Affligere
‘‘Where is she?’’
The Royal advisors tried to hold her down. They chained their ruler to the floor.
The King begged for help from the Royal alchemists. They shook their heads. None of them were certain if there was a cure.
The Royal guards were asked to make sure that the current prisoner did not escape. They did as they were told and stood watch over the one placed in the jail.
‘‘Is there anything that can be done to help her?’’
The Royal advisers all felt sad for the King. His wife had been bitten by a strange looking beast when she had gone to relax by the lake, and no one knew how to cure her.
They had heard stories that if anyone got bitten by these human-like beastly creatures, there was nothing that could be given to heal them. The only sure way of saving them (and their loved ones from also getting infected) was putting an end to the person’s (who got bitten) life.
The King couldn’t bear to lose her. He had told his knights to not use their swords to harm their Queen. They were terrified of the King’s actions of holding on to the beastly form of his wife. But they obeyed and listened to their King.
All of them followed the order, except for one person in the castle. The young lad grabbed a small vial in his workshop and quickly made his way to the prison cell.
Once there, he pulled a blade from his coat pocket & cut his left palm. The prisoner moved toward him and lunged for his hand. The lad moved it away and opened the vial with his mouth. He tossed the vial into the creature’s open jaws.
A liquid slid down the creature’s throat. After a short while, the creature was back in its human form.
The lad smiled and gave a nod to the prisoner. She looked around and wondered what happened. What was she doing in a prison cell?
The King decided to go check on his wife. To his shock, he found that she was no longer in a beast form.
He opened the cell and hugged her. She was glad to see him. Whatever in the world had she done for her to be taken as prisoner? She hoped the King had answers to all her questions.