THE Knight's Hidden Princess
Chapter 170: Wouldn’t You Like To Know?

Chapter 170: Wouldn’t You Like To Know?

My eyelash fluttered open as I laid in complete darkness. It’s been a month and sixty two days since I’ve laid in darkness, a month and fifteen days and eighteen hours without no contact from the outside world, the only thing I have is my thought and even they started to leave me alone slowly.

I do not know where I am, I do not know how I got here, I do not even know who took me and what they want for me. I assume they must want something because that must be the only reason they kept me alive.

When I had first came to it was to a bunch of healers who were busy trying to force medicine down my throat. At first I had thought it was poison so I had thrash against them, clawing and scratching while trying to knock whatever they were trying to feed me away from their hands. It didn’t take long for them to be able to subdue me, two firm hands held me down while another yanked my head and pinched the bridge of my nose as they forced the bitter liquid down my throat.

That continued for a weak until I felt my strength returning and so I decided that I was going to escape. I had laid out the perfect plan. I assumed they would underestimate me since they didn’t know who I was, turns out I had underestimated them.

They always wore masks so I couldn’t see their faces but whoever they were, they were strong. They took me down and when I showed no sign of going down without a fight, I felt them inject something inside of me. Whatever it was made my movements sluggish and my tongue heavy, it immobilizes me completely and makes me feel sleepy.

That continued for two more days and at one point it felt like my whole body was paralyzed, that feeling was the worst so I accepted my fate. I stayed still in the darkness and the only way I could see the light was whenever they deliver food to me through the small shutter on the iron door. That was all I could see and then it was darkness.

Staying in darkness was torture, the most cruel torture I have ever experienced I cried a few times, cried till I felt I didn’t have it in me to cry anymore and then the screaming began. I would wake up for no reason and start screaming but that wasn’t the worst of them all.

Hallucinations!

That was the worst part, starting to see things that weren’t there. At first I started seeing father who threw insults at me, then my mother who was begging me to end it all and next thing I heard was the sound of a baby crying in the darkness.

I had looked around wildly trying to find the location of the sound but I couldn’t see and I kept tripping on my feet. In the end I gave up but the crying didn’t stop. It continued, more persistent in its shrill loud noise till I laid down curling into a ball on the cold stone floor.

I was going to die here, no! I was actually certain that I did die. I could remember the intense pain in my abdomen and my shoulder blades and then the cold afterwards. So maybe I did die and this place was hell, penance for everything my father had done and penance for disobeying my parents which was also considered a great sin and it doesn’t matter how many good deed you did, it was still a sin in the eyes of the gods.

Ironic how I was the one who had to die first and the old bastard has to leave the rest of his life torturing innocent people!

It was moment like this that made me question the gods judgment. Their heads must have been so far up in the clouds they can’t tell what’s right and wrong!

I was still questioning the uncertainty of it all when all of a sudden, the door suddenly opened and I saw some figures enter the room. They were each carrying lamps which they hung on the wall and all at once they turned to look at me.

I didn’t have the energy for a fight anymore so I just pushed myself into a sitting position to stare at them. They must have had plans for me because they suddenly stepped forward and grabbed me roughly by the arm. I didn’t fight them and allowed them to drag me towards the entrance.

It looks like we were going outside today! I thought to myself feeling the tiniest bit of excitement flutter inside of me as I was dragged outside.

The first thing that I noticed was the snow that blanketed the whole ground and the chill that came with it.

We were in winter already! I thought as I was dragged with my feet digging into the snow. I guess I was going to be saying hello to frostbite soon!

My captors continue to drag me till I was sure that I couldn’t feel my legs anymore. Then eventually they led me towards a house with long corridors and flickering torches on the wall that cast long shadows of my captors with their masks, making them seem inhumane.

I said nothing as they led me towards a huge door and then eventually we stopped in front of a big door which they opened. They dragged toward a chair and dumped me on it unceremoniously. I groaned as I adjust myself on the seat, but my feet were cold.

Guess the frostbite has decided to show itself! I was cold all over and my toes felt like it was going to fall of any moment from now. I decided to cross them on each other so they could be warm. Swallowing, I gazed around the place I was which looked like an office and it was then I saw the hooded figure standing in a corner.

Squinting, I sat up straight as I stared at the figure who didn’t say anything and I didn’t have any strength left in me to regard him. The figure must have gotten tired of the silence because it whirled around to look at me.

It still didn’t say anything, just continued to stare at me. I couldn’t be bothered to start a conversation. I’ve learned that no matter how many questions I asked, I was always met with silence. They can speak to me whenever they are ready, although I can’t help but think this one was a little dramatic.

It can stand there and not say anything all day, I for one I’m just glad to be outside in the open, even though it was only going to be for a short time!

The figure slowly raised his hands up and took off the hood he was wearing finally revealing a face. Except it wasn’t a man like I had assumed.

"YOU!" I wanted to snarl but it ended up coming out on a breathy whisper.

"Hello sister!" Evie said as she went to go and sit down on the chair in front of me.

I leaned forward to stare at her in disbelief. "It was you? You did this?" I asked her.

Evie shrugged at me, "I figured it was high time you and me had a proper conversation." She responded in a nonchalant manner, "Besides, I saved your life!"

"Saved my life?" I asked my voice filled with disbelief and just like that the anger that I thought had vanished within me was back in full force.

I lunged forward my hand reaching out to grab her but I was suddenly restrained and I looked down to see that I had been shackled to the damn chair. I had been so out of it that I had not noticed when I had been chained down to the chair.

They must have deemed that I was still a threat even though I hadn’t resisted! It was good reason they shackled me too because I would have loved to have a go at my sister. I mean she was the reason for my misery?

"Easy there Dahlia, you might hurt yourself." Evie responded with a smirk.

With a huff I sat down back in my seat while yanking the chains, "Oh now I’m supposed to believe you care?"

"Considering the fact I just risked my life to call doctors to save you, then yes!" Evie snapped at me, "You owe me!"

"Why then why don’t you release me so I can show you my deep and utter gratitude?"

"I’m seventeen, not stupid!"

I snorted in disbelief, "Could have fooled me!" I said as I slumped in my seat while eyeing her, "You did this?"

"I may not like you but that doesn’t mean I want to kill you."

"Your eyes said something different the other time." I spoke referring to the last time I saw her.

Evie’s lip curled into a smirk, "Well we both have duties to do." She said but there was something in her gaze, "Besides I could have killed you easily without the help of any draumheimier scum!"

"Yeah, wouldn’t be so sure about that." I muttered under my breath but Evie heard it because she narrowed her gaze at me, "Well then if it’s not you, then who?"

Leaning back in her chair, Evie smirked at me. "Wouldn’t you like to know?"