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{Ciril’s POV}I had just two weeks. I had just two weeks and some days left to live. Yesterday had taken a turn that I never believed that I would ever experience, and even now that I’m hunger-stricken, shackled, and stained with dirt, I still didn’t believe that what had happened had happened. I still didn’t believe that Anika could betray me like that. I still didn’t believe that she had said all those things she had said naturally. I was emotionally bruised by that instance but I held onto the hope that there was an explanation waiting for me somewhere.I was in the Dungeons now, and in the same cell I had once visited. Prince Landon had instructed that I be kept here during the night and dragged around in chains during the day as I did my duties— which would be times two of what I did before. Because of Anika, Prince Landon now truly believed that I killed the King hence the chains. He seemingly doesn’t want me to kill anyone else. Meanwhile, I had never even taken a life in
{Ciril’s POV}I had been whipped. Ivanka had made sure she dug into the flesh on my back with the metal-striped whip.She had made sure my blood spilled but all this wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that Prince Landon had been there to witness the whole.He had witnessed the whole thing and had done nothing but stare. I had been stricken with aging and pain and it had been for his entertainment. I was emotionally bruised by that fact and it hurt me more than any level of whipping could.My skin may tear and get bruised but my heartache was what broke me now. And even now that I was being dragged on the ground, it was the worst pain I was feeling. I didn’t have energy in me so I couldn’t rise to my feet, and these cruel Sentries had to transport me whether I liked it or not. And so they pulled me by the chains shackled to my hands and I groaned softly as my body slid across the hard, uneven ground, leaving a trail of my blood behind. I was being taken to the Garrison now to
{Ciril’s POV}The first day had gone and today was the second. I was down to thirteen days.With the way things are going, I don’t think I will make it to day 10.I know I had assured the Hencher Mistress yesterday that I was going to live— want to live, but I had said that for her sake and not mine. She’s grown to love and care for me so much and I could see it, this was why I agreed to want to live. I did it for her sake when in actuality, I wanted to die. I didn’t understand why the Hencher mistress believed I could not die, but this was too much torture for me to join her in that belief, especially since the torture was weakening my body soul, and spirit by the minute. I had almost died from hunger and exhaustion yesterday. That would have been the case if not for the piece of bread I had found in a pouch of the dress. The Hencher Mistress had whispered into my ears to tell me about it before she left me to do my duty, and I munched it down later on when those Assholes weren’t
{Ciril’s POV}I rested my eyes on Anika and full strength seemed to return to me.I jumped up from my knees to my feet and gripped the cell cages as if I intended for my grip to melt them.“Anika?” I muttered as tears glossed up my eyes from absolutely nowhere. “Anika?” I called her again since she hadn’t been looking at me, and she looked at me now. I gripped the cell cages even tighter. “What’s… what’s going on Anita? Y-You can tell me what’s wrong.” I sort of pleaded with my questioning as I stared at her with teary eyes.In contrast to the melancholic and sorrowful expression on my face, she had a stern look on her face and this made me confused but also more persistent with my intention to get answers from her because I knew something was wrong. Something had to be wrong. “Anika. Say something.” I said with a louder volume when she just stared at me. “Please, I’m begging…” My voice trembled. She didn’t respond. I looked at Taka now and poured my confused expression on him fo
{Ciril’s POV}[Two Days Later - Day Four]I felt like I was losing parts of my consciousness bit by bit. As the days chipped by, so did important parts of myself— like the ability to think straight or the ability to smile.The act of smiling was totally erased from my life now as I had been stricken with so much pain that I had completely forgotten what the opposite of pain was. Due to my daily torturous routine, my life felt gloomier by the second and it was made worse by the fact that the people I once loved and cherished were the ones playing key roles in my torture. Anika had bruised my heart. She had scourged me emotionally with her betrayal and to me, that was the worst form of torture out of all the tormentous things I’ve been put through. She had just abandoned the friendship we had been creating and stabbed my heart without looking back. She didn’t even look remorseful while she watched me being whipped by Tenn yesterday. So now, I was training my emotions to be used to
{Ciril’s POV}[ ~ Day Seven ~ ]The Alpha Queen called me to her Chambers…I was dragged there at the break of dawn without the slightest idea of what was going on. I had been dragged up from my rest. My clothes were really ragged and I was distressingly hungry, but none of that mattered to these people. And coupled with all this, my hair was an irreparable mess. Three days ago, Abasha had made sure the maids ruined it to the last bit as I had short and uneven strands shooting in every direction now. It was obvious that she had done that scheme, not to actually create a sponge but to take away the last thing that could bring me any form of pride. I had had the most beautiful hair in the entire Palace but thanks to Abasha, that beauty was replaced by irritation and a harsh texture now. One could look at me and feel irked because I looked like seven dogs had attacked my face. Sigh.I loved my hair but now I’ve trained myself to forget about that pain and stop crying. I.. I just want
