Arranged Meeting at Anly Mountain.

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~Chapter 5~

"HOW DARE I? Whatever did I do? She fell on her own accord. My hands are too full of coats and Jewelers to push her. So do tell me, what exactly did I do?" She asked with a mischievous delight very evident in her eyes.

"I mean, it is not my fault that she ran on wet tiles." Looking down at the sobbing girl, "Get hold of yourself, you didn't even cut yourself. If I cry every time I cut myself, I would have a river to my name".

Slap!

Her cheek stung hard. She turned her head in the direction of the person that hit her across the face.

Lord Harris.

"You are starting to have a nasty attitude, Yeona!!" He screamed at her face, but she said nothing but just stared at him.

Mother always said to obey the ones in power, whether good or bad, just listen and keep your head above the waters. And once you have survived the situation and have managed to get power back from your tormentor. You turn back and do to them ten times what they did to you.

Forgiveness is rarely an answer. You were not forgiven, pitied, or spared. So why do the same?

Also, never forget your tormentor's face, or else the above would be for naught.

Yeona glared at the chestnut-haired man, making him flinch, but he soon caught himself. Out of anger and disbelief that she had made him flinch, he slapped her again. But she didn't back down or cry.

Her face stung, yes. But she vowed she would never give him the pleasure of seeing her cry again.

So she endured the beating. All the while he kept hitting her, she didn't move, the coat in her arms didn't fall, and all she did was meet his gaze till he stopped.

Huffing and puffing, one would think that Lord Harris was the one receiving the beating. Looking down at the girl he was 'disciplining' expecting to see fear and tears, but all he saw was anger and hatred. Yeona's eyes were deeper shades than they usually were.

"The coats are getting heavier by the minute, are you done?" She asked Lord Harris.

"Why you Vermin of a maggot—" he cursed at her, ready to hit her again.

"Darling that's enough, if you keep going, dinner will get hot, and they will have to reheat it, and It will take longer time to get to bed," Lady Evangeline said stopping him from continuing.

"Yes, Daddy. And Remember the Courtly Celebration is the following moontide, we wouldn't want to leave marks on her face, now would we?"

Turning back his attention to Yeona "Make sure to put ice on it, and you are not leaving this Manor until your swell is down"

Giving him a cheeky smile and response, "If I deem fit"

"Why you little—" Thinking she would flinch, she stood there with her head up waiting for the hit.

"Darling" Lady Evangeline warned.

Sighing with his teeth, he withdrew his hands and stormed back to the couch.

"Have the dinner table ready immediately".

"I will inform Marina of your needs and attend to the coat" Walking away from them as she made her way to the laundry room.

Setting the heap of coats down, she noticed a small bowl with water and a rag in it. Touching the water, she realized it was iced water.

Marina

She must have placed it for a long time for the ice to melt. Smiling at herself. The luxury of using ice. Washing the cut on her face, she stared at her reflection. Her lilac eyes were back to normal. Well, it wasn't as if she noticed it at first.

"Leave marks on her 'beautiful' face" she corrected Freya's earlier statement.

She soon began washing the coats, it wasn't much, so it was something she could easily finish in 30 minutes.

And that was what she accomplished. She was able to finish it in the allotted time she gave herself. Looking outside, the moon was already in full form and was glowing with all its might.

'Beautiful' she whispered. "It is too late to spread it out. Pause makes me wonder why I decided to wash it now"

Leaving the laundry room, she heard sounds of laughter from the dinner table. Well it was a given, regardless of her hatred for the Rutherford, they had something she didn't have.

Family.

So yes, she was jealous of them and also hated them, as they were also the reason for her own parent's death. She shook her head as if to remove the thought from them.

"I heard what you did to my girls" Lady Evangeline spoke as soon as Yeona entered the room.

"I have done so many things, you have to be specific"

"You little—" Lord Harris yelled, ready to curse at her. But the mother of the house lifted her hands to silence him. She might as well be the head of the house.

"Today"

"I wasn't around, I went to the marketplace and came back—"

"Don't play smart with me!! THIS EVENING!!" Lady Evangeline yelled, slamming her fist on the table, breaking some silverware.

