Kara (part:3)

Four months ago

Kara's life has become repetitive she is a shell of her previous self, she never shows any complaints to her father obeying every request he made her well almost everyone after all she dropped her training no matter what her father did to make her train again she always found an excuse to not do it

Kein doesn't know if it's good that her daughter behaved like that but he can do anything to cheer her up or make her act like before even Selene was worried when she left her

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A few weeks ago

Time passed without changes, Kara was always in her house without complaining or even train to control her powers, she had already given up every hope she had to control them

Until someone came to the mansion " City Lord, we have visits they are tho envoys, they say they come in the name of the Duke's son of the Loran Kingdom " Said the Captain as he bowed slightly

Kein made a face of doubt and suspicion after all the Loran Kingdom was very far, he doubted that they even knew his city but despite that, he said " Okay, then let's see what they had to say "

The city lord went to the living room and waited there for the envoys then they entered walking a few steps behind the Captain, the first thought that came to his mind when he saw them was ' Too young ' they were just a couple of young men one with red hair and the other with golden hair both had handsome looks, bot of them aren't even in their mid-twenties, despite that they exude an aura of nobility and strength thanks to the expensive armors they are using and the way they behave

The City Lord stands and says with a slight bow " Greetings envoys from the Loran Kingdom, may I know the purpose of your visit? "

Both of them bowed slightly then they, the Captain and the City Lord sat facing each other, and when they did that the blond young man spoke first " Greetings city lord, my name Is Mark Green, and this is my step-brother Liam Green, I will be quick, we came here for suggesting you a proposal from our lord "

The City Lord and the Captain make confused expressions and the City Lord says " And what could it be? or city is very small, we doubt we have something that can benefit your Lord "

Mark shakes his head slightly and says " It's not that kind of deal City Lord, you see our Lord has is in love, we just came here to express his feelings "

The City Lord opens his eyes with surprise and says " Don't tell me he is in love with...? " but before he could finish Mark says " That's right sir, you see, he meet your daughter in the Magic Academy in the Slyorn Empire, despite that he never dared to approach her by the warnings he received from his father that if he did that he could not only give her trouble, he could bring trouble to himself or even his family, I'm guessing that you already knew the situation that your daughter went through when she was there? "

The City Lord clenches his fist with anger and a frowning expression saying " I had my suspicions but now I can confirm it "

Then Liam finally spoke " Our young Lord's name is Zeran Hearthblade, he was waiting for the right opportunity to propose a marriage with your daughter "

Both the City Lord and the Captain stayed silent watching the two young men " ... "

So Lian continues " We know that you have your suspicions, after all, we just came here saying crazy stuff out of nowhere but if you take a look at this " he takes a small golden medallion inside his vest to then showed them both

The Captain and the City Lord inspected the small medallion until the Captain says with surprise " ...This is? "

Liam nods and says " This is the token that our lord give me to show you, you can look at the details but for some circumstances, I can't let anyone else but me touch it, I wish you can understand It " then he put back the medallion inside his vest again

The Captain nods and says with a serious expression " I know what are you are talking about, it's the tracking curse, right? "

Liam nods once again saying " That's true, so that's why no one else but me can touch it, after all, our Lord gave it to me personally, so what do you say? "

The City Lord makes a thoughtful expression " .... " not even the Captain knew what he was thinking right now he even was a little troubled so he whispered to the City Lord " The token is real City Lord they came in the name of the Duke's son "

The City Lord stands and bows slightly to say " I understood but... I want to meet your Lord personally, I hope that that won't be a problem "

Mark, Liam, and the Captain stood after him then Mark said " Not at all, we were expecting something like that, now if you excuse us we will inform our Lord we will come as soon as possible, you don't need to escort us out, we already know the exit " Then they walked away leaving the Captain and the City lord making very serious expressions

The City Lord turns to see the Captain and says " What do you think? "

The Captain puts his left hand on his chin as he says with a serious expression " Hmmm, I can't read them at all, but their strength is pretty decent for someone their age that and the token made me almost believe them, but I'm not 100% sure "

The City Lord bows his head making a serious expression "...I think I have something in mind, besides it's almost Kara's birthday it will work as an excuse "

A few days passed and the City Lord organized a tournament for Kara's hand, Kara was ok with the situation she never complains about anything her father makes or did for her, the whole city was adapting to the tournament with decoration and all the requirements for the tournament and when a day before the tournament the most expected guest arrived, he and his knights were escorted directly to the City Lord mansion without anyone stopping them

The City Lord was in the same living room where he received the envoys the last time but this time the Captain wasn't around, then when Zeran and his knights entered he nodded with satisfaction, he stands and bows saying " It's a pleasure to meet you, young lord Zeran "

Zeran bows as equal with his clenched fist in his chest " The pleasure is min,e City Lord Kein "

The City Lord raises his head and sees Zeran with a slight smile he sees the 4 young knights standing behind him and says " If you allow me I want to talk with you alone young lord Zeran "

Zeran nods with a slight smile " Wait outside " he said without even turning around to see them, then he sits in the coach in front of the City Lord and says " So, what about the chaos outside? what its all that for? "

The City Lord sits and says with a humble smile " It's for my daughter's birthday, she is celebrating her 20 birthday today, so I want to make something to surprise her "

Zeran looked in shock and whispered in a low voice but it was almost intended to make the City Lord hear him " Why I never thought about that? I should have brought a present for her "

