Chosen by the CEO

THE ISLAND OF AMOSTRA

“I wasn’t the unborn servant, so there's no way I'll go now.” Those were the words she had uttered, her eyes filled to the brim with anger. She turned away from the pleading eyes of her beloved mother, making up her mind that whatever was going to happen, she wasn’t going to the Imperial World.

Her mother walked up to her and softly took a hold of her hand. “You mightn’t have been chosen, but the only way to save us all is for you to go, Sevim.”

She slightly took her hands away from the cold and grazing hands of her beloved mother and looked away. Because she knew that if she kept looking, there was nothing that her Mother’s eyes couldn’t make her do. Going to the Imperial World included, and becoming the soul-less servant. 

“Mother, you’re just trying to waste your time with me. What’s there? Tell them the truth, maybe they can help us find him. You can’t just force me to go there as his replacement.” The pain of what had happened was still afresh in my mind. And even though she mightn’t be able to avenge for him, hell, to even start looking for him, she would. 

“How many times do I have to tell you this, Sevim?” Her eyes were no longer pleading as she walked up to face her, she was shedding a 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 say I knowing hid my son and won’t accept a no for an answer. This was a millennial promise, Sevim. We have to fulfill it at all costs.”

She watched as her mother wiped at her tears. Something so strong and painful struck at her and she couldn’t understand 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 that are chosen to be the soul-less servants! We want to live too!” She bellowed angrily and that gave way to her tears. 

Her Mother yet again wiped at her smile with a painful smile on her lips. “It’s not just our family, Sevim, it’s the entire Aanakocra Tribe, can’t you see? And this time, it’s our family’s turn to sacrifice one of us to be the soul-less servant...”

She softly cut her mother off, realizing that whether she liked it or not, she had to step up and do this. “That’s basically like killing me, Mom. Of what use would I be for myself or my family if I'm soul-less, Mother?” No matter how much she tried to be strong and not give way to the pain ripping at her heart, a stubborn tear rolled down to her cheeks. 

“For the last Emperor, it came from the Polaze household, and can’t you see how their lives turned out?”