1 Betrayal

It hurts.

My head felt like it was going to split in two. My knees burned from the scratches which covered them. Numbness filled my legs from kneeling for too long.

"Have you repented?"

I looked up to the source of that voice with insane hatred. His confident smirk pissed me off.

Splat!

A liquid dropped down my bare back. I looked around me. The people who had pledged their lives to me were now laughing at me. They even dared to throw rotten fruit at me!

I started to shake in spite. How was I the queen of this land reduced to this state?

The sound of footsteps filled my ears. A hand pinched my chin. I looked into those cold eyes once more. Memories of the past flooded my head.

"Dear sister, I will not repeat myself. Have you repented for your sin of going against me?"

"Ha!"

I looked at my dear brother who faced me with a smirk. If he wanted to see me cry and beg he was wrong. I would rather die then satisfy his plot.

He wiped his cheek with the back of his hand. A stinging filled the right side of my face as my cheek swelled.

"You dare spit at me? The king? Do you know how this is punishable? If you weren't my sister I would have executed you immediately. Be happy that you have been let off only with a slap."

My headache intensified after his slap. I shook from the cold air which passed over me. He sat arrogantly on my throne. My previous advisors standing obediently at his side. The common people all looked at me with disdain. I was a sheep in the midst of wolves.

I will not let him win. Even if I were to die, I will take him with me. My fury tumbled inside of me. I screamed in pain as a searing pain filled my back.

Whack! Whack!

With every lash every nerve in my body screamed. My voice grew hoarse from screaming.

How long has it been? How many years have I suffered this torment for the position which is lawfully mine? All those years of my childhood spent studying, and fighting in wars to earn my father's blessing. All reduced to nothing by my brother dearest.

"Cherura Lutious, for your actions of instating a rebellion against your highness Jackyl the fifth, you will be executed tomorrow at the crack of dawn. May Jeanine watch over you."

Hmm. How long has my brother been planning this? Actually this is all my fault. I should have never thought of him as the same little boy who used to call me sister so sweetly before. I couldn't stop the tears which fell.

Ah. Maybe it was time for me to end my life. I was proud of all that I have done. The city people which mock me now are prosperous due to my principles and code of law.

Is this what it feels like to give up? Maybe I should accept my fate.

"I repent brother you have won."

My throat and back burned with pain and humiliation at my state. Being reduced to face my people naked and weak like this.

The malicious laugh of his rose into the air once more.

"This has to be the best moment of my entire life sister. I'm glad that you have repented."

"Ha. Hahaha!"

My maniacal laughter rose into the tension filled air.

"You foolish brother. Did you really think that I was going to say that? How could I repent for sins which I have not committed? How can a bastard son such as yourself compare to me? I promise you dear brother that even in my death I will repay this little action of yours. As a ghost I will haunt your every waking moment. I will curse this land and hope for its demise. And I will wait for you from my perch in hell."

The brief flash of fear in my brother's golden eyes made me ecstatic. Who did he think he was to go against me? He is one hundred years too early! I freed my hands from the ropes and rushed up to him. The sound of his advisors screaming and the people yelling filled my pulsing ears.

I turned to the guard next to me and extracted his knife. If I'm going to die brother then I will take you with me to the pits of hell!

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