COMING FOR HER

Whispers could be heard in the room. The candles were dimmed as they started to burn out. In the room, fashionable furniture was placed in it. The table that was at the corner was made with very high and expensive mahogany. The chairs were also made with the same kind of wood. The reddish-brown color of the chair displays a reddish sheen when polished and it darkens over time. The wood that was used had a straight, fine grain, relatively free of pockets and void. Only the rich could afford the wood that was used to make the chair. The bed that was placed in the other corner of the room was also a rich-quality bed. Made with fine texture materials. Almost every inch of the room had a beautiful and expensive work of art.

The people who were whispering to each other were sitting on the chair, with a worry faces. Faces that showed agony, concern, fear, and worry. The woman who sat across from the man could help to fidget her fingers nervously. If care wasn't taken, she surely would pass out anytime soon.

"Th-They are c-co-comimg for her", said Clovis nervously. She was getting anxious and anxious. She was getting worried and didn't know what to do. Her heart was racing frantically and it could explode at any moment.

"They are and it's all your fault", mumbled softly Neil but his expression gave him out. He was angry, scared, and furious at the same time. He too was hopeless.

"My fault?how?for giving birth to her on the day of Red Moon? what of the other women who gave birth at the same time I did", said Clovis. It wasn't her fault for conceiving the time the Red Moon appeared. But other women also did, didn't they?

"Ha! so funny. Those other women gave birth seconds before the Red Moon showed and some After. Our daughter cried out the instant the Red Moon appeared in the sky." Spoke Neil. He knew it wasn't Clovis' fault for conceiving at that time but what could he do? She was even the one that made the promise. A promise that she wasn't supposed to make. She just wanted to live. Wanted to live with her husband, so she traded her daughter's future.

"I'm sorry, everything is my fault. For conceiving and making that promise to the people. Moon can save no one. She doesn't possess any ability. The Red Moon didn't give her any sort of power. But no one will listen. How can she save the cursed Prince when she hasn't even saved herself?hmm?"Muttered Clovis.

Her poor baby was going to be given to the Cursed Prince. She was considered the savior. She was going to save the Prince from his curse and the people from the curse. Just because she was birthed at the time of Red Moon, they thought she could be their savior of them. They even called her Moon. Some even brought the idea of calling her Red, a nuisance set of people. They should give out their daughter to the prince, but they wouldn't.

Every woman in this life wants a man who they can have to themselves only. And not the one who chased after the woman's skirt. Clovis didn't believe in such a thing. The prince was cursed with a high fetish. What sort of curse was that? No one could place such a nonsensical curse upon someone as it didn't make any sense.

"Come here", said Neil and pulled Clovis into his arms. "Everything will be alright. When they come for her, we shall offer her willingly. She's old enough to make decisions for herself."

"I hope everything is going to be fine. What if our baby doesn't meet expectations?what if she doesn't want to ever share her husband but there's nothing she can do? what if-"

Neil interjected and said "Let's leave the 'what if'. Everything will be fine, I'm certain. I have this feeling that Moon will overcome everything. Or have you forgotten that she's our girl? fine, I know she's the pawn we used to save her lives but she's still the daughter of ours who we love dearly."

Clovis sighed, her head was placed in Neil's chest and she spoke, "I will talk to her. I will tell her she's betrothed to the Prince. I'm sure she will get angry. You know, she hates the Prince and calls him Man *****", said Clovis and chuckled.

"He's certainly a man *****", said Neil. "Let's go to bed, the candles are burning out already", he said and stood on his feet with Clovis. They got onto their bed and lay on it. Sleep was far out of reach for them. The possibility of 'they' coming to take their daughter at dawn was high. 'They' had come last summer but because their daughter hadn't yet become a woman, she hadn't seen the monthly flow, she couldn't be taken.

When she saw it, they sent a message to them and told them about it. But since then, they hadn't come back. Who knows when they will arrive? they might come on a day they didn't expect. But today, the reason why they exaggerated was that they sighted the Raven. The Raven was only used by the 'They'. It certainly was a sign that they were near. Their daughter will be gone soon from here, to be the Cursed Prince's Moon and the entire Kingdom's Moon. Moon, is the only savior. Everyone surely wanted to be saved.

A few times back, when Moon was growing, the people in the Kingdom usually came to pay homage to her. She was like a god. They all worshipped her as their god because the God above surely had forgotten them. But God sent them a human-like god on the day of the Red Moon. The one who will save them.

From what actually? What will a little and pretty girl like Moon save these people from?

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