Something Greater by Astrid Jane Ray
Author:Astrid Jane Ray [Ray, Astrid Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-10T18:30:00+00:00
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
When I returned to my room, the screams filled with sheer agony were replaced by ominous silence. All that was left to hear were the sounds of the soldiers’ mocking laughter. The merciless fear clawed at my heart like an angry beast and I could not bear to think the help might come too late.
The Commander’s last words echoed in my mind and I held onto his reassurance. Though his tone had been cold and official, he had given me his word he would do everything in his power to hold his part of the bargain. He said he would end the violence and help the girl live if it meant so much to me that I would trade my honor for it.
I chose not to think of it, for it could not be helped. He would extort payment for his interference even if it resulted in another innocent Sariyan’s death. All I could do was pray that she lived. Then, I could be at peace with the deal that I had made.
A loud bang of a gunshot suddenly pierced the silence and startled me so badly that I rushed to the window in a maddened haste, hoping the sound did not mean what I thought it did.
Before gathering the courage to look outside, I clenched my hands and whispered one last prayer.
But I was prepared to witness another tragedy and I opened my eyes slowly because, deep down, I already knew God was not listening. The sight I saw only confirmed my worst fears. Drowning in helplessness, I watched a group of Nyrman monsters surrounding a small tortured body that was not moving. Her eyes were closed, her face disfigured from countless bruises and her bared skin covered in dirt, scratches and blood that was smeared all over the remnants of her torn white clothes.
A group of Sariyan prisoners who were forced to watch the girl’s ordeal stood nearby and stared at the ground, grieving. For some reason—though they still had that savage, bloodthirsty look on their faces—the soldiers did not went on to abuse them as was their custom when they were finished with their victim. Instead, they stood still like they were waiting for someone, or something.
Before I got the chance to credit the strangeness of their behavior, I saw the Commander riding towards them in a slow, steady gallop. He acted every inch the master that managed to extort respect and obedience by the very sign of his presence. An infinite sensation of loss and defeat assailed me as I watched his black stallion stand above the girl’s body. The soldiers straightened their posture and saluted him and the prisoners bowed their heads, but he ignored their curtsey. He just focused at the girl and looked at her for a few long moments. I expected him to turn around and leave with an order for her body to be dragged away like so many others had been before her. The thought only deepened my pain, but I knew it would be foolish to expect him to care.
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