Chapter 36: Chest To Lean On And Eyes That Held Secrets
That day when she watched Tubby getting whipped for what she started...
This time there was no feeling that she was displaced to that place. She accessed that memory like she would access Wispy’s memory.
Felixa’s heart started to race and it felt like it would burst out of her chest. It was so painful as she remembered Tubby on his knees, trembling in pain. But the one who hit him had to finish the punishment as it was the order he was given.
She remembered her feeling a warmth rising through the pain that wanted her to rush in and stop everything. No one had the right to hit Tubby. And certainly not for something she did.
Tubby got thirty-five lashes as punishment. That was worse because forty lashes are considered equivalent to the death punishment. The probability that he would survive thirty- five lashes was not so high.
Fisting her hands, she took a step forward not able to watch him getting whipped. With every whip he received, she felt a pointed needle getting thrust in her heart. The rain washed away the blood on his back, but the puddle around him started to turn red with each hit. The same rain washed away the tears rolling down her cheeks.
There are twenty more whippings! He won’t be able to hold on! I can watch no more!
She opened her mouth to shout them to stop. But before she could, she was blocked by a tall figure with a mystic scent.
’You’re not going to reveal your identity now, are you?’ he said. His amber eyes were fixed on her. In the rain, he looked like a lotus. The water drops were hanging by the tips of his clumped-up hair like pearls.
’But he...’
She didn’t care about anything else at that moment. Pushing Luke aside, she tried to step to the front.
’He wants this... He is doing this for you! Are you going to ruin his sacrifice?’ Luke asked holding her arm. His hold was tight bringing some sense to her brain.