Trigger Warning
My father has always told me that the desert and nature is a giving place, it gives and gives to those alive and created yet just because one is given to one species. It is suddenly horrible for the other. Everyone in nature has a role and if you’re lucky then you’d get to live. Father told me that if I ever faced a predatory, I must do what I can to survive.
But the moment that I face the Countess. My insides felt hollow and my bones porous. There is not a single system in my whole body that made sense as I face the dangerous beauty of Countess Raina. My hands that held Maex’s breakfast shook at the sight of her.
Do not come close to her, the voice in my mind whispers as if it fears to be heard by this woman even though she has no way of knowing my thoughts. I pretend