{Ciril’s POV}They won.I ended up racing about through the space in the Throne room, naked but covering my body in the best possible way I could.I didn’t dance, but the men seemed to still like my performance… even though I hadn’t been performing anything. They still seemed to like whatever I was doing, and this had added to my gloom as I still served as their entertainment whatsoever. And in addition to that, Taka and his brother had also been entertained because they were the ones in charge of making me race around and cry while whipping me like an animal. Now, the entertainment session was over. The Alpha Queen wanted to continue the discussion session with cloaked men, so I was now being dragged out of the Throne room since they didn’t have any use for me anymore. I didn’t have clothes anymore as it had all been ripped to shreds, so now, I was being dragged out of the Throne room with a naked body covered in blood. I still felt a bit ashamed that my body was on show for every
{Ciril’s POV}[ ~ Day Eight ~ ]“Hey.” “Hey.” I crawled over to the cell cages to get close to the Hencher Mistress who was crouched on the other side and I smiled at her genuinely as I put my hand through one of the cell cages to hold her hand. I had been raging and scowling before— angrily wincing due to the huge cut on my wrist, but seeing her now drove away those aggrieved expressions instantly. I didn’t know how she had gotten into the Dungeons but I didn’t care. I was just happy to see her.She was the only one that was exempted from my hate— she and Clord apparently, because Clord has also been nice to me. But then Clord’s niceness could never be compared to the Hencher Mistress’. Anytime I see her, I grow teary because I feel like my guardian has come— my comfort. It’s crazy but that’s really how I feel whenever I see her and even now, I was already teary looking at her.She took my hand gently in hers and it filled me with comforting warmth that I didn’t want to let go of h
{Ciril’s POV} I lunged at the Alpha Queen, wanting to grasp her and begin her own sequence of torture but then these idiots jumped in the way. These weak idiots who swore their loyalties to her. Her warriors.In her defense, a whole lot of them stormed at me even though it was pretty obvious they didn’t want to. They were scared but did it nonetheless and I saw it as bravery.I was impressed by it but then I was going to teach them a lesson for it.I bashed some bodies to the ground with two arm swings now and then I growled as more warriors came at me meanwhile the Alpha Queen was escaping. She ran further away towards the Alpha building. I hadn’t thought this through. I had wanted to scourge the Alpha Queen but then I had forgotten that I was greatly outnumbered and would have to kill my way through.Well, I’m not complaining.Killing has recently become my new and persistent hobby. The warriors surrounded me now and were spread out over a great distance, and taking in the sight
{Ciril’s POV} “Hi.”You know, I once quivered anytime I spoke to the Alpha Queen or Ivanka or any other esteemed bitch in this Palace… but now?I’ve never felt so confident. It felt amazing knowing that they dreaded my presence and not the other way around. It was a really incredible feeling. It felt amazing seeing Ivanka, the same vile Cunt that always reigned her devilry and aggressiveness upon me— it felt amazing seeing her tremble before me now.One word, “Hi” and I felt all their pulses rise. I decided to be as slow as possible in order to enjoy the moment to the fullest. I decided to take my time.— go to them one by one.I rested my gaze on Ivanka now, and I smirked. My first specimen. She was scowling at me and breathing heavily in her attempt to hide her uneasiness. She looked stupid. I wished I could tell her that. Oh, wait. I could.“Hi, Ivanka. You look stupid.” I said now and she tensed at me addressing her before she scowled.“You think being the Champion means an
{Ciril’s POV} I spilled blood and I reigned chaos… .. but then I was only just getting started.Weirdly, there were only a couple of warriors left for me to kill— a litter of about fifteen of them after I had just killed dozens. It was weird because I expected the Alpha Queen to send the entire Garrison after me since she knew I was here.Anyhoo…I punched my claws into the throat of one of the warriors just as he tried to attack me, and with the force of my bashing, his head instantly separated from his body and just stayed there on my claws.I used it to smash into the head of another attempting Cunt— skull collided with skull and they both cracked.“AHHH!” I heard the yell of a new warrior who was trying to be brave as he raced toward me with every aggressiveness he could offer. He got to me but just as he swung his blow for my head, I bent down and swept him off his feet with my hand grabbing his leg. I held him up in the air and growled at the rest of them so that they tremble
