Curiously, this fabled figure seemed to have no desire to hurt her. Indeed the concern, though aloof and somewhat condescending, appeared to be altogether genuine. Zamara was thrown off guard- caught between abject fear and utter helplessness. The face of the figure was terrifying to behold but the closer they neared the more she began to realize that this was nothing more than a rather elaborate mask. For what reason, the young woman could not possibly say.
She was becoming aware of the pitiable figure that she must have struck, crumpled there and bathed in moonlight while cowering beneath this probably mad person. But even as they spoke, Zamara knew that they spoke the truth; it was her own fault for ending up in this state.Whatever happened to her now was just the same.
Her soaked palms slap the ground and her fingers dig into the mud of the bank amidst the manipulations pressed upon her. Before she knew it, her heel was bound and dulled to a much more tolerable throbbing while finally the eyes of the person behind the frightening skull sought her own. The mere act of it reassured her on some instinctive level.
It took Zamara some time and a wetting of her lips to find her voice again. ”What does it matter? I don’t intend on going back, if that is what you wish.”
She was becoming aware of the pitiable figure that she must have struck, crumpled there and bathed in moonlight while cowering beneath this probably mad person. But even as they spoke, Zamara knew that they spoke the truth; it was her own fault for ending up in this state.Whatever happened to her now was just the same.
Her soaked palms slap the ground and her fingers dig into the mud of the bank amidst the manipulations pressed upon her. Before she knew it, her heel was bound and dulled to a much more tolerable throbbing while finally the eyes of the person behind the frightening skull sought her own. The mere act of it reassured her on some instinctive level.
It took Zamara some time and a wetting of her lips to find her voice again. ”What does it matter? I don’t intend on going back, if that is what you wish.”
Zamara
