Chapter 14: Puppet or Doll?

*Purpura*

I opened my eyes and found myself in a completely white room, tied up in a straitjacket.

A gasp escaped my lips as I realized where exactly I was.

"Let me out of here," I yelled at the top of my lungs.

"Good, you're awake," called out a girl. The door of the room opened, allowing some much-needed color to hit my eyes, although all at once was painful.

A white-haired girl who looked no older than fifteen walked in with a device of some sort. She locked the door behind her. Her head tilted to the left and then to the right, her opal eyes peering at me as if I were some exotic caged bird. The same look that the man who had brought me here had given me before he caught me. No, there's was something else in her eyes.

"It's nice of you to return to us, illustrious Mora." She grinned. "You sure made us worry for a moment. However, I do wonder why you returned to this city." She walked over to me and caressed my face.

"I did so to free myself from all of you!" I closed my eyes and recalled the jolt of electricity that had knocked me out. "I'm not your puppet! One day I'll cut these strings!"

She grinned. "Of course not. At least to me you aren't. You...are more like a doll to me." A snicker filled the otherwise quiet room. "If only you could stay here."

I gritted my teeth together. "You're a creep! Kidnapping me to keep me locked up like some toy!"

"Maybe I am a tad...off." She shrugged as she turned her back to me. The girl spread her arms out and snickered. "Alas, you are too beautiful for this world. Those eyes of yours that are the color of spilled wine, that long and shiny hair." Her arms lowered. She turned around and grabbed my hair, studying it. "Who did it?"

"Huh?"

She gritted her teeth. "Who dared to cut my precious Mora's hair? Tell me who it was, I'll kill them!"

I chuckled. "It was someone out of your reach. Now, let me out of here!"

She chuckled as she let go of my hair. "Out of my reach you say? So then I take that person is dead?" She gave me a sadistic smile as she grabbed me by the chin. "As for letting you out of here, never. You're father's puppet and my doll! Why would I ever allow you to leave?" She leaned in and kissed me. Her brow furrowed. "Your lips... there's someone else's taste in them..." 

She closed her eyes as she backed away.

"There's something familiar about it... The aura it gives off..." Her eyes widened. "So it was him..." She tightened her hands into fists. "He'll die for daring to defile my precious Mora!"

I gulped. Sou...

"You're crazy! I'm not yours and I'll never be. Also, you know who I kissed?"

"Of course I know him. My brother is that guy's best friend!"

"Good, he's awake," said the girl's father as he entered the room. "After a few more preparations, you'll be ready."

"For what?" I spat out.

He sighed. "Considering that you'll be losing your willpower shortly, I might as well tell you. You're going to help us overthrow the Queen."

I shook my head. "I won't kill for your sake any longer!" I trashed around. My eyes glowed as a tiny amethyst started to emerge in my forehead, sending a wave of pain throughout my entire body. "I'll kill you, instead!"

The man grinned. "Good, you're awakening as a chosen."

His daughter hugged me and patted my head. "Relax, my precious Mora. It'll all be over soon. Your suffering, it'll end once my father is king. Once Father becomes king, then we'll get married and then you can become king once he dies."

I glared at her. "What about your older brother?"

She let go of me and scoffed. "Brother likes guys. Father wouldn't allow someone like that to become heir, right, Father?"

Her father nodded. "That's true. Plus he has no talent for leadership... that child is a lost cost. One day I might have to eliminate him."

My eyes grew wide. "You'll kill your own biological son?"

He nodded. "If he's a homo like my daughter claims he is, then yes. I'll wipe out all homosexuals from this nation. Likewise with all blue eyed people and people with unique eye colors. I will create a united utopia!"

"You're...insane," I said. I smiled. "Though, you're going to have to kill yourself because your eyes aren't brown! Mine aren't either, plus there's a guy I think I might like."

"Members of select Ethereal Stone clans will be safe as we're a superior people. As for your potential crush, that can easily be fixed," the daughter said as she put a hand against my lips. "After all, I know where to find your precious Souta."

I gritted my teeth more. That bluff backfired... now I'd put Sou's life at risk from these psychos! Even more reason for me to hurry up and get out of this! I wasn't going to let them kill Souta, his family, or his friends!

"Struggle as you might, you won't escape," the girl said, grinning as she headed for the door.

That girl, she might've been even worse than her father. The guy might've just as abhorrent as her, but at least he wasn't as sadistic.

"We'll see who gets the last laugh!" I yelled.

She simply smiled as the door closed behind her. So confident, but that would only make her downfall all the sweeter!