Raziah didn’t hug him back. She was shattered in so many ways that breathing was becoming too hard, and yet her eyes were so heavy. She wanted to rest her head, and get her thoughts straight again. This husband of hers can’t start putting words into her head and getting her all confused.
Aragon gently patted her back. She wasn’t in the mood anymore to get intimate with him, and like just like that awareness had bespelled him, his bulging member grew calm again. He just held her there, for as long as possible till her breath got even again. He wasn’t expecting her to say anything to him because it would take a lot more than just kissing and confessing a little to break the ice surrounding her steel heart. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
He kept holding her like that, till something very shocking dawned onto him. Normally, she would be fighting against his hold. She’s always hated him touching her, even though the always forces them to cuddle whenever he comes to her, and he can always feel her resisting him in her sleep, but here she was today, sleeping so peacefully on his chest as he rested them on the bed.
He couldn’t stop staring at her face. He could hardly believe she could sleep this peacefully with him around, and that warmed his heart so much it squeezed with anxiety that it wouldn’t last for long. It’s like his mind had already warned him of what was to come, and not too long after... She started trying to push him away again as she usually does subconsciously.
Raziah was having a nightmare. Images she could see very clearly that still hunted her till today.
"Snap out of it! I have to be the one to go!" Savannah whispered sternly at her, grabbing Raziah’s shoulders to shake her out of the fear that wanted to eat her up completely. Savannah, Raziah, and Malcolm were currently hiding inside the box, but not for long.
Raziah couldn’t control the tears pouring down from her eyes. She couldn’t imagine what would happen to her if savannah also leaves in this crisis. The noises coming from outside were tearing her soul apart, and the stench of fresh blood in the air was clogging up their noses. It was a massacre, and the only safe place was the box.
"No...No," she shook her head fervently, her dark hair shattered all over her face as she sniffed hard, "Not you... Not any of you...!" She mumbled, "Please...!"
"Well someone has to cause a distraction. If we keep on staying here, it won’t be long before we three are slaughtered too. Why can’t you understand?!" Savannah shook her harder this time, but could only see that Raziah wasn’t gonna let her go.
"Hold her back, and tie her up if you have to," Savannah said to Malcolm, whom also stared worriedly... And bit his lips in the end. The three of them were younger.
Raziah grabbed onto savannah’s arm, begging with her eyes as hard as she could. Tears had already clogged up her vision, and it was getting extremely hard to breathe. She’s also lost so much in one night, and she wasn’t even sure about anything anymore. Her whole thoughts had been jumbled up with fear, and there was a loud ringing in her ears that hurt so bad.
"Make sure you take care of her!" Savannah said to Malcolm, as if she was giving him her final order even though she was in no position to. They made short eye contact with each other and it was just enough for the both of them.
"Please... Please... Please..." Raziah stared into savannah’s Grey eyes, sobbing as quietly as she could as Malcolm and Savannah pulled away Raziah from her, and got savannah’s hands free.
"Please don’t do this!" Raziah made to touch her again, but savannah had already scooted far away from her, "I can’t lose you too! I can’t lose everything. Malcolm please stop her, please I’ll do anything... Just stop her!" She cried profusely, the watery tears rolling down her face. Tearing herself away from Malcolm’s grip wasn’t working, and she watched in horror as savannah gave them both one last look... And climbed out of the box.
"Aren’t you scared? Aren’t you scared of what will happen? Aren’t you scared of seeing what’s outside the box? Why can’t you just stay in here? Why do you have to keep protecting me? Why...! Why can’t I be the one to... I know you’re shaking with fear, so why do you keep going on?!" Raziah kept on whispering to herself as Savannah gently opened the small hole at the top, and jumped out.
Malcolm began dragging her towards the drum in the box, but Raziah felt as light as paper. Everyone kept going.
The guards. The maids. Her father, mother... And now it’s savannah. Everyone she holds dear is sacrificing their life for an idiot like her when she knows she’s nothing. Why go to such extreme lengths? Why? Why?!!
It takes years to build relationships, and it only took one night to wipe it all away. Everything that happened, the blood sprays, the shattered furnitures, the burning houses, the thick smoke that filled the air, the grunts of someone nearby in extreme pain, the scream of another being tortured to death, the sight of a beautiful place turned into a slaughterhouse at night shook her whole world.
Raziah’s world trembled, flipped, and shook till there was barely anything left anymore but the broken pieces.
It didn’t matter how much time passed. She still recalled like it all happened just a minute ago. The fear was getting stronger everyday, and so was the hate. And everyone was gonna get what was coming to them.
An eye for an eye.
As she slept, her hands balled into tight fists till her nails dug into the palm of her hands and blood streaked out of it, flowing down her palm.
"That’s it, Azie... " A masculine whisper from a man with Ebony skin seated somewhere far from the kingdom, in the middle of nowhere with barefoot said to himself. His voice was a little rugged, and had this smooth edge to it again like a two-blade sword, "Fuel your anger, Don’t let them win." His eyes were closed, and his jaw ticked harshly, "Don’t let HIM win."
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