The Monster's Rose

16

Narrator's point of view

Briella stepped back with widening eyes as she watched the girl with blood shut eyes. She doesn't know what to say, they all know why she was taken by her lords. It's against the rules to open her mouth to tell her the history.

Briella visibly tensed remembering the stores and the tragedy. The girl on the floor started sobbing silently hugging her knees for comfort. This shuddered Briella, she didn't like to see the girl sob.

She cannot comfort the girl, Madame Darya can be here at any moment because of something which made Briella and all the other people who were present in the castle burn. Their body burned and they know the reason behind their body burn with heat.

Whenever the Paarth got angry, everyone in their village and tribal burned with heat. It is not a good sign. Even the lords of the village are burned with heat.

Briella started trembling just thinking about Paarth... Everyone is scared of him, They cannot look past his knees because of the power radiating off him. They never lifted their head to see him. He never stepped out of the Svarg palace.

Briella stood up as she heard the heavy footsteps, she bowed her head in respect when Lord Hames made his way towards them. Lord Hames looked scary.

Lord Hames gaze shifted to the fragile girl on the floor, he clenched his jaw as a cold chill ran throughout his body. He asked Briella about what happened in their language when he already know what have happened here.

Rose stayed quiet hugging her knees to herself for comfort as the pictures of her happy family started playing in her mind. She wants to meet her dad and mum, she is dearly missing them. She just wants to escape this place.

Rose can hear two forms speaking distantly in a language that is very foreign to her. She glanced up blinking her wet lashes to see Briella talking with Lord Hames. Her breath quicken looking at him. He looked even scarier now.

He looked down at her when he heard her gasp, Lord Hames couldn't take his eyes off her. He never watched a werewolf, in clear a royal. There was a force that stopped him from ending her life, he could not lift his sword nor touch her.

His men hurt her physically but they could not kill her. He does not understand the force nor the reason behind it. He gulped the saliva as he know he(Paarth) is angry... the slight heat from his anger is burning everyone. It is not good for infants who have born recently.

Madame Darya flinched in fear as she heard about the murder of Lord Kai. Her face remained blank, she clenched her hands into fists. She could not believe the dismissal of lord Kai who was the only hope for her to kill the werewolf princess.

"Who murdered Lord Kai?" Madame Darya asked after a minute of thinking. She waited for an answer but she is met with silence. She raised her brow as the guard in front of her bow down his head in shame.

"My apologies madame Darya, we do not know the murderer of Lord Kai. But—but..." The guard shuddered just by thinking.

"But?"

"Madame Darya, everyone believes that there is something which made Paarth angry. It must be regarding Lord Kai as Lord Hames visited the palace where the girl is." The guard replied in their language. Madame Darya stood up from her chair with sudden fear.

She knew if Lord Hames got to know about her and Lord Kai's play, he would take her to Paarth. That one thought made her shiver in fear as she started taking fast and heavy steps towards the palace. The guards rushed towards the cart to carry madame Darya.

Briella gulped down the lump waiting for Lord Hames to speak. He is busy in his thoughts, Rose sat there with a gloomy face as a dream started playing in her mind taking her away from this world.

"Mommy? Mommy? Where are we going? Where is appa?" The little boy asked in confusion as he watched his mother's teary face.

"We are going somewhere safe, baby. Appa is going to come back when we find the safe place." The mother replied as her legs hurt and she knew she couldn't carry her son because of her pregnant belly.

The little boy immediately wrapped his arms around his mother's neck as they heard the loud cries of people. "Mommy, why are they crying? Are they hurt? We need to go and help them." The mother couldn't hold back as she started sobbing silently as she fastens the steps through the tunnel to reach the safe.

Her heart is beating loudly against her rib cage, her belly is protesting as she is carrying her son. She only wanted peace and her husband beside her.

The gods didn't listen to her prayers or anyone. "Mommy please don't cry. We need to go back to appa. I don't like to go away from appa." The little boy spoke whipping the tears with his small hands.

His small eyes are filled with tears as he cried. He could not stop the whimpers hearing the sounds and cries of appa's people or his family.

"Please don't cry baby, everyone is going to be healthy and happy. They wouldn't cry, appa will make sure of that." The mother spoke gently to make her son stop crying. She cannot see her son crying. Her heart already broke hearing her people cry in pain, the death knocked their kingdom when all she prayed was peace and life on her people.

"Then why are we leaving to another place mommy? We have to stay here to help appa." The little boy said as the mother stopped walking to take a small break. She can feel the pain building inside her stomach because of the pressure.

All she wants now is to send her son to a safe place where they would not hurt him. Half of her people turned into ashes on the ground. Her heart cliched because she couldn't even perform their final cremation.

As they reached the end of the tunnel into the world of the dark magic forest. She stopped turning around to see her home crumbling down to ashes.

"Mommy... What is happening? Why is our home is being destroyed?!" The little boy yelled in anger and sadness. She sobbed loudly holding her son close to the heart.

She felt the anger and rage inside her. She never felt anger towards anyone but now she felt it. The once place they called home where she lived with her husband and son, the place where she dreamed about the future kids with her husband, a home where she would see her kids playing around while leaning against her husband is crumbling down to ashes.

She cannot enter the dark magic forest, she have to return back to where her husband is. The only reason why she is here is to protect her son.

She set her son down and sat down on the forest ground as she couldn't bend on her knees. "Listen to me carefully Zeid, your appa is a Paarth... Paarth is the one who protects his people from all evil and danger. The one who protects the lands of Sharbhsval will be the Paarth."

The little boy nodded his head understanding all he could. "Promise me, you will protect your people and bring justice to our lands. Follow the righteous path, don't hurt the innocent. I want you to fight for our lands of Sharbhsval and bring justice to us. I don't want you to hurt the innocent." The mother caressed the little boy's cheek.

"Now, walk into the forest. Don't look back, there will be someone who would take care of you. Return back when the time is right. Remember, the lands of Sharbhsval is your birth land which was protected by your appa, grandfather, your great grandfathers and ancestors. I want you to protect the lands of Sharbhsval like your appa." The mother sobbed pulling her son into her arms.

"I love you my little Zeid, always remember I and appa are with you. Appa loves you so much." She kissed his face before standing up. The little boy couldn't stop crying as he watched his mother walk back towards the tunnel.

Rose suddenly snapped back to reality as she breathed heavily. "Lands of Sharbhsval..." She whispered making Lord Hames and Briella widen their eyes in hysteria.

Briella shook her head when Lord Hames looked at her asking her if she told her. No one outside of their village know about the lands.

They never revealed their lands name to the werewolf princess. Lord Hames cannot believe how she whispered the name of their lands without knowing.