ROSE
"Keep up with me pa, stay with me. "
I wept,keeping him close to me. He was giving out, going limp.
"My heart Rose, by heart. "
"Stay with me pa you will be fine. "
But he wasn't. He smiled at me,but his smile was very fragile.
"Am sorry Rose, this time I can't obey."
Life departed him with the last breathe in him. And he lay in my arms, dead. Feeling defeated, I hid his staring eyes with my palms,then I raised my head to the sky and screamed. I cried to the ancestors and the gods for taking my father away with them
When the warriors tugged me , I tried to fight,to defend myself. But I lost all the strength. They seized my sword and tied my arms and limbs, hauled me along like a criminal.
My father was dead, the war oended. Egorthonian soldiers seized the victory, I'm making me their only surviving captive. I didn't know what would become of my village and my people, but now, right now,all I could think about is death, blood and agony.
The soldiers grabbed me by my arms and I fought hard to free myself.
"Let me go !" I kicked and cursed and screamed, but my bounded hands made the fool of me.
They carried me and took me to a place in the forest where the Egorthonians and their king camped. warriors were celebrating their victory. When they saw me on the shoulder of their colleague, they raised their sword and rejoiced.
I landed on a pile of debris when he let me go. And all of them came to peek at me.
"Oh God, oh god I can't wait. Where is the king? She' so hot.
"She's burning."
I couldn't fathom what they were saying, but I saw the way each of them were holding their pants, breathing heavily like animals.
Come on I want this woman!
A red haired soldier pleaded with his friend. He couldn't wait. But his friend pushed him aside.
"I found her first, she'mine!"
"No, she'mine."
"You lie she's mine!"
"Maybe we should use her in turns, she belongs to all of us . I don't think the king has a problem with that. "
"Let's do it! The king will understand!
They weren't going to rape me in turns were they? No,I won't let this happen. They were numerous, and I was the only girl. I will die even before the third person is done.
"Don't touch me, don't touch me! "
I wept, but my wails fell on deaf ears. They lifted me up and pinned me to a tree. While two men held my hands, the one behind me tore my pants and shirt. I toiled, wept, even begged. But to them, it was music to their ears.
"Stoppp! "
Somebody cried out to them. I felt my arms falling freely to my sides.
"His majesty is here! "
The announcer said again. Everybody fell on their knees and bowed.
While realizing that I was almost naked, I tried every effort to gather the remains of my dress to my exposed breast. Then I curled up on the ground like a snake . I didn't recognized the strong heavy boots which wrapped the long legs standing before me. I lifted my head and met the gaze of a tall huge man. My heart blew off, If this big guy was the one who would go inside me, then I rather die trying to survive from the soldier's rape festival.
He read the anxiety in my eyes and finally bent down to meet my level. His ocean blue eyes, stared right into me, and reading me as if he could tell something through my eyes and my body.
"Your cloth, it's ripped to pieces, who did this do you?"
The deep, manly voice, that now sounded harsh and sore gave the soldiers shaky legs. He returned to his normal hight, so tall and built.
"Did you try to rape her? "
No one replied. He drew his sword.
"Your majesty we are sorry! " The soldiers fell on their knees and begged.
"I will deal with all of you later. "
He returned to me, seeing how calm I had been, he extended a hand and I punched it.
"Go away! Leave me alone!"
I began to cry. Still, he caught me in his arms and I struggled like a child.
"You killed my dad, now you want to kill me, here am kill me! It's what you wanted. Take my life and leave me alone. "