Chapter one.
Elara was an innocent child of an happy family till her brother open his eyes in this brutal world where nothing stay longer in it's position.
Her mother Sofia, losses the strength of her legs just after giving birth to Jacob and since then, she is all depending on her arm chair where she usually sit and look out of her window, watch the clouds is moving, every Bird is flying, even the weather is changing except her.
She had become a face of a waiting death to come and take her, but she didn't wanted to end this cycle of life, not yet.
She had responsibilities, as an wife, as an mother. Sofia was still waiting for right time, not for her to recover as she had stopped hopping for her recovery, but for her family which depends on her.
She wanted to see her childrens get back to normal life, and to see her daughter finally getting an caring partner who can take care of her just like she take care of everyone.
Her husband was an traveler, dealing and selling goods in kingdoms where he can reach. He was an hard worker.
The load of responsibilities was all on his sholders after his father's death. And after that accident which happens with his wife, he knew he have to work hard for the bread, for his wife health, and for his little kids, except for himself.
He have start to forget, that in this all hard time and suffuring, he is also a human being with needs.
And all of that had grown Elara earlier then her age. She became a second mother of Jacob when she herself was still a teenager. And she knew she have to be like this, act like this, and go with it, as this is her life now.
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One early morning, after the breakfast when Elara was doing her daily chores in the kitchen, mopping the floor when She suddenly heard a loud crack sound, caming from the dining room.
It was more like a glass have been broken.
Elara hands tighten on the handle, of the broom, as she felt sudden shivers in her stomach. "Is that mother?" The only thought comes into her mind as she quickly rush to the dining room to check if it was her sick mother trying to grab the glass from her coffee table or something else?
But rather then seeing any broken glass on the floor, she found a ball on the right side arm chair, which had broken the glass window of living room.
She take a breath of relief as her shoulder
relaxed. It least no one had got hurt.
Then Elara walks to the direction where the ball was, she pick it up. Her gaze goes to the broken window, and then to the floor where she saw so many small and large pieces of glass.
The door brust open and little Jacob came in, he freezes as he saw his sister have found out that he have made the mess.
Elara turn to Jacob and looked at his direction. Her lips curled up into a smirk as she saw the fear of being caught in her brother's eyes. "you ...COME HERE!!!" She shoat as she ran to grab him.
"Ahhh....hahaha...no....forgive me." Jacob ran out of the house to the garden with his little bet in his hand, but Elara long legs sped up as she chase him in the yard.
After running for a little while, she finally catch him and start tickling his stomach.
"Agh....hahahaha....sorry sorry....hahahaha." Jacob fell on the ground, laughing heavily as his voice shaking.
"Sorry huh? You broken the window.....now mother will beat you up. COME HERE! You little noughty boy."
Elara pull Jacob on her lap and start tickling him untill his eyes gets
watery. "Ah,...hahahaha, so...sorry Eli..... don't..... don't tell mother. I won't do it again I promise.... hahahahaha"
After a while of tickling and playing with Jacob Elara finally take her hands of him.
"Okay I won't tell mother about this....but promise me one thing."
Elara stand up and Jacob finally catch his breath. "What?"
Elara pick his bet and looked at it. "Promise me, you won't play in the front yard. You know it's small, and we don't want any other window to be broken again."
Little Jacob stand up on his feet
"Okay okay sister…..I won't play on the front yard now give me my bet back."
Elara smiled and give him his bet back.
"Good boy, now let's go inside."
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