Role

Chapter 2

Ielylette sobbed in her room, locked away. She knew what was coming. One
did not disobey in the temple without consequence. And there was no
leaving the temple whatsoever. But she wished death before such a false,
fearful life. She would be whipped, hooded, and broken. A nameless slave-
servant supporting the temple, one way or another. She prayed. Not to the
dark gods in the known prayers she'd been taught, but to the unknown, in
desperate, heartfelt pleas for the life of that oneheart girl to be
spared.

It wasn't long before she heard the latch outside her door unhook. But when
the door opened, it was not a priest, it was her brother, Vaen.

"Let's go," he said.
"Where?"
"To the plains."
"Is she alive?"
"Yes, we are getting her. You know where the cell keys are?"

And before Ielylette knew it, the three of them were were climbing out of
a tunnel beneath a river, and standing next to a group of tents under the
stars.

"Will you stay with us, then?" the girl said to Ielylette's brother.
"I have no where else to go, if you'll have me."
"I will too," said Ielylette.
"I'm sorry, but, you can't." responded the girl.
"Why?"
"You are cursed."
Ielylette was confused. "I'm not cursed, I'm not one of them, I promise-"
The girl interjected, and pointed to Ielylette's softly glowing skin. "They
would never allow an azure-touched here."