Do You Know me?

They all died he thought . The silk in his feet smoothes the stepping sound of

footsteps as his shadow mixes with the darkness of the corridor's turn. The

rings , such possession one keeps dear , the gem becomes stone as thick drops

of blood trace its shine , the blood flows maybe from his heart or into his

heart.

A tear strolls down the skin pores , as the floor caresses my back, the hollow

stone in my chest full of hatred. Closing eyelids , a stone bears it all, the wind ,

water, the birth and the break , and one day the stone rolls off the cliff to

destroy the habitat it was helping in , her face glows in my retina , a strand of

the moonlight escaping the textured window curtain , I am starting to drown

again in this place I built from pain , as a distance voice gets me back on feet.

'Asher' , he exclaims 'Pardon me , Emperor , it's almost twilight , Is something

bothering you , Your Majesty ' . Quick with transitions , I change emotions my

eyes reflect, as I meet the eyes of the Castle Protector , I am reminded of the

friendship, 'You look like you have something to say' as I voice my thoughts

he's taken aback , he replies 'Your Majesty, I've been here all my life and all of

us , your people have promised you ourselves' with a low pause he continues

' I feel you need to lighten the weight you carry by yourself' A sigh escapes my

mouth as I can sense Carl shifting from the castle protector to the caring friend

' Can you see the moon and how beautiful she shines , do you ever feel the

scorching sun deserves the love of her gentle kind. '

My senses alert me on arrival of people as Carl straightens his back and

continues 'Your Majesty , Albertine is looking for you , Aerowen and her are in

Marie's Paradise Palace , Marie was safeguarded by Aera back to the palace

when they found her sleepwalking , they are awaiting your presence in Marie's

Paradise , I think we should hurry.' Before he could add anything my body

turned to face the way as a side glance caught the people bowing at a distance.

On my way , to Marie's Paradise Palace , a smile rushes my lips as I remember

the day her palace was finished after all the changes she made, I was

wondering why is my daughter , youngest of three , picking a name like that ,

the name of where you live holds a value , all three of them have some really

different approach on their Palace Place , at the end Marie went on with

Paradise Palace , Abertine choose Latibule which she explained was a new word she learnt , which meant a place of safety and comfort , When asked

Aera spoke 'Gunnen'.

My thoughts of killing myself are replaced by concern and worry , a fast turn

and I'm greeted with darkness curtaining down my eyes as I hear Albertine

crying . I wish I had more paper to write or fire to burn this paper.

'Albertine , as an elder sister you know the part of us we don't even know

exists' , Marie started to speak but her voice sounded more like whispering as

she continues , 'I don't think what you're telling me is true , coco.'

'Albertine , Albertine' she voices it loud , 'Can you maintain a distance with

Aerowen' states her , the one born two years after me , more like acclaim she

states her reason ' I'm seeing in her in my dreams as a lone wolf and my heart

is starting to be scared even of her name' as it's Marie , I won't be surprised if

this wordy sketch of our middle born sister lasts till the sun shines upon us .

Marie has always been sensitive and a bit resistant to change , the slightest

changes catch her , the only thing is it's noticed if it involves her.

I remember back in the days , she burned the acetylene sample only cause she

was curious and when the Royal Teacher tried to make her understand that's

not what he meant and the argument that followed , all of it is clear, including

Aera silently zoning out and then slipping out of the Halls of Ivy followed by

Danny.

It's really nice of Carl to inform Father on time , Marie looked so happy and

her eyes softened when the veneer door opened revealing his figure ,his smile

made coco forget what she was talking about , she started to tale out how

happy she was to see father , now melting his heart as well. If you were to read

the room it felt different.

The mosaic side-wall decoration caught Albertine's eyes as she noticed Aera

walk past the room, her gaze made Aera look back.

As I stood infront of her. Her vision dived in my eyes 'Albertine do you know

Marie was palpitating when I held her , she was resisting comfort' As my

subconscious noticed she never called Marie - coco , Both of them are so

different , Aera supports Violence while Marie is a fan of pacifism.

She passes by my shoulder as her warmth becomes palpable. Her sudden

knowledge outburst and keen observance amazes me everytime as her head

raises to me , eyes widening she voices it 'Albertine , by any chance is Marie

practicing telepathy or hypnosis'

'Parapsychology you mean' my words receive a nod as her head becomes

crowded with thoughts again.

Albertine's memories start to play as she recalls Aera telling her that she

wanted to read about ideal parenting and how her eyes started to dilate on the

thought of our family. Marie's voice echoes in my ears , 'Bird, remember

sometimes the people who hurt us the most , are people who were hurt more

than us'. Coco sounded so much like a tragedian when quotting Philippos but I

don't know why looking into Aera's eyes remind me of this evrytime.

A swift breeze passes by me as I recognize Hudson , arranging a lot of books in

a small box inside the big box ,with chocolates and perfumes he drops a lot of

leather parchments in the box and covers the box with animal fur which

indicates it should be hidden and sent as he hands it over to Aera's servant

Duverein , Hudson places a dagger in his hands which he slips off under his

clothes in a split second , and another parchment with ink on one side and a

necklace tied to it on the other side he slips a letter to the flames, involuntarily

the back of his hand is raised to wipe his tears , at times uptil now , I can't

seem to understand why he abdicated the throne.

'Thanks a lot , Your highness' said Marie at the end as my gaze fell on Albertine

trying to figure out Aera as she slips off, in the moment Albertine's thought

consumed her. The moment I'm back in my palace , darkness eats me as I smell

a little vanilla in the air as Aera enters, her eyes not even sparing me a glance

but they held coldness, she grabs the nearest glass object as her grip tightens

,the wine glass breaks apart as she turns side ways to me ,her back facing me ,

saing

'My mother feared fire, bury her in a rose field'

'little love, what are you talking about' , I held myself up as she faces me

'You killed her didn't you' .

'Asher O' Keeffe , I happen to know two words after I was reading a book from

Albertine's wisdom dipped in words , our library I mean' she takes a sharp

breath , eyes turning emotional to emotionless she says…

'First , Uxoricide , meaning – a man who murders his wife

And

Second ' her eyes met mine ' Potricide , the act of killing one's father

I'll give you one more word with the suffix –ide , it means a woman just before

her wedding day , The word is Bride ; synonyms wife.

I'll take my leave now , It was a pleasure meeting you, Your highness.'