on her plate while her parent still gazed back at her stonily.
"Medical school is undignified for a woman of the Song clan." Yoko complained in a stony voice before she resumed eating her meal.
Sia made no comment as she continued to serve herself a plate.
Only for the two nobles to turn to see Zoi entering the dining hall in fine red robes.
Just as Yoko's eyes sharpened with an ever so slightly colder glint when she saw a young woman standing behind her eldest daughter.
"And just who is this Zoi?" Yoko inquired in a nearly emotionless voice while her oldest daughter gestured to the young woman behind her.
As Jiao wisely kept her mouth shut as she bent over to give a bow to Yoko with her hands positioned together behind her lover's back.
"Mother, this is Jiao. She is a close friend of mine. Would you mind if she dined with us this morning?" Zoi answered in as proper of a voice as she could muster while her mother's golden eyes still lingered on her bowing lover.
Sia began to eat as she resisted the urge to snort in amusement as she kept up a straight face.
She knew full well that the seductress was much more than that.
"What have I told you about bringing guests here Zoi?" Yoko asked in a courtly voice while the captain just sighed as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Is that a no then?" Zoi pondered in a composed voice while her mother frowned at the woman bowing behind her.
"I will allow it. Provided that she behaves herself." Yoko stated in the voice of a true matriarch while Zoi cracked a small smile as she offered her a nod of understanding.
Jiao bowed her head in respect as she followed the warrior to sit down at the table.
And then soon the captain and the seductress seated themselves a proper distance away from each other.
Mio stepped forward to wait on the captain and her companion.
"Would you like your usual this morning, my lady?" Mio questioned in a professional voice as the warrior nodded her head.
"Yes, Mio that will do just fine." Zoi responded with a smile on her lips while the woman began to set out food for her on her plate.
"Thank you for allowing me a place at your table Governor Yoko." Jiao spoke in a restrained voice while the older woman gazed back at her stonily.
"Don't overthink it. It is for this morning only." Yoko replied in a regal voice while Jiao nodded her head in comprehension.
"That will do Mio." Zoi assured in a friendly voice while the woman nodded as she ceased scooping food onto her plate.
"What is it that you do Jiao?" Yoko questioned in a stoic voice as she stared back at the young woman's smiling face.
Both sisters remained silent as they watched their mother stare the seductress down.
"I am a performer." The seductress responded without delay with a charming smile on her lips while the servant began to set food on her plate.
Sia swallowed her food as she never missed the double meaning behind the woman's answer.
"A performer? As in an actress?" Yoko pondered once more as she held her chin up in her hands with the tiniest margin of curiosity in her eyes.
"That is correct governor. I have been in numerous small plays. I aspire to eventually work my way up to the capital stage." Jiao spoke in an eloquent voice while the older woman's eyes flickered with slight intrigue.
"Interesting. I have always held an admiration for the performing arts." Yoko commented with a hint of keenness for the subject making its way into her voice.
The seductress gazed back at the older woman with understanding blue eyes.
"Mio. Grab yourself a plate. Have a seat and eat with us." Zoi declared as she gazed at the house servant with a small smile on her lips.
Mio turned to glance uncertainly back at Yoko as the older woman gazed between her daughter and her.
"Mistress?" Mio asked in a respectful voice as she waited for the older woman to voice that she was allowed to eat with the family.
"Come on Mother. She's been with us for a long time." Zoi reasoned as she gazed back at her mother's stony countenance.
Sia gazed between her mother and their servant with a knowing expression in her eyes.
This wouldn't be the first time that their mother had allowed Mio to eat at their table.
And she knew well enough that her mother was more concerned with the image of their clan in front of guests.
Only for the older woman to let out a sigh as she nodded her head while the young house servant smiled gratefully back at her.
"You may have a seat Mio." Yoko announced in a dignified voice while the young woman bowed in appreciation.
"Thank you, Mistress. It is most generous of you." Mio stated with a smile while the noblewoman stared back at her with the tiniest sliver of fondness in her rigid eyes.
And with that she began to serve herself a plate.
Before she strode quietly towards a seat that was off to the side of her mistress.
And then she sat down to the right of the older woman.
The two sisters gazed on knowingly as they began to eat themselves.
As the two siblings made no comment when the young woman sat down beside their mother.
And just the same.
Their mother made no move to tell the younger woman to choose a different seat.
And soon enough Mio took to eating beside Yoko.
The older woman resumed eating her meal as she never once showed any signs that it bothered her that her house servant was sitting beside her.
And even though the matriarch would not openly say it out loud.
The reason why she allowed it was because Mio had been serving her for so long that she had almost become a companion of sorts for her in private.
Two hours later.
At the Fire Nation Royal Palace.
Azula and Zoi turned towards the door as they watched the former chancellor make his way into the princess's study.
They gazed back at the politician as they took quick note of the bruises on his neck.
As Terak shuffled in with his hands hidden in his sleeves as the two raised their brows over his wounds.
And then he stopped as he lowered himself to the ground as he prostrated himself to the princess in greeting while she coldly stared back down at him.
"Well, it looks like you are no longer Royal Chancellor." Azula remarked in a haughty voice with a smirk on her lips as she studied the man's smiling face closely.
"It matters not Princess. I am still an honorary member of the Song clan…" Terak trailed off as he stood up while he smiled back at the captain's stoic face.
As he then slunk forward while he approached the two women.
Zoi sat in her seat with her golden eyes taking attentive note of the hidden gleam of anger in the man's golden eyes.
"If it doesn't matter Terak. Then why do you look so livid?" Zoi pondered in a knowing voice while Terak continued to smile all the while as he came to a stop before them.
"Livid? I am not livid. I assure you that my mind is quite serene." Terak responded with his hands clasped together while a smile still adorned his lips.
The two women gazed back at the nobleman with a spark of entertainment in their eyes.
Yet at the same time they were wary.
Not of the former chancellor but of the possible fallout that the general's actions might have on inspiring even further rebellion.
"Sure, you are. And I am a proper lady." Zoi snorted in an unladylike manner while the princess listened in amusement beside her.
