The dungeon was cold and dreary as Elizabeth tried one more time to release the shakles from her ankles without success. What good are her powers if she was never taught how to used them?
All kinds of wild thoughts entered her mind as she heard the shrilling cries outside the castle.
"Blast Alexander for keeping me prisoner here!" she cried.
On the other side of the castle, Isobel entered through the back doors, and ran down the empty hall, and down the stairs to the dungeon where she knew Elizabeth was being kept. Sifting into a young servant girl, Isobel swung the door open to the cell and found her enemy in tears sprawled on the dirt floor.
Relief shown on Elizabeths angel face when she saw the servant girl, and in a broken voice, she said, "Please help me, find the keys to the shackles and release me!"
The servant girl slipped her hands in her pockets and produced the keys. Within seconds, Elizabeth was released of her burden and sprang out of the cell without even giving a word of thanks to the young servant girl who fell against the stone wall exhausted by the days events.
The pregnancy was slowing her down. Isobel was a powerful beast before she got pregnant and now her strength was being used by the babe within her. She rubbed her stomache and felt the babe kick. It was a boy, a son that would take over her empire one day and rule the world.
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