1 1- the stranger

the young female was shaking from the cold. she held her umbrella above her head but though she wasn't very large, the umbrella still couldn't cover her from the brutal rain coming from above.

she was waiting for her aunt and uncle's customer to come since they were getting old. She was helping them out once in a while to pay back for them taking her in and caring for her after her mothers death.

the girl's mother had passed away only one month before and her father was long gone. so her aunt and uncle had taken her in.

a carriage passed by making the girl look up only getting a brief look at the properly rich man sitting inside of it.

little did she know the carriage stopped not long away for the male to look at the beautiful women standing soaked from the rain with her long hair and green eyes,

seconds later another carriage arrived and a elder man stepped out and handed the girl a silly payment before taking a sack of what the young male studying the women from a safe distance thought must've been vegetables or something.

the girl didn't go inside the house behind her again after the elder man had drove away no she stayed outside for a bit before slowly making her way back.

' she will probably catch a cold' the male who was now getting into his carige thought to himself as he made his way to his huge and elegant mansion with his servant sitting scared as far away from him as possible.

***

asterea or aster as many called her was quite ordinary actually. well according to her she wasn't pretty, wasn't that smart, according to her she was of no value.

I mean she was nothing but a woman right ? a woman who would one day be married to a man she would learn to love. That was her place in life, her place in society.

She had once had a brother, father and mother and she had once had a happy family. that was until everything fell apart.

aster woke up the next morning a bit tired from working the previous day. her aunt and uncle were still not up, which wasn't unusual for the married couple.

Aster was not very feminine if it stood to her she would wear anything but the fancy dresses her mother had worn, the same dresses every woman seemed to love.

no she standed out in her ways. for example, though it was not approved by her uncle and aunt nor the village she would go out and work on the fields or in the stables in one of her uncles old clothes, since she meant the dress would only make the job more difficult, which were true.

she heard some yelling from the house behind her. but she didn't bother to return. It was probably just some scandal her aunt ment was hularius and was yelling at her uncle about how little cared about it.

she had no worries at that point. What worried her was the sudden silence from the house. yet she was too afraid to be honest to return to the house therefore she pretended and tried to tell herself they had just made up.

though she deep down knew something wasn't right. She hurried out into the stable where a few cows and pigs were standing making loud sounds at her arrival, knowing she would bring them their food.

She slowly gave each animal a little of their food her uncle had stocked in the back of the stables.

she took a deep breath before exiting the stables knowing something was really wrong.

'' Hello'' a deep male voice greeted her, from behind.

She didn't turn around mostly because she was a bit scared at what she would see when she faced the stranger and also mostly because she was frozen. it was like her body couldn't move.

'' can i help you?'' aster asked controlling her voice so she didn't sound scared.

'' Yeah you actually can. I just had a nice talk with your what? mum and dad? '' the stranger spoke.

she could hear him starting to walk closer to her. '' about what may i ask?'' aster asked politely. '' About you, it seems they were in need of some money and i offered it for a price of course. '' he explained with a cold and creepy voice now only what aster persummed was one step behind her.

in a matter of seconds aster had set off running not looking back. but heading for the forest behind the house.

she heard the sound of a horse knowing she was caught. Someone took a harsh grip onto her arm and knocked her out.