All Chapters of Rejected and Abandoned: The Luna’s Reawakening : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ROSHIDA When I say that I knew my happiness would be short lived, I was not lying.. Two days after the party, I received a message from the King. I was to come immediately. I dropped everything I was doing and ran out of the house. Sophia wasn't home and I knew she'd look for me so I dropped a penned note for her on the table in my office where I knew she'd look. I'm very sure that he was calling for me because he had finally found a witch. Which meant that in little to no time, I would be on my way to the Rogues. How delightful. I arrived at the Capitol but was not able to gain access to the palace early because of the immense congestion. Since today was the start of business activities for the week, it was expected. At some point, I was tempted to abandon the car and go on my bare feet to the palace because I didn't want to be late but again, I didn't want my car to be impounded. When I finally got to

VALFRED. Hours before the moon disappeared and got replaced by the sun, we were already awake. My father had addressed us last night because he wouldn't be awake when we left. I watched my mother dote over Roshida and I was surprised she didn't feel uncomfortable. It was obvious my mother likes her a lot and I was quite surprised that she hasn't told me to marry her yet. She was usually very good at that. Roshida was quiet for most of dinner and just listened to my parents rant about random things. The fact that they spoke about gaming and Kingdom matters like she wasn't there made me believe that they didn't mind having her around. We left on foot because even if we took a car, we'd have to leave it at an unknown destination when we couldn't use it anymore and that might blow our cover. The pack that we were aiming for was quite a distance from ours and it would take at least a couple of days to get there on foot.

ROSHIDA The farther we walked, the colder it became. I don't know why I didn't think about it when I was putting things in my bag. It was the North, Roshida. What did you expect? “You can take my jacket, I'm wearing a lot of clothes. I'm warm.” i looked at the jacket and then back at him. I couldn't ask him to do that. “No, it's fine. I'll be fine.” I won't be fine. My fingers were freezing and I could barely breathe right. The fact that it was still snowing heavily with the sun still in the sky wasn't helping matters. That was such a reverse help. “You don't look like you're fine and you'll probably turn into a popsicle by the time we get there so take it.” This time around, I didn't push it away. How on earth were we going to do anything in this condition? I hadn't exactly been to war before so this whole lifestyle was new to me. It felt like I was suffering for nothing.

ROSHIDA “Well, this is it.” The people were all huddled together, some giving us confused stares, some barely even paying attention to us. Valfred and I went to sit by the side a few feet away from a small group. There was the strong smell of dirt, blood and fuel. I didn't want to draw a lot of attention to myself by looking around but I was still trying to wrap my head around what I was seeing. These people hadn't asked for this. They had been living just fine before they were attacked and they didn't deserve this. Now, most of them had lost a family member and were about to be taken as slaves for the very people who ruined their lives while others lost their lives. “Do you think you'll be able to sleep?* He removed one of his shirts and handed it to me. “Use this as a pillow.” I doubted I'd be able to sleep here because of how uneasy I was. I mean being around all these people, in a new place when I didn't know when those men would come in for us wasn't exactly welcoming.

ROSHIDA “What?” “What are you, deaf? I said strip!” She looked at us and figured that no one could help her out so she started taking her clothes off one after the other. She was weeping as she stood stark naked in the bare snow and Borge and his men enjoyed the sight in front of them. The men on the ground turned their faces away since they couldn't do anything to help her. “Go on, run. You have a chance to actually run away. If you can manage to do that, then I'll let you go. It'll be like a little game between us okay? You have a head start though, twenty seconds. Run.” She looked unsure and looked around for a moment. “Come on, go.” Her eyes met mine before she took off very fast. That's when I realized that she had been beside me last night. If she timed it well, she might actually have a chance at freedom. My heart beat as Borge began to count and she had just gone past where the body lay. The issue was that they kept running in a straight line, right in front of th