THE MOON CASTLE

When we reached the castle the sun was already high in the sky spilling light everywhere.Every time I am at the vicinity of the castle my insides starts to churn and a wierd sensation always seemed to settle in my stomach.

Ignoring the cold that crept my bones every time I had to return after my job,knowing that each one of my mistakes could reflect terribly on my sister , the fear of what he would do to her if I fail....

I abandoned my trail of thoughts and tried to focus on the task at hand in the hope that as long as I am at the king's favour he would leave her alone.

I crossed the last few steps to reach the gate , four knights stood at either side of the gate , clad in armor ,each of them carried a long metallic spear along with other formidable weapons.They nodded as I passed through the gate with Diem in tow into the castle.

The Moon castle stood tall and proud at the heart of the city .The walls made of pure moon white marbles glinted from being kissed by sunlight.I stopped as we reached the entrance and grinned at the guards who stood there , they stiffened their hands going for their weapons , their body tense , I let my lips twist in an evil grin , showing them how deeply satisfied I was with their reaction after we got into a brawl two days ago.I had beaten them up pretty bad.Having returned from a raid I wanted something to take my anger out ,so I had gone looking for trouble and ran into these guys who were taking a swig , I have provoked them into fighting me.A sore body and a few cuts were nothing compared to the storm in my mind ,I invited the pain and let myself drift in the whirlwind of swords.

Without a second glance at them I stepped into the castle.

Inside of the moon castle was as extavaganent as the outside.Huge pillars of white marble lined either sides , their heads bathed in gold. Roof high windows adored the walls with their beautiful engravings on the sills.Dark crimson curtains hung on every walls, the dark of crimson so stark against the white of marble like blood on snow.Exotic murals representing ancient lands and historic battles covered every corner of the castle so wonderfuly detailed they appeared to be brimming with life.

If my life wasn't so screwed up I might have been one of whom standing there admiring these magnificient works, I might even have loved this place if it wasn't for the one who ruined my life.

we reached the huge oak doors that led to the throne room and the guards stationed there nodded at us , sucking air into my lungs I pushed open the doors and stepped into the largest room in the entire castle.

The throne room was also a mixture of red and white like every other room in the castle , the floor was polished to the extend one could see their reflection on it. At the Centre of the room atop a raised platform sat a huge throne made of pure black marble and it's head was carved into a snarling leopard and on it sneering at me sat the king.

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