Forbidden Touch

ma'

d hung high in the sky, casting a

had a great time at the festival and h

to further discuss our next plan, so I waited until it was nightt

tly through the moonlit forest, my thoug

n my home town when I was still a child. He saved me from dying that very day

h the best teachers, who

for him and did any

t hesitate to lay down my

an ally of the king's adversaries

maid in order to get access to the pal

a shiver ran down my spine. The air grew colder, and the silence was deafening. I dismounted my h

arked, sitting on a cradle near the window. His voi

apologise for being late. "I had to ma

I say, Zahra? Zahra is my birth name; he

ous names on each of my assignment

l palace treatin

princess and I are quite close," I

y good," he

you have settled in quite nicely," he said as he re

ed, trying to be interested. I w

l but rare." "It has the ability to weaken anyone th

out it in fairytales." "Where did you get it?"

head about," he replied, sensing

ecause only I have the antidote but I have no intentions of keeping him alive, so slowly the poison would eat him up from the inside until

ictory and there will be dancing and merriment. I shall use my allur

erives joy from inflicting pain on people. Well it doesn't surprise me as h

without leaving a trace," he said, as

ward awaits you once the deed is done," he continued as

" I inquired as I held th

her later." "Now hurry back to the palace and prepare

t help but wo

We had a wonderful thing going between us and were growing used to it. I suppose duty calls, and I must respond. I mean, I

med before me, its grandeur a stark contrast to the darkness

ds trembled as I slipped past the gu

nsation, one that tightens the chest and quickens the puls

racing heart at the slightest sound. Every step taken seems to echo louder than before, resonating with an ominous

red to my bed to sleep. I couldn't stop wondering about what he was

ling asleep, but my thoughts were racing aro