William Brown
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Ravina went back and forth around the house trying to find the tools she needed to prepare a bath. She found water outside and thought that she would probably need to boil some. Not knowing how to make fire she took fire from one of the candles to start a new fire. Then she boiled water on the stove. In the meantime, she found a bathing tub and took it to the small private room. She needed a closed space so the water wouldn’t get cold too fast. She filled the tub with cold water. Soap and washing cloth…-
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“The messengers are here,” Saul said. Malachi knew they would come sooner or later.His mother looked worried but Malachi stepped outside to meet them. He knew they would want to cause a scene and turn his people against him. People gathered around the three messengers as they waited for him. Where was Ravina? He detected her scent from a distance and his eyes searched for her. He found her riding down the hill with Aaron. She smiled a little as she spoke to him. Was that a genuine smile? It was a…
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The breakfast atmosphere continued to be strange but Ravina was too tired to care. Even sitting felt like a difficult task. As usual, all of them left in hurry, leaving her behind with Aaron and Araminta. “I am going to the stable. Do you want to come with me?” Aaron asked. Ravina nodded. “So what truly happened to your hands?” He asked as they walked to the stable. “I am sure you couldn’t have cut both.” “I have a strange habit where I peel my skin off.” She told him. He frowned.…
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“You just woke up or are you scared of being seduced?” He raised a brow, amused. She looked him up and down. “I thought you usually don’t do it and I don’t want to be your practice target.” He smiled smugly. “I don’t need practice. I am a natural.” An arrogant bastard is more likely how she would describe him. “And by what evidence have you drawn this conclusion?” He chuckled, his white teeth shining in the dim light. “Well, you are the scientist. Maybe you can let me know if…
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Ravina stared ahead at the dark mountains blending with the dark night sky. Stars were sprinkled all over the black canvas and the crescent moon shone with its silver light. The leaves on the trees gently swayed to the soft night breeze and the sound of the river flowing beneath hummed in the quietness. She couldn’t explain it, but she felt something different inside. She felt more awake, more focused, and less tired. It was hard to understand and explain but she felt lighter as if someone had lifted…
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Malachi thought there would be no harm in taking her to the kitchen. She walked like a crippled man all the way to the kitchen. “You don’t have a kitchen maid?” she asked. “She is only here in the morning. We usually eat lunch and dinner at my mother’s home.” He explained. “Why can you cook?” She asked. “You certainly used humans for all kinds of labor work. Could they not cook?” He smirked as he looked for onions. This sharp-tongued woman. A strange feeling of kissing her to…
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“Malachi,” the priest stopped playing his instrument and came inside. Malachi didn’t turn to look at him. His gaze was fixed on the peacefully sleeping human. Her face looked so different when relaxed. Almost angelic, with her pale skin and fair hair. She looked innocent and harmless. She looked beautiful. The priest came to stand beside her and looked at her as well. “I exhausted the child.” He smiled. “Did she go up all the stairs?” “Yes, and she washed the whole floor.” He said…
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Malachi was frustratingly carving wood to make another horse. A part of him remembered the terrified woman last night. The one that woke up in cold sweat and tears and then she cried herself to sleep. The pain in which she cried had shocked him. He had felt it deep in his chest like infected wounds being poked at constantly. And he knew what he felt was only a sense of her pain. Not the raw emotion. Not the one she was dealing with. If not for his bloody instinct that he was unable to control, he would…
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“Queen Hiroshima was a vicious rule, brutal in her ways of setting order and punishing. It was said that she was the one to start the enslavement of humans and she built her kingdom on human labor. Every morning she would watch over her kingdom from the third floor of her mansion while standing on the balcony and feeling immense pride. She even ordered a statue of herself to be built.” Ravina guessed that statue would be built by humans. “One day as she stood on her balcony watching all the slaves…
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Ravina was on her knees washing the marble floor while Chanan cleaned the pillars and then went on to cut the overgrown plants outside. She would feel his eyes on her sometimes and she wondered why he watched her and what his intentions were but although he kept staring she didn’t feel uncomfortable with him. Usually meeting new people and having small conversations made her extremely uncomfortable. This man only made her curious. She had this feeling as if they knew each other. Perhaps it was just his…
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