“shackled” (ghosttribedescendant)
@ghosttribedescendant// My muse has been chained up and left as a sacrifice to a deity or monster.
The princess’s wings were suspended above her head by chains, threaded through an iron hook hammered into the rock behind her.
With every shift and struggle, the manacles almost cut into her wrists, making her wince in pain- the only shackles that would have fit her were almost too small for even her hands.
Why was this happening to her…? All her life, she’d only wanted to help her country; she loved her people, she just wanted to protect everyone…!
But perhaps one too many Raven attacks had taken their toll on even the most resilient of people… After another siege by the black-cloaked worshippers of the Raven had left nearly half an acre of farmland burned and ruined, the people had marched on the palace, intent on dragging her out by force. To her credit, she faced it with all the dignity she could muster- standing straight and graceful as the manacles were clapped around her wrists, not so much as a wince, or a gasp of pain, or a tear.
It was only after they had left, leaving her alone and powerless to escape, that she allowed herself to slump, chains rattling as she started to sob.
It wasn’t fair… It wasn’t fair!
Had she done something wrong, something to deserve this; being left to be pecked to bits by the servants of her father’s greatest enemy..
And what if the crows never came? What if instead, she was simply left to rot, to succumb to starvation or the elements?