Birth of The Phoenix

chapter 10?

Hastings household, Madam Gwen’s personal quarters,

‘So don’t blame me for being a wolf in this deadly forest.

I had to think like them and act like those deadly wolves inorder to ensure my safety and survival, in this cruel world', Madam Gwen thought and was lost in the train of her own thoughts.

Then her thoughts continued to run wildly, ‘That’s how I managed to survive in this cruel world and thus, I ensured the safety and the future of my daughter too, unlike the stupid self like you, you poor daughter of the fool Minister.

I even taught my daughter Cassy well enough for her to survive.

On where to act, when to act and how to act and how to use the circumstances to her own benefits and how to change the incidents in her favor, bit by bit from her childhood to till now.

I have taught and trained her well enough, of all the things she had to do, to survive in this cruel war field called life.

I made sure to put her in a very powerful and secured place, ensuring even my good future life, incase my sorry excuse of a selfish husband leaves me.

And I also made sure, for her to hold more power in the future, so that when I am not there, by her side to protect her, either she can protect herself with the power she have in her hands then or no one could touch her in the first place, from the place, where I had made her to secure a strong foothold in the imperial palace.

I made sure of it, using my very being. I didn’t mind getting my hands dirty and even beared the bloods of numerous people on my hand for this to happen.

For my daughter to lead a good and safe life away from those power hungry and greedy animals in human skin.

And I didn’t feel guilty or sorry for my actions.

If I was given a choice and a second chance again, in my life, I would do all the same things again, without thinking twice and blinking my eyes and would even do more than I had already done before, to have a good life.

But to tell you the truth, you deserve your miserable ending though.

Even your daughter deserved all what she got in her short and pitiful life.

Who told you guys to be the good persons and consider others feelings and well beings before your feelings and life.

That caused both of your downfalls.

It’s all because of you, you stupid woman.

Your daughter had both of it, all of your appreance and qualities.

So even after you died and got out of my life, your daughter was there to mock me in your appearance, as your replica looking identical to you.

As if you didn't die and was still living in front of my eyes, in a healthy condition. Which was also one of the reasons I hated her to the core.

Now that I had sent your daughter to you, don’t curse me more and don’t worry much. Enjoy your mother and daughter time together.

You should actually thank me for sending your daughter to spent her time with you, so soon', Madam Gwen thought and had a crazy glint shining in her eyes.

Carrie, her loyal maid servant, who followed her and acted as her shadow all these years, was looking at her lady, from a distance for a very long time.

When she saw her Lady’s cruel and heartless look, even she felt a cold shiver run down her spines, making her bones to feel an unknown chillness test could freeze her while being.

She shuddered and had goosebumps all over her body.

Her Lady’s cruel look can even freeze the whole vast ocean of the world, at a single glance, in a few seconds.

Shaking her head to clear her disturbing thoughts, Carrie went towards her lady cautiously.

She felt a little scared to provoke the sleeping devil in her Lady’s body.

“My lady. It’s late. And the weather is too cold today for you to stand near the open window.

Don’t stand there for a long time, Incase you might catch a cold tomorrow.

It’s not good for your health. Come on, my lady.

I will make the bed for you to rest”, Carrie said slowly and softly, as at this moment, even she could not predict the thoughts that was running through her Lady’s mind.

“OK….go and make my bed.

Make sure to get some extra blankets as today’s weather is a little bit to cold for me”, Madam Gwen said to her loyal maid servant.

After making her lady to lie down on the bed, Carrie closed all the windows and even checked the doors, whether they are locked properly or not, in case letting the cold wind to sweep through the open space and into the room, in the middle of the night.

When Carrie came outside her Lady’s personal quarters, she looked up at the sky, only to see that the grey colored storm clouds were filling up the whole sky, making it look a little bit eerie and terrific.

‘it seemed that there will be a big storm, ravaging tonight', thought the maid servant and went towards her servant quarters to take rest, as she had so many things to do as per her Lady’s orders.