{Ciril’s POV} “Woah.”“Oh my...”Those, among several others, were the comments from Clord and Feryt. It was a few hours past midday and the once-clear clouds had suddenly gone dark… because of me. I was raging as I focused my eyes on these very walls that had caged me with gloom and torment. I was heaving now and as a result, Clord and the others knew that the sky’s fury was my doing— a reflection of my grief and rage. It was thundering loudly now and the wind all around us was beginning to grow wilder. I reveled in the pending ChaosI was about to resume my trail towards the Palace but then a voice stopped me. “Ciril?” The voice said beside me now and I instantly veered my gaze to the side to see Feryt. She trembled slightly with my gaze.“What do we do now?” She asked me. She spoke loudly since the wind was getting more fierce by the second and crowding the silence as a result. The skies thundered again.“Stay here.” I said now with my scowl evident on my face. “Stay here until
{Ciril’s POV} I didn’t say a word.I didn’t say a word to any of them. All I did was walk, trek, trudge— all of them. And this made us go faster.At the pace we were going, I calculated that we might actually get to the Palace in a day— or not. After some hours of my ignorance and my fast traveling, they stopped me.By they, I mean the democratic bunch— Feryt, Clord, and Gordius. Feryt was their leader or representative this time around and she crept before me to prevent me from moving forward.I scowled at her when she suddenly appeared before me. “Ciril, we need to talk.” She told me. I shifted to the side and slipped past her, continuing onwards but then she was stubborn so that she trailed after me and blocked my trail again.“Ciril, stop! Just stop and listen, okay?!” She said with a stern tone and was immediately joined by Gordius on her right and Clord on her left. As usual, Gordius was annoyingly confident with his old face while Clord looked frightened by me but then the
{Ciril’s POV} “What?”“What?”Anika and I said simultaneously.Her ‘What’ was the first one. I looked at her just as she looked at me, and then we both looked at Gordius who had initiated the confusion.“Oh, I’m going to like this.” Clord said as he sat down on the ground beside one of the Bears. It growled at him so he shifted away to a new position before refocusing his gaze upon us and smiling.I glared at him. “Stand up. I told you we’re not stopping yet.” I said to him and then I turned to Gordius.“For the last time, stop messing with me, Gordius.” I told him and then I looked between Feryt and Anika. “Let’s keep moving.” I said and then turned to continue on my way. “I’m not messing with you, Ciril.” I heard Gordius’ voice again. “This girl right here is the one who will train you.” I halted. And then I spun around and started trudging to him with my bashful intent— I clenched my fist tight. I was done hearing his voice so it was time to shut him up… since he didn’t want to
Chapter 145 {Ciril’s POV} Morning came, and with it a new creed.A vengeful one. I got up with my heart evidently beating— it knew today marked the beginning of something significant. Something chaotic.I sat outside on a log of wood in between the guards of both of my Bears. I sat there motionlessly and waited for the rest to wake up. And eventually, they did. After several minutes, they strolled out simultaneously to see me seated motionlessly with my eyes closed. I was now meditating. I hated the concept but then yesterday had made me realize that it was an important concept and that Gordius was right. My emotions were controlling me and I needed to work on making it the other way round. I need to be the one in control. But then at the end of the day, I didn’t really care that I was being ruled by my emotions since I could still kill my enemies in that State. I only cared now because I didn’t want anything to jinx my fighting over at the Palace since Gordius said that meditati
{Ciril’s POV} I touched the twin half-love-shaped metal bracelets on my wrist now Erin just gave me the most shocking but relieving news.The Hencher Mistress was alive. All this time I had just been hoping— praying that she hadn’t died that day, but then over time, realization started to sink in and I started to welcome the fact that I may have lost her.— since I had recalled how fatal-looking the wound on her belly was, plus she had betrayed the Palace by helping me and I had left her in the hands of those wretches. All these conditions put together didn’t seem like a combination that the Hencher Mistress would survive in her condition and so I had spent frequent nights crying about it and hating myself for leaving her can there that day. … but now it turns out that I had concluded wrongly. All this while, I had grieved and beaten myself up in vain for the Hencher Mistress was alive.My mother was alive.Fresh tears glossed up my eyes now and Anika and the others noticed this a
{Ciril’s POV} “Why?”“What do you mean?”Anika had stopped me with her words and I was staring at her now, wondering why she was asking to go back to the same dreadful place she had just escaped from.“I mean that we have to return to the Palace because it will be a dire matter if we don’t.” She said now, confusing me the more. Clord, Gordius, and Feryt shifted back to our axis now, seeing that we were not trailing after them anymore.“What’s going on?” Feryt asked and I turned to look at her from my dazement. “She says we have to return to the Palace.” I said, still in confusion.“Wait. What?” Clord said now, stepping forward. “You’re joking, right?” He asked her with an odd laugh and when she didn’t respond, he turned to me.“She’s… she’s joking, right?”I returned my attention back to Anika now. “What’s your reason? I don’t understand what you’re saying, Anika.” I said to her now. “What dire matter are you referring to?”I spoke rather calmly now, and I did so because I didn’t wan