Sakna 2 part

The old woman who opened it had deep wrinkles furrowing her face and her white hair was tied in a bun, her hand was holding the shawl placed on her curved shoulders, her appearance was so harmless that Sakna wanted to run away, she had learned the hard way to don't trust anyone. The only thing holding her back was curiosity and a glimmer of hope.
He had her welcomed in front of a small square table, the old woman started rummaging through her junk, Sakna didn't understand how she could find something among all that junk. There were objects certainly coming from the various continents, piled up on shelves, inside baskets, trunks, on shelves, on window sills and on the shelves of the remaining furniture. Having found what he was looking for behind some statuettes depicting divinities, he stood aside and emptied the contents of the box onto the table, decorating bones. With a speed that he would never have thought possible for a woman of his age, he firmly grabbed her wrist and took a small bone, stuck it in his palm, twisting it, a man escaped her. The old woman let a few drops of blood fall on the bones which began to tremble, and then arranged themselves on the shelf as if everyone was looking for their place. Zaria seriously checked what had formed while Sakna, taking a handkerchief, cleaned his hand and observed the wound which was already healing.«Excuse me, did you make me come all the way here to sit in silence around a table? I'm in a bit of a hurry."«The elf, yes I see it» he said it as if it were the most boring thing in the whole world."Tell me what you want, so you can escape him again.""You have to let it capture you.""What?" "The old woman was struck by dementia, there is no other explanation," he thought. He couldn't believe his ears. It had cost her an immense effort not to be caught by him, she had even forgotten what it meant to sleep for more than an hour straight. Now he was telling her that she had to let herself be taken, absurd. «He has been "paid" until he has completed his task, he will follow you even if it means following you into the Tesì zirtac».Sakna became serious at hearing that damned place mentioned."Whoever hired him is looking for someone who is no longer with us."«How did you find out about me? I have always been careful."«Blissful naivety, why do you think that only I am capable of doing these tricks?» With his hand he indicated the bones, and then began to store them in the casket: «I saw you come this far, I could follow you far beyond the borders of Souldor thanks to my powers and I am not among the most powerful witches. He won't stop hunting you and they won't stop looking for you, you poor girl are a rare commodity.""So I can only surrender to fate."«No, I just told you to let me take you» he remained silent with his little dark eyes fixed on her: «You will have to do something for me, understand who they are looking for, why and try to stop them».Sakna laughed, "absurd, all too absurd."«I was wrong to come here, goodbye ma'am». He got up and headed for the door. The old woman sighed: «If you do what I tell you you can get your revenge, Sould is entangled in this story and I think not only him». Sakna froze, hand blowing on the doorknob, "Sould, could I find him?" she said almost in a low voice, as if saying that name would scare her. «Probable, but I can't guarantee it» Sakna put himself back in his place: «Tell me what to do» his eyes were filled with anger, he had been waiting for the chance to take revenge for too long now.Only once did the old woman return to the table to consult the cards of destiny."Did you do as I told you?" A man asked behind him, dark in the shadows."Yes my lord." «What do you see?».«What you see, death, many deaths»."With her involved in this story it's the least.""Aren't you worried that you can't control it much?" The woman continued to arrange the cards in a spiral around the central one."The important thing is that you don't suspect that I'm behind it, she doesn't like being used by me that much.""Yes I see it.""Leave the past alone, especially with her, you might risk never being able to go back and that's my advice." When Zaria turned the card over and saw that the warrior, destruction and death had emerged for the umpteenth time in a row, she left her reading alone, she could not have found the answers she was looking for in the cards.The elf walked briskly among the people, stopping every now and then to make sure he hadn't taken a wrong turn, scanning every corner with his clear, sharp eyes. He found his traces in an inn, things clear and clear if they had been branded there. He followed them through the various alleys, he felt he was getting closer and closer and the excitement was increasing, hunting was like a drug for him, he derived immense pleasure from it and every time he managed to catch whoever he was looking for it was like reaching ecstasy. He saw her in the blink of an eye but she was certainly his prey, she quickened her pace and was good at outpacing him and this made his excitement grow even more, he was almost sorry to capture her once he had handed her over with his hands. others, it would have been a mortal bore. He glimpsed her again, she had turned into an alley, there was less crowd now he could even distinguish her smell, not at all pleasant, among the others. She stopped once she came out onto another, wider road, she was deciding which way to go, that was her moment. He grabbed her arm, pressing the dagger to her side, pushing the tip until he heard her let out a moan. «Now come with me without causing me problems, otherwise I will let you taste the blade better»«I will do as you say, but don't kill me» he had finally decided to take her, if he had delayed any longer, she would have thrown herself into his arms. The elf took her behind him, they returned to the main road where she had come by walking backwards, they were leaving Luxor headed to who knows where, it could have been risky, but to get her revenge she would have done this and more. When he realized that he wasn't going to try to escape, the elf put the dagger back on his belt. Things finally seemed to be going right. They headed to the stables outside the walls and he paid to rent some horses, so he would be able to hand over that troublesome woman sooner, now that his enthusiasm had caught her, it was waning, he still had to hand her over otherwise what kind of elf hunter would he have been? ? Most importantly he had to be paid to break his contract. Before getting on his horse he took a little wooden bird out of his bag, whispered something to it and it came to life to quickly fly up into the sky, he would deliver the message of the capture to whoever had appointed him.Taking the swords away from her, he checked the shoulder strap, finding a chain, he put it in his pocket, he didn't want to risk her trying to strangle him in his sleep, then he searched her. "Did you hide something down there?" He asked, pointing between her legs."No"."If I find out you lied to me I'll make you pay.""See if it makes you feel better," she told him dismissively and he checked. Sakna held back a scream, more of surprise than fear, then she kneed him in the balls, the elf bit her lips, barely holding back a curse, Sakna knew he wouldn't do anything to her, he had to hand her over alive. This didn't save her from a backhand that split her lip."Try it again and I'll break your legs." Sakna spat out a lump of blood on the ground and thought it hadn't been a good idea to let herself be caught, she felt like killing him, if only she could. To avoid problems the elf tied her wrists to the saddle, so they set off towards who knows where. Sakna cursed his condition for the umpteenth time, that damned "gift" that was tempting to too many people. She had asked every sorcerer, priest or scholar of the magical arts but no one had been able to tell her how to get rid of that thing of hers. Ultimately she just wanted a quiet life, she didn't ask for much for a stone house next to a stream and the peace and quiet of solitude.

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