I watched the sun rise as I continued walking away from town, away from the city, away from everything I had known. Despite being an assassin, I've always had to deal with things locally. My life had been closed to this area up until this point. It had just occurred to me then that I had never even considered the idea of there being a world beyond where I had already been.
My life had flashed before my eyes as it struck me how I was entirely abandoning my world as I knew it. I had some impulse to go back, but I knew that it wasn't really an option for me.
When members of the guild go against orders, the punishment is usually death, or torture and then death.
(As soon as it's reported that I'm missing, there's probably going to be a bounty on my head...)
The girl was still asleep, and much lighter than I had imagined. It almost seemed natural for me to be carrying her as I continued on my way off to...
Actually, I had no idea where I was going. Nor was I fully aware of what I was getting myself into. Nor would anyone have suspected that someone as evil as me, would fall in love and end up being a savior of this world.
My mind had been stuck earlier in the night. It happened so quickly. My cheek still burned from the cut.
While I was stunned by seeing her beauty, her survival instinct must have kicked in, because she threw her hand with a dark aura claw at me, and ended up grazing my face and making me drop my knife. Though the first one caught me off guard, she then threw a few failed swings at me in frustration, but she had clearly been running for a while now and ended up collapsing and falling into me. (Poor thing...) After that point I had no idea what overtook me, and I just picked her up. I wiped the tears off of her face with my cloak and just started walking away from town.
The sky was already turning orange from the sun coming up, and I was wondering what she would do, who she was, what she would think of me for coming at her with a knife and just carrying her off when she collapsed...
I felt sorry for scaring her...
By the time my mind had gotten back to reality, there was another town in view, below the bright orange sun sitting on the horizon, so I walked off with a mysterious girl in my arms, into the sunrise, into a brand new life, into a brand new day.
I could not have even guessed what I was getting myself into.
I LOVE IT! And like I said, I like it even better than the first! It's less spaced out, and has a great use of foreshadowing! I like how you wrote the nightmare in red with the last one, and this flashback in blue.
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting how, other than the guys thoughts there is no speaking. That makes it even more interesting, and sort of makes me wonder how conversations may turn out later.
And now that he left and there is going to be a bounty on him as well... That makes things even more interesting.. Considering that means that they are now both marked. . .
Now I'm wondering how I would react... A man stalks me through the forest in the middle of the night, seems to wish me harm... So I attack him... Fail miserably... And pass out.... I would probably think I was dead when I woke up. And then, I would probably have a ton of questions to ask... If I didn't try attacking him again when I woke up...
It's strange. We get this story through his point of veiw and his thoughts... Yet he is still so myseterious (and I probably spelled that wrong)
I wonder how long it will take for you to get annoyed at me asking you to write more... But I REALLY do LOVE it! You really aren't as bad at writing as you may think. So, it takes you a while. Different people work at different paces... And I'm sorry it frusterates you that you can't type as fast as you think... But even with that you are still pretty good at writing!
Can't wait to read more!
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