You Deserved It
Taiyi's gut wrenched. She wasn't killed physically, but after her rape by Ukdah, her spirit, her innocence was killed. She was a kind of a girl who thought that people were good. She was the kind of a girl who always looked for beauty in the hearts of people and never thought anyone to be so ugly in their hearts. Being the daughter of the King of the Jade Sea, she was protected and loved.
And now that the man who was responsible for her downfall, for killing that kindled spirit in her was standing right there in front of her. She wasn't sure about Menkar and wondered if her decision was right to come to the Garduff Kingdom, but here she was. In front of the man who had taken it all away from her. Alive. "Nerio!" she breathed.
A familiar pressure built around her neck and spread so fast that it enveloped her skull promising to crush it. Her shoulders stiffened.