Myra was running for her life and two huge wolves chasing her, she was terrified, and her body shivered as she fell, it was dark but the moonlight reflecting from the shiny surface of the earth was enough to see those crystal red eyes gazing at her,
she crawled behind as fast as possible, her heart was pounding as if it was about to bust out of her rib cage, where could she run?Two of them came approaching her slowly step by step as she could feel their footsteps coming forward, she moved heretofore until she could, but bumped into a tree, there was nowhere to go now, her hands, her legs, and her body all seems to be frozen out of anxiety. "Is this my end?" she thought, she closed her eyes, tried not to be terrified by those droopy, scary mouths of those wolves coming to her, but...
"aahhh..."
She shouted as she fell from her bed, a broken bench at the corner of the kitchen, the only place left for her in a four-floor building.
She rubbed her eyes in shock and looked around to check if that was a nightmare or if those scary things happened...
Even though it was a nightmare, it was really scary... her heart was still pacing and her forehead was wet with the sweat oozing out...
"that was so real, God saves me from that kind of creature" she sighed... while sitting there.
" Good morning darling..."
An affectionate voice came from the door.
" Good morning Mrs. Gudino," said Myra.
Mrs. Gudino was the caretaker of the kitchen, responsible for all the things in the kitchen.
" Did you have a good sleep my dear?" she asked,
" at least I can do that," said Myra in a sad tone,
" Oh darling, don't take it to heart, I know you are sad but..."
"sad... I feel like puking on them, they said one week and it's about a year but they haven't left yet, dam these relatives, I just hate them" Myra was annoyed.
Mrs. Gudino was hearing her calmly.
" No, darling don't say that they are here for the ceremony and they'll leave after that"
" ya that ceremony, it's today right, it's my ceremony and I haven't bought a dress yet, and look at them, all the shopping malls in the city are here in their bags, ... hoo...."
There was someone at the door and Myra stopped complaining.
" So you are up, I hope you had a great sleep, with your mates, cockroaches, and rats, ha... ha.. ha..cinderella."
That was Myra's cousin, Sarah.
"oh.. shut up Sarah or I'll punch you to a red"
"I am not here to fight with you, Cinderella, I am here to drink water, you can enjoy your time sleeping in here, bye"
Sarah left the kitchen.
" I can't believe I didn't punch her even after hearing that, uhh..." Myra said furiously.
"hmm.... so what will my Princess like to eat on her sixteenth birthday?" Mrs Gudino said with affection to cool her down,
" hmm... the same, my favourite egg tarts, ok I'll be back after getting fresh",
By the way, Myra was not sleeping here because she was forced to, she was here because she didn't want to share her room with Sara.
She went to her room,
"aaaahh..."
her room was a mess,
" Sarah I am gonna kill you....", she shouted with anger,
" shut up Myra it was your puppy who did this, I told you to take him along but you won't listen to me", said Sarah carelessly,
"This is the limit for my patience Sarah, get the hell out of here....," Myra shouted in agony.
Sarah got up at once,
" it's just a matter of days, and then I'll be the one to stay here, then why are you creating havoc"
"What..? what do you mean by that?" Myra asked her curiously,
"don't tell me you don't know,"
"know what?" Myra asked,
"you are sixteen now and according to the elders, you'll get married now ", said Sarah sarcastically,
" I know," Myra said irritatingly,
Sarah was shocked to hear that,
" you know?"
Myra gave her a smirk and said,
"I know that you need a psychiatrist, and you have gone mad", she shouted at her.
Sarah was furious and threw the pillow at her,
" you dare say that, uh... you'll get to know tonight", said Sarah,
" Cut the crab, and get out of here Sarah," said Myra, opening the door.
Sarah went out staring at her angrily. Though Myra didn't believe what Sarah said, those words keep roaming in her ears,
"what getting married, who gets married at sixteen.... that witch, she can say anything...uhh I am annoyed"
She went to take a beauty bath but Sarah's words were still making her uncomfortable,
"Why did I hear that... I should think about something else..."
She came out of her bathroom in a bathrobe and was searching for a dress to wear, there was a knock at the door,
"Who's that?"
An elderly voice of a lady came from the other side of the door,
"May I come in?"
"Do you need to plead, grandma? can't you just come in" Myra said annoyingly.
Myra couldn't understand why her grandmother talked to her in a very respectful voice, she never talks to her impolite,
she came in with several servants, carrying several dresses, and she asked them to keep them in,
" choose one of them, Myra," she said.
For once, Myra thought that Sarah's words might be true because those dresses were really elegant as if some kind of wedding wears,
"But why, it's just a birthday party, a common party isn't it?" Myra asked her grandma to clarify her doubts.
Her grandma looked hesitant, she was hiding something, but Myra's heart was uneasy to see this, she came forward and said,
"What happened grandma, if you don't tell me, the thing you are hiding, I'll attend the ceremony in my bathrobe," said Myra seriously,
"It's nothing, you don't have to bother, and these dresses were sent by your aunts as a birthday gift, there will be so many big shots in the ceremony tonight so please don't cause any trouble," said Myra's grandma and went out of the room with her servants.
Myra was tensed by her behaviour,
"What was that?... that was not my answer, why is my heart not at ease"
She tried all the dresses one by one, but her mind was not there with her,
"Why today? why does it have to be today? out of all days why this day, uhh...I don't want to be tense on my birthday"
She choose a gorgeous light blue dress and paired it with the beautiful jewellery bought by her grandma,
"No it's my day today, I won't allow anyone to abolish it"
Myra wore the dress and all the accessories and was ready to face the future waiting for her.
There was a knock on the door again,
" come in," she said,
One of her aunts came in with a box, in her hands,
" What is it, aunt Jane?"
"Even I don't know, I was ordered by your grandma to deliver it, just take it and open it on your own,"
She answered annoyingly and left the box on her bed.
Myra went near it but was hesitant to open it,
"What now? Whatever she does, makes me feel more nervous," she sighed and opened the box.
There was a chain in the box, it was an old chain, not pretty at all, with no locket, no shine, it looked like an iron chain...she felt awful, that she didn't even touch it...
"What the hell is this, don't tell me, I have to wear this with this beautiful dress of mine, no way...I would never do that..."
She threw the box away, and it hit the table and was broken and the chain slipped down her dressing mirror. She didn't care and continued her makeup,
It was evening and the ceremony was initiated, she looked out of her window, that was beautiful scenery, all the trees in her garden were decorated with colourful lights,
and there were many luxurious, and expensive cars standing in their parking yard...
"It doesn't look like a normal birthday party, is it something else... is it my wedding...!!!?"
Myra was terrified to go down and wanted to run away, but will she be able to do that?
or is it her wedding...
