Chapter 7: Chaste
’Everything’s fine. It’s just a nightmare...’
The few comforting words that Ezekiel whispered to Tarah kept replaying inside her head while she stared at his back.
’Everything isn’t fine,’ she thought as she painfully bit down on her lower lip. ’It’s not a nightmare, but a hellish experience that will haunt me endlessly.’
Tarah bit her lower lip in an attempt to stop herself from recalling the haunting memories three years ago, just a week after her ability as a Seer was awakened.
She rapidly blinked, attempting to stifle the flood of emotions threatening to engulf her. The details of that fateful event loomed upon her like a shadow, an indelible mark on her soul. Tarah’s heart clenched. Years have passed, yet the pain was still raw, and the wounds had yet to fully heal.
Tears uncontrollably welled in Tarah’s eyes as she did her best to rein her emotions. She thought that she already cried for long enough the past three years, but it seemed like all the tears she shed were still not enough.
Closing her eyes, she tried her best to calm herself. She felt comforted and secure around Ezekiel, and watching him leave her like that gave her the strong urge to go and run toward him to stop him.
After some moments, she was finally calm and composed. But her heart was beating rapidly from how Prince Ezekiel comforted her and gently touched her cheek a while ago. It felt warm and secure, but she instantly knew that she shouldn’t get swayed by unnecessary emotions like this since they wouldn’t save her or her brother.
Shaking her head, Tarah finally got up from the bed. It was then that Cora entered with a tray.