Chosen By The Emperor

AND OF

, her eyes filled to the brim with anger. She turned away from the pleading eyes of her beloved mo

of her hand. "You mightn't have been chosen, but th

ked away. Because she knew that if she kept looking, there was nothing that her Mother's eyes

find him. You can't just force me to go there as his replacement." The pain of what had happened was still afresh

few tears now. "Your father died in the hands of those men, do you want that to be our fate as well? They won't believe me. They'd s

what kind of fate their family had. "Why did it have to be just our family, Mother? I can't comprehend how it's only us

t just our family, Sevim, it's the entire Aanakocra Tribe, can't you see? And this

cally like killing me, Mom. Of what use would I be for myself or my family if I'm soul-less, Mother?" No matter how muc

m the Polaze household, and can't

oever got himself killed by the Emperor meant he has sinned greatly and they aren't to be associated with. Do you think that should be the reward of being the

rent, there was an Imper

to kill me? Mother, I'm not going to be the soul-less servant. And in fact, didn't they say that

scape this situation. The best thing she'd have to be doing right now was planning how she could find Rezi's killer

born as the unborn servant. He was chosen by the Emperor 200 years ago to be h

about the Unborn Servants mark on his shoulder, which I don't have? And do you think the Empero

ut. And for the soul, you're his twin sister, Sevim. You two share th

he pointed at her blossoming breasts and her Moth

sleep on time." She wondered what had gotten into her Mothe

r be able to sleep. She had known that she hadn't been sleeping for a while. Since the day it was announced that the r

house was and felt as pain tried so hard to lacerate her entire being. Theirs was the most wretched household in the entire Island of Amostra. They were said to b