"Lady Eva, I must remind you that if you break more silver plates, you will not have any to serve your guests when they come. I mean, you don't want them to find out that the only expensive thing in the manor is the manor itself, do you?" She asked, Her question made to cringe as she looked at the broken pieces.

"This evening I heard what you did to my twins the evening" she stated, she was much calmer than she was a moment before.

Creepy.

"I didn't do anything, just simply told them what was happening in the Voudia. You know, the deaths and all. Since all they do is sit around and have a tea party. I thought it would be a nice thing to be their personal town crier. But I guess I was wrong".

"It was unnecessary. There was no need to afflict my children with your insane remarks. Ignorance is bliss".

"And Ignorance brings early death"

"YEONA CHAMBERLAIN!!!!" Lord Harris and Lady Evangeline both shrieked loudly at her. She looked to her left and saw York and Marina signaling to her to stop provoking the heads. Sighing, she turned to the family, with her head bowed to a 90-degree angle.

"I sincerely apologize for informing your children that they are killing men and women alike. Next time, I won't say a thing—" She wanted to say more, but if she did, it would defeat the point of the entire apology. So she just kept quiet and her last statement. The family was not stupid, they knew her apology was just fake and unauthentic.

"For your punishment, you won't be permitted to eat till next tomorrow". Lady Evangeline.

She figured she was going to get punished, so it didn't come as a surprise to her.

"I understand" Moving to the kitchen, where Marina and York waited for her.

"M-my L-lady y-you shouldn't have done t-that" York stammered, nudging Marina to back him up. Marina sighed instead.

"I love the part where Lyra fell face flat. That was priceless," she said, laughing at the memory.

"It was spontaneous" she mocked. Yeona went to the fruit basket and picked it up. Handing York and Marina one plum each that she got from the market, leaving her with three.

"M-my L-lady they said not to," York said nervously

"I wonder what they would do?" she asked, looking in their direction. " I am going out for the night, I will decide if I want to come back tomorrow or not. Ciao" she waved at them and ran out into the night before they could question her.

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Sereia wrapped a scarf around her head as she took one final look at her reflection.

Perfect.

"Mom I am going out, I might come back late, don't wait up too long" She announced, began packing food and snacks from the pantry, and gently placed them in a basket.

"Where are you going?" A male voice asked. Poking her head back to the dinner table. Oh! Her father was there, and she didn't realize. When did he even get back?

"Good Evening Father"

"Good evening dear, I asked a question, where are you going and why wasn't I informed about it?"

"Even my Mom doesn't know where I am going, what gives you the right to know?"

"Why you little!!" Lord Whyte yelled, sharply standing up from his chair and making it fall to the ground. Sereia turned to her mother with a knowing look. Lady Gwen flicked her wrist at her husband.

"Silentus Avactus" Lord Whyte immediately went silent and deaf.

"I tell you he is much better deaf and dumb than talkative. Don't you think so?" She asked her mother.

"Sera where are you going?" Her mother asked calmly.

"I am going to meet the Aswinesian I told you about this evening"

"The Chamberlain girl"

"I don't remember telling you about another one"

"I will be back late, so tell your dear husband not to bother me" She said looking at her father. He looked dense with drool coming out from his mouth. Waving at her mother, she left her house.

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Yeona got to Anly Mountain and walked into the inner space. She walked along the only path there, and it led to an opening to a small body of water.

The moon reflected on a pool of water. She looked up to the open mountain hole to see the moon directly above it.

"It is so beautiful" She whispered, entranced by it, she began to pull her clothes off to take a bath in it. "The girl sure is late" she uttered in a hushed voice, trying to reverence the peace she felt from the bath.

Maybe it was just her, but she loved soaking herself in baths, cold or hot, it didn't matter. Time passed as she swam around the water, soothing the sweetness of it.

"What did she say her name was again? I know it starts with an S. Savannah? Sofia?"

"It is Sereia!!"

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*Voudia is the Capital kingdom of the 9 Kingdoms.

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