chapter 1 :anguish
In a large theater of dancer's lights, music, a large crowd seated on their seats while cheering, on the stage stood a beautiful woman standing proud, elegant with her head held up high and her movements full of grace.
Her hair dark and shady with a hint of grey tied in a bun so she could dance freely. Blue crystal eyes which could only define her beauty, in a red velvet dress that sparkled with little roses that shimmered like stars.
Giving off a warm smile to a little girl that sat in the midst of the audience, and the little girl happily returned the gesture with an even larger smile filled with excitement.
The whole audience clapped and cheered in glee for the beautiful and charming woman, as she performed on the stage dancing to her heart content making everyone happy as they watched the heartwarming performance, they all watched waiting for the grand finale until...
*BANG*
(Gasp) a gun shot was heard from the crowd, the dancing woman fell straight off the stage.
"Mommy Mommy!!!" a little girl could be heard screaming from the crowd, she struggled running through the panicking crowd but was stopped immediately when her aunt held her tightly by the arms, trying to stop her from reaching to cry at her mother's side, at first she thought her aunt didn't want her to see her mother's dead body ,but then her aunt reached into her pocket, bringing out a white kerchief which she forcefully placed on her nose so she could breathe in the substance placed on the kerchief . "momm….." she tried to scream through the kerchief but the more she screamed the more her consciousness slipped away.
The little girl was being kidnapped in the midst of the chaos and all the ruckus that was going on, people paid no attention to what was happening to the little girl because they were too busy running for their dear lives or were bringing aid to the fallen dancer.
Hot tears began to fall from the eyes of the little girl as she cried in pain, her vision began to blur as her consciousness began to slip away from her hands, and everything became dark and blank
*THUD*
Her back hit the floor, the little girl was now laid unconscious on the ground.
Her aunt dragged the unconscious girl by the arm taking her out from the theater to the back of the stage, she took the little girl to the back of an alley, then a truck parked right in front of the alley.
A man with scars on his face came down from the truck wearing a black coat made of fur and a hat to cover his face from being seen, but from the place where the woman stood she could see all the sides and the horror of the scars, it sent chills running down the woman's spine, his face appeared to be as a result of an acidic disfiguration.
At first she couldn't see the scars but as he continued to walk closer she could see the scars that had formed on his face due to the acidic reaction, when he got there he snapped the woman out of her thought by saying "where's the girl", finally coming back to reality she said, "she's right there on the floor" (pointing to the ground).., "take her away she's all yours for the taking" ,as the woman finished saying those word's he ordered two men to take the little girl and put her in the back of the truck, after the deed was done he turned back , throwing her a sack of coins he said ,"here's your sixty silver coins" the woman looked at him in disbelief "What! That's such a small amount.., no I can't accept that amount", the woman had finally killed her sister at last to become the sole owner of her property, but she couldn't do that without the document's, which was kept safely with their lawyer and to do that she needed money to pay the lawyer (bribery) so she could gain the document's, and to do that she needed the right amount of about twenty five gold coins, "okay then how much are we talking about" "twenty five gold coins", he gave off a surprised look in hearing the woman's request but then it slowly turned into a grin ,"alright.., alright I'll order one of my men to send it for you later" "NO!" the woman's voice echoed in the alley, the grin the man wore slowly turn into the look of disgust ,"how greedy" he murmured under his breath, turning around he then took out a cigar and lit it on fire, inhaling and exhaling the smoke that came out from the cigar he then reached to the side of his pocket and turning back to face the woman that was too busy counting coins...,
*BANG*
The woman fell to the ground.
He walked to the woman's side bending down he proudly picked up the bag of silver coins, standing up he said, "dispose of her body" he ordered then two men and they picked up her body and threw it in the dump 'tch', "Lowly mortals, always so greedy" in saying those words he turned around and headed for the truck.
The truck started to move away from the dark alley and soon disappeared into the dark lane.
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