Chapter 10: "The Clímax".

The luminous balloons, the fresh air, the cloudless sky, and the chirping of cicadas and birds adorned the perfect atmosphere. I accepted Jeor's marriage proposal. So we started all the preparations, my friends Eliza and Kiara helped me in everything, meanwhile my fiancé was catching up with the county, he got a relaxed leave since supposedly the war against the orcs was in its final stage and it was only a matter of time for the human victory, that is, they did not need all the forces available, that is why Count Traynos due to his glorious service in the war, was granted permission to return before the completion and total expulsion of the orc tribes from the territory of the kingdom of Westxi.
Together with Elizabet we chose my wedding dress, of a beautiful white color with golden details. In the mornings while we were having breakfast with Jeor, we were putting together the guest list for our wedding, some of the guests were:
*The Count of Guafelia Mr. Dettini with his wife Arabella, Jeor's half sister.
*One of the most important generals of the kingdom, General Mason Wreak, a gentleman around 60 years old, hero of the kingdom, considered by many the best general of the era, Jeor is like a son to him, he taught him everything about military tactics, they are very fond of each other, he will be the godfather of the wedding.
*Of course, the master Urodis could not miss, together with Kiara and Krall.
*We also invited Jeor's half-brother, Gregorio, under extreme surveillance and warned that at the slightest misbehavior, he would go straight back to prison.*Many nobles of the area as well, and an invitation was also sent to King Jacob II and his sons, although while writing the invitation, we told ourselves that it was very likely that he would not attend due to his busy schedule as king.
*And of course, my friend Elizabet, she was my chosen one to be the godmother of the wedding.
And so the wedding day was approaching but days before we had the bachelorette party....Eliza stood behind me and with her hands covering my eyes, we moved forward until we reached a house, where inside the other Frailis womens were waiting for me. It was a fun night, we drank and danced to good music, at the end came a kind of male stripper, with his body full of oil, everyone went crazy, but there was no lack of control. The same night Jeor and the mens also had their bachelor party.
It was almost dawn and I went to the castle to sleep while the others were still partying. While I was walking through the streets of Frailis, I met Gregorio...
-Eeeee sis," said Gregorio totally drunk.
To which I ignored him and kept walking, but when I was passing by him, he grabbed my arm tightly and stammered.
-You're not going to escape this time, my brother won't come to rescue you...
He started to kiss my neck, I was trying as hard as I could to free myself but I had all of Gregorio's weight on me, it was impossible to escape. While he was kissing me, he put his hands on my ass and started to grope me depravedly... until at one point due to his high alcoholization, he fell alone to the floor and at that moment I could free myself and go to the castle, I went straight to the bathroom since I had all my neck drooling.
The next day I didn't want to tell Jeor about it because he seemed too happy that his half brother was going to the wedding, inside he still felt that Gregorio could settle down and stop being a poor lecherous drunk.
The day of the expected wedding arrived, the marriage ceremony would take place in the castle and then in the gardens. In one of the rooms on the second floor I was with Eliza, already dressed in white, waiting for the call, then someone knocked at the door, Eliza hugged me and came out, at the door the godfather of the wedding, General Mason Wreak, took my hand. So while the musicians played beautiful music, we slowly made our way to the altar, where my fiancé Count Jeor Traynos was waiting.
Finally at the altar next to Jeor, the priest of the city began the testimony and the awaited moment arrived.
-Lord Jeor Traynos, Count of Frailis, do you accept Lady Jennifer of Oela as your wife until death do you part?.
-Yes, I do. Jeor answered with euphoria.
The priest turned his gaze to me and recited.
-Lady Jennifer of Oela, do you take Count Jeor Traynos as your husband until death do you part?-Yes, I do. I answered.
Jeor kissed me instantly and everyone applauded.
We went to the garden to continue with the evening, almost everybody was there, except king Jacob, but to the surprise of everybody, the king arrived with his personal guard, everybody in the place kneeled down while he approached, I did the same but at once he told me not to do it.
