401 Sticky Situation 9

"Oh, Sienna! Are you okay?" Delju try to pat the dirt away from her daughter's clothes.

"Enough, just stop touching me!" Sienna snapped, This bitch was planning on staying on top of me...does she realize how big she is!

Aching and bloodied again, Sienna struggled to stand on her two legs.

"I see those tosses didn't kill you...I apologize as I'm not as use to this as my brother is. Shall I try again…?" Ailwin's voice reached their ears before they could see him.

"Prince Ail-" Lady Delju wanted to plead, but Ailwin wouldn't allow it.

Picking Lady Delju up by her neck again, Ailwin took hold of her hand and slowly bent each one of her fingers back until he heard a satisfying pop.

"Aaaaaaah! Stop...stop...pleas-aaargh!" Sienna stood beside them as Ailwin torture her mother, frozen by fright.

"Lady Delju, this is to teach you not to touch things that aren't yours." The Prince's voice sounded ominousness to Sienna's ears.

She couldn't take the sight and sound of her mother's shrieks and begging any longer.

Backing away, Sienna wanted to look for a safe haven away from the prince's punishment. That was when she saw her father, Lady Lyra and Mikaela exiting the hall.

"Fa-father!...Help...help me!" Stumbling up the steps, she clutch at his robe.

"Sienna, what did you expect to happen after doing such a cruel thing? I invited the Prince here as a guest… We can only hope that he is able to appease his anger with this and doesn't kill you or your mother." Mano sighed, looking away her his daughter.

"...b-b-but I'm your daughter!"

"...and as my daughter you should have conducted yourself properly."

Realizing her father has no intention of stopping Prince Ailwin from torturing her, Sienna released his robe and crawled to Mikaela's feet.

"Please….help me! He is your fiancé….tell him to stop...please, Mikaela!"

Mikaela had remained mute during the whole time due to her mother putting a silencing spell on her.

Angry that her daughter snuck out to meet Prince Ailwin, Lyra had no patience to hear Mikaela make excuses for him as well on this situation.

As soon as her eyes were fixed, she placed a quick spell on Mikaela's vocal cords before everyone else arrived in the drawing room.

Now that Sienna was begging at Mika's feet, Lyra lifted the spell on her daughter's vocal cords.

*Clears Throat* Mikaela rubbed the soreness away.

"Sienna...why would I do that? You know I wanted to torture you myself... Now, I can just let him do it, why should I dirt my hands?"

"Mikaela...Mi...Mika!...we are sisters… You can't let a male come between family, right?" Sienna try using family ties to get Mika to sympathize with her.

"Are we really family though…?" Mika responded.

"Wha-Yes! Yes! We are-"

"Aaaaaah!" Lady Delju screamed again as Ailwin started on the other hand.

"Mi-Mi-Mika….please...don't let him...hurt me!" Sienna was bawling her eyes out afraid to go through the same pain her mother was now going through.

She clench her two hands to her chest, begging Mikaela to help her escape to the supposed torture.

"M-Mika, I wo-won't touch him again, I won't! I swear!"

"Well, that is a given…if you are trying to negotiate, you should come up with something more self sacrificing-ish. Don't you think?"

Sienna wanted to get mad and slap the smirk off of Mikaela's face, but Ailwin was finally finished with her mother's hands.

The whole courtyard went silent, Lady Delju's cries were gone due to her passing out from the pain.

Sienna refused to look behind her at Prince Ailwin, right now, he is her grim reaper that she desperately wants to run away from.

*Step* *Step* *Step*

The crunch of Ailwin's shoe on the gravel ground, had the hairs on the back of her neck standing up.

Trembling from head to toes, Sienna wet her pant from the sheer sound.

When his hand eventually landed on her shoulder, Sienna let out the loudest squeal Mikaela has ever heard.

"Eeeeeeeeek!" Sienna lost all the strength in her body.

Getting a good grip on the back of her shirt, Ailwin dragged Sienna to where her mother had lost consciousness, for real this time.

Sees the mangled fingers pointed and curved in all different directions, made her want to vomit.

They were an unusually shades of blue and black, the swelling made them unrecognizable has hands.

Sienna felt the burst of energy to run, but Ailwin instantly stopped that hope.

Seizing her by her neck, Ailwin held her up high in the air. Grabbing her left hand, Ailwin was about to break the first finger when she croaked out, "I...I...go...to….t..he...tem...ple…!"

Mika heard the words coming out of Sienna's mouth, but she want to be sure of what she heard.

Walking down the steps one at a time, she arrived at Ailwin's side, "What did you just say?"

"Can….I...b...come….ves...ta." Sienna said, looking pleadingly at Mika with snot and tears running down her face.

"You want become a Vesta[1]?"

"Y...ess.."

Mika thought about it for a few movements before agreeing.

"Okay, Sienna wants to become a vesta." Tapping on Ailwin's shoulder, she signaled for him to put her down.

Giving Sienna a little shake, he tossed her to the side.

"Since elder sister said she will make amends by becoming a vesta. I would happily help stop my fiancé from crippling your hands."

"Cough...cough cough...Mikaela….you really want me to become… cough a vesta?" Sienna croaked out as her throat is swelling from Ailwin's choke hold.

"Sienna, I don't want you to become a vesta... You, want you to become a vesta. Isn't that what you promised Prince Ailwin...you're not going back on your words are you?"

Sienna didn't want to become a vesta. She wouldn't never be able to marry in her lifetime. She will have to live a life in the outskirts region of the kingdom, devoting her life to the gods.

How could I possibly want to live a life like that? She just said the first thing that popped into her head to get her out of being disfigured by Prince Ailwin.

Does Mikaela really think I'm going to go through with it?

[1] A nun.