Chapter6

#Chapter6

SHAHARA OF THE DESERT ACROSS THE SEA.

SKY

"Who are you?" Sky had asked the stranger who was holding a big rectangle object with weird carvings on it.

"I'll ask you the same." The woman said putting down the object that she ,was holding. Sky looks at her from head to toe. The woman is a couple of inches taller than her. She is also kind of exotic. Something about her made Sky to wag her invisible tail. If she were in wolf form, she'll probably wag her tail.

"I....I am Sky. I'm given to the queen as a gift." The woman raised her eyebrow looking at her from head to toe as, and then she snorted.

"And she accepted you? As far as i remember she loathed your kind, her hatred for your kind runs so deep that even when she saw one her teeth grind with each other." The woman then walks closer to her.

"Anyways. I am Shahara of the Desert. Nice to meet you Sky." Shahara then shook her hand.

"Why are you here?" Sky asked. She knows the Desert. Ebony told her that the desert is a place where there is a lot of sand and only few trees could be seen.

"Same as you. I am given to her as a concubine." Sky tilted her head to the side. It's the second time she had heard that word but she doesn't know what it is.

"What does a concubine do?" Shahara then look at her as if she is a weird person.

"Where have you been living? Everyone in the west knows what a concubine is."

"I live in a brothel." Sky said, she watched Shahara as she sat down on the bed.

"If you live in the brothel how come you don't know about it?" Sky scratch the back of her head.

"Well. I live in one of the brothel's room inside a cage. I wasn't supposed to get out of it nor interact with the other people outside of it. This is actually my first time outside." Sky explained. Shahara's eyes then soften. She cleared her throat before speaking.

"Well... A concubine is some sort of slaves. In my place back at the dessert we are known as the pleasure servants. We...we are used by the Queen for her own pleasure or to give her pleasure." Shahara explained.

"So you sleep with her?" Shahara nodded, she couldn't help but admire Sky's electric blue eyes. It was so innocent. It was like a child's eyes

"Yes, i slept with her and sometimes with the regent and there are some occasion where i slept with both of them." Shahara added.

"Would i do that too?" Sky seems to be scared.

"Well, i don't know. You are a wolf after all so maybe no." Shahara said. Sky bit her lower lips. She went down and sat on the floor. Now what? Would she just wait for the queen and the regent to lose interest in her? Or would she just plan to escape? But how could she escape this large house? It is filled with guards, and souls that are trapped.

"Oh i know that look. If you are planning to escape. You won't get too far. If the queen caught you. She'll probably beheaded you." Shahara said.

"I'm not meant to be a pet. I'm not a pet. Wolves belong to the wild." Sky said looking up at Shahara with pleading eyes, hoping she could understand her.

"You should have known that from the day you were born, your freedom would have already been taken from you. Your kind here are treated as slaves and whores and animals. You must consider yourself lucky that you happens to be here. At least you could get some special treatment." Sky shakes her head.

"You do not understand. My kind, my people suffers in injustice. We are paying for the crimes that we did not commit. How many more years should we suffer? How many more children would grow up in brothels? In markets and in cages? How many more mother would mourn? How long can we live like this? Can you live in fear for all your life? Can you live the rest of your life in cage? I don't want that." Sky said, she didn't know where does words are coming from. She just wanted to say it. Shahara on the other hand is speechless.

"I...i never stop hoping. I never stop dreaming, that maybe one day, i could be free. Do you not want it too? You know? To go back to your homeland? To the place where you belong?" Shahara couldn't answer. She stared at Sky's blue eyes who's determined.

"I... I wish i could be like you. I hope you don't change." Sky smiled at Shahara's answer, but their moment were cut short when the guards barge in their room. The roughly pulled Sky with them and without a word they left the room.

Shahara couldn't help herself but feel pity for Sky. Because she knows, that they will break her will to live and to find, she knows that they will crush her dreams and hope. She could only pray for Sky to be strong enough. To keep her faith that one day, she could be free. That one day they all can be free. They were both then startled when the door of the room burst open and the guards harshly holds Sky's arms. She winced by their harsh grip on her.

"You're coming with us." One of them said as they drag her out of the room.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked them.

"The queen's chamber." The guard said picking her up, they harshly grip her on her arm and led her out of the room. She gulp and her heart started to beat fast. Who knows what the queen will do to her.