Ravished
“ The outlandish words echoed over the countryside like the voice of god. Startled birds scrambled in flight with a rush of wings to escape it. The forest fell eerily silent at their passing, still as a tomb.
The echo stunned Alexandra from her self-absorption, her dilemma briefly forgotten. Quiet roared in her ears. Frigid wind whipped her cape out like a sail, fallen leaves blowing like a vortex around her horse’s legs. She froze, listening for the broach of peace again..., hope burgeoning in her chest. She’d thought herself utterly, completely alone, never to see another soul for all eternity.
Oaks, birches, and other trees she had no name for boxed her in, leaves burnished in flame and gold. If she hadn’t been in such trouble, she would have thought it quite beautiful. The ground was relatively smooth underneath the tangling brush that obscured her passage--and which way she’d come. The forest was as thick and impenetrable as the king’s army. She knew this--had been roaming the land for an eternity, looking for a way out.MoreLess
The echo stunned Alexandra from her self-absorption, her dilemma briefly forgotten. Quiet roared in her ears. Frigid wind whipped her cape out like a sail, fallen leaves blowing like a vortex around her horse’s legs. She froze, listening for the broach of peace again..., hope burgeoning in her chest. She’d thought herself utterly, completely alone, never to see another soul for all eternity.
Oaks, birches, and other trees she had no name for boxed her in, leaves burnished in flame and gold. If she hadn’t been in such trouble, she would have thought it quite beautiful. The ground was relatively smooth underneath the tangling brush that obscured her passage--and which way she’d come. The forest was as thick and impenetrable as the king’s army. She knew this--had been roaming the land for an eternity, looking for a way out.MoreLess
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