Well, they would have to take care of themselves. He was no hero and was not intending to be one. They should have sought themselves out. Every mortal is responsible for his own destiny, after all. If not, no one would continue to follow all these foolish rules.
There was a soft knock on the door, and Ginika turned just in time to see Vera drawing her dagger. He hadn’t seen the woman moved, and even as she walked to the door, her feet were like that of a ghost. The finger in her mouth was the indication he needed to stay quiet.
“Who is it?” Vera asked. The voice replied in a low tone, but Ginika could not make out its words. Vera exchanged a disturbing glance with him before sheathing her dagger into her boots. Her expression was still notched with th
They faced each other in the opposite direction, with the lamp hanging in the middle right above their head.“You don’t know me,” The girl said and stroked her brow. The sadness became visible as the yellow light flourished its radiance on it. “You don’t know anything about me.” “I don’t,” Ginika nodded, “But I would like to know you. If you give me a chance,” He added. She also doesn’t know about him. Ginika also hopes that when she finds it out that he was not a bastard prince like Vera had mentioned, she won’t be so disappointed. His heart skipped when her golden eyes met his blue gaze. Those oval eyes that sat perfectly on the tanned smooth skin. Who could have thought that such beauty was about to be wasted away in the White Mountains?“No, you will hate me when you know who I am,” Abigail said as she shook her head. Her voice was laced with sadness as if she was already resigned to her faith. “Try me,” Ginika chuckled. You will hate me too if you know where I hail from. His s
“No way,” Ginika jumped, “How could you have known that?” They were the only ones at that time, suppose to be.“I would have been surprised if you weren’t acting like this. But that’s not what is important. The important thing right now is that I need to get to my body or else I would die.” Abigail replied. Gini got a hold of himself. Nothing is impossible nowadays, but body changing, he has no idea how such a thing would happen. “Your body? You mean you abandoned your body?” He asked suspiciously. “No, I exchanged my body with my friend, Zita. I th
Ginika was a little bit taller, but his height was insignificant with that of Abigail. He could feel the girl’s hot breath on his cheeks. Their lips were about some millimeters away when a heavy knock came thundering on the wooden door.“So sorry about that,” Ginika said as they pulled apart reluctantly. His stomach was still jolting, but he was glad that they did not rumble in protest. He was flushing with embarrassment, however, as he hurried his weak feet to the door. Vera stormed in when he opened it, with a heat in her rage that threatens to burn anything which stands in her wake.
Vera was half awake, “The Citadel is not some kind of leisure environment where you make merry, eat, have fun and sing yourself to sleep with a nice lullaby. It is a place where warriors are beaten by the furnace of training.” She explained tiredly, but seriously.“So that means that the newbies would train themselves to death?” Ginika asked with unmasked disbelief. “Newbies?” Vera blew out the strand of hair that was just on her lips. “Who taught you that word? There is nothing like newbies or rookies in the Citadel. Do you know why it is called a No-Man’s-Land?” She asked as if Ginika was spouting a bad joke. “Because it is a land
“Please,” she said. “I don’t have anywhere to go, and besides, the sun would still be up. I won’t last two minutes out there. You are the one that had killed my father, you own me your blood, but since you won’t give me that, the least you can do is let me stay here until the sunsets.” The girl said, begging.Ginika wanted to smile, but whatever smiled that had begun to form on his lips turned to a frown when his blue eyes fell upon the girl. Abigail must have sensed that too, as she held up her staff and took a fighting stance?Perhaps it’s the dark eyes and the fang that hung on the girl’s lips when she speaks. It was difficult for Ginika to tell the source of the nausea that he tasted in his mouth. Was she a Vampi
“My name is Abigail Fagh. Daughter of Isabel and Richmond Fagh. The granddaughter of Maudrand Fagh the sixteenth and the heir to the golden throne.” She said calmly while looking at Vera with a straight face. Her eyes were a giveaway her real feelings. Abigail was anxious.Vera could not help but look at Abigail with surprise, before it was turned into suspicion. “What? No way, how can that be?” She said, shaking her head still in disbelief. The crease that lined her creamy skin now was just as identical as those on her chin that had been formed by age.“It’s a long story. But to cut it short, my best friend killed my father, manipulated me into exchanging my body with hers. And now I am paying the price.”Abigail tried to explai
Through gritted teeth, “What then do you suggest?” He said it as softly as he could, as he burned with hate. “This is not a game. Someone’s life is at stake. So, please don’t just laugh as if you are treating it as a joke.” Ginika said, trying so hard to be patient and civilized as much as he can.The Vampire did a quick glance at Vera before she spoke with a smirk, “Tell me about it, chosen one, cause the last time I checked, your Watcher friend was trying to drive me out into the sun.” She said almost tauntingly, her head tilted as if thinking before she continued to speak, “I could always go out as you guys initially wished.” “Watch your tongue. My name is Ginika, and not the chosen one.” Ginika
The heat in the room had increased, and the intensity was just too hot. Ginika knew that if a proper step was not taken, then disaster would be their demise.“Let her go!” Ginika shouted as he pointed his staff to the girl.The Vampire girl looked at him with tauntingly, “Ha, how fast can a staff kill?” She asked mockingly. “You don’t want to know, believe me,” Ginika said.“I think I would like to, but then your girlfriend would die, and her blood will be on your head.” The Vampire girl said as she took his warming as if nothing.