The City Lord smiled seeing his worried expression thinking ' He maybe did care about her ' so he continues " Lord young Zeran besides that the other purpose of that chaos outside is a tournament where am I offering my daughter's hand in marriage "

Zeran turns to see him in even more shock and he says " What? why? "

The City Lord makes a serious face and says " Please understand this, I can't leave my daughter to anyone weak so... "

" ... " Zeran stayed quiet seeing the City Lord then he nods and says " I understand, I will do everything for her just I promise you that I will give her the life she deserves once this is over " Zeran noticed that someone was spaying their conversation so he turned to see that someone with a smile, they made eye contact with him for just a couple of seconds

The city Lord turned to see behind him after Zeran smiled but he didn't say anything then he sees Zeran and says " I'm happy that someone else can love my daughter as much as you, it will be an honor to make you my son in law "

Zeran smiles widely and says " Then you accepted my proposal, at least promise me that no matter what happens you will let me marry her "

The City Lord nodded with a smile as he says " It's a promise young Lord Zeran, show my daughter how much you love her by winning this tournament "

" I will, now I have to go, I need to get ready for tomorrow's tournament " Zeran stands and leaves, the City Lord just watched him walk away until he disappears then he whispers " It seems that the destined one has arrived, haha, Kara can't be any luckier" then he starts to walk away " I will give the letter that you made me promise to give her tomorrow, she will be very happy for sure "

The next day in the morning

(Kara's POV)

I was walking through the corridor towards my room at a very fast pace while thinking with a nervous expression ' Those eyes, he is lying about everything, he saw me like that bastard who tried to r*pe me, I'm no more than an object to him '

I enter my bedroom to then sit on my bed and hug my legs ' My father just sold me to him, how he could be blinded by his status, he doesn't care about me anymore? ' Tears of sadness fall through my eyes it's had been a while since I cried like these

A few time passed I don't even know when did I fell asleep but it seems that my father was there, after all, I have a blanket covering my body I sit on the bed and I saw a blue dress together with a letter laying at the edge of my bed, I stood from the bed seeing the dress and I couldn't help to say " How beautiful " then I grabbed the letter and It says to Kara, it wasn't my father´s letters this was written by a woman

I let the dress on the bed then I open the letter it has a small earring inside it has the shape of a dragon, I grab the earring as I read the letter

After I read the letter I was crying the letter was written by my mother, the dress and the earring must be her last gifts for me, my whole vision about myself changed mediately as I finished reading, I'm not a monster nor an abomination, neither I'm an object that only serves to strengthen others, I have a life and I have to live it not only for me but for my mother, she gave her life for mine and I will live this life just as she wanted me to do it ' Suddenly I notice that my body is fully covered with an azure fire

" Eh? " I see my hands with astonishment then I turn to see my dress and I notice that it's intact, just as the letter on my fingers ' This is the first time that I don't get burned using this cursed powers! even my clothes and my mother's letter are intact! ' then I felt sad as I think ' This power isn't a curse, they are a gift from my mother too, she gave them to me to protect me '

I can't stop crying for a while ago, I raise my left hand and all the fire that surrounds me moves to it creating a fist-size flame on my palm, I see the flame with determination and I think ' My virginity will have the man who I fell in love and that man isn't that guy called Zeran, he only wants what everyone else wants from me, he maybe have fooled my father saying that he loves me, but not me, he will know just like that bastard who tried to r*pe me, I will kill him that will send a message to everyone who dares to approach me ' I clench my left fist and the blue flame scatters in small particles that then disappeared

Then I turn to see the floor and I notice that the floor was burned where I was standing producing some smoke so I move to the window to open it letting all the smoke come out from my room, later I grab the carpet near the entrance and I pull it until it covers the burned floor completely

Then I sit in my bed again thinking ' Now, what I'm going to do, my father literally sold me to that guy, and all the guys that will come must be the same as him ' I stand up again and I walk towards my closed to open it, then under a few clothes, It was a small bag. the bag was filled with coins so I grab it to later walk towards my bed again I empty the small bag and I begin to count how many of them I have. The coins are mostly platinum coins, 25 five to be exact and a couple of gold coins, these are my whole life savings.

After done counting the coins I put them back into the small bag then I kneel in front of my bed laying my head on it using my arms as pillows ' I can leave this place and never come back again, after all, what guarantees that my father won't want to sell me again? ' I hide my face in the bed and think ' But where should I go? there is no one else who still cares about me ' Then suddenly I raised my head with a surprised expression ' Or there is?! ' I stand and smile a little ' My master Selene still cares about me and now that I gained control over my powers I won't make her worry '

I turn to see the bed seeing the blue dress there with a small smile ' I will use my mother's dress today, it will be the symbol of my first day as a free person '

I grab the dress close to my body hugging it ' But I still don't know if will fit me ' then I put the dress on the bed again and start to undress ' I will try it, now '

After trying the dress that fits me perfectly I cut my hair, after all, what I will do will be dangerous, and having such long hair could bring me trouble, after that, I think ' I need to think of a better way to leave the kingdom after killing that guy Zeran, I don't want to be chased to the Slyorn Empire, so I should try another way to escape that will foolish my father and he couldn't know where I could have left ' After a few minutes I took a decision and finally I was ready to leave this place forever