Candela

“THIS IS CRAZY!” Candela growled as she hastily stood up.

She gave them one by one by her stares with visible ferocity but it seems like they are not bothered. “I still have my sanity so don’t expect me to marry you, stinky werewolf. Hell will freeze but I will never be you, Luna. Dream on!” she growled again.

“Candela stop that!”

“Stop what?!” she asked, locking her eyes on her mother. “You want me to stop what I am doing just to make them feel comfortable. Well, then I am already telling you, Amari… I will not treat them nicely just like the way you want. I will never marry that werewolf.” She harshly pointed out her index finger to Lucas who seems enjoying her rants despite the tension eating the whole dining room.

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“Power?” She laughed mockingly. “Do you think I need that so-called power, hah? I am not into the power you all care about. If you want to be powerful then why not marry him all by yourself? Don’t drag me into your piece of evilness, Amari ’cause right at this moment, all I wish is for you to be gone. I want you gone! I hated you– no, hate was not the right term to use. I despised you, Amari! Really really hard!” She fumed, slamming the table loud before leaving the room.

Amari called her but she didn’t turn her back to face her again. There is only one thing crawling her mind as she took her steps out of the room. She needs to escape and free herself from the ruthless hands of her mother, as soon as possible.

But how can she even do that when as soon as she opened the door, it was the wizard-the right arm of her mother-that welcomed her. He’s even greeting her with an annoying smile on his lips before putting handcuffs on her hands. At first, she fought back, tugging back her hands but it was futile. When she tried to remove the binds on her hands, it will only send her a caustic feeling. A strong heat seems burning her body down to her soul.

“I already told you, be nice to them,” the wizard scolded when they reached her prison cell– room, rather.

Candela rolled her eyes. “Being nice to them will be the last thing I will do. You know what, why not kill me instead? Kill me already because I am telling you, it is the better option for all of you. I may be your captive, looking like an animal locked on caged but no matter how hard you try to make me follow you, all of your efforts will be useless. You need me alive right? My mother needs me alive but you can’t use me for your evil plans.”

“You really have a poisonous tongue,” the wizard smirked.

“My tongue was not the only thing that is poisonous, the whole me is a poison you all should be aware of. Because if I freed myself here, you’ll all die in my poison,” she threatened but the wizard just answered her with laugher.

“Should we shake in fear?” he asked, twitching his brows on her. “You may be poisonous enough, young lady… but this wizard in front of you is more poisonous. Your Queen mother gave us all the powers we need, the power that will protect us from poison like you.”

Before leaving her alone, the wizard lifted her head before winking at her. “Sweet dreams future Luna,” he said.

As soon as the wizard left her, Candela tried to remove the handcuffs on her hands. It is hurting her to hell, burning her skin making it swollen. Every time she tried to remove it, the handcuffs only seems tightened. But in the middle of losing her hope, she summoned her ability. If she can’t escape then it was the end for her. If she remains in this kingdom, she will marry that werewolf sooner or later. And she can not allow that to happen. Never in her thousands of thoughts that she will end up being a Luna, it wasn’t a dream for her… it was a total horrible nightmare.

And that nightmare will soon eat her if she didn’t move. Instead of waiting for the rescue, she must do the first move. Escaping into this dark kingdom of her evil mother was the first plan. The plan that she should execute well.

“Come on, don’t make it hard for me f*cking handcuffs!” she gritted, forcefully pulling her hands out of the handcuffs’ ring.

Moments have passed but her efforts show no progress but she is Candela. At a very young age, she learned how to stand on her feet. Even though there is Owen, her puppet best friend on her side before, she can still say that she is independent enough to take care of herself.

Owen…

Her mother is truly evil for doing that. After she recollected all her lost memories, she discovered that Owen is also a part of Amari’s plans. All her life, she thought that Owen is her real best friend. A friend whom she can rely on, a best friend that truly cares for her. But she was wrong. It happened that Owen is just a puppet, used by her mother to fool her. To manipulate her feelings, her thinking.

She thought that Owen is helping her to get the justice she promised to her father and mother, Coraline and Baltimore whom she think that murdered by Lord Magnus. Candela thought that Owen is someone who genuinely helped her but little did she know, Owen-she trusted best friend – is just a puppet meant to manipulate her entire life before.

“Gotcha!” Candela cheered when she successfully removed her right hand out of the handcuffs’ ring.

She silently walked through the door, pressing her ears on the door leaf and trying to hear if there is someone outside. She sighed heavily when she heard footsteps from the outside so she choose to draw near the small window near her bed.

Looking down at the clothes she’s wearing, she growled silently. “The window is too small for this shit,” she said, tearing her gown.

“Time to escape, Can… you can do it,” she reminded herself before starting climbing up the window.