Chapter 1: New Home
A moment later the sorcerer wrapped his cloak around them both and they disappeared into thin air.
Violet found herself suddenly in a huge palace, darkened with walls painted with black and sapphire and lit only by torches. She watched in wonderment at the light as it flickered off the shadowed ceilings and softly illuminated the sorcerer’s dwelling.
“Land of the Black Sands,” was the only clue the man offered as he took a seat at his lavish throne, leaning back casually and looking carelessly back at the small girl.
“Where did my mommy go?” the girl asked. She looked at the man in front of her with nothing but honesty in her eyes.
The sorcerer smirked and rested his chin against his hand, as if he were not interested in the fact that the girl had literally been abandoned by her so called mother.
“You won’t be seeing her again, so I suggest you forget that you ever had a mother,” was all he said. His tone was cold, but soft at the same time.
Anger crossed the girl’s face as his words swam around her and forced her to believe the impossible.
“You monster, you scared her away,” she retorted, her features lined with anger as she approached him fearlessly.
He laughed without thinking and the girl stepped back a little, unsure of what to do. Suddenly he turned to her, a burning intensity in his blackened eyes.
“A monster? Now don’t you think that’s a little harsh Violet…truly you don’t believe me to be the villain here when your own mother was the one who sold you.”
Violet shook her head, her silky black hair falling softly around her and her deep brown eyes lit with a fire the man hadn’t ever seen before.
“It doesn’t matter I want to go home now!” she demanded.
He couldn’t help but smile at the girl’s strong-willed nature…but nonetheless the man knew that her own mother was now a lost cause.
“Oh but I though we were having a nice little conversation Violet, why on earth would you want to leave?” his voice came sarcastically.
She turned suddenly from him, having heard enough and as she was about to run from the room she brushed up against him.
“You can’t run from me girl, I suggest that you stop trying before I’m tempted to hurt you…” his voice trailed off.
“Who are you?” she asked, knowing now that this man would simply not leave her alone.
A cruel smile crossed the man’s face as he lifted the girl’s chin to face his own eyes.
“I’m your new master, Lord Mozenrath.”
Shades of Good and Evil by laurelstar73