Chapter 310: Stick Together
Back in Carmela’s fortress, the little children remained helplessly cramped in the confines of their cage. With a calm air that bellied his tender age, Alain remained quietly seated in his cage, his impassive gaze focused on the grotesque guards to the eerie dim-lit surrounding. His Amber-brown eyes surveyed the fear-stricken children who remained huddled in their cages, and he noticed how they flinched in fear when the secret door suddenly creaked open.
The sound of her footfalls erupted gasps of terror, whilst the children instinctively hid away. Her baleful presence only meant one thing, and as expected, a cage was opened and a girl was dragged out this time around. Her terrified screams echoed within the dungeon as she was being carried away, and inside the cage was an older blonde-haired girl about twelve, who had rushed out to hold the hand of her crying sister.
"Leave my sister alone! Please!" Pleaded the girl as she came to kneel before Carmela. "She’s only five, I– I beg of you not to hurt my sister!" Cried the girl as she lifted her tear-filled eyes to look at Carmela. To her dismay, her pleas fell on deaf ears as one of the grotesque guards stepped forth to carry her as well, returning her to her cage, whilst she struggled with all her might to free herself.
"No! Let me go!" The girl kicked her leg wildly and wiggled, but her efforts ended up being completely futile, because she was back in her cage. She watched her sister get taken away into the room where those who venture in never come out from, and her helpless cries echoed within the dungeon. Soon after, other children followed suit, already scared to the bones, and Alain simply blinked in cluelessness, whilst observing the scenario that was happening before his very eyes.
Liam, a tousled haired boy who shared a cage with Alain, had been silently watching him since the moment he was shoved into the cage with them, and with a demeanor so unreadable, Liam couldn’t stop himself from inquiring with a quivering voice.
"You don’t look... scared?" He subconsciously raised an inquiring eyebrow.
Alain turned his head to gaze at the boy who was staring at him with wide eyes, and then they heard a sniffle coming from the little girl who was also in their cage. She was huddled in a corner, her tiny arms rubbing away the tears from her eyes as she tried to stifle her cries.
"It’s scary in here. I want to go home." Her soft voice came out as a trembling whisper, and she lifted her head up to gaze at her fellow companions. "I don’t want to stay here, do you think our parents will come find us?"
"My papa always says plans help when things are bad." Little Alain finally murmured, moving his back away from the cold iron bars. "I don’t understand why everyone started to cry when she took the girl away."