"Ashina," Hrolf called out, looking stunned. He wondered what she meant by what she had just said. He walked toward her, holding her wrist while forcing her to glance at him. "You are making me confused" he couldn't understand the sudden change in her behavior.He was at a loss when he glanced at her face, this wasn't the Ashina that he was used to, she had a scared look on her face. " What is wrong?" He asked her, she shook her head from side to side while urging him not to come closer. " That cannot be true" she uttered the same statement, making him worried. "You are scaring me, why do you keep looking behind me like there is a ghost behind me?" He teased while hoping that would make her feel more comfortable and bare her mind to him but he was wrong." It cannot be, not after what I have been told already, no it cannot be" she muttered underneath her breath but Hrolf heard it all. He heard all that she had just uttered and he knew that they were all lies because whatsoever s
Ashina had a smile on her face as she stared at Hrolf who was lying on the bed, with his eyes shut. She had woken up before him and she couldn't stop herself from smiling.Her finger seemed to move on their own as they trail on Hrolf's face. She didn't want to wake him up but she couldn't stop herself from doing that. Just staring at his chiseled chin and pointed nose caused butterflies in her tummy. "Am I so handsome that you cannot stop yourself from ogling at me?" Hrolf asked. He flipped his eyes wide open. "Good morning," Ashina greeted, a smile on her face. She felt blissful, it had been a week since she had sorted out things with Hrolf and she couldn't be more grateful. "Why don't you sleep some more?" Hrolf questioned her, he had a sly look on his face and he stared at Ashina like he was stripping her off with his eyes. " I have to see Gael off," she retorted sharply. She pushed herself up before sitting upright on the bed, her long blonde hair cascading down to her waist
Ashina had a smile on her face that widened when she thought about the amused look that Hrolf would have on his face at the moment. She couldn't stop thinking of how stunned he had looked when she got off him. His quarters were quiet and still, there wasn't a maid on the passageway. Hrolf had listened to her when she told him that she didn't like the idea of being seen sneaking out of his room at dawn."Good morning, my lady," she heard a voice behind her, a voice that she would be able to recognize at any time and she twirled around with a smile at her. "You are looking beautiful," Suli commented, making Ashina smile. " You sure do know how to sweet talk someone, do you know that?" she asked Suli, who stared at her blankly. Her cheerful demeanor was gone and in place of it was an expressionless face which Ashina wasn't used to. "Is something wrong?" Ashina asked, waking closer to Suli who averted her gaze to the ground. She had thought that she would be able to hide it away from
Ashina ran her hands through the necklace in her hand while examining it, the diamond glittered when she placed it up to the sun to take a close look at it, and her heart flipped when she saw the inscription on it. "This cannot be the isle of Morich," Suli shook her head not wanting to believe it, she didn't want to believe that Hrolf would love Ashina this much. "You know this?" Ashina turned to Suli who shook her head until it ached, her heart blazed with envy and she wanted that, she wished to be in Ashina's shoes. "The isle of Morich, that is what it is called" she answered Ashina, who furrowed her brows until they almost kissed. "And?" She shrugged her shoulders at Suli who walked closer to the necklace. The diamond in it shone bright, flashing against her orbs. "Can I take a look at it?'' she asked Ashina who nodded at her before handing it over to her. "Suli" she screamed out in shock when the necklace came in contact with the ground. "I am so sorry ma'am, I probably did
"You are not Gael" she whispered to the stranger who was standing outside her door. He peered at her with his huge crystal-white eyes. "Mother," the boy repeated, causing Ashina to stare at him while wondering what was happening.She hadn't seen the boy who was standing in front of her before and she was having a hard time trying to remember where exactly she had seen him.She racked her brain as hard as she could but still, she couldn't get anything right, she didn't know where she had seen him and she wasn't sure if she had seen him. "Why are you here? And who sent you here?" She asked the little boy who pouted his lips at her before bursting into tears. She blinked her eyes as she tried to recall what she had done to warrant him crying this hard but she couldn't. She squatted down, patting the boy gently on his cheek. "Mother" the boy called out to her again, Ashina was at a loss for what to do. She didn't know what to do. She took a look around the deserted passageway before
Ashina turned to look at Hrolf whose gaze was fixated on the little boy who he had called Rugar, her heart beat fast against her rib cage and no matter how she wanted to let go of that nudging feeling, she couldn't. "Where is he?" Hrolf's voice resonated, bringing her out of her Dreamland."There," the little boy pointed into the field just behind Ashina and her heart toppled."Gael is in there?" She asked the boy again who nodded his head."Do you mean that he is inside the bayou?" She questioned and she almost hit the ground when the boy answered but Hrolf got her before she could hit the ground. "Hrolf," she called out with a shaky voice while gripping his hands "Gael is in there," she repeated the word to him, Hrolf nodded at her before steadying her with his arm. She refused to let go no matter how hard Hrolf tried to pull away his hand."Let me go with you," she requested, staring at Hrolf, who was about to decline her request. " No, you cannot," he refused, stunning her.
Ashina glared at Hrolf's hand that wrapped her wrist firmly, she tried to shrug it off but he tightened his grip on it before staring at her. "Calm down, we wouldn't get anything if you are going to panic this much," Hrolf said to her. Ashina stared straight at Hrolf, her eyes blazed with anger at him, she couldn't understand why exactly he was doing this at this moment when everything ought to be treated with the utmost seriousness "Gael is in here, and I do not have the time to chit-chat with you," she answered Hrolf who stared at her with a stunned look on his face."You should know that I am concerned about him as much as you are" Hrolf pointed out to her but Ashina was far gone. She walked further into the field, crushing the dried leaves underneath her feet, she didn't have the time to chit-chat with Hrolf at least not now. "Gael," she screamed out, her chest beating fast against her rib, she didn't know what to do as she was at a loss at what to do.She ran a hand through
Hrolf glared at the man who had the sharp edge of the sword placed close to Ashina's neck, he ran his eyes around. All it will take would be a flick of his wrist and she would end up dead and he didn't want that. "Who sent you?" Hrolf asked again, this time his voice higher than usual, his gaze running through the men who were standing close by, his mind running as fast as it could.He didn't want any harm coming to either Ashina or Gael and to make sure that didn't happen, he had to think as fast as possible. One of the assailants, who he presumed to be the head, walked closer to him with a smirk on his face."You are all alone here and although I was given instructions not to touch you, I am tempted to pierce this dagger through her throat and that will be all it will take to cause you pain," a glint flashed through his eyes, one which annoyed Hrolf. Hrolf clenched his fist until he could hear his bones crack, he had been patient enough and he was going to do whatever it was to s