As Terak just smiled with his sleeves brushing together with his golden eyes taking great care to conceal his fury.
He exhaled slowly as the princess still eyed him with a smile on her lips.
"It's rather sad that you were brutalized so easily. You didn't even put up the slightest bit of a fight." Azula commented in a taunting voice while her callous eyes never left the politician's still smiling visage.
And for the briefest of instances the man's smile almost turned into a scowl.
"Not sad. I would much rather have a perceptive mind than simple brute force." Terak countered with a sharper edge to his voice while Azula still eyed him with a confident smile on her lips.
"Really? I suppose that's unfortunate for you then. Because I have both a brilliant mind and unrivalled might." Azula mocked in a prideful voice as she waved a hand before her sanguinely smirking face.
Terak turned away to gaze off at the wall with his hands clasping tightly underneath his sleeves.
"Terak…I know that you and I have had our differences. But I believe that I owe you a favor for rescuing us from our stranding, and it would be putting it mildly saying that I am pissed at that bastard for what he did in Shung Wu…" Zoi spoke as her voice returned to her razor focused demeanor while her princess turned to her in curiosity.
Terak listened with his golden eyes glancing over his robed shoulder.
"I would be more than happy to break his bones. It shouldn't be too hard for me to catch him off his guard." Zoi stated in a darkened voice with her golden eyes taking on a vengeful gleam.
As the princess stared back at her warrior with surprised amber golden eyes.
Only for the politician to turn back around to face the two women with his hands clasped together.
They now gazed back at him with slight bewilderment in his eyes to see him shaking his head.
"That is not necessary Captain. There is no need for such barbarity. I bear the general no ill will." Terak declared with a growing smile on his lips while the two highborn women stared at him incredulously.
"You mean to tell me that you aren't angry in the least?" Azula asked in an impassive voice as she scrutinized the shrewd man with calculating amber golden eyes.
"Hm. That is correct Princess. I hold no grudge against the general. It matters not to me who is Royal Chancellor. In fact, I even wish him all the good will in the world in his new position." Terak explained in a seemingly amicable voice as he held his head up while the two highborn women gazed back at him in disbelief.
'A mere beating will not sate me…I will not be satisfied with anything less than the utter destruction of his entire world as he knows it.' The former chancellor thought with his cunning golden eyes taking on a malevolent stare as a sinister smile still adorned his lips.
Azula and Zoi surveyed the politician with searching expressions in their eyes.
Only for the princess to shrug her shoulders in an uncaring fashion while she coldly stared back at the former chancellor's smiling face.
He may be able to deceive the majority of the royal court…
But she was able to see the conniving gleam in his eyes.
'He can scheme as much as he likes against General Meram…just as long as he knows who he serves.' Azula thought as she reclined in her seat with her callous amber golden eyes gazing back at the politician's visage.
"Truthfully, it doesn't matter to me if you do or don't. Just continue with our plan as we discussed and know that things will work out for you if you obey my absolute will." Azula remarked in an effortlessly commanding voice while the chancellor smiled widely as moved to walk away.
The captain for her part stared back at the man with a stony gaze refusing to believe that he truly held no grudge.
Even though she may not be as politically minded as her princess.
If there was one thing she knew.
It was that the man was not one to forget such a humiliation so easily.
"You need not worry Princess. Nothing has changed. Royal Chancellor or not, I still excel in my area of expertise. Our work will go on without interruption." Terak assured in a sly voice as he folded his sleeves before him while the two women stared back at him with composed eyes.
Before the princess sunk back on her throne with her arms spreading out on the sides of her lavish chair.
Her beyond imposing amber golden eyes stared penetratingly back at the man's smiling face as her gaze now reflected that of a true conqueror.
"Just remember one thing Terak. Never forget who you serve." Azula announced in a naturally authoritative voice with her intimidating amber golden eyes staring a hole through the man's skull.
And then she as the politician then bent over to give her a deep bow.
"I serve you, my princess." Terak replied as he bowed while the powerful princess gazed callously back at him.
"Good. It pleases me that you know your place. That is all. You can go now." Azula commented in a glacial voice as she lazily waved the man away while the politician smiled as he bowed his head.
"I live only to serve." Terak spoke in an amicable voice as he arose with a wide smile on his lips while his princess stared coldly back at him.
And then he turned around to walk away while his golden eyes shone with a scheming glimmer once more.
Azula observed the politician walk away with her frigid amber golden eyes staring ruthlessly after his back.
And soon enough the former chancellor closed the door behind him.
Before the princess let out a scathing snort as she turned to share a glance with her strongest soldier.
As the two firebenders gazed back at one another before they turned their eyes back to the closed chamber door.
The captain's golden eyes still conveyed her unfathomable fury towards the general.
"Princess..." Zoi began in a loyal voice as she sat gazing ahead in her chair while her leader turned to glance her way.
"What is it soldier?" Azula questioned with a tiny flicker of fondness in her callous voice.
Her strict amber golden eyes stared at the woman that she now come to consider as something akin to a sister to her.
And if there was one thing that gratified her.
It was that even though her father was still Fire Lord.
She had her own little group of subordinates who were loyal to her and her alone.
To them.
She was their one and only Fire Lord.
And there was something about that thought that had her lips curling into a pleased smile.
"I don't care what your father says. I am not letting Shung Wu go." Zoi stated with a steely conviction in her voice while her princess rose a regal brow.
Only for the merciless princess to let out a sigh as she sat back in her chair while her icy eyes still studied her companion closely.
She could only hope that her captain wouldn't do something idiotic like attack the general on palace grounds.
In Elle's servant quarters.
Elle sat in her chair before her painting stand with headphones over her head.
She carefully glided her paintbrush over the surface of the canvas as she meticulously painted her princess's divine lips.
And soon enough the image of her beautiful goddess began to finally take shape on the canvas.
As she listened to the sound of her mother's voice from one of her famous recorded lectures play in her ear.
