"Early this morning
When you knocked upon my door
Early this morning
When you knocked upon my doorAnd I said hello Satan, ah
I believe it is time to go
Me and the devil walkin' side by side
Me and the devil walking side by side..."Soap & Skin – "Me and the Devil"
Her eyelids were too heavy to open. Swollen and raw from crying, Osha couldn't pry her dry lids apart. Her thighs ached and her head pounded a steady rhythmic pain. The scent of old wood smoke permeated the air. Tangled under a thin sheet and heavy wool blanket, she was too weary to move, yet the spiky pressure on her bladder was insistent that she relieve herself.
Osha turned her head to work the kinks in her neck out first. She wiped the crust from her lashes and dared to peek at the new world she escaped to. Qimir kept his living space neat although it was crowded with mechanical gadgets and cast off metalworkings. There were lighting lamps on the walls giving the cave a rustic glow. A power generator hummed in another hidden section of the cave that she spotted from a narrow opening beyond the sleeping area.
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Tethered to You
FanfictionVerosha "Osha" Aniseya becomes Qimir the Sith's first acolyte. By joining the dark side as Qimir's student and future lover, Osha will become the co-architect to help him bring down the reign of the Jedi who destroyed her family in the High Republic...