The Sightless Daughter: Tyesha Latoria

In the kingdom of Asseraviel, there was a tyrant emperor. An intimidating tyrant emperor where he is feared all across the nations. No one dares to go against him since he was also known for his temper. Even a slightest thing that can irritate him will be rendered lifeless if he wishes to. The knights describe him as a dark dragon because of his murderous aura and gaze. His expressionless and glowing yellowish eyes you can only see from his face soaking with blood. This made the people fear the emperor more in doing wrong and putting him in bad mood considering his temper. Even with these scary descriptions about the emperor the woman in the kingdom can’t be scared unless the emperor himself show his madness. In his normal daily lives, they can’t the handsome face he has. In addition, he has a strong charismatic aura that can magnet any woman to him. Thus, the emperor does not have any problems in getting a woman whenever he wants. However, he never had a proper lover nor mention to have an empress. The high-ranking nobles can’t pursue him to have one since they are afraid that the emperor will be irritated. Except from his five most trusted talented commanders who can act freely around him. All of the people can see the slight difference when the emperor is with them. He didn’t become the emperor because he was an heir to the throne but he used force and shed blood to pull out the one who was formerly sitting in the throne and those loyal servants of the previous emperor. Those five commanders were his allies in obtaining the throne. “Emperor, you should already pick one of the ladies in the country to be your empress,” Commander Taran suggested to him. “Taran is right. We are not getting young!” Commander Ramas added. “I really don’t care about that so-called marriage, empress and child,” Linfred scoffed. “We are also worried that you will grow old alone without an heir, Linfred,” Commander Malcer said. “I am so excited about the day where I can see your small little kid soon you know, I would be carrying him in my back and play with him,” Commander Ramas acted said, while imagining what he said in his thoughts. “How about we hold a banquet and all the ladies coming from the noble families can come, that way Linfred can pick…” Commander Tobby suggested. “Great idea Tobby!” Commander Ramas face enlightened as he heard a very wonderful idea. “Then after this war, we will have that event and maybe we could invite some entertainers too,” Commander Taran said. “Whatever, do what you like,” Linfred said and look as if he’s bored. And there as the war ended, they immediately went back victoriously and prepared the event. A banquet was held, all of the noble ladies across the nation were invited and entertainers were performing. Out of all the beauties in the palace, the one who caught the interest of the emperor was the fairy like dancer. The emperor can’t take off his gaze on the fairy dancing at the center gracefully. After the dance, the emperor stood up from his throne and walked towards the beauty he can’t erase in his mind. “State your name,” the emperor orders her. “I’m Alyona, your majesty,” the fairy beauty bows as she states her name to show respect. They talked all evening until the banquet ended. The entertainers stayed for a while at the palace since they need to rest before they start their journey to return in their home. In those days she stayed at the palace, she and the emperor were getting close to extent that she ends up to be his lover. However, Alyona did not come to palace and be close to the emperor with no hidden agenda. She was a spy blending in with the entertainers as a dancer to infiltrate the palace and assassinate the emperor. After Alyona become the lover of the emperor and gain his trust, she wasted no time. One night the emperor called her to his chambers. Many things already happened to them as a lover yet the emperor can sense that Alyona was trying to hide something from him. Then that night he called her, was the night where their tragic love story ended. Alyona tried to assassinate the emperor using her dagger that was hiding all along underneath her clothes. Linfred embraced and started kissing her, Alyona slowly slid her fingers towards her legs where she’s hiding the weapon. After being able to grab the weapon she raised her hand holding the dagger with a tight grip and stabbed him in the back. Linfred was surprised to the sudden piercing hot pain he felt in his back. He pushes Alyona away from him and staggers trying to stand straight. “Why?” Linfred firmly said. Alyona drew a lopsided smile on her face. The loving fairy like beauty in her face vanished as if it was just a disguise of a demon sent from hell. “Do you really believe that someone like me will love someone like you? A murderous monster! You are inhuman!” Alyona yelled and glared at him with eyes filled with disgust and hatred. Linfred chuckled, “Is that so? So, all this time you were just playing with me? You dare do that?” Linfred pierced Alyona with a sharp gaze. “You really think that I will be scared by your stare? Ha! You are wrong!” Alyona charged towards him while grabbing another dagger hidden and strapped in her legs. She points it towards the emperor, “I will kill you!” Linfred stepped to his side and let Alyona’s hand holding the dagger pass through in front of him. He held her wrist and twisted it that made Alyona let go of the dagger. Linfred pulled her closer to him and whispers, “Then if you hate me that much there is no reason for me to kill you. I will let you suffer in my hands.” “You monster!” Alyona screamed. Linfrend grinned at her. Holding both of her wrist tightly, Linfred pushed her to the bed. He ran his hands to every inch of Alyona’s body and started kissing her everywhere before tearing her dress. Even if a lot of things already happened to them before this time, Alyona struggled and tried putting some resistancet this time. Even Linfred being injured, still had so much strength to pin her down on the bed. Linfred had his way to her over and over again until he was satisfied. He stood up and get dressed while Alyona was still laying on the bed. “As a payment for satisfying me every time. I will let you escape and live. So, think wisely,” Linfred smirked and left his chambers. Alyona gathered her strength and looked for something to cover her body. After dressing up using the emperors robe, she managed to get out from the window and escape. She went back home and tried to live as how it usually be after reporting her failed mission to her country’s King. However, Alyona can’t have her life the way it was and can never escape those nightmares she gets