"I urge everyone that is listening to consider what type of world that you want to live in. There is only one way forward and that is through peace. We must come together as one. If not…" Lana's voice spoke through the headphones into her daughter's captivated ears.
The handmaid's brush paused on the canvas with her amber eyes reflecting an intensely engrossed countenance.
As she sat unaware that her door was being opened in that very moment.
While the princess stepped into the servant's quarters chamber with her callous amber golden eyes gazing at her serving girl's seated back.
As she found herself unable to resist the way that her lips curved into a pleased smile when she saw that her pet was painting her likeness once again.
And that was when her ruthless amber golden eyes turned to gaze around the room in astonishment.
Her lipstick painted lips fell open in marvelment as she took in the vastly redecorated room.
The walls were now covered in countless images of her likeness!
She spun in a circle with her widening amber golden eyes sweeping about the wall of the room in astoundment.
The girl had hung up many tapestries of her royal visage that were now hanging all throughout the room!
And just like that her lips grew into an even larger excited smile of gratification as her delighted gaze inspected each and every decoration.
While just as many sketches of her image were hung up in various spots all around the chamber.
And then she reeled around with her hands hanging at her womanly hips to find herself staring at a framed painting hanging over her girlfriend's bedside.
It was a beautifully framed piece of art of her standing on a bridge with the Sun setting over her.
It didn't take long for her to realize that it was the painting that Ty Lee had told her about before they departed for their mission to hunt the Avatar.
And then she turned to gaze around with still stunned amber golden eyes as she drank in even more decorations depicting her royal countenance.
They weren't just decorations.
No.
Each and every one of them were tributes to her rule!
The girl literally turned her entire room into a small shrine in her image!
She was so greatly pleased by her servant's devotion that she barely took notice of the girl's infernal doll on display on her chamber bed.
Her lips now adorned a giant smile as she found herself twirling a perfect fingertip in her dark hair.
As she fought with every fiber of her being to stop the tiny blush from forming on her proud cheeks.
'This girl doesn't just serve me…. she really does worship me! I truly am…her goddess!' The princess thought with a smile of unrivaled satisfaction gracing her beautiful features.
And with that her elated amber golden eyes turned to gaze at her painting pet once more.
'I am loved…and it feels…glorious.' Azula thought with a truly rare grin of contentment on her face while her hand fell from her hair.
She gazed in gratification at her serving girl with a boundlessly possessive gleam reflecting in her controlling amber golden eyes.
Before she finally noticed that her pet was so embroiled in her artwork and her audio toy that she hadn't even noticed her enter.
Just before she began to saunter forward with her arms folded over her breasts while she still smiled at the girl's small back.
Only to find herself halting in her footsteps when her amber golden eyes widened in realization when she recognized a hauntingly familiar voice coming from her girlfriend's music player.
"Then there won't be a world left for us to live in. We as a species and all life on this planet as we know it…will cease to be. It is imperative that we change our ways and embrace peace. Otherwise, we are left with no other alternative but to face extinction." Lana informed in a pleading voice as her words flowed into her daughter's keenly listening ears.
Azula stood with her taken aback amber golden eyes gazing at the young girl's back.
And she couldn't help but find herself struck by the gravity of the words of her words of her lover's departed mother.
As she wondered to herself in captivation if the situation on her handmaid's world was really that grim.
She found herself sighing under her breath with her boots gliding across the floor deciding that she didn't want the girl dwelling on such dark thoughts.
And her smile had already given way to a displeased scowl while she came to a stop looming over her handmaid's seated back.
"Elle!" Azula called out in a demanding voice as her controlling amber golden eyes watched the girl jump up from her seat.
"A-Azula-sama!" Elle cried out in a surprised voice as she carefully set down her paint brush while taking care not to ruin her in progress painting.
And then she leaped to her feet as she set her headphones and music player on a nearby table.
Her cheeks heated up once more as she gazed up at her princess's beautifully stern face.
Just as she bent over in a polite bow at the hip while the older woman's lips almost curved into a smile.
"It took you long enough to notice my presence. I have only been standing here for almost two minutes." Azula scoffed in a harsh voice with her possessive amber golden eyes taking great delight in how the girl rapidly curtsied her.
"I-I didn't know that you were here Queen! Forgive me for not noticing sooner! Please let me get you seated!" Elle exclaimed in an adorably worshipful voice while Azula stood smiling over her once more.
And then she sprang from her bow while she scurried over to her desk to pull out her mistress's seat.
The princess strode forward with a gratified smile on her domineering lips.
Until she came to a stop gazing down at the girl lovably holding out her seat for her.
And then without further ado she gracefully plopped her robed bottom down in the chair.
All the while as she reclined with a broad smile on her lips as she stared back at her young girlfriend's pretty doting face.
"Yes, well. I will let it slide just this once. But should there be a repeat of this I will not hesitate to punish you." Azula huffed in an absolutely spoiled voice with her palms clasped in her lap.
Her smile grew when her handmaid bowed her head in a trained panic once more.
And she couldn't help but find that she was beginning to adore it when the girl addressed her as 'Queen'.
"I-I understand Azula-sama. Can…can I get you anything?" Elle pondered in a revering voice that had only grown since they returned home.
She gazed at her princess in endless worship as the woman sat smiling like a true queen at her desk.
"No. Just sit-down peasant…and tell me what it was that you were doing." Azula ordered in a naturally authoritative voice while she watched the girl quickly sit back down in her seat.
Before she turned her controlling gaze back to the girl's painting as her lips curved into a pleased smile once more.
It seemed to be shaping into an imposing painting of her seated on her throne gazing down at a yet to be revealed subject below.
"I-I was painting Her Highness." Elle admitted in a bashful voice as she tried to push down her sadness while she smiled with her hands nervously shifting in her lap.
The older woman smiled at her once more from where she sat before her.
"I can see that dear. I was more asking you about the inspiration behind this particular piece." Azula remarked in a sophisticated voice as she studied the painting with her regal amber golden eyes.
She turned her dominating eyes back to her handmaid's adorably worshipful face while her smile widened even further.
