CHAPTER 1

"you know dionisia, we have this holy prayer written by our 1st cult leader to please the goddess. when you will turn 14, you'll have your official debut in our cult society and then you can recite it. Till then, you can listen me singing to it - "Created as the most divine creation by god not from any mortal's womb, but from the nature itself . . . with no specific origin...Being timeless, Bondless, an eternal lambent light on the despairs of weak . . . a miracle for the sole purpose of cleansing the human wounds. . .our benefactress. . .o goddess. . .bless us with your divine blessings. . .hail athanasia. . .the cosmic goddess!! "

" isn't it embarassing to sing this aunt? just listening to it makes me cringe like crazy"

jane chuckled, "indeed it is. But it ha sbeen our long held traditional prayer, i can't change it."

Her own words may have shocked her. Her smile dissapeared the very next moment. she said in a very grave tone" dionisia. . .no. . .Amber, never mention any of your doubt in front of your uncle. He's a good man, but you see he's a bit over-diligent when it comes to this cult.He strongly discourages any questions towards any customs. . .obviously he doesn't mean any harm though". Her quivering voice was even obvious to a nine years old, about how nervous she was regarding uncle's sedulousness towards the cult. It was Robert Amberleigh's ancestors who started the cult for the purpose of serving the cosmic goddess. and serving meant literally every possible way they were able to do so. there was a time when this cult used to perform a lot of dark rituals and sacrifices, which is why they earned a reputation throughout the declan about being wicked and spiteful. though most of those practices were banned later, but the conception of people regarding this cult never changed. though this cult was named as Astri (meaning divine and beautiful) cult, people called them velves from vixen tower (the tower where the cult had it's headquarters).

"Amber, dear remember to pay a visit to prayer hall today." said Jane when she saw amber running out of her room in a hurry. "Jane it's getting late, can I skip that today" One could clearly hear her huffing like crazy. "That won't do, you're going to attend academy from today right? You need to visit the hall". "please . . .no. . ." begged amber, but a piercing glare from Jane was enough to make her obey. Amber was already on a tight schedule but it felt way better to not let the sleeping lion wake up and create ruckus. And this is how Amberleigh house appears to be like . . . Jane and Robert Amberleigh with their adopted daughter Dionisia. Though Amber isn't fond of this cult thing, she is deliberately  dragged in this by her foster guardian. Yes. . . this whole 'hall' thing is the prayer hall of the Astri cult. Though Amber is least interested in all of these, just for her aunt and uncle she attends everything related to cult. 

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