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Few hours ago, somewhere in the outskirts of the Valerian kingdom, in the middle of the forest.

When Avery opened her eyes a after struggling for a long time.

As she felt as if a huge weight was placed on her eyes, making it difficult for her to open her eyes.

But when she opened her heavy eyelids finally after using the last bit of strength left in her tattered body, all she saw was the unkempt roof of a hut.

When she woke up and regained her full consciousness, she groaned in endless pain striking at her body repeatedly.

It felt like tens of thousands of needles were pierced into her body at the same time.

As her body began to work and registered everything around her, she grasped her surroundings clearly.

And her hazy mind cleared for it to recognize the pain that was inflicted on her body, a few hours ago.

The guards sitting near her quickly got up on their feet, hearing her cries of pain and faint whimpering sounds like that of a kitten meowing in pain, that left her mouth lazily.

She didn’t even had enough strength to cry out the sufferings of the pain on her body. It looked like a huge task for her.

They grabbed her broken hand and dragged her using it, on the uneven stone filled floor of broken hut.

The stones and pebbles on the hard floor scratched her smooth pale looking skin, making her skin to bleed even more.

The contrast of the new gushing red colored blood against her milky white skin was too eye catching for the guards who were dragging her.

*they can't afford to be pitiful for her. their sorry life and poor works were at stake.

But they could do nothing to help her but only feel sorry for her cruel end, that too only in their hearts.

They were even afraid to feel sorry for her very openly.

As, if this news was got caught by the Evil Witch Princess, then it would not end good for them at all.

They could even lose their lives. So they just ignored the eye catching bloody mess of a scene and forced themselves to make their feelings disappear.

And made their hearts like a stone, which would feel nothing.

*It’s better to be a stone than to loose their life for their sympathetic feelings, they thought and buried their self consciousness deep within their soul, hidden from this Cruel world.

The guards who were dragging her, gripped her already broken hand, a little harder, which made her to cry out in new pain, which shot through her body like a strike of the lightening.

They treated her literally like a lifeless rag doll, who would feel nothing at all. Or they didn't mind her sufferings at all. both the former and the latter conclusion application to her current situation.

Even her voice was hoarse and cracked and sounded like a sandpaper rubbing against each other, due to so much of her sobbing and weeping in pain.

The guard holding her left hand asked curiously to the one holding her right hand .

“why did we waited till now for this b***h to wake up, instead of throwing her in the middle of the forest when we brought her here, a few hours ago? “.

“That’s because the future Crown Princess Consort strictly ordered us, to make sure that she was awake, when we throw her in the middle of the forest.

She wanted this b***h to feel each and every pain, when wolves and other wild animals come to eat her alive.

And that future Crown Princess Consort wanted this b***h, to feel and know the exact moment of her life, when her life is draining away slowly and steadily from her broken body”, said the first guard and shivered while even saying that.

He felt that the future Crown Princess Consort’s thought was too cruel and merciless to be coming out of a woman's mind.

Forget women, Even men would never think of such cruel things. they would kill their enemies quickly with a strike of their sword or even induce them in some sort of torture session but that too not to this extent.

“That’s really scary. How can a woman be this cruel to her own sister?”, The second guard asked the first guard and shivered in pure fear, just by thinking about this and he even had a few sweats forming on his forehead because of the evil thoughts.

“That’s what I am saying. She is a crazy and scary power hungry evil witch.

Hunger for power and wealth can make anyone to do anything and everything they can to achieve their goals.

They wouldn’t mind whether the one who they were sacrificing for their own selfish actions were their Blood relatives or not.

What’s more, this woman, they both were born to different mothers.

Not to mention, the title Crown Princess Consort, can make every woman to go crazy for it.

Who does not love power and wealth and which crazy person would deny them, in this era? ” the first guard said and motioned the other guard to come closer towards him.

“Let me tell you another piece of a secret. Don’t let your tongue slip in the future about this matter and make sure that no one gets even the wind of it, by mistake" the first guard said making the second guard to perk up in curiosity.

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