Chapter 2: Tortured Soul
Aria slowly got up stroking her red cheek that is so red that her vein is showing. She bit her lips holding back her tears, knowing that her brother hates seeing her cry. In Beastia, crying is the sign of weakness. They hardly cry including Beastian children.
"Argan, she called me an Evangeline Witch! I was defending myself, my honour!" Aria look up to see her brother's face in anger.
Having Evangeline's blood from her mother Isadora's side, Aria inherited powers that none of Beastian has.
Evangelines are one of the race that lives at Divinos Kingdom of the North. They can live more than hundred years old but not immortal. They have magic and some with telepathy abilities.
The Evangelines in the North are allies with the Human race from the South but enemies to Mordeux Kingdom from the West.
King Argan hates weak things except for Aria, who is his exception. He also hates his sister using Evangeline magic in Beastia.
He loves is sister, no matter how weak she is. But, to make her stronger, he will push her to her limit to get her trained and be the greatest female Beastian Warrior one day.
Since Aria was ten years old, after her parents' died, Argan forced her to join the Beastian army and be trained by the best Beastian warriors.
Her first combat training caused her to break her arms.
Her second combat training caused her to dislocate her leg.
Her third combat training gave a concussion for a week.
She suffered for many years till she finally, at the age of seventeen, was good enough to stand beside her brother, Prince Armand, in battle. Never giving up.
Aria lived a hard life stained with blood of many species she killed during battle. Killing her soul, turning her into a heartless warrior in battle.
Her first kill was when she was just thirteen years old giving her nightmares and panic attacks for months. The face of a male Daemones she killed haunted her dreams for many nights.
But now, after years of training and torture, she can finally call herself a Beastian Warrior, fighting under a red war banner with the symbol of sword and fire.
"Are you going to cry now? Huh? Answer me, Aria!" Argan shouted to her and looking down to Aria who looks small standing in front of him.
Slowly lifting her head again, Aria looked up to her brother "I'm sorry, brother. It won't happen again. I lost control and used my magic". Aria apologise to Argan for using magic without his permission. It was the rule set by her brothers to only use magic with their permission.. and only during battle facing their enemies.
"Fine! Run across the whole field, ten times!" Argan shouted and turned his back to walk back to his castle, in anger.
Aria then ran around the whole field which is huge. The weather was hot and humid causing her to drenched with sweat. She continued running even though her feet hurts so much.
By the time she completed ten rounds of running around the field, it was already night time. Her feet went numb.
The tired looking Aria went back to the castle in anger and shame. She even skipped dinner not wanting to see her brothers.
She was so angry with her brother, Argan, who humiliated her in front of Jor.
She was even angrier when she saw how affectionate Jor was with Vena at the training ground while she was running around the field like an idiot.
In her room, Aria shouted "ARRGGH.. That B***H! I will prove to her that one day, I will be stronger than her!"
Aria continued shouting in her room, punching a wall and kicking the furniture. She even set the curtains on fire which later she had to put it off afraid to bring down the whole castle under fire. Argan will tie her to a pole in the hot sun, if that happens. He did it before when Aria was 15, for using her magic burning a Beastian boy who called her "Evangeline Slut".
A knock on her door was heard. Aria shouted "Who the f**k is it? Get lost!"
"Aria, it's me. Armand. I'm coming in, like it or not. Open the door or I will break it down!" Her brother Prince Armand said. Knowing he meant what he said, Aria opened the door. It is bad enough her room is without a curtain but without a door, it will be horrible to sleep in.
When Armand got in the room, he got shocked by the condition of her room. Furniture were broken, wall punched, curtains burnt, pillow scattered on the floor, and flower vase smashed. Armand sighed.
"Argan wants me to check on you. You were not there for dinner. I brought you some food. Come eat" Armand placed the food on a broken table but stable enough to place a tray. He slowly arranged the furniture to at least enough for her to eat her dinner.
Aria went to her bed faced down. She shouted on the mattress.
Armand chuckled. He knows Argan is being hard on Aria but it was for the greater good. The brothers fear if anything happens to them, Aria had no one else to take care of her. So, she needs to be strong enough to take care of herself and living in Mordeux Kingdom, the weak will not live long.
The Mordeux Kingdom is a dangerous place. Enemies are always lurking somewhere to bring down King Argan.
"Arya, get up. Come eat. Or I'll shove the food in your throat. Your choice. You need to eat, you skinny little thing" Armand said teasing her. To Beastian's eyes, Arya is so skinny with the waistline of 24cm, making her breasts and bottom looks big.
"Not hungry. Just let me die. I hate my life" She said with tears. The only person she can cry freely is Armand. He will always comfort her when he see her cry. Armand is a little shorter than Argan at 215cm in height but still huge for Aria. When he hugs her, Aria feels comforted, just like how her father Anton used to hug her when she had a bad dream at night.
Her later father, Anton, was always so protective of Aria. He would hang those that calls his daughter a non pure blood Beastian or a Witch or Evangeline Scum. But when her father died, Argan did not stop his people calling her names as to him, he wants Aria to earn the respect from her people herself.
"Respect should be earned", Argan once said to her.
The Beastian hated the Evangelines. It was unfortunate to them that Aria looks more like an Evangeline than a Beastian.
The war between the Beastian and the Evangelines started decades ago where an Evangeline killed a King of Beastia.. for an Evangeline woman who fell in love with a Beastian man.
Years ago, history repeats itself. The same happened, except that time King Anton survived and lives with his lover Princess Isadora.
Aria's father King Anton seek revenge and kidnap women of Evangeline to torture sexually and send them back. It was a message to the then Evangeline King Isaac who captured and killed Beastian warriors in a war that happened before Aria was born.
When King Isaac refused to return Beastian's warriors, King Anton then kidnapped a Princess from an Evangeline clan and imprisoned her for many months.
In response to King Anton who kidnapped an Evangeline Princess, the angry King Isaac killed the Beastian prisoners in Davinos Kingdom one by one and killed the rest when he found out King Anton killed the princess.
What King Isaac did not know was, King Anton fell in love with the kidnapped Princess, named Isadora, and married her secretly when she got pregnant with Aria.
It was Princess Isadora's idea to fake her death so that King Isaac will let her go.
In Divinos kingdom especially for the Evangeline, there were many princess who are not allowed to live the life they wanted. Each princess has their own destiny decided upon birth.
Princess Isadora does not believe in those rubbish. When she met King Anton, she found him attractive and she fell in love with his knowledge of the world. She endured the pain making love with the huge King Anton every night not caring him being much bigger than her in size.
He is not like what King Isaac describe him. Despite his scary Beastian looks with large horn, but the most handsome among the Beastian men, he was gentle and kind to Isadora. They lived a happy life. Even her two stepsons, Argan and Armand, loved Isadora.
When both King Argan and Queen Isadora died in a battle with the Daemones beings, Argan took the throne and led the war against King Davidos of Daemones race. Argan defeated Davidos himself and became the new Ruler of Mordeux Kingdom. He was only eighteen years old.
Daemones are as big as Beastian in physical form and are able to shoot small fire balls from their hand. They too have horns, but two on their head. Despite the Beastian Warriors have no fire ball throwing abilities, Argan still managed to defeat the Daemones King Davidos by uniting all four Beastian clans fighting under one war banner.
The united Beastians clans made the species undefeated in Mordeux Kingdom.
Since then, King Argan is feared and respected by the citizens of Mordeux Kingdom of the West.