twisted turns

CHAPTER 1 CLUELESS “so let me get something straight, you want to give alicia to lord zai" obed questioned his father. Obed was the second son from the fifth wife of zach. He had never liked Alicia as she wasn't born special..“she will clock 19 in two moons, besides, she won't live here forever; zach said coldly.. “if only I knew......... !! is anyone there (zach is interrupted by a loud bang on the door).. ‘what's wrong, obed asked the maiden who had rushed in, “She's gone!!!! ******************** “I had gone back to get my fishing bait when I overheard obed talking to gamma zach!!!... Alicia quavered.. “lets leave before its too late, we could go to human world and start a new life there! alicia met Abigail when she was four, and now she is considered family.. the only difference between Abigail and Alicia was that Abigail was a human ... apart from that nobody liked the duo except ofcourse obed .“tomorrow night, meet me at the temple,Abigail said before heading back to the merchant quarters. nobody knew where she came from so she was raised by the town's merchant.. Alicia parked few of her things, and was getting ready to sleep when she noticed that her windows were open. she heard a voice coming from the orchard... it wasn't loud nor familiar, rather it sounded persuasive. she walked towards the window but stopped halfway.“who are you? alicia said clutching to her pale green gown.it was obvious that she was scared.she felt chilly as if something dark had walked in.“ what's your name young one?Alicia turned to see a tall bald man standing next to her mirror. “who are y..yo......! she tried to ask before she blacked out... “ouch my head hurts,where am I? what is this place? Alicia asked trying to remember what had happened.. she heard voices coming from behind the door. she tried to move when she heard someone from behind “ my lady!! standing behind her was an old lady in her 50's .“where are my"she asked still confused as how she got there in the first place. she was still battling with her thoughts when another younger maiden walked in.“greetings, you've been summoned.“summoned by who"? “ weren't you informed? your the last virgin needed for the festival" she older maiden responded.“which festival? aha asked but before she could get a response , two men came to take her. Alicia had never been to a place like that before.. she thought she was dreaming but it was obvious that it wasn't.it wasn't long before they arrived at a tower.everything about the tower looked old except the gates.it wasn't a portcullis. she hasn't seen anything like it before.she couldn't see the top for it was so huge. it wasn't guarded either rather there was a strange man standing by the door.he looked familiar