Lahat ng Kabanata ng Sword of blood : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

“Who dares to ask? Who dares to seek? Who dares to know must reach the peak”XanthaniusAnthonier strode in and the look on his face obviously verified the unsettling feeling I had in my gut about today.Today had been peaceful, too peaceful for a day in Aspena. I was so used to the melodrama that a day without it meant a day with double the trouble was coming.“The news from the tower is discouraging” he said and I could not believe that was the problem.I was unprepared for any news that concerned the tower at this moment.“What has happened this time?” Hopefully nothing serious.“Two days ago, the guard at her door had expressed a discontent at the amount of rodents he found slain just outside her prison despite she being in chains. I had asked them to look into it by running twenty four hour watch shifts and she should not be left without surveillance. Today, one of the men was rushed to the castle clinic half unconscious and no one can tell what had happened. Not even the guard o

“It drinks blood, it gives blood. Blood is life and immortals never lack life”MarinaThe carriage wheel struck a stone and caused me to float off my seat slightly. Panic. I was panicking.I could barely breathe properly. Being wedged in between two men that were triple my size and clad in iron fits did not help my situation either.“You might pop a vessel if you do not breathe” the guard to my right said, causing the one to my left to immediately whip in his direction.I recognized the voice. He had been among those who brought me to the castle on my first day.The particular one who laughed at me.“I’m trying” I say, trying to see through some openings in his helmet to know if I’ll see any feature that I could use to commit him to memory.“Deep breaths. You don’t need to worry so much. We were asked to follow you for a little distance for your safety. So far as you can make it out of his store, we would be able to get you”The reassurance went a long way in calming me down but it d

“Delay is not denial. What will be, must be”MarinaHave you ever tried sleeping with an injured shoulder? The answer was no, because you cannot. You could not even try. If not because I could still lift the hand, I would have assumed I broke a bone or two.Or three. I tried staying still to see if I could ignore the pain after having a shower and washing off the grime and filth that I had associated myself with during the King’s errand.What’s getting me mad was the fact the blade was not even urgent. He left it in my possession like he did not care to lose it. And I almost lost my life while trying to possess it.Damn him!The throbbing ache kept me awake all night. I almost screamed when I saw the breaking of the day.Now I was in pain and lacked rest.“Less than a week and I am a thread space away from regretting my decisions” I grumbled as I pushed myself up from my bed and swallowed back a wince.Another day. I need to prepare for my classes today.Getting undressed was a te

“Ask around, what thou seeks is not as buried as thou thinks”MarinaToday felt better. My shoulder, my belly, my head.I felt much better, although my body felt better than my mind which still lagged a step behind and I had covered a bit from the book my tutor expected me to read. I felt ready for my classes.Life was almost worth living again.I had showered, my shoulder had blotches of purple, blue and red bruises but they did not hurt as much anymore. It was just tender.I had put on a blue dress. It had been among the new clothes that arrived yesterday from the seamstress. From what I’ve counted, she had just two more dresses to deliver.And she outdid herself. Jeneva had a threshold of three dresses in two and a half days and Madam Mongolia exhorted her speed as one of the best in town.The blue featherlight material was made into an ankle length dress and came with a darker blue bustier that teased the top of my cleavage just a bit from my square neckline. Its sleeves were sho

“A mated pair, a fated pair, a sated pair, makes the greatest pair”Marina“Are we going to the library now?” I asked Quala, after the suspicious healer had made her way back to the inner rooms with her balm jar and gave a little bow indicating we were done with the session.I slipped my sleeve back into place and waited for her reply. Carefully trying to avoid smearing it with the grease that now stained my shoulder.“No, we would be going to the kitchen for breakfast” she replied.I had temporarily forgotten about that. Being accustomed to eating once a day, sometimes I did forget I was being fed.I hoped my family was at least getting better rations at this time too.Quala stood right next to me. I believed it was a sign for me to get up and I complied.She led the way out of the room where she waved two other maids a farewell and through a number of halls that I may have never ventured into on my own.There were a lot of halls if I should add.It became quite obvious when we appro