>>Amber
"What?" I blinked at him in confusion.
"I said, I can’t," He replied
"What?" Shock overtook , "Why? Hael, don’t do this, we don’t have much ti! Please do sothing." I was fretting pretty badly.
"That’s the thing." He said and then looked at the body on the ground, "He’s already dead." He scratched his cheek with his index finger, "I never said I won’t do it, I said, I can’t, because I can’t bring back the dead." He took to the ground, "No one can,"
A wave of shock and disbelief washed over , leaving numb with horror. My heart hamred in my chest, "No," I shook my head in disbelief. Guilt clawed at my conscience, its icy grip tightening with each passing mont, "No, it can’t be," I hurried down by the body and placed my fingers on his neck, not caring that the blood that had pooled on the ground got on my dress. Not caring that I was getting my hands soiled in blood.
I frantically checked for a heartbeat, but there was none, "Oh no," Fear coursed through my veins like a venomous tide, flooding my mind with thoughts of the consequences, "He is dead," My eyes were wide in horror
A soft laughter escaped Serena’s lips, "Finally," She whispered and I looked at her.
She had a deranged expression on her face, "Oh! Finally!" She was more than happy about the situation.
"Serena," I stood up from the ground, but my legs trembled. I almost fell back down when Hael caught and helped back up without a word.
"Let’s leave," Serena said, "Soone else will discover the body. We’ll be safe."
I shook my head at her, "We won’t be-" I paused, "You might be, but not . There’s always a chance I’ll get caught since it was my fault." The re thought sent shivers down my spine, leaving trembling with apprehension.
She didn’t do it. Rather, her problem got solved while I dived into a ss.
Tears stung my eyes as the gravity of the situation settled over like a suffocating blanket, "Oh God..."
I killed soone!!
"Then," Serena grabbed my shoulders, making look at her, "Have him take care of it." She turned her head to look at Hael and I copied her action.
Hael had his hands on my waist. It was due to his support that I was standing.
"H-hael," I called his na with a shaky voice.
He leaned his face closer to mine, "Yes, My Lady?" His voice was soft.
"Hael, I," My mind went into a state of confusion.
"Yes," He had a subtle smile on his face, "What do you want?" He whispered, "I’ll do whatever you ask of ."
Trembling with fear and desperation, I turned to him, my voice barely above a whisper. "Please," I begged, my words choked with emotion. "You have to help . I can’t... I don’t know what to do."
Hael looked into my eyes, "You do," He said, "You have sothing in mind," He whispered, "Say it,"
I gulped, my body started shaking as a whole. And my mind went into further dismay. I never thought a day like this would co where I would kill soone. I glanced at the body. The blood from it was reaching my shoes.
!!!
I looked at Hael again, "Get rid of the body," Everything I said was out of fear,
"Anything else?" His eyes flickered with a mixture of amusent and satisfaction at my plea, a cruel smile tugging at the corners of his lips
"Get rid of it, so that no one ever finds it!" I was trying to hide my cri, "Please,"
"Yes, My Lady," Relief flooded through as he let go of and stepped towards the dead body. My body didn’t stop trembling but since Serena had her hands on , I managed to remain standing.
With a flick of his wrist, he summoned the dark red tendrils of magic that danced at his command, enveloping the lifeless form of the man in a shroud of shadow.
I averted my gaze when the air crackled with energy as the flas of his magic consud the body with an otherworldly intensity. His body was lifted into the air and the magic balled into flas.
Serena looked away as well but the stench of burning flesh filled the air. It was a blind spot, filled with darkness but the glow of the fire illuminated the whole place brightly. The heat was so intense, I began to sweat like crazy, but then again, it could also have the fact mixed in that I was scared and panicking.
It scared that soone might notice it and co but luckily enough, it was over before anyone got the chance.
As the last traces of the man’s remains were reduced to ash, Hael turned to with a smirk, his eyes gleaming with a malevolent light. "There," He said, his voice laced with satisfaction and I turned to look at the body. The flas disappeared from mid-air. Ashes of the body could be seen as the ball of fla diminished but they never got a chance to hit the ground as the wind carried them and scattered them away, "Problem solved." Hael words made look at him, "Like you requested, no one will find him, ever."
I swallowed hard, my stomach churning with a mixture of revulsion and maybe even gratitude, "I," But I was still in shock. Everything happened a bit too fast and my body hadn’t stopped shaking.
So Hael stepped towards and placed his hands on my waist again, "Lady Serena," He looked at her, "How about you go back in?" Serena looked at him, "And if anyone asks, tell them the saint wasn’t feeling well, so she retired to her room."
"..." Serena slowly nodded her head, "Alright," She then stepped back, turned around and walked away.
It was right when she was out of sight that my legs gave out. I would have fallen to the ground but Hael was already holding on . When I stumbled, he picked up in his arms.
"Should I take you to your room?" He asked and I imdiately shook my head
"No," I needed space, "I don’t want to stay in the palace," And I needed my space away from this place.
"So? Where do you wanna go?"
"Take far away from this place!!"
While I was desperately looking at Hael, his eyes traveled to look sowhere, in the direction Serena left. A sly smile appeared on his face, "Of course," And right the next mont, a teleportation circle appeared beneath us, "I’ll take you sowhere far away from here."
And the next mont, the light flashed, making shut my eyes
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>>Ahin
I was looking for Amber. I had an idea she was the new saint. I had gotten a ssage from Aira about what happened in the city square. But it was unexpected that she wasn’t being sent to the temple, but rather the Magic Tower.
I looked around the crowd in the hall but I couldn’t find her. She seed disturbed. I saw it on her face when she was standing on the stage and she even rushed down in distress.
But where did she go?
I should check outside. I walked out the exit but before reaching the garden, I noticed a deep red glow
I paused
Soone was using magic, but it was clear that it was high grade magic. What is going on? I stepped outside and the glow faded away.
It ca from that side of the garden!
I began to walk towards it. It was giving a weird feeling. Darkness engulfed that area I was walking too but I stopped in my path when I saw soone walking towards .
I had to squint my eyes to see that it was a woman. Then the figure ca into better view, surprising .
Lady Serena?
She glanced at . She was pale but it also looked like she was sweating. She ignored and walked inside. I looked in the direction she ca from and noticed soone talking.
I brisk walked towards the sound and noticed Amber there
It was a mont of relief but then I saw that she was in the arms of the Magic Tower Master. I began to walk towards them and Hael glanced at .
A smirk appeared on his face that seed to taunt . It was like he was saying he had the upper hand here, which annoyed .
I began to run towards them but he used his teleportation magic.
"Amber!" I called out to her, but before I could reach them, the magic flashes, making stop and close my eyes.
By the ti I opened them again, they were gone. My heart fell. Why does it look like she keeps slipping away from ?
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>>Amber
The soft glow of moonlight spilled through the window, casting ethereal shadows across the floor
I sat on Hael’s bed and he brought a warm tub of water which he placed on the ground. Crouching down, he gently held my feet and put them in the tub. The comfortable heat from the water enveloped like a comforting blanket, soothing away the shivers that racked my body and easing the tension that had coiled within .
I let out a breath of relief.
I stared at Hael. At the mont, he looked just like the Hael I knew from years back.
The Hael that was nothing more than a slave
"Why are you doing this?" I asked but my voice ca out in a whisper. He raised his head to look at and I continued, "You’re the Master of mages," I gulped, "Why are you sitting there massaging my feet?"
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