CHAPTER 12

With a triumphant smile on her face, she limped slowly cause she had a broken leg from the way the guard hit her down. Together they made their way to the rooftop.

" What a foolish bet," she murmured, "the king of Asteria himself wouldn't dare to resist such offer", she said silently.

I walked behind looking down at the guards who had moved over to the villages giving no reaction to her words.

The woman in my hands had made small ruffles, making me halt.

The crescent smile on the Messenger's face was slowly turning into a frown.

" What?, how could they reject so much treasure, that the best of what they had ever seen in their lives, " Mara said, almost scrambling to her feet.

" Do something, Elder Aztec, why are you Just watching? Those people must be stupid," she said as she screamed in denial.

Her face grew into panic as she saw the treasures being thrown to the ground, thrown back in the face of the guards who brought them.

" I believe you can see why I have so much trust in my pe