It would’ve been so easy to have gone along with what they wanted, to have signed over the lands in exchange for their lives and a plot upon it, the family’s retirement home.
But when you’ve been brought up to believe in certain rights, it is difficult to give everything up, especially to jumped-up oiks with pitchforks.
So they would die martyrs, she thinking herself a modern Joan of Arc. She wouldn’t kneel, though a sharp whack to the back of the knees changed that and a hand roughly pushed her head down to the block and held it there.
But when you’ve been brought up to believe in certain rights, it is difficult to give everything up, especially to jumped-up oiks with pitchforks.
So they would die martyrs, she thinking herself a modern Joan of Arc. She wouldn’t kneel, though a sharp whack to the back of the knees changed that and a hand roughly pushed her head down to the block and held it there.
Written for 100 Word Challenge #382 on Velvet Verbosity; the prompt was the word Heiress.
This is really good! Gave me chills...
ReplyDeleteHow awful! You painted a clear picture with just 100 words. Well done!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you,
Cheryl