"T-this one is called Rule. It…it is symbolic of the way that you rule over me…providing me with all that I need to live." Elle explained in an obsessively enamored voice as she gazed back at the older woman's taken aback face in adoration.
The mighty princess sunk back in her seat with her amazed lips still reflecting her awe over how deeply the girl worshipped her.
As she held a flattered fingertip underneath her as she scanned the piece with an enlarging smile.
"It's a fitting name. I approve of this tribute…can I ask why my likeness now covers your entire chamber?" Azula questioned in a voice of true royalty while she turned to gaze back at her girlfriend's timid face.
"B-because you're my queen and I feel safer when I am surrounded by you. O-of course I'll take it all down if it bothers you." Elle stammered in a self-conscious voice as she chewed on her lip in worry only for her mistress to quickly shake her beautiful head.
"Don't be silly dear! I love it. I just couldn't help but notice that you are worshiping me with an even greater intensity than before." Azula commented with a lovely fingertip still touching her smiling lip while her greedy amber golden eyes never left her pet's overwhelmed face.
"T-that's…that's because serving you helps me take my mind off my worries. When I put all of my focus into you Azula-sama…I feel so much happier." Elle confessed in a shy voice as she fiddled her thumbs in her lap while her princess listened in astonishment.
And just like that Azula found her lips hanging open in an expression of appreciation.
Her possessive amber golden eyes gleamed with gratification as she found herself unable to fight the rising smile on her lips.
"There is no need for you to feel self-conscious dear. If worshiping me is what you wish to do…then I gladly welcome it." Azula purred in a beyond pleased voice as she reached out to stroke her fingertips against the smaller girl's quivering cheek.
Only for her callous amber golden eyes to flicker with a sliver of disapproval when she caught the barest hint of sadness in the girl's eyes once more.
She soon found a sigh escaping her lips as she stared back into her young girlfriend's sensitive amber eyes.
"Girl. Listen well. I have orders for you." Azula stated in an even stricter voice as she hardened her gaze while she watched her handmaid snap her eyes back to hers.
"What…what is your order Azula-sama?" Elle asked in an eager voice as she began to sit up to serve the woman only to blink in confusion when she was pushed back down into her seat.
She felt her face heat up when the older woman's warm fingers departed from her cheek.
Before she raised her eyes upward when the taller woman abruptly stood up from her chair.
As her heart raced pleasantly when controlling amber golden eyes now gazed back down at her.
"I command you to come to my royal chambers in two hours so that I can give you a well-deserved reward. And of course, then you can serve me as much as want." Azula spoke in a stern voice with a still present smile on her lips.
She gazed down at the hurriedly nodding girl with approval in her callous amber golden eyes.
"Yes, Azula-sama! I'll be there!" Elle assured in a more upbeat voice as she smiled up at the older woman's smirking face.
"I suppose I'll see you then peasant." Azula stated in a voice of regal authority as she regarded the blushing girl with a pleased amber golden gaze once more.
Before she turned to walk away with a smirk on her lips while Elle gazed eagerly after her.
"I'll see you then Your Highness!" Elle called out as she waved to the older woman's smirking countenance.
And not a second after that the powerful Fire Princess departed through the doors of the bedroom.
An hour later.
Azula let out a sigh as she sat on a sofa opposite of her acrobatic friend.
Ty Lee gazed on with worry in her brown-gray eyes after being told that her adopted sister had literally remade her entire chamber into the princess's image!
And not only that.
She couldn't fight the saddened frown that was on her lips after hearing that the poor girl was listening to her mother's voice on her music player.
"Azula…I am getting worried about how Elle is taking Mai's absence and everything else that has happened. Her behavior has been really concerning lately." Ty Lee stated with a tender voice while Azula sighed once more.
"The girl just needs some time to adjust Ty Lee." Azula sighed with her arms crossed over her breasts while her friend continued to stare at her in worry.
"No. I'm not. This…this increased desire to dote on you is potentially unhealthy." Ty Lee replied with a frown on her lips only to flinch when the princess's amber golden eyes reflected a spark of anger.
"Unhealthy? The girl loves me and this is just her way of showing it. Are you trying to say that it's unhealthy for her to love me?" Azula questioned in a guarded voice with her amber golden eyes narrowing dangerously while her childhood friend hurriedly shook her head.
"No! That's not what I am saying at all Azula." Ty Lee assured with a placating wave of her hands while the princess still scowled back at her.
"Then what are you saying?" Azula demanded with a harsh edge to her voice while the noblewoman still gazed on in concern.
"I am trying to say that this increased…obsession with serving you is very concerning because she is using you as a coping mechanism for her stress. And there is nothing wrong with that under most circumstances. It's…just that the more troubled she becomes. The more she serves you. And the reason it worries me is because obsessive behavior is often a warning sign that someone isn't doing well emotionally." Ty Lee explained in a helpful voice while the princess's amber golden eyes calmed as she listened closely.
"If you are thinking that the girl might do something to harm herself Ty Lee…I am keeping a watchful eye on her if that's what you're worried about." Azula responded with her regal lips still forming a tight scowl while she held her arms over her breasts.
She sighed once more as her friend still gazed back with tremendous sisterly concern in her eyes.
"I get that you're Elle's world Azula. But perhaps she would cheer up if she stayed at my place for a few days. Maybe she's just lonely in her room and she would feel better if someone was there to hold her at night." Ty Lee suggested in a hopeful voice only to find herself sighing when Azula's amber golden eyes lit with a possessive jealousy.
"Absolutely not! She is my pet. Not yours. And I refuse to share her with another woman." Azula scoffed in a highly spoiled voice while her friend gazed back at her in exasperation.
"Azula…you make it sound like I am going to do something lewd to her. I just want to cuddle with her." Ty Lee insisted in a loving voice while the princess still scowled back at her.
"That isn't necessary. Tomorrow I am going to begin supervising the girl's study lessons. That should give her more than enough distraction from all of this nonsense with Mai." Azula remarked in a stubborn voice while she ignored her childhood friend's attempt to sway her with puppydog eyes.
