Chapter 56

'I swear on the goddess I would never betray Queen Arcadia! Asher made this dumb plan up, he basically started this war!!" His explanations were confusing Sheila the more but he didn't have time to explain, 'set them free!! The Treasury is in the next hallway, send some of your men to follow me and let's loot it!!" He doesn't waste time and he is out of the slave room.
She quickly unlocks all the prisoners and sets them free, she tells them to take whatever they can use to cover themselves and run far away from palace due north to the camp they had set up there. They follow her instructions but a girl hugs her before she leaves with her sisters, it warms her heart but there is no time to dwell on emotions. She needed to follow Conan to make sure he was okay.
She traces his scent and sees the treasury open, her men and he were helping loot it and she gives a satisfied smirk, everything the Queen had planned was going well. It was all going we but she had not seen Loki anywhere, she hoped he was okay despite the fact that they were supposed to be killing each other. She couldn't help but care about him.
The Treasury was empty and they were running away with all the money they had. It was only a matter of time before they dealt the final blow and take possession of the whole land. She and Conan were running down the hallway, taking turn s and leading the gold and precious gems to their side,
'So why the hell did Asher even make this plan up in the first place? And why the hell did you agree to it?!" She couldn't understand if they shared a brain and why it still wasn't functional,
'Trust me when I say I said a big fat no, but you know how he is with those eyes of his." He groans loudly and Sheila could relate, he made her do stupid things too just by flashing his eyelashes, 'he believed that if he could get the queen to attack them it would've been to our advantage to get back our people and take alpha Mace down."
They halt when they are encountered by Mace's top soldiers, she protectively steps in front of him and brings out her stained fans,
'Surrender or meet the goddess by the time I'm done with you." She says nicely but they still charge at her either way, she throws one of the blade and it goes though a head and the slices an arm off while kicking the other attacker away, 'Conan!! Get to safety!! I'm right behind you!!" She blocks two swords at once and they were using their strength against her, she rolls away as she couldn't handle them both at once but they don't stop there.
She is defending the strikes of two of the most skilled soldiers of Mace's Kingdom and she is pretty proud that she isn't dead yet. Her only saving grace was that they performed the moves of their master and since she knew their master on a personal level it was easy for her to predict their next move. She does her hand technique and their weapons and thrown out of their hands, she holds her fans to their throats as the blades fell to the ground.
'Surrender." Her tone is dark and she didn't want to spill their blood because she knew they were close to Loki.
'Kill us instead." The elder twin chose both their date and she smiles, well, they asked for it. She raises her blade against them until she is pushed away, the next thing she sees is blood being splashed everywhere and a hard groan that escaped someone's lips.
She turns to her savior and she sees Orla holding Loki's blade with her left hand while her right arm bled furiously. Her eyes widen in horror as she saw the state the queen was in but it became worse when she imagined the situation if she hadn't been there to save her.
'Sheila protect yourself!!!" Orla's voice rings in her brain but it wasn't enough to hold her our of the trance, Loki would've killed her and then it would've ended.
'You betrayed us Orla!!! You betrayed me!!!" He growled in rage at upsetting turn of events, 'after everything I did for you, this is how you repay me?!!" He drives the Spear deeper into her flesh and she began to sink to her knees because of the pain.
'Loki!!!" She speeds to save her queen and she, out of instinct, gifts him a dazing slap. He stumbles back feet away and when he raises his gaze he sees his beloved, but he was too angry at what was going on that he raised his sword at her.
Orla holds it in place with her fan and her appearance changed to what it was before, she was no longer Orla but she was Octavia now. Loki's eyes dissolve in pain as he saw the woman he helped kill still alive and standing. He should've seen anger and regret in her eyes but what he saw was a mother's love. He still saw Orla in her, he still felt her. But after everything that has happened to Mace he didn't think he would be able to forgive her or Sheila.
Octavia began to push him back and Sheila was bleeding tears profusely, she never thought this day would come so soon, she didn't want it to be so soon. But the day had come she had to fight the one that held her heart. Her hand subconsciously touches her abdomen and she was still in shock.
'Sheila!! Snap out of it and draw your weapon, watch your back!! They will want to kill you to harm Arcadia!!" She is able to push Loki away but the twins were approaching them with their swords, both women open their mouths and a Sonic screech escapes their lips, sending them back to square one. And also dealing damage.
But Sheila still wouldn't believe, it was not her Loki, it was someone else. Her gaze was fixed on him as she tried to get to his feet, at this stage she had lost the will to fight,
'Sheila we need to go!! Come with me!!!" Octavia drags her out of the scene before the men pounced on them. They run to a secret passage and hide there, she wipes her tears and pulls her into an embrace, and the strong assassin finally breaks down, 'it will be fine, he is just angry." She does her best to console her but she couldn't stop crying.
She pulls the child back to look at her, she was so pale and heartbroken, her brows cock a little and she checks her eyes, stretching her eyelids away, she checks her palms, she looked like a ghost!!
'How did you know my name?" She asks out of naivety and she smiles a little,
'Conan." But she was more concerned with the health of the warrior, 'why are you in battle?" She guesses but it can't be confirmed since they're in the middle of a war,
'What do you mean? I serve Queen Arcadia, I have to be by her side." The words felt bitter in her mouth as Loki had just left her side.
'While you're pregnant?" Her world brightens up at the Queen's world only for her reality to shatter after a few moments.
'Come out come out Mace!!" She bloodthirsty and slightly crazy, Mace hid away from her, behind a column, he needed to regain his strength back. She laughs like the mad woman she is and she senses movement from behind a column, she drags him out and throws him on the floor, 'you're so weak!! And defenseless!! Pathetic!!" She kicks him with insult she gives him, she was bleeding badly but she wanted to make sure she ended him first, 'you'll be the scape goat, the power of a woman should never be underestimated!!" She lands another kick but to his crotch and he screams in pain.
It delights her and she cackles maniacally at his pain, she pulls him by the hair and stares into his eyes,
'What did you want to do with me? Make me beg on my knees or run to you seeking for mercy?" her hand runs across his face and he is thrown to the ground only for her to pick him up again, 'I hated the you the day you came to ask for my hand in marriage, I will never belong to you, never!!" Another slap to his features and it was becoming hard to recognize him, 'beg me!! Beg me for your miserable life!!" Another slap and Mace is already seeing stars.
His pride and arrogance had turned to dust with each beating she gave him, he found himself submitting slowly to her hard hits and her insults. For the first time in his life he had a feeling he wouldn't make it. He had been overpowered by a woman, and his worst nightmare had become a reality.
'I said beg me!!" She raises her hand again but a voice cuts her from actually slapping his bruised face,
'Don't you dare touch Master!!"