everytime she closes her eyes. She got pregnant and bore the child of Linfred. She was so horrified and thought about all sorts of ways of killing the child on her womb. However, no matter what she drinks even poison can’t kill the child inside her. She is so desperate to get rid of the child even stabbing her own womb will not be a big deal to her anymore. Alyona was about to stab her own belly when a sudden yellowish light radiated from it and repelling the dagger, she held everytime it attempted to pierce her belly. She can’t believe what happened and could only cry in desperation knowing she can’t kill the child. She can’t do anything but to give birth to the child. Alyona called someone to help her give birth she was bearing. A little girl made a loud cry when she was finely out of her mother’s womb. “What lovely child you have, madam,” the midwife complimented. Alyona took a glimpse on her newly born daughter. She has the same brownish hair as her. Alyona smiled realizing that her child was congenital to her. She reached her arms to embrace her daughter yet when she was about to hold her. She saw the child’s yellowish eyes that made her shiver down to the bones and started getting pale. The feelings of hatred overflowed from her heart and pushed the child away from her. The midwife was surprised from Alyona reactions and hug the child tightly as she could so it wouldn’t fall. “Get that child away from me!” Alyona expressed in disgust and hateful. “But madam, she’s your child.” “That is not my child. I DON’T HAVE A CHILD!” Alyona roared. The midwife was confused and surprised to her sudden burst out. She then concluded that this child maybe unwanted after all. “Then where should I put her madam?” the midwife asks worriedly. “I don’t want that child. Kill her,” Alyona said blandly with her eyes glaring. “Even so madam, this child is from your womb. You can’t just throw her away like that. Can’t you feel even a small guilt nor conscience for her? You give birth to her after all.” “Ha! Guilt? Conscience? Did that father of that cursed child ever felt these towards me?” “Then what makes you different from the father of this child if you kill nor abandoned her.” Alyona flinched from her realization what the midwife said. “You want me to keep this child? Then don’t blame me for not taking care of her,” Alyona smirked. “Madam,” the midwife utters out of the worriedness for the child. Thus, the child lives as the Midwife requested to her mother not to kill her. However, as Alyona said, she will not be taking care the child. She never acknowledges her as her daughter. Instead, she treats her like an abandoned child that was found in the street and she accidentally pick up.   ~~~ 5 YEARS LATER ~~~   Alyona let the child grow and live with her in the same roof. As soon as the child know how to do things on her own. She started to treat her like servant in her home. Alyona is not a noble that’s why having someone to be order around in the house is great thing for her. The child was nameless, as she wasn’t given a name by her mother. “I will be leaving. Stay here and take care the house.” “Yes, mother.” She was always left alone in their house. All the chores in the house is done by her and when she misses a thing Alyona will be always scold her for that, worst would result to beating her up. Alyona comes home in the evening or late at night. That is if Alyona is so drunk and in bad mood. The child would get dragged out of her bed and then thrown on the floor. Alyona will get a whip and starts whipping her with no worries of ever killing the child. “Mother. Please…” the child begged, with a hoarse and low voice. “Hah! You a child of a monster you deserve this!” She just kept on beating her up. “Mother… it hurts! Please…” the child groans in the scorching pain she felt everytime the whip touches her body. The child covered her head as an attempt to protect herself, specially her face. However, it doesn’t matter since every time the whip hits her arm and other parts of her body it would surely sting and sometimes make her bleed. Alyona whips her until her hearts content. “You are a disgrace to me!” “You wrench!” “If only you never born!” “A cursed child!” “Why you should be born?” “I should have just killed you back then!” All of that were all she hears from her mother’s mouth everytime. She was being beaten mentally while beating her up physically everytime. “Mother…” “Because of you I was labeled as traitor in our kingdom for having you! If I hadn’t you back, then I will still be living as how I should be and not be miserable like this! I was banished from my homeland because of you!” The child would just lay still on the floor covering her head. Crying from pain while waiting for her mother when to stop whipping her. Beside from the pain she felt physically in her body, there is no describing how she would feel the most painful thing she experiences in her heart where every word her mother is like a blade tormenting her down to her very innocent soul. At these moments, the child would just think why she’s born in this world, if the world specially her mother cannot accept her. As Alyona gets done in letting out her anger on the child, she walks out of the room like nothing happened and leave the child alone there laying on the floor and covered with all wounds, bruises and all the blood she shed in the beating. It was almost as if a prayer to Alyona, that the child would just die quickly when the sun rises the next day. But as tomorrow comes, the child was still there, as if defying her fate of being in near-death scenarios each passing day and night. Her mother couldn’t care less to what happened and would just look at the child as if she’s disappointed that the child was still breathing. “Mother,” the child approached near her with her head low. “What?” Alyona coldly answer. “Can I have a medicine for my wounds?” “Hah! Medicine? You don’t need one. You are a monster after all. Hitting you is like nothing to you.” “But Mother…” the child stared straight to her eyes. Alyona got furious on her actions and slapped her hard that made the child fall down on the ground. “I told you to never look me with that eyes of yours!” Alyona furiously said. “That eyes of yours which are the same as your disgusting father.” Alyona marched towards the door and swing it open, “Really. How disgusting?!” Alyona mumbled before she left. Hearing those words, she can do nothing but to cry. “What have I done wrong? Why is mother treating me like this? Why does mother hate me so much?” the child looked up the door where her Mother left. “Who is my father anyway? Why is he not here? Did he abandon me as well? Did he also walk out through that door? Father…”