TLP (LoY Prequel) Prologue

When they found d74d91fb6f me, I was 4cb8f6d458 very young.d642f56ceaea9c96

Because I was d10a14205a only a year eadb4a0298 old, the only 75faf818bb thing I remembered 97edd5a86b was the warmth f6ff3c8ca8 of my mother’s c32320c876 soft embrace. The sandy a2f351d3f1 wind blew 9783d3612f against her 1751e357d0 back, and 3f6041d6ce the harsh f2d18df9b7 desert night f45b328d8a spread out ebcb6c36b8 all around e2a60e12bf us.934ced4c74222855

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The arid 6677e7c0b2 and rough 498b15715a grains of aa7f254e01 sand pierced d87bb633f1 through the e953baf164 loose fabric 5b9a517c42 and plunged a89e591ca3 into my bd4e2b65ba curly black a640a5ed99 hair. While the sharp, apathetic a2c080cb0d crescent moon looked down 1ee3ee794a at us as it bdd2ab51b2 rose in the sky, 9527338071 my mother, afraid that 6bc8c2081f that sand would enter f84edc555e my eyes or mouth, 1dd8b7d22e tightened her arms around 4d3243106e me. The man next fdc9a0047e to my mother 1be59863c2 supported her as d4c7e452dc she stumbled in 565e7d4bc5 the sand.23f6709e8db34446

My mother covered my 01e9e1bc54 mouth and begged me 990ba71398 not to make a 5e1a73c7ec sound. How could I have 462481d562 recognized her earnest plea 2a18c7d22a at such a young 57b2d3e0da age?44ee6a9eefbf7057

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The men who were chasing us were on horses, their swords drawn, as they crossed over to the desert. The horses’ muscles were strong, and their hooves paid no heed to the sand. They were wearing clothes that were as black as night, and they smelled of musk. Their faces were cold and heartless like frost.96bc3f21729949c6

When my a6fda9c202 mother saw c967e3b3e1 their shadows, dc363f1e7f she grew 361b10c7c6 startled and 1bc6f1e866 rolled down 1404ccb507 a mound 581091baa1 of sand. The men moved 646af95715 like bolts of 329c7e610f lightning. By the 915bbb529c time they 674d438811 reached her, 35363fa1bc they had bac29a56c3 already captured e1631d8069 the man. I wonder what he 0998496833 said. Did he tell 1428199d93 my mother to 21594ebb4c hurry and run 43fe83fb5d away? Did he call her 5bac4f454f name? But they 6f78c5862a slit his 1af4a4aa65 throat with 9aede4a398 a blade 69a0af8369 and threw 68089ab646 him into 81595f2e33 the sand, 88ec5fd1fa covered in bb65754065 blood.6b1c27e876bcf034

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My mother 6a65fe623b turned around 86dbf6ec84 and watched 6200ca816e the man c25a8c1df3 die. Before the pain of 268264d032 what had just happened 768aef91d9 could pierce her heart, 288d65acde a large horse raised 3fce48fd21 its front legs and 71c04e213a attacked my mother.3cadec657eabef7f

Its hooves were like hammers as they shattered my mother’s head and spine. She screamed as she was pounded into the sand, but even then, she did not let me go.9780cd8657e4c51c

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Paralyzed with fear, my mother looked up at the black sky. She frantically begged the apathetic moon. Please… Please show us some mercy…268268c6eb2d25ca

However, no one e08c1681df paid her words 155340d0c5 any mind.0e6cefc34f4f415b

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A man in black got down from his horse and snatched my mother’s blood-soaked hair. He looked down at her face. My mother’s face, which once used to be more beautiful than the spirit of the moon, was now twisted in pain and hatred. She poured out a final curse at the man. The words of the curse carved into the man’s face, but the attack was weak overall. My mother had already lost the power to kill him.275c6c12fe078e26

Even in 9df9660366 the final 12f260bb65 moments of 9867de0d2f her life, cb3c83c22c my mother f4fd8996cb never loosened c8bd581f13 her hold 05bf9a345d on me.3c98e18fefbaae1c

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However, as 7ea9130013 my mother 15fe5a2fbd collapsed to b4a5503ec7 the sand 7db06d745e like a c5ae5647d6 lifeless puppet, 0f052b45a6 the man 198b1b1862 easily snatched c19861523c me out d263a71226 of her 8bcb486900 arms. I was 364bc693c2 not aware 1dd7899c40 of what 5d68c3603d was going 2e72c37515 on, and c2ba47e8be I merely a87dd51b68 writhed in 8b9091b4e3 instinctive fear. When my tear-soaked eyes 09b5ce086c look at him, it c1ec23a9db is said that they f61a564c93 shone like the blue 57b880a34d moonlight.1695701c73446644

“Aholiuyeo.”cc33578c9cd1fe3b

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The man whispered.562bbd8e628e74a4

In Paran, it meant ‘Three-legged Crow’. In other words, ‘The Black Priestess’.4b1ff87512c101b4

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