The clanging of metal bars filled my ears and the rancid smell of something rotting is so powerful that I feel like I’m going to throw up all that is inside my stomach. Phillius threw me in one of the cell prisons in an underground chamber of their mansion, that looked like a dungeon to me. The walls look old and the chamber is made of huge blocks of cold stones.
I saw strange bones in each of the prison cells and he detained me at the last one, bounding my feet with a rusty chain so I couldn’t reach the metal bars. I could feel the same barrier just like the one he casted all around my room, the spell that binds me inside and negates all my magic abilities.
“What are you doing! Get me out of here!” I cried Phillius whose face was so full of anguish; his brows darken his crimson eyes that glinted through
"Hazel…" my eyes widened. "W-Why are you here?!""I'll help you get out, Miss. Just stay still"Her hand fumbled as she pulled my feet, looking for the chains. She took something behind her. A tool that looks like a scissor but I cannot tell what's the precise name of it. Then I realized she was going to cut the chains.My terror in my eyes, I pushed Hazel gently, away from me. She cannot be here! She'll be killed if someone finds her taking me out of my prison cell!"Go away, Hazel! Don't do this!" "We can't take Master Phillius's tyranny, Miss Sapphire. You don't deserve this! We'll save you and we'll get out of this place! There is a much safer place where he cannot enter!" "What do you mean?!" I hissed at her. "He'll kill you if someone finds you here, Hazel, please I'm begging you! I'll find a way on my own. I don't want you to get hurt because of me!""I know. But this is the on
“I hope this cage already gave you the lesson for disobeying me, Sapphire.”I didn’t look at him. I just stare blankly in front of me where his black shiny shoes are. I feel so empty. How many days have I been here since he restrained me in this place? Two? Three? I cannot actually remember. What I remember is what they did to Hazel. The way that that bald guy violated and forced himself on her. I will never forget that face. I will kill him.The filth of the cage smudges my skin, making me feel so sticky with grime all over. My hair is a mess and I haven’t eaten or drink anything since yesterday because I refused all the food his men brought to me.My ankles are still bound with the metal chain that holds on to the cold rocky wall of the cage.
I find myself sitting beside Phillius in front of every person of the Clarkson Clan and some of their Allied Clans including the family of the Alpha that visit his office, the night Xeno and I attempt to escape. Looking at the floor, I still don’t believe it when Phillius said he ordered his men to execute Xeno and Hazel by burning them alive. But he let me confirm it myself when we both went to the wide space of their garden and saw two bodies charred to crisp, still tied on the stake. The black smoke billowed above the sky and the smell of burned flesh rancid on the nose, making my stomach tighten in grief. I couldn’t help but retch as I saw the corpses in front of me. I still think Phillius wasn’t telling the truth until I saw the corpse’s eye that was not burnt too much by the fire. The pupils of those eyes are yellow gold and I never saw any person besides him who has gold eyes like Xeno…After that horrible sight, I completely lost hope and went b
I threw the ridiculous crown of branches and flowers on the bed and tear the dress from the hem out of frustration and grief, screaming in anger. My new maids got so scared that all of them ran outside the room with fear in their eyes, not wanting me to vent these feelings on them.I look at the wide mirror in front of me, the black pigment on my eyes had already melted down my cheeks because of the incessant tears that keep on flowing from my swelling eyes. But even before I break down into another scream again, the door opened and Phillius stormed inside the room, his eyes are darkened by the deep furrow of his eyebrows his lips stretched into a straight line. My heart suddenly froze in fear but I didn’t flinch from him when he walk towards me in heavy steps and grab me by my neck to look closely at my anguished face.“ENOUGH OF THIS, SAPPHIRE! There is no one to save you from here, anymore. You are all mine now! Remember that! MINE !!!” he growled at me, baring his teeth, and then
“Please ma’am you need to eat something! You’re starving yourself to death!”My stomach grumbles but I refuse to eat the breakfast that my new maid named Camila, an old woman, brought into my room. I have no track of what day today is, already. I am just glad that Phillius didn’t go back here last night because I wouldn’t know what will he do to me again if he did. He’s getting worse and worse every day and I couldn’t take it… I regret the day I came here to this mansion and just wished that I have just died with the Faeries in that caves than suffering in this place being food to Phillius’ strange craving for mana.Mana is a life force that exists in every living being on this planet. That is what Xeno had told me when he used to train me with his team but he always makes sure I also have my own kind of training that he said suits me best. It’s to use the magicules of life forces in my surroundings to replenish my own. I have no idea how he knew about it but there is a hunch in me th
I tried to look my best to let Phillius think I am not affected by what he had done to me last night and the food and the warm bath helped to lift my mood to do what he wants me to do today. Wearing a light blue dress with flowers embroidered on the hem, I chose to wear a sunglass with it today to hide the emotion in my eyes from Phillius. The brightness of the sun made a good excuse for me to use it so no matter how many times he raises his eyebrow at me every time he gazes at my face, he just lets me have it just so as not to start our day with another argument.“You look wonderful today, love. I wish I had come back with you last night but I had an emergency meeting with the Vegas Clan and I had to stay the whole night to solve that problem.” He whispered to me after we get inside his limousine and the chauffeur started driving the car to wherever Phillius wanted to take me.He gave me a teasing smile and took my hand to kiss it. The shackles that bound my hand clang at each other
My brows met at once.I feel like I have heard that voice before but I can't tell when. My mind is distracted by the eerie atmosphere in this dungeon where several prison cells are empty with bones inside them. I can’t tell if they’re either human or some kind of creatures because it seems like Phillius has this kind of strange fondness for collecting species to imprison in his dungeons.The sound of chains echoed in the cold bricked walls of this place and even though it’s dark. I know that man is also bound by a chain just like mine. Specifically, the kind that suppresses the mana inside the body just like mine.My eyes widened could it be…“Sapphire!”I ignored Phillius’s warning and walked hastily towards the man who's hidden behind the shadows of his cell. I grabbed a torch to look at him better but I almost gagged when the light reached him. Even through the dim light of the torch, I could tell he's been suffering so much because he's so thin to the bones and the tunic he's wea
“I’m so sorry for what happened to you…”I wiped Fae’s face with a wet towel washed with soap and I feel bad that I have been feeling scared to look at his eyes. He is just so thin his skin just sticks on his bones and his lips are stretched back from his protruding teeth.After begging Phillius to let me take care of the Fae, I brought all the stuff I need and food and drinks for the poor prisoner and feed him early in the morning. The sky is clear above the sky and maybe I would appreciate it more, only if there are no shackles around my hands and neck.When I got into the dungeon, I won’t lie but I still feel the dread in my chest, remembering the horrible things I experienced and witnessed here. When I step my foot on the stair, the dread came back to me, and the cries and screams of Hazel made me hesitate to enter this awful place. But I have to. The Fae needs me and I have to take care of him because he’s the key for me to remembering everything from my past.“I could do this… I