Chapter 98: Stuck Inside
The more Alexandra tried to struggle out, the more the chains wrapped tighter and pulled her down. Hearing Maximus calling her name, she was raring to go up, and it took her some time to figure out that resistance is futile.
She looked down. Oddly that usually dark place had a dim light and she saw the chains clenching on her ankles loosen as she calms down. She took in deep breaths to calm herself, she stopped looking up at the surface where she could see Maximus’ face, and she focused on the chains.
[Ah... It’s a spell...]
She realized that her dear father has bound her with a spell to possibly imprison her.
"Ah, dear father... You’re wise..."
She laughed in her heart. What better place is there to trap her, other than inside her? But she was not in the mood to admire her father’s wisdom as she became angry at the cruelty of her father.
There is no need for him to imprison her here just because she wanted to be with Maximus! And now she is here, in this place that she has no clear knowledge of, while some unknown soul is controlling her body.
She looked at her feet and saw the chains were attached to big blocks of something. She sat on it with her hands on her cheeks. The serene music that lulls her to sleep sounded annoying.
"Shut up!" she shouted and almost immediately that noise went away. Or she was just imagining that music till then and she stopped hallucinating.
The water around her was very suited for her needs. It made her warm. And she could breathe the same way as she would breathe on land. She already figured that this is inside of her consciousness. This is where she reached when she first tried to search her memories.
So if this is someplace inside her, she could navigate it as she pleases is what she thought. She knew she cannot stay here. For one, leaving that other soul in charge of her body always ends in trouble, and most importantly, she cannot allow Tubby to pour his love to this other... soul; whoever it may be.
And she remembered cursing the Lukyan family for never getting their love. Maximus’ love is her and her spell is standing in between them, preventing them from getting together, possibly.