"Very well then. You will get to reflect on your choices well enough in the future."The tone in her voice alerted nothing but one sense. Danger. I had endangered the lives of others because of my foolish pride. I could have walked away politely, and save others. Tara. But leaving the devil to reign did not fully assure me that my family and friends would be saved."This is your last chance Kerik." She added, then paused. Waiting for me to fully accept to the proposal. My mind raced over a million things. What if I choose this option, and defeating the devil seems more impossible than I'd expect. Then I would never forgive myself. If only I could get more time, more days to puzzle over the prodigious decision. But even if I was opportune to that kind of indulgence, I feared my answer would still remain constant."Yes. That's what I choose. This is what feels best to me, so I've made up my mind." Her head lowered into a slow s

Live had been what we call a living hell for all of us at Talot, like walking straight towards the gates of the underworld. More of the villagers had turned into the septics, making the rest of us that were saved and not turned really few, as if a tiny drop in an ocean. We'd had to protect the inner walls from corrupting with the outsiders. At one point I accepted others from other kingdom to dwell in with us, for protection and provision of shelter and food. I'd done that with a pure heart without any hint of doubt or regret. Now, with the rate of which other corrupted people had filled Talot, it was slowly starting to become close to unbearable. Scarcity of food had hit us harder than a solid rock. The only source of meat we had left after the keepers took all from us, was just the people from Tobin's place. Ever since they'd dared cross their boundary with me, and lost Tobin to me, they'd done nothing but made the kingdom a pain in the ass. They said I will not bow to them. Haha!

The next morning the city was bubbling with more joy than it usually was on the day of the most favorite festival day at Beladonia. It was as if this special and unique celebration raised the ambient soul of the community to a broad shared smile. Mine included. It was a levitation we shared, as it raised us all up to a higher plane of emotional health, the jubilation weaves the crowd together as the most magnificent of cloths. Two middle aged blonds smiled and walked past me only before they quickly managed to bowed slightly, chorusing a loud and clear; "Good morning!" I only returned a warm kind smile as I tried to hide the screaming and screeching that roared inside of my head. It was truly a good morning indeed! A better morning if I may say. Although it wasn't as magical as one would say, since we'd only just found the cure the night before, and to add, tons of septic were still seen moping around. But on the brighter side, the cure has been found. After all this long while.

The next morning the city was bubbling with more joy than it usually was on the day of the most favorite festival day at Beladonia. It was as if this special and unique celebration raised the ambient soul of the community to a broad shared smile. Mine included. It was a levitation we shared, as it raised us all up to a higher plane of emotional health, the jubilation weaves the crowd together as the most magnificent of cloths. Two middle aged blonds smiled and walked past me only before they quickly managed to bowed slightly, chorusing a loud and clear; "Good morning!" I only returned a warm kind smile as I tried to hide the screaming and screeching that roared inside of my head. It was truly a good morning indeed! A better morning if I may say. Although it wasn't as magical as one would say, since we'd only just found the cure the night before, and to add, tons of septic were still seen moping around. But on the brighter side, the cure has been found. After all this long while.

Getting there, a young man covered in full pile of blood was laying helplessly on the ground. His eyes.. Oh his eyes were already so pale that I was starting to doubt whether there was any black left in them. It became so hard to even notice where the wound was from. I couldn't really tell much, but from the looks of it, it looked like he was butchered on purpose. He had been completely rough handled. Poor man. What feared me most was that his soul was already half gone from his body as his body was close to being empty at the moment. It was so scary, yet sad and devastating. I couldn't protect him. All of the happiness inside of me, crumbled away and dissolved into the air like dust. There was a silence to my soul; like I was fall leaves under frost. I felt the chill in my blood, coldness bringing the synapses of my brain to a stand still. Part of it was a pain, yet one I felt I could endure, one I could sleep through night after night without the need of false hope.