Betrayal

She saw her own guards rush ito her side hoping to defend her but clearly everyone had been caught of guard. No one believed the Brotherhood of the Ebony Hand would be so bold and ruthless to try to assassinate her, here, in the newly built seat of the Twins Power. The house she had built.

Today she learned that they would never forget. They would never understand why what was done to bring forth the Immortal Seer, was needed. How the ritual would propel the Ozainae and their people above all in Arcadia.

It was not a mistake she would make again. As the blades fell on her she knew they would have to watched closely forever. Maybe even brought into the fold somehow but that was something for her next vessels to consider.

The first blade took her in the chest, the second in her shoulder and and a third her face. She would have smiled if not for the pain. She would return soon.

She closed her eyes again, for the last time.

When she opened her eyes again Islana saw a woman with long curly hair standing naked in the middle of a storm. Her screams louder than the rushing winds and the blowing sand.

Her caramel coloured skin was covered in dark arterial blood. The pain in her face was mixed with rage. She cast her eyes at Islana and shouted.

"Usurper!!!"