When he came to me he gave me a warm hug and said.
-Lady Jennifer, if I were younger I would have proposed to you in that garden of Guafelia.
We both smiled and the king greeted his distant relative and now my husband Jeor Traynos.They both had a long talk, apparently they had not seen each other since they were little, I heard master Urodis say that when they were children they were very close, then fate separated them until this moment.Together with Eliza, Kiara and now Arabella who joined us we talked for a long time, Arabella was happy to fulfill her prediction that I would marry her half brother Jeor but she was upset to have to see Gregorio, apparently in the past he also groped her and for that reason she had a lot of hate and contempt for him.At one point of the evening, I went back into the castle to go to the bathroom, I thought I was dreaming when suddenly I heard that orc battle horn in the town of Oela but...
I was not dreaming, when I came out of the bathroom I looked out of a window, a hell is all I could see, hordes of thousands and thousands of orcs were besieging the city... But how was that possible?, if the reports said that the war was almost won by the humans, why, why, why?.
I was in shock seeing that scene but I came back to earth when a giant stone hit the walls of the city, instantly several more opening the wall, the orcs were devastating the few guards of the city.
I quickly went down to the streets and it was all chaos, everything reminded me of the massacre of Oela some time ago, in the castle garden there was no one, I despaired and ran through the streets of Frailis trying to find someone, in the distance I saw how various orcs killed General Mason Wreak, they stuck him with a spear and waved it as if it was a flag, showing everyone that the hero of Westxi fell...
I ran to another place and finally I could see my husband Jeor Traynos, he was leading several men in front of some orcs and my heart stopped when I saw that the leader of those orcs was Gorlug, my orc lover.
There stood my two men fighting to the death, I did not want either of them to die. In a moment they faced each other in an endless duel, both struck their lethal weapons, it was like watching two gods fight, time seemed to have stopped witnessing such an act, the skies turned gray and dark clouds shed tears in the form of rain.
Jeor was surrounded by several orcs, his end seemed inevitable and a minimal courage filled my heart, I took a sword from one of the dead guards and went running towards there but someone pushed me and took me with force, it was Elizabet, crying saying that she was not going to lose me again, she was not going to let me go through the same thing I went through in Oela.
-But, I have to help him, they will kill him! I shouted.
-You can't! Understand that you can't Jennifer, they are orcs, if even the best generals can't fight them, neither can you!.
In that instant she took me and we left that place, in the distance with my eyes full of tears I could still see how Jeor was still fighting surrounded by orcs.
While we were heading to the stables, we saw how between a group of orcs were savagely penetrating Kiara, Krall was bloody on the ground, unconscious or maybe worse.... We could not stand the scene, everything was too cruel, but as Elizabet said, we could not face them, I could see a dead archer nearby and I went straight to look for his bow and arrows, together with Elizabet we hid in a house where through the window we could see Kiara, I took impulse and tried to remember everything I learned in the combat classes I took some weeks ago, by luck or by destiny my arrow went straight to my target... No, not to an orc, my target was Kiara, I couldn't bear to see her being hurt that atrociously, and I didn't want her to end up torn apart like that woman in Oela. With her last breaths, Kiara looked at her brother with a smile.
We left, arriving at the stable there was my white horse, I mounted it, Eliza mounted another one and we galloped towards the back exit of the city of Frailis, almost at the gates was King Jacob, with apparently an open wound in his abdomen, we put him on Eliza's horse, and we continued escaping from the city.
When we arrived to a safe point, we took the king down from the castle and applied a basic bandage so he wouldn't bleed to death, there before getting back on the horse I turned around to look at the city of Frailis, which in the distance was very smoky, wondering if Jeor died, if Urodis could escape, if Arabella could do the same...
The impotence was very big in me, I felt insignificant for not being able to do something, but I still had Elizabet by my side, she gave me some security as an older sister or mother.
Will it continue???.

Chapter end