Fernando Bermudez AVID 4 The Lady or the Tiger

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He turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space. Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, and every eye was fixed immovably upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it. When the man used his might to open the door, he faced darkness. No matter the time of day, the room was completely filled with darkness. No man, even the audience could pierce through the dark abyss. The man took two to three steps back. He stood fast waiting to face his fate, when he heard a faint step from the dark room. The man stood further back to look upon his love; he tries to question her decision of the door. From where he stood, he looked closer upon the princesss face and notice one of her eyes had sparkled. Is she crying? the man asked himself. Then the man looked back down, toward the dark room, a figure had soon made an appearance. One foot had stepped forth from the shadow; the man had relaxed his posture. The foot was of a human; everyone started to smile and rang the bells. A woman had shown herself to the man and the audience. The princess, tried to hold her feminine side, since she was part barbaric compared to her father. The man stared at his love, he didnt understand. He looked, once again, down upon the lady who walked toward the man, on trial. The lady had laughed and smiled, since she was chosen to be the lady in wait to be married. The lady had stopped along her path to the man, and turned to look at the princess and gave her a glare. The princess was stunned by the ladys glare, her body was bottled up with anger and jealously, and she wanted to step down from her seat to slay the lady. But she stood her ground for she had a plan that will become of the ladys life. The princess continued to watch the ceremony take place, in the middle of the arena. The man felt sorrow in his chest; his heart could not comprehend with marriage with another woman. The man stood by the lady, before the priest, waiting to be married and lead his future with his new wife. The audience had laughed and smile, no one showed pity, not even the king. But the princess

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was the only one with pity for her lover. The priest has now announced the man and the lady, man and wife so the newlywed had walked away back through the main doors, which led to the city. As the man walked with his new wife, he looked back at the princess with an aching heart, beating in his chest. The newlywed had left the sight of the princesss eyes. The princess had furiously left her seat beside of her father. The father followed his daughter, to reason with her judgment; he believed she was acting foolish towards a common man. But the kings words could not stop her from running. The princess had returning to her chamber, she cried and cried upon her sheets and pillows. She asked that no one would enter her chamber for the remaining of the day. Dusk had consumed the chamber, night has come, and the princess was balled up beneath her sheets. She tried to think how her plan will work to take her lover away from the city, let alone how she will find her lover. There was no doubt, within her plan to get her lover back she will kill his wife. She was already consumed by jealously, even though she chose the lady for her lover, she did not want lover dead, From not choosing the tiger, she wanted he man married because she wanted to have the pleasure to kill the lady. As for where the man would be after being married, the princess would find it out one or another. Three days after the ceremony, has past and the man has settled down with his new wife. He felt tormented by being with his wife, because when the man looks at the appearance of his wife. The face was missing a piece that could not feel the same as looking upon the princesss face. Even at night when the newlywed would share the bed, the man would only give his wife a cold shoulder. On the fourth night after the ceremony, night was bestowed upon the city. Within the city was a shadow figure, which walked around among the buildings, behaving like she was looking something. Beneath the hood, the figure appeared to be the princess who snuck out of her chamber. When he princess found her lovers home, she was happy the time came to execute her plan.

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The princess was glad, she was before her lovers home, and she looked around to be sure that no one could witness her illegal entry. She quietly snuck inside the house, to find her lover and the woman she wishes to kill. The princess looked and looked as she walked pass the bedroom, she stopped to look at her lover sleeping far from his wife. She slipped out a small pocket knife, under her cloak. She stood over her lovers wife and looked down and glared onto her face. With jealously and anger she drove the knife into the ladys throat and pushed it deeper, then the princess dragged the knife around her neck. Blood gushed from the ladys throat, it was painful and swift, the princess had felt pleasure. Pleasure that came from the sight upon the ladys face, reacting from the pain. The wife tried grasping for air, and she tried to scream to her husband, but before she could say a word the wife was dead. It took time for the man smell death beside him. But the man was asleep, and the princess tried to remove the wife from her lovers side, and then she replaced herself within the bed. She held her lover tight, like a child would with their toy. She smiled and cried, the man awoke from his sleep, from feeling warm arms surrounding him. He knew it was not his wife, for she wouldnt dare touch him, he knew it was someone similar. He rolled in bed to find his love, holding him tightly. They both smiled upon each others faces, but the princess could not wait nor could she stay any longer after committing murder. She grabbed her lovers wrist and dragged him from the bed and house. From there the princess and man, both ran as far as they both could into the sunset. Outside of the town were two horses that were placed there by the princess to escape from her fathers reign. On each horse were supplies that should last between the man and the princess until they find a new home. The princess smiles deeply from the death of the lovers wife and to beside her lover once again, only this time to be with him until death must they part.