“You can’t do this! Please…” Havier begged. He couldn’t stand to see his father get executed. This is how it was, here in Connhem. He just wanted to be able to go back home, but he couldn’t. His dad was about to be killed, right in front of his eyes. CRACK! And now, his father is dead. Havier needs revenge, but how? He now knows. 

Tears, blood, gore, death, everything above… just like that. Everyone screaming and yelling at the king. All they wanted was for Haveno to still be alive, but he wasn’t. “Why! Why did you kill Haveno over a stupid draw!” Lucia, Havier’s mom yelled. Once a month, they do a draw. The queen, Rostia, would draw a card. This month, she drew Haveno’s name. She hand-wrote a letter to Lucia.

Dear Lucia, I am so sorry to announce, but I have drawn your husbands name this month. I wish you the best of luck getting on without your husband. You know the rules, don’t you? You and your son MUST attend the meeting of execution. You also CAN’T  tell anybody else. Thank you and have a wonderful day, your queen, Rostia.

    And today, he was killed in vain. Havier and Lucia left to go home. Havier is 18, but he still can’t believe what just happened. No matter the age that you are, life sucks… That’s what Lucia tells Havier all of the time. 

    Mother?” Havier asks one day. “Yes darling?” Lucia responds.

    “I believe that it’s time that I leave the house, to live on my own. I mean, in 1 ½ months I’ll be 19. I was supposed to leave last year, but I didn’t because you needed help with father getting killed. What do you think? Will you help me?” 

    “Of course hon. You’re right… I suppose I should let you leave to go live out on your own. C’mmon. I think I know just the right place.”

And with that, they left the house. Eyes were on them, Lucia didn’t care, but Havier did. “What are you looking at, you little skrimages!” Lucia gasps. Skrimages is the most disgraceful word that you could ever be called in Connhem. No one knows what it actually means, but they do at least know that it’s a disgraceful thing to be called.