Before Ty Lee soon sunk back in defeat as she huffed with her arms crossed over her breasts.
"Sure Azula…meanie." Ty Lee complained with a pout while Azula rolled her amber golden eyes back at her.
A half an hour after that in the princess's royal chamber.
The handmaid entered through the doors of the gigantic chamber as she pushed a cart of her princess's freshly washed linens.
She turned her head towards the vast accompanying bathroom when she heard the sound of running water coming from within.
And then she dutifully wheeled the cart towards her mistress's massive dresser extravagant dresser.
She began to meticulously set every article of clothing in the right drawer.
And soon after that.
She found herself padding into her princess's enormous royal wardrobe.
As she turned to peer around her in awe over the seemingly hundreds of costly articles that hung from ornate gold hangers.
Before she began hanging each item up while she still listened to the sound of running water resonating from the emperor sized bathroom.
Azula stepped out of her personal shower with a content sigh leaving her lips as her bare now stood on the floor.
She smiled all the while as she wrapped a towel around her wet body as she began to dry herself off.
Only for her playful smile to grow when she tilted her head hearing the sound of someone moving in her royal wardrobe.
And shortly after that she began to slide on thigh high stockings over her naked legs.
As a seductive smile graced her lips as she stood up with an ever-confident expression adorning her regal face.
And then she elegantly wrapped her royal robes around her dried body.
And not a moment later she began to saunter out of her royal bathroom.
Just as she glanced around her giant chamber with her amber golden eyes reflecting an astonished gleam to see that it was literally spotless!
Before she opened a dresser draw only to gaze down in it to find that all of her lingerie had been neatly put away.
The bed was made.
And all of the counters had been wiped down.
And that was when she turned back towards the open door of her royal wardrobe while her lips formed a pleased smile once more.
'She came early just to tidy my room.' Azula thought with a gratified smile on her beautiful lips as she strode towards the door of the open wardrobe.
Her astonished amber golden eyes now stared into the vast wardrobe to find that all of her washed linens had been hung up.
Only to find herself coming to a stop with her arms crossing over her robed breasts while she stared down at her handmaid's turned back.
As she arched a regal brow to see that the girl was obsessively sorting her footwear on the floor.
She found herself sighing in the doorway as she begrudgingly admitted that her friend may have a point.
"Peasant." Azula commented in an authoritative voice while she watched the girl spin around to gaze back at her.
As a frown graced her lips when she took note of the obsessed look in the younger girl's eyes.
"P-Princess! O-oh my…" Elle stuttered when she found herself gazing back at her mistress standing in the doorway wearing fine royal robes.
Her awed amber eyes now stared back at the princess to see that older woman's gown parted just enough to reveal that her long legs were adorned in lovely thigh high stockings.
As the princess's lips curved into an alluring smile once more as she held herself with an aura of elegance that only a true woman of royalty was capable of.
"What is this all about Elle?" Azula inquired in a smoothly poised voice as she gestured about her enormous wardrobe.
Her callous amber golden eyes stared possessively back at her little handmaid's timidly fretful face.
"I-I came forty minutes early so that I could make your royal chamber for you." Elle stammered in a sensitive voice while the older woman sauntered towards her.
Until she found herself gazing up with a gulp at the princess towering over her with one hand on her womanly hip.
While domineering amber golden eyes gazed back down at her in a way that sent a pleasurable chill down her spine.
"Pet. Come." Azula commanded in a supremely strict voice before she turned around haughtily while she snapped her fingers for the spellbound girl to follow.
Only for her lips to pull into an amused smile when she heard the girl spring to her feet after her in an adorable panic.
"Y-yes Princess!" Elle cried out as she padded after the older woman's footfalls while she gulped as the smirking princess sauntered ahead of her.
Only to find herself gazing on with helpless amber eyes when the older woman began to ever so slightly sway her robed ass in front of her.
She swallowed nervously as she fiddled her fingers while she followed in an enamored trance.
As the arrogant princess smirked as smugly as can be as she made her way through her massive royal chamber with her pretty handmaid following after her heels like a lost puppy.
Just before she stopped before her throne while she turned around to face her spellbound serving girl with a beyond confident smirk on her lips.
And just like that she gracefully seated herself on her throne while she spread out her arms on the side of her luxurious chair.
She sunk her head back into the neck of her seat with a sigh escaping her lips.
Only for her smile to grow even bigger when she gazed out of the corner of her eye to see her pet rushing over to attend to her.
"Please let me help you get comfortable Azula-sama." Elle stated in a highly eager to please voice as she scampered to her seated mistress's side.
The princess smiled widely in gratification as she lounged with her hands resting over her belly when she felt dainty hands begin to knead her shoulder.
As she let out a contented moan as sunk into her throne with her stocking covered feet stretching out onto her floor.
'There is no greater pleasure in this entire world…than being worshiped by this little girl of mine.' Azula thought with a relaxed smile adorning her lovely lips as she sighed pleasantly.
She turned to gaze back at her pet with a pleased smile.
Only for her ruthless amber golden eyes to take note of the profoundly stressed out look in the girl's eyes.
And that was all it took for her lips to sink into a grudgingly concerned scowl as she felt the girl hurriedly massage her shoulders.
"That is enough Elle." Azula sighed as she gently pushed the girl's hands off her shoulders while her callous amber golden eyes gazed back at her little handmaid's fretful face.
"D-did I do something wrong? Was I massaging too soft? Too hard? H-has my service displeased you Princess?" Elle asked in an upset voice as she stood beside the throne with her worried amber eyes gazing back at her princess's beautiful face.
Only for the older woman to shake her head with a charming smile making its way onto her lovely lips once more.
"No, dear. You never displease me. I simply wanted thought it would be a good time to give you your reward." Azula cooed in a silken voice as she expertly soothed her young girlfriend's worries while she smiled back at her handmaid's shyly smiling face.
"M-my reward Azula-sama?" Elle pondered in a lovably timid voice as she twiddled her thumbs while she found herself lost in her girlfriend's enchanting smile once more.
