1127 word(s)Published179 Baski walked into the small entrance of the dungeon. She stopped when she saw Danika lying down on the cold ground several feet away for her. She turned to Dargak who's stood behind her, "Open this cell for me, please." "You know the King did not instruct it. It will get me into a huge trouble." The warrior answered gently. Baski knows all that, but she was desperate. The King hasn't gotten out of his bedroom since he walked into it in the morning. The sun is down now, it's late evening. "I won't put you in trouble, Dargak. I will take full responsibility being caught inside her cell. But you have to let me in, please. It's cold in there and she is barely dressed." She pleaded. The warrior took in the dress she has in her hand. Baski did well to hide the bread she'd gotten from the kitchen inside the big

  1498 word(s) Published 181   "Can I kiss you?"   Kamara's eyes widened slightly at the unexpected request from Callan. Her cheeks went a deep shade of red, and she lowered her eyes to the ground.   Callan was beating up his head six ways to Sunday for blurting out a request like that. She's a Lady, and peasants don't ask Ladies for kisses. What was he thinking?   But that was just the problem. He wasn't. All evening he'd been drawn to that bow-shaped pink lips repeatedly. The princess is a very beautiful woman.   He shifted uneasily from one foot to another. "I'm so sorry for asking this of you. It was nevery intention to insult you and put you in an uncomfortable situ---"   "Shh..." She took a step towards him and placed a finger to his mouth, shaking her head, "I did not see it like an insult.''   "Oh..."

 1053 word(s)Published183 Sally heard about the ordeals in the Palace and Danika's pending execution from Uyah who ran to her house on the morning of the next day to inform her. She was devastated hearing it, she'd cried all the way to the Palace, but there was no way to see the King because he refused to see any visitor. Not even Chad. So, she'd gone to her Princess's dungeon. At the sight of her, Danika had teared up instantly, not to mention Sally. They'd cried together, clinging to each other through the bars that separated the cell from the outside. Danika told her everything that happened, Sally couldn't stop crying when she saw how complicated the situation is. How does her princess get saved from this? She'd stayed with Danika all day, reading to her and telling her stories of her married life just to take her mind away from her situation. And

 981 word(s)Published185 Remeta reached the gates of the Palace and hesitated. Her heart in her throat. So much guilt in her heart. Beware of the Three W. If her Queen had known that it means, beware of the Three Witnesses that witnessed her compromising position with the former Slave Trainer, would it have changed a thing? Remeta's mother, the King and his mistress had witnessed that day in the storeroom. The day that changed everything. Would it have changed a thing? Corna had told her in those tiny voice of his that it's not her fault, and it wouldn't have changed anything. She gathered enough strength and walked into the gates of the Palace. She went straight to her mother's bedroom. Baski and Sally just got back from the forest, they just spent hours picking different kinds of leaves and seeds.&nb

 865 word(s)Published187 Danika laid there on the mat that covered the coldness of the ground, but it did not cover the hardness of the ground. Or the coldness in her heart. It's been three days and she will be executed tomorrow morning. She does not want to give up. Baski said never to give up because her child is also fighting for them. But, she can't help that her heart is no longer strong enough to bear all this. Tears licked from her eyes and splashed at the white cloth beside her. In between her thighs, she can feel a new wetness slip down her body. It has been like this for the past few days. Everywhere hurts from lying on the ground. Her belly aches, either from hunger or her baby... And her heart? The pain is excruciating. For the past three days, she asked herself how something like this can ever hap