Chapter 6: 6. The Evenings End

Taking a step back, Elyssia creates a short distance and focuses her gaze directly into Brennan's eyes. Her death stare truly shook him to the core as it was the last thing, he expected from the girl who had always been the 'perfect princess' in the eyes of the public.

Utterly bewildered by the situation he found himself he stood there frozen for a second, Elyssia's threat sinking in. his brain finally returning to reality, Brennan finally pulls the leg out of his mouth and throws it on the floor with a wet slap.

About to raise his voice and start shouting, he notices the views of the crowd. Unable to think straight on how to make himself look good after having the leg thrown into his mouth, he decides to stomp off out of the hall in anger.

Surprised by his brother's sudden departure, Damien looks around with a slightly clueless expression on his face before he decides to sneer at Elyssa and walks off after Brennan.

Elyssia knew that talking things out with the brothers would never work, they were the infuriating type of person who would not listen and act irrationally, doing their best to annoy whoever they were talking to.

In order to quickly end the argument and prevent any lasting impacts on the mood of the party Elyssia had decided to embarrass and shame the duo as best she could while demonstrating some of her skill in a way that might make the onlookers contribute with public pressure.

Then in order to get them to leave she used a variety of techniques she had learnt from books and training to give off the most intimidating aura she could while whispering her threat into his ear. This approach likely would not have worked had Elyssia spoken out against them in the past, so hitting them with the fierce change in her attitude added to the impact of her words. Elyssia had decided to target Brenan since he was the leader out of the brothers while Damien acted as a 'yes man' and would rarely take the lead.

Elyssia had masterfully made use of the duo's personalities and the growing crowd to force them to instantly dominate the argument with shock and awe tactics.

Turning to the crowd of people, Elyssia took a moment to take in the mood and decide on her next words to dispel the situation. There was a mixture of emotions plastered on their faces. Out of those who looked surprised, some were shocked by Elyssia's scathing remarks as they had only heard the end of the argument while others were surprised that Elyssia had managed to perfectly aim her throw and completely stop Brennan from talking.

While the method was quite crude and unladylike, to say it was effective was an understatement. Meanwhile some of the younger children who had been watching were laughing at how silly Brennan had looked with his surprised expression featuring the wabbling leg.

There were also a number of people who were quite sympathetic towards Elyssia as they had seen first-hand or heard about what the brothers had done in the past and could understand why Elyssia would be angry at them.

"I apologise for this small argument, but I couldn't stand the thought of them insulting my guests or making my kind-hearted mother unhappy again. I do not wish for this to be an issue any longer, so I invite you all to find a partner and join me on the dance floor for the next song."

Playing on their sympathy and the curiosity to know what Elyssia had meant by making her mother 'unhappy again', Elyssia had managed to divert a little of their shock over her actions and changed the focus onto the music and dancing.

Noticing what Elyssia was trying to do and to prevent her from finding herself in an awkward situation, Ben walked up to her and offered his hand speaking in a clearly terrible attempt at being well spoken 

"Will you give me the honour of the next dance, My Lady?"

Giggling at the quirky sounding Old English invitation, Elyssia jokingly responds "Of course My Lord".

You are reading story Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess at novel35.com

Cracking a cheeky smile, Ben leads her as they walk to the dancefloor.

****

The rest of the evening passed with no further issues as Elyssia spent time with her close family and friends as well as forging connections with various attendees who had business connections wo the family.

Finally returning to her room she flopped onto the bed exhausted from the night's festivities. Taking some time to think over the night her thoughts returned to how her grandfather had acted when giving his welcome speech. Thinking it might have something to do with their conversation tomorrow, her mind fell into a swirling mess as she once again tried to figure out just what her grandfather wanted to talk about.

With butterflies rising in her stomach, Elyssia decided to get undressed and fall asleep.

****

Elyssia opened her eyes to very different surroundings than when she had fallen asleep. She had exchanged her comfy bed for burnt grass that crackled under her as she sat up. Her nightdress had become a set of metal armour painted with red accents.

The armour was made up of a solid, form-fitting breastplate that was covered in nicks and scratches the shoulder pads were made from overlapping layers of metal that ended halfway down her arm. On her forearms were arm guards that cover the top of her arm from her elbow to her wrist, while the shins were protected by long boots with a short 1.5-inch heel. The top of the boots was covered by layered plates that allowed for movement while the front of her shin was completely covered by a single metal plate that ended 2 inches above her knee. Just below her black Leather skirt was a knife strapped to her leg while next to here lay a katana that looked to be made from a silvery metal.

The armour gave off a slightly roman feel from some of the features, however it was different being more armoured and seeming quite foreign.

Elyssia sat there dazed as she was trying to figure out what was going on. This was all too surreal for her.

'What on earth is going on? What am I wearing? Why does my body feel so light despite wearing metal plates?'

Thud.

Thud thud thud.

Out of reflex Elyssia quickly jumps back and grabbing the strange Katana that was next to her did she snap out of her thoughts and look up. Seeing 4 arrows that had laded a metre short of where she was sitting, she looked around her. It was at that point that the sounds of fighting reached her ears.

You can find story with these keywords: Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess, Read Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess, Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess novel, Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess book, Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess story, Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess full, Flames of Chaos: The Rise of a Goddess Latest Chapter