"Yes, dear. Go open the top right-hand drawer on my nightstand and you'll find a box in there. Bring it back to me. So, I can give it to you." Azula instructed in a naturally authoritative voice as she reclined with an alluring smile on her lips.
She gazed back at her little beloved's brightening face as her smile grew when the girl bowed her head to her.
"I will do so at once!" Elle exclaimed as she speedily scurried towards the nightstand while her powerful caretaker watched her from her throne.
And then she came to a stop before the nightstand while she eagerly the drawer up.
Only for her excited amber eyes to gaze down to see a beautifully ornate gift box sitting in her view.
Before she grasped at it with curious hands while she padded her way back over to her mistress's side.
And then she handed the box to her princess while the older woman took it in her hand.
She watched with anticipating amber eyes as her princess opened it with a mesmerizing smile still gracing her gorgeous lips.
Only for her mouth to fall open in surprise when she saw her princess hold out the item that was in the box before her thrilled face.
"My handheld game system!" Elle cried out in a shocked voice while Azula's lips pulled into a confident grin.
"That's right. Just like your music player. It is now completely powered by my lightning generation." Azula stated in an ever-sanguine voice as she smiled back at her little girlfriend's awestruck face.
Only for her smile to widen when she felt two dainty arms wrap around her belly.
"A-Azula-sama. You are so good to me." Elle murmured as she hugged her girlfriend's belly while she felt the older woman lower a hand into her hair to pet her head.
"Of course, I am. I told you that I take great care of what belongs to me." Azula remarked in a honeyed voice with her domineering amber golden eyes gazing down at the girl hiding her face in her belly.
She sat back on her bottom with her lips adorning a beyond gratified smile as she patted the mumbling girl's head.
"M-my princess right." Elle stammered in a sensitive voice as she felt her girlfriend's strong hand pat her head.
"Go on pet. Why don't you give your little commoner toy a try?" Azula commented in a haughty yet fond voice as she softly pushed her small girlfriend up from her belly.
Only for her graceful smile to grow even larger she watched her pet plop down on the floor at her stocking covered feet.
She set both of her palms over her robed belly as she stared down at the younger girl with just a tiny sliver of curiosity in the device in her merciless amber golden eyes.
"A-alright. If that is what you desire Azula-sama." Elle answered in a soft-spoken voice as she backed up with her head resting against her mistress's thigh.
She felt a hand lower into her golden hair once more as she hit the power button.
Only to find herself gazing down in astonishment when the screen lit up before her amazed eyes.
As the princess sat in her throne with her palm resting in her young handmaid's hair.
Her callous amber golden eyes gazed down with a flash of fascination as she took in the bright images appearing on the screen.
And once more.
Even though it was just a toy.
She couldn't help but be astounded by the technology that the people of this other world were capable of.
It only increased her desire to focus on expanding the technology of the Fire Nation as much as possible.
So, that she could properly war with this Reiko.
And that was all it took for her ruthless lips to turn into a glower as she held onto her handmaid's soft head.
Only to find herself torn from her warmongering thoughts when she glanced down to see that the girl was just numbly gazing back down at the screen.
"What's wrong? Do you not like it?" Azula questioned in an oddly attentive voice with a frown on her regal lips while Elle sat in a slump on the floor.
"N-no. It's perfect. I'm…just not feeling up to playing it." Elle muttered as she turned the handheld off with a push of the button while Azula sat in bewilderment over her.
A moody scowl pulled onto the princess's lips once more as she stared down at the girl with stern amber golden eyes as she watched the girl set the toy off to the side.
As her displeased scowl grew to even greater heights when she observed the girl sink into her knees at her feet.
And what irked her the most was that she had a damn good idea that she knew what this continued sadness was all about.
"I see. Then perhaps you would be more interested in your second reward?" Azula spoke in a soothing womanly voice while she watched her little girlfriend turn around to peer up at her.
Only for her glower to return when she saw the downcast look in the smaller girl's usually sunny amber eyes.
"S-second reward?" Elle replied in a meek voice as she still fought down the urge to cry while the mighty princess frowned imposingly down at her.
Only to find herself gulping once more when her mistress parted her robes with a tantalizing hand.
And just like that she fell to the floor onto her back with an intimidating squeak when she fought herself gazing up at two flawlessly formed long legs in thigh high stockings.
Azula sat on her throne with an alluring smile returning to her beautiful lips once again.
And then the princess held a flirtatious fingertip under her lip as she raised one foot in the air over the girl's adorably transfixed face.
"Hm. You like stockings don't you dear?" Azula purred in an irresistible voice as she wiggled her clothed toes over her little girlfriend's cutely paralyzed face.
"I-I…l-like stockings Azula-sama." Elle stuttered in an overwhelmed voice as she swallowed in intimidation.
Her love-struck amber eyes were unable to gaze away from her girlfriend's beautiful clothed foot.
As she trembled as she gazed up the older woman's shapely womanly thighs seated in the throne above her.
The princes stared down at her with a wide smile on her spoiled lips.
"Are mine to your liking? I put them on just for you dear." Azula remarked in a voice of tantalizing domination while she gracefully set her hands in her robed lap.
Her grin grew as she savored watching her little peasant girl cower underneath her stocking covered foot.
"V-very much so Azula-sama. T-they are beautiful. Just…just like you." Elle gulped as she tried in vain to take her eyes off her girlfriend's long statuesque legs that loomed over her.
Her heart started to race wonderfully once more when her princess dangled her lovely foot in front of her reddened face.
"Why don't you show them some love then?" Azula asked in a tantalizing voice with her lips adorning a haughty smirk while she felt the girl nervously take hold of her foot.
And then she sunk back in her throne with a content smile pulling onto her features once more.
She greatly enjoyed staring down at the pretty girl slowly sitting up with her foot in hand.
"I-I…uh…" Elle trailed off lamely as she struggled to find the words to speak while she held the woman's fabric covered foot in her hands.
