Chapter 5
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"Your Grace, Lady Daphne"
Announced the warrior.
" Let her in"
" Father you would not believe what your so called daughter did to me today.
She disgraced me in front of the servants."
"Then why are you telling me this" shouted Alistairr.
Shocking Daphne.
" Disgrace her back " said Duke Alistairr titling his head towards the door as if Odetta stood there.
" Father!"
" Why are you still keeping her?"
" Kill her already!"
Grunted Daphne.
" She's your sister"
Shouted Alistairr at her shocking her.
This would be the first time she had seen him loose his composure.
He was always such a calm and calculative man.
Now look what that evil witch had done to him.
"If you don't do it I'll do it myself" she said stomping out of the office.
It was as if all his children were rebelling against him.
At this point the house of Morvayne as hanging on a piece of thread.
Ready to fall and be forgotten.
But he knew exactly what to do.
He was not going to let all of them turn into rascals under his roof.
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Celeste woke up feeling sore all over her body.
It was like she had done some intense labour before going to bed.
As she stood up from the bed, she rubbed her hands over her eyes.
Trying to adjust them to the brightness if the room.
She still remembered the ordeal that had happened before she went to bed.
The girl had banged at her door several times but she still didn't open up.
What was her name again....
" Daphne?"
She was supposed to be Odetta's biggest tormentor in this castle.
According to her novel.
But Celeste was determined to turn the tables around.
Stretching her hands wide she walked towards the door.
She had yet to leave the vicinity of this room since she arrived here.
The sky was already dark so she would not meet many people as she turned the castle.
But as she walked out of the room looking round at the grand pillars and the huge chandeliers.
She had never seen so much grandeur her entire life.
She didn't notice the warriors that stood at the end of the hallway until they spoke.
" My lady his grace had ordered us not to let you leave your chambers"
Said one of them.
" So am I just suppose to stay couped up there all day" shouted Celeste.
Leaving the guards with wide eyes.
" I'm afraid so my Lady"
Celeste could understand why they were so shocked.
A lady was supposed to uphold etiquette and blah--- blah---- blah.
She had watched enough movies to know that.
Walking angrily back to her room as she banged the door sharply.
Almost pulling it out of its hinges.
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"Darius!
Darius!!!
Shouted Daphne at her brother who was shooting his arrows at the board and hitting the bullseye every time.
" Have you even been listening to me"
" No dearest sister, a lot of people have better things to do than plan their own sisters demise" said Darius calmly.
Said Darius calmly.
" Our family has a lot of enemies. Try to kill one of them "
" Instead of wasting your time on a puppet" sneered Darius.
"She embarrassed me brother"
" Whatever Daphne"
Drawled Darius dropping the bow and arrow on a table beside him.
As he pulled his gloves.
" Get me some wine in my chambers" he ordered at his servants. Walking away.
" You--- get Odetta here now" shouted Daphne at the servants girl beside her.
"But my lady your father had ordered that she should not leave her chambers" the girl tried to explain.
But she was not given a listening ear
" I don't care what father says.... Get Odetta here now!"
Making her scurry away.
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Odetta sat on the bed tapping her feet against the ground.
" Where they all going to leave her here"
Going towards the window she looked down.
It was way too high for someone to climb through.
How did Odetta managed to sneak out?
Nobody sneaks out of a castle through the front gates.
" My lady. Lady Daphne have requested for your presence" came a voice from the door.
Finally someone to get her out of this hell hole.
Even if it was the girl she had never seen but hated already.
Rushing towards the door she opened it.
Stepping out of the room she took in a deep breath.
Not minding the servant girl that stood there giving her a weird expression on her face.
Celeste turned quickly hurriedly walking away and leaving the girl behind.
" Wait my lady" called the girl as she walked further away from her.
" It's not that way my lady it's this way" she called further seeing that Odetta was going the wrong way.
" You are supposed to meet with lady Daphne at the archery range" she said finally catching up with her.
" What's your name" asked Odetta.
The girl almost stumbled as they were going down the stairs.
But was quick to balance herself.
" My lady don't tell me that the rumors that you've lost your senses her true"
Her statement made Celeste stop just at the last stair.
Was the statement suppose to feel less harsher.
" What do you mean by that I've not gone mad!"
Exclaimed Celeste as she continued walking.
Following the girl.
" I don't mean that you have gone mad my lady."
" I had thought they were lying when they had told me that you had lost your memories"
" Well as you can see I...so..lade" she dragged her name.
Trying to pronounce it.
" Not all rumors are lies".
They finally got to the archery range and Odetta was announced in.
But what welcomed her shocked her.
Daphne was holding a bow and arrow pointed directly at her.
Without wasting time Daphne released the arrow going for Odetta.
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