Hellish Obsession

Chapel Of Qidan Castle

The Chapel was old enough yet elegant with brightening stone walls, blazing new benches, quiet air tinctured with the scent of incense, candles and solidly Anglican smell of musty prayer books, metal polish and flowers.

Queen Salena took her steps through the luminously lit passage, the floor of encaustic tiles.

The door was right beside the Great Hall. Its white-painted shiny walls ran the whole west end of the Chapel. All the people from there bowed to the Queen.

Salena stopped in front of the father in cassock around his 60. "Father. I hope your health is well." She bowed to him.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Father responded politely and bowed to her as well.

"I'm pleased to hear that, Father." Salena smiled faintly. But it vanished in seconds. "Father. I told you...about. Aveline. She..."

"She let the rain touch her again." Father cut her words off. "It's the second time. The first time was in front of Eternal Lake when she was 10, playing with her friend. The rain started and you almost lost your daughter. If it happens for the third time, It will be really liable to her." He sighed.

Salena managed to summon another faint smile. "Father, you know how stubborn she is. She never listens to anyone."

Father nodded his head thoughtfully. "But she should understand that carefulness comes before safety."

Salena felt the anxiety crossing over her. She didn't know anything except that every day arrives with the impression of new threats to her daughter.

"Is there really no one who can save her?" Salena asked as she curbed the fear inside her and clenched her hands into tight fists.