The princess's lips curved into an even larger smirk as she gazed down at the trembling girl with demanding amber golden eyes.
"Go on dear. I'll even let you rub them to your little hearts content. You can even kiss them if you want. After all, the body of a Fire Nation goddess is all yours now. So, do be sure to enjoy them. Enjoy all of me." Azula announced in an arrogantly sensual voice as she sat back on her throne with her toes playfully wiggling before her little girlfriend's adorable face.
Only for all of her amusement to vanish in the blink of an eye when she saw a single tear slide down the younger girl's cheek.
And that was all it took for her regal lips to purse into a vastly disapproving scowl as she stared imposingly down at the smaller girl now sitting glumly at her feet.
Before she retracted her foot with a heavy sigh leaving her lips as she held a frustrated hand over her annoyed face.
It wasn't like her to care if someone was feeling sad.
Much less a peasant girl.
And yet here she was.
Displeased by the sight of tears making their way down a commoner's cheeks.
"S-sumimasen." Elle sputtered as she sunk back into her knees while her princess scowled down at her from her throne.
"Tiger Monkey…." Azula growled in a supremely strict voice that was akin to a tone that a woman would take when she was disciplining her puppy.
She scowled deeply down at the downcast girl with her feet planted on the floor once more.
"W-where is Mai right now?" Elle asked in a barely perceivable voice as she wiped at her eyes while Azula still glowered down at her.
"She is at Hari Bulkan Prison awaiting her transfer to Boiling Rock." Azula answered in a much colder voice than she had used in their flirtations while she glared down at her saddened pet.
"B-Boiling Rock? You're going to boil Mai?" Elle blurted out naively in a horrified voice only for the princess to groan underneath her palm.
"What? Ugh! No! We are not going to boil Mai! That is just the name of the prison! It is called that because the prison is located on a volcanic island at the center of a boiling lake!" Azula snapped in an irate voice as she rolled her amber golden eyes with a tight scowl on her now displeased lips.
She stared authoritatively down at her young girlfriend's now somewhat relieved face.
"O-oh. I…I understand." Elle replied in a still depressed voice as she sat at the older woman's feet while the princess still scowled above her.
"How many times do I have to tell you that Mai is already getting off lightly? She committed capital treason. If any other Fire Nation citizen would have pulled that stunt, they would have put them to death. Do you want to know why she wasn't?" Azula spoke in a terribly glacial voice with her arms resting on the side of her throne while she glared down at her girlfriend's shaken face.
"W-why?" Elle asked in a quiet voice as she sat under her mistress's dominating amber golden stare.
"Because of you!" Azula hissed with flames spewing from her imposing nostrils as she stared down at her handmaid's taken aback face.
"B-because…of me?" Elle questioned in a moved voice as she met the older woman's piercing gaze.
"Yes. Because of you. I know that if I let anything happen to her that there will be no end to your waterworks!" Azula grunted in a moody voice as she lounged on her throne with a frightening scowl on her beautiful lips.
She still glared down at her young girlfriend's sentimental countenance.
"I…I thank you for considering how I feel Azula-sama." Elle responded in a mildly more upbeat voice only to flinch when she heard the older woman release a scathing snort.
"Well, then perhaps you should try to show a little more appreciation of the leniency that I have shown Mai." Azula snorted in an incredibly harsh voice as she glared down at her trembling handmaid.
Only for her callous amber golden eyes to flash with a sliver of something similar to remorse when the girl recoiled with an even sadder look in her eyes.
A prideful scowl adorned her lips as she shook her head to calm herself down.
As she reminded herself that yelling at the girl was counterproductive.
After all, Elle wasn't the one who betrayed her.
And then she turned to glance around her room through the corner of her ruthless eye as she took in all of the work that the girl had done for her.
And that was all it took for another sigh to escape her lips.
Before she turned her imposing gaze back down to her handmaid with a deep frown still on her lips.
"I-I appreciate that Azula-sama…it's just that…she's still a part of this family." Elle stated in a crestfallen voice with her head on her knees once more while Azula stared down at her in aggravation.
"You and your little peasant notions of family." Azula scoffed in a callous voice with a boundless scowl on her lips while she still stared down at her handmaid's saddened face.
Only to find herself letting out another loud sigh from her irked lips.
Who would have ever thought that one day she would find herself at the center of a 'family' with this little commoner girl?
And yet…she was.
And not a moment after that she found herself glancing down once more with an arched brow when she saw the girl begin to lower herself onto the floor.
Only for her scowl to abate ever so slightly when she watched her serving girl prostrate herself at her feet.
"Azula-sama…my mistress and my queen. May I please request for Your Highness's ruling?" Elle pondered in a submissive voice as she prostrated on the floor before the older woman's stocking covered feet.
Azula stared down with her hands resting on the arms of her throne.
And even though it was subtle.
The princess's lips began to curve into the barest sign of a smile once more as she leaned down to survey her submissive beloved.
"So submissive. I like that. What is it that you wish for your queen's ruling on?" Azula questioned in a silken voice as she leaned over the front of her chair to stare down at the beautiful girl prostrated before her feet.
She already knew the answer but she wanted to hear the girl say it.
And truth be told.
There was something highly delightful about watching her own girlfriend prostrate before her as if she was a goddess descended from the heavens.
"I wish for my queen to decide if I will be permitted to visit Mai before she is transferred to Boiling Rock." Elle requested in a devoted voice with head bent in a show of reverence while Azula loomed above her from where she sat on her throne.
"Will it put a stop to your bawling if I do?" Azula asked in an effortlessly authoritative voice with her possessive amber golden eyes staring down at her prostrating pet.
If nothing else.
She adored that the girl remembered what she had told her previously about coming to her for her ruling on all matters in life.
Only for her smile to grow a little more when she watched the girl hurriedly nod her little head.
"Yes Princess! It will!" Elle exclaimed in a hopeful voice as she peered up at the looming form of her princess seated over her while mighty amber golden eyes stared back down at her.
Only for the princess to release a sigh as if it was a heavy burden for her to bear.
