Lyra ran in the dark empty forest,her breath was shallow and shaky,her legs trembled as she run.Her clothes stuck to her body like her second skin.An arrow pierced her leg she fell,the area that got pierced started melting away and disappeared into nothingness.
"After so many centuries of waiting and here you are, don't you think that we should end you so that the prophecy will never unfold."the mysterious shadowy man in mask asked as he crouched down to her level to meet her eyes.
"Remember not to strike her heart we need it for sacrifice."Another shadowy figure said his voice creaking every once in a while.
"Don't be surprised that your lover will be the person killing you."The mysterious shadowy man said as he reveled his face.Lyra gasps not expecting Azgaroth,her master will be the one to murder her.The man raises his dagger and stabbed her Lyra shouted and jolted awake.
"What kind of dream is that?,what does this dream represent?"she asked herself but she couldn't find any answer.
She walked to her small table filling up the cup to the fullest and gulped it all down.
"It was just a nightmare."she said trying to convince herself that it was just a nightmare.
She sat up her hand reached for the cup filled with water,gulped it all down in one go, she took a deep breath and that was when she heard some whispers.She went still and trailed the sound to it is coming from,she a movement from the corner of her eyes.
"Who's there?"she asked but got no response, raising her voice a bit higher than before she asked again but she got the same answer, waving it off as nothing she laid back on her bed,her mind wandered off to the dream she had.
She shut her and hoping to drift off to sleep but it didn't happen,she walked to window and stood looking out at the outskirt beyond Tenebrous.She heard a whisper and looked around to know where it is coming from,she the same creature Azgaroth killed back in the forest, fear gripped her and she took a step back to go back to her bed but it was like her leg got a mind of it own.she walked up to the creature,and it whispered again,
"Come...i won't hurt you"it said and reached out his hand to touch her,it stopped mid _way and it ashes dispersed into the thin air.
"Didn't i warn you about getting into trouble"Azgaroth said from behind making Lyra to snapped her head towards him.
"Am sorry,my Lord,i couldn't sleep after the nightmare i had."she explained her head still bowed.Azgaroth strided off and Lyra hurriedly followed him for the fear of the crature coming back again like it did now.
Azgaroth led her to a waterfall for some piece of mind,the sound of the waterfall was soothing.
" It's beautiful "she whispered,she was amazed by the sight she beheld, Azgaroth looked at her simily face and unconsciously similed,seeing her happy like this brought his mind at ease.
Lyra touched the flowers smiling,the flowers are lushed,and the moon that shines on the water made it sparkle, dipping her hand into the water she felt that it is surprisingly warm under the cold weather .
"Do you always come here?"She asked.
"When i need some peace of mind and a moment of solitude."He answered looking ahead.
"Why did you bring me here."she asked raising her head to look at him for a moment.
"You said you can't sleep and brought you here for some peace of mind."he answered
"Isn't your private hideout."she asked
"Yes"He answered shortly and silence ensued between them.Azgaroth not knowing why he's strangely soft towards his slave asked himself.
"Am i changing for a slave girl?"the thought only annoyed him further.
"It's time to go back."he said but got no response in return,he turned only to see Lyra fast asleep with her head lulled back to lean on the tree behind her.Azgaroth felt lost at words.
"Sla..."he stopped mid words,she doesn't like it when i called her slave.he thought,but is her name?