Chapter 10 ( WARNING, ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT

            Several weeks have passed since Jaysa had seen that nameless boy. Her thoughts were consumed by the boy for several days, but reality took over as she forgot about that stranger and the kiss. Her main interest was her mother and their welfare. Every passing day the violence with the Kings guard's progress to higher levels than it ever was before. Several women were raped by the guards if they looked at them the wrong way. If the village men would try to protect the women, they would get beaten half to death. The village had finally met the true hell.

          Jaysa was inside her house with her mother eating the same soup they had been eating before. She sat across from her mother at the table. The two women were silent except for the slurping noises while they sipped their soup. Jaysa had several questions going through her head and asked,

"The Prince is supposed to marry when he is 18, right?" Jaysa's mother nodded but continued eating. "I wonder what kind of woman he would marry."

"Are you questioning this because of the boy you met several weeks ago at?" Jaysa mother asked.

"No, besides if he was the Prince and I was his wife, I would change his way of thinking right away." Jaysa spoke.

"I know you would." Her mother giggled.

"The man that sits on the throne and announces that he is King needs to be dethroned now! The Prince needs to take the throne and bring peace back to our people." Jaysa spoke while shaking her hands.

"Yeah, it would be nice if we could have someone like the old King." The older woman spoke before Jaysa could continue.

"So, only thing we can do is sit and wait. Is there anything else that we can do?" The older lady took another sip of her soup while listening to her daughter." I understand that we have to hope and pray, but I'm tired of hoping and praying. We need this to happen and happen now. Change the laws the King changed about us women not having rights. Any woman that man marries should help with that change or at least make sure that he is not like his uncle." Jaysa was getting over the excitement with her words that she had to take a breath. In a calm voice she spoke again. "That is all I hope for." Jaysa hung her head. The older woman finished her soup and picked up her empty bowl. She walked over to her daughter and kissed the girl on her temple then spoke,

"And you are the girl to do that." Jaysa smiled." I know you want this to change now, but the Prince has three years left before the change will come, and if he does decide to make any changes." Jaysa just nodded. "It's getting late, we need to clean up and go to bed." Jaysa scarfed down her watered-down soup before washing the empty bowl and headed to bed. She met her mother in the bedroom and began her normal routine. Changing the clothes, and checking the bed for bugs. She was lucky that she did not have to pull any bugs off again tonight. The nights began to get colder so they knew the season was changing to the fall seasons.

          The wind blew lightly against the house late at night. The animals were talking under the moonlight which was the only sound of the otherwise peaceful night. Jaysa was suddenly awaked from a crashing sound that came from inside the shack. The noise died down and Jaysa couldn't hear anything anymore. She reached over to her mother and realized that she was not there. Freaking out, Jaysa pushed herself to her feet and threw open the door that separates the small room for the rest of the shack. The room was a complete mess. The tables and chairs were flipped over the soup was all over the floor. She discovered someone knocked over the huge cauldron that held their food. Something had happened here, but what? What happened to her mother? Panic ran through Jaysa's body. She ran out the front door almost ripping it off its hinges. No one was there. The streets were bare, the night cold. Jaysa still kept her eyes peeled open. She couldn't see anything, but there was a sudden muffle noise coming from behind her.

Is that.… Jaysa thought. Not only can she hear a female, but some men chuckling. Jaysa thought the worst but push those thoughts aside. She had to be careful and find out who that could be. Jaysa slowly walked around the corner of the shed. She tried to stay quiet so the third party wouldn't notice her presence. When Jaysa peaked around the corner, her body froze. She couldn't believe what she saw.

There were two men holding down her mother. One man was holding the older women from behind, and towered the female by inches. He had short ashy brown hair that was slicked back. There was a shorter man that stood in front of the older woman. He was shorter than his partner, but perfect eye level for the women. He had dirty blonde hair that was shoulder length. His hair would dance around his head every time he moved. Jaysa knew instantly from their garments that they were the Kings guards. The taller man held her mother's hands above her head as the shorter man roamed his hands all over the shivering female's body as she begged them to stop. Jaysa was frozen. She had no idea of what she should do. These men were molesting her mother right in front of her eyes, but she couldn't do anything to stop it. She knew if she was found spying on the men, then she would have the same fate, but that was her mother that was in danger. She wasn't scared of the men that she couldn't move; she was scared for her mother safety. Jaysa didn't know what the man would do. So she could only watch and hope it would end soon.

The scene played in front of her turned her stomach. She watched as the shorter man roughly grabbed her mother's breast making her scream in pain. The man only glanced at her with a smug look was on his face. He was enjoying this and wanted to hear her cry out more. He moved his hand up her night grown and rubbed his hands roughly up the woman's thighs and legs forward to the area that he wanted. The man thrusts his fingers inside the older woman. She begged the man to stop, but he ignored her cries and continued thrusting his fingers inside of the sobbing female. She felt his fingers move inside her body. He removed them, which made the woman think that he was done just to thrust them back inside. The taller man pushed his clothed hard on against the woman letting her know what joy he was getting out of this.

The blonde man seemed to get impatient as he removed the leather in front of his hard member. The man that stood behind her pushed on the older woman's shoulders forcing her onto her knees. The shorter guard held his shaft in his hand. He gave the woman a command, which she did not respond to. The brown haired guard behind her yanked the woman's head up by her hair which made her cry in pain. The sound was no longer heard as something thick was in her mouth muffling the sound. Tears rolled uncontrollably down her face. Jaysa gasped as took a step backwards. When she did this, there was a crackling noise heard. The two men stopped when they heard the noise. It was a twig that Jaysa stepped on, it gave away her position.