Charlotte
The atmosphere seemed to have changed, the music was no longer uncomfortable and I no longer felt embarrassed by the half-naked women and the few men I saw in the place.
Otávio approached me and held up a bright red lipstick that I would never wear, I looked at him, lowered my glass and allowed him to apply it to me.
"Red suits you," he said, looking me up and down. I always wore red, except for my lips, where a light pink lipstick was enough.
His eyes looked suggestive and I looked at his lips. Otávio looked over my shoulder and his expression changed, following his eyes was George who stormed out of the room.
"I don't think your husband liked the red lipstick," said Otávio.
"Let him rest for a while," I said, turning to Otávio. I walked around the room and the music died down.
A woman came up to me and started dancing along, leading my body as she put her hand on my waist, I felt hot and shook my face with her hand.
"Take off those heavy clothes"
"How?" I frowned in confusion.
She slowly lowered one strap of my dress, I looked at her and laughed and lowered the other strap.
"I dropped it" I said sarcastically and we laughed, I felt like someone was fiddling with my corset.
The sound of tearing, the scissors in the woman's hand and in a second my clothes began to fall off.
Charlotte
The atmosphere seemed to have changed, the music was no longer uncomfortable and I no longer felt embarrassed by the half-naked women and the few men I saw in the place.
Otávio approached me and held up a bright red lipstick that I would never wear, I looked at him, lowered my glass and allowed him to apply it to me.
"Red suits you," he said, looking me up and down. I always wore red, except for my lips, where a light pink lipstick was enough.
His eyes looked suggestive and I looked at his lips. Otávio looked over my shoulder and his expression changed, following his eyes was George who stormed out of the room.
"I don't think your husband liked the red lipstick," said Otávio.
"Let him rest for a while," I said, turning to Otávio. I walked around the room and the music died down.
A woman came up to me and started dancing along, leading my body as she put her hand on my waist, I felt hot and shook my face with her hand.
"Take off those heavy clothes"
"How?" I frowned in confusion.
She slowly lowered one strap of my dress, I looked at her and laughed and lowered the other strap.
"I dropped it" I said sarcastically and we laughed, I felt like someone was fiddling with my corset.
The sound of tearing, the scissors in the woman's hand and in a second my clothes began to fall off.
Walking along a cobbled path, my bare feet hurt. I looked around, there was nothing but dust in front of me and behind me, I didn't know where to go, I was lost.
I put my hand through my hair, I felt I was at my limit, I was completely exhausted, I needed to do something, I wanted to run, but where to?
I wanted to shout, but I felt voiceless.
My feet didn't obey me when I wanted to walk and when I didn't, they walked. Exhausted, lost, exhausted by emotional exhaustion, chaos and ruin, the kingdom of Olimper had turned to ashes and I felt the weight of every life that had been lost.
I walked through the wreckage of the houses, the dust obscuring my vision and I couldn't see what was ten meters ahead, but I could hear the sound of horses and swords clashing against each other, the sound of war cries and screams of pain.
Fire raged overhead, a burning sky while the ground looked like hell itself.
"Estevan" I shouted at a loss "Mariah"
I looked around for familiar faces, all was ash.
Tears streamed down my face.
"Soraya" I shouted, at this point I just wanted to see someone I knew, no matter who it was I needed to know that someone had survived "Acacio".
My voice echoed over nothing, not even the wind was favorable, I didn't know if the heat was from the flames over the wreckage or from the hot sun over my head, my whole body was shaking with nervousness until I heard a cry.
I looked around to see where the cry was coming from and ran down from the wreckage and walked across the dirt floor to a door that had fallen to pieces, where a baby's cry was coming from. I threw myself on top of it and started to pull the door off, there was a newborn baby crying, but he wasn't hurt, I picked him up relieved and wiped his face feeling like my heart was going to explode.
He opened his eyes and in a soft voice said:
"Wake up!"
I got up abruptly, exasperated, with my face in tears and my heart racing, and saw that Estevan wasn't by my side. I threw the blanket aside and walked over to put on my shoes and my hobby.
I walked through the corridors and didn't speak to anyone I saw along the way, people just seemed like a blur, I felt lost, desolate, the judgmental looks and the weight of all of Olympus on my back and I kept walking until I bumped into Estevan on the throne room stretched out, blood all over his body as he closed his eyes for the last time.
"Estevan" I shouted and ran towards him, I bent down in exasperation with tears blurring my vision and my chest on fire, I put my hand on his wounds, the deep cuts of war, I looked around "Help, someone help me!"
I looked at Estevan who grabbed my arm.
"Don't say anything!" I asked, knowing that any effort could be my last, and I turned to look around, my heart pounding, I shouted louder: "Somebody help me, he's going to die!"
I opened my eyes and Estevan was on top of me, he seemed to immobilize my body, my arms and legs were trapped by his body and his eyes seemed seriously focused on mine while my chest felt like it was going to explode, I could feel the drops of sweat forming on my face.
"Calm down Alexia, I'm here, it was just a bad dream!" He said, touching my forehead. I hugged him tightly, feeling his chest heaving as fast as mine, and he smoothed my hair.
"Estevan, I saw you dying," I said through sobs.
"But I'm here and I'm not going to die!"
"We didn't choose this" I said, still scared and nervous, Estevan pulled away to look into my eyes.
"I'm not going to die, Alexia, not even with the war. We'll grow old together!" He said, giving me a smile, a kiss on the forehead and my heart seemed to calm down "I promise you, I won't die in this war!"