"Oh, very well. I suppose…. I'll allow it." Azula sighed as her head rested upon her throne while her stony amber golden eyes gazed down at her pet's elated face.
And not a second later she found herself letting out a grunt when a small blonde blur embraced her around the belly once more.
"Arigatou gozaimasu Azula-sama! Arigatou!" Elle cried out in an overjoyed voice as she hugged the older woman's robed belly while she listened to her princess sigh above her.
"The only reason I am saying yes to this is because this is disrupting the quality of my service. Is that understood girl?" Azula snapped in a callous voice as she stared down at her young girlfriend propped up in her lap.
She watched the girl gaze up at her with emotional amber eyes that she has come to adore.
"I do Azula-sama!" Elle cheered in a happier voice as she smiled with joyful tears in her eyes while her chin rested on the older woman's thigh.
Only to find her amber eyes gazing up at the looming princess once more.
She felt her heart begin to beat at a quicker rate when she watched the powerful woman recline in her throne over her.
As she smiled shyly when unbelievably intimidating amber golden eyes stared right back down at her.
"I am your goddess peasant and I demand that you to worship me with your entire being. And since it is clear that you are too distracted to do that right now. We'll go visit Mai. But after that…you had better be a good girl for me." Azula announced in an unfathomably spoiled voice with a moody scowl on her lips while her handmaid jovially nodded her little head.
And then she placed her hand in the girl's hair once more while she held her girlfriend into her relaxing belly.
"Yes, Queen. I'll be a good girl." Elle assured in a lovable voice as she smiled with her face in the older girl's belly while she almost purred when a strong hand petted her head.
Azula once again found her lips pulling into a satisfied smile as she held the smaller girl in her lap.
"That's my girl. You really are eternally loyal to your queen." Azula spoke in a resounding sigh with a content expression in her ruthless amber golden eyes while she cradled her handmaid's face against her belly.
She continued to sit back with a much calmer expression on her imposing visage.
Her little girlfriend truly could be a troublesome thing.
But as strange as it may be.
She wouldn't have the girl any other way.
AN:
We learned in this chapter that Shima has an affiliation with Sia and the revolution. As Sia explained, she is coordinating medical treatment to impoverished and sick Fire Nation citizens in the very rural areas.
Much like the people we saw in the polluted village in the Painted Lady episode.
What Sia is doing is she is spending her wealth to coordinate physicians like Shima to go give these sick citizens medical treatment.
This is another part of why Sia has so much support as a growing revolutionary leader, it is because she is stepping up to lead and help the underprivileged in the place of the actual Fire Nation government which is doing nothing to help these people.
This means that Shima is aware that Sia is the leader of the revolution but he is not aware of her plans. Nonetheless, now we know why he expressed a desire to Azula to remain in Fire Mountain.
It wasn't because he wanted to keep teaching, it was because he did not want to be near the Royal Family.
In any case, Sia is now showing an interest in Elle and we will see what role Sia plays in Elle's life as the story moves forward.
We got to see the Song family at breakfast and another glimpse of their dysfunctional dynamic.
Traces of Sia's revolutionary ideals and beliefs in equality can even be seen at the breakfast when she insisted to Mio that she did not have to serve her.
We saw Yoko and Sia interact briefly again and it is clear that Yoko does not understand her youngest daughter at all.
We also saw that it is hinted that Yoko has a well hidden friendship with her house servant Mio.
Unlike say deranged people like Meram, Yoko does not have a problem having a companionship with a servant that is of a much lower station than her. But because of her immense pride in her powerful clan, unlike Zoi, Sia, Mai and Ty Lee.
Yoko will only indulge in that relationship in private, and she will keep up the image of master and servant at all times in public.
Which is why she got so furious at Elle when a commoner, a presumed foreigner no less who is a mere servant, dared to back talk her to her face so many chapters ago.
Because she believes the image of high nobles must be respected by those lower in station to than them at all times.
And as saw, Azula is Elle's fixation. And when Elle becomes depressed, she chooses to fixate on serving Azula even more than usual to help her take her mind off her stress.
Kind of like how some people play video games, Elle instead devotes her day to intensely serving Azula's every desire.
And though Azula's desire to be worshiped is selfish, each of her attempts to cheer Elle up show that she cares about her in her own unique way.
And now Azula will be taking Elle to visit Mai at the Capital City Prison so that she can get her to stop worrying about Mai.
Next chapter will mark the final appearance of Mai for probably something like eighty chapters.
Because once Elle has a visit with Mai in prison, it doesn't make much sense story wise for Azula and Elle to continue to draw attention to themselves going to talk to Mai in prison.
The story must move forward, and that means that Mai will be taking a break for a several arcs as she does her prison time.
An another note, I just found out huge news from my neurologist at UOM. After four years, I finally have an answer to the cause of my intractable head pain. And it is more serious than a CSF leak.
He looked at two old cervical MRI's of mine and told me that I have very rare condition where an artery that is going to my brain which is supposed to be straight, is is being compressed and bent somewhere between C2-C4.
This is the reason why I have had crushing head pain and electric pain in my skull, along with a wide variety of other symptoms for four years straight.
All this time all of these doctors that were telling me that I had a migraine and that there was nothing structurally off with me were wrong. I do not have a migraine, I have a compressed artery.
He is sending me in for additional testing next week to get more details on the nature of the extent of the defect to my artery and then he will be referring me to a neurosurgeon who will hopefully be able to fix it by surgically decompressing it.
I am not going to lie. While it is relieving to know what the problem is, I am terrified at the same time. Because if the artery is clipped during surgery, I could have a stroke or die. So, that is a heavily sobering thought.
Yet at the same time, I have no choice but to find the best surgeon that I can because if I do not get it operated on. The compression on my artery will only get worse as I get older and if I don't get surgical treatment, then I can never escape this pain.
But he told me that he believes there is hope and that he feels optimistic that they can treat this. So, I am trying to continue to think positive.
I just wanted to share that for those who are interested in how I am doing.
Stay tuned for next time.
For chapter one hundred thirty-one! The Promise!