"Did you hear that king Alaric just conquered a small kingdom in three days? It's crazy!! The king of Alaric now holds the big record, and he is known to be so cruel and ruthless that if you commit a mistake like corruption and raping women, the punishment will be meted out without a judge!" Rania turned towards the prison door when she heard it.
"Yeah, the kingdom is more prosperous. Even though the city's construction is no longer neglected, I can see the city's beauty is getting more and more charming. Even the embroidery house isn't as shabby as it used to be!" Laughter sounded at the end of the sentence of the civil guards outside.
"We all know King Alaric loves the current queen dowager as his surrogate mother. What a very filial son."
The sound of their footsteps echoed because this was a cold dungeon. Before then, Rania heard other footsteps that sounded heavy but so familiar.
JINGLING!
The sound of the key made Rania cringe and run to the end of the room, and she crouched down to hug herself. Then her little head went to work and remembered that it had been a long since anyone had unlocked her prison door.
The aura was different, and there was something dark and terrifying here. It was different from usual. Even though the intensity of the torture had decreased, it still left a lingering pain in her subconscious.
"How is your little bunny, it's been a long time hasn't it?" asked the deep voice that sounded terrible in her ears.
...
The man moved on top of her. Rania looked away, not wanting to see the man she once loved become the cruelest man in her life. Rania hated Alaric to the bone and wanted this to be over soon.
For some reason, she suddenly felt better about being tortured by a whip and a hot iron. This was more painful because Rania started to feel incredibly nauseous, her stomach seemed to be churning because Alaric was sleeping in a drunken state. This man came to her prison in a state of drunkenness. The smell of alcohol was familiar in Rania's nostrils.
Her body resisted Alaric's every touch but couldn't resist, and this man was powerful in contrast to her, who only had skin, bones, and a little flesh inside her body.
"Ahh… Rania, everyone asked me to kill you immediately. Give the final decision because the royal fortune teller has told that in the end, black magic has disappeared after eight years from the Britain empire Gustaf. But I don't believe it, I can't even Rania…" said King Alaric.
This man talks a lot even though his body is still moving after satisfaction from Rania's body, his hands don't even stay where they are. Likewise, his lips moved to kiss Rania's open shoulder, even now having grabbed her lips again.
"I can't kill you, Rania. What spell have you given me!" King Alaric asked Rania, who now closed her eyes, not wanting to see the king's blue eyes. "Open your eyes and look at me, RANIA!!"
King Alaric growled when he realized that if Rania didn't even look at him, he would miss those beautiful, beautiful blue eyes looking at him, full of longing and affection. But maybe the king of Alaric forgot everything that happened during these eight years, not Raia, who still remembers it, down to her subconscious.
"Open your eyes, Rania!!" king Alaric was right in front of Rania.
His body stopped moving, making Rania uncomfortable, even though it moved slowly with ragged breaths. Rania still closed her eyes, not wanting to see the king of Alaric until the end of the one-sided love stopped.
King Alaric got up and put his clothes back on without looking at Rania, who turned her back to the king without another word. Rania didn't even cry. King Alaric turned to see if even Rania's back had a lot of red spots. The room was very dark because the candlelight had gone out due to melting, but the eyes of king Alaric were very sharp. He could see in the darkness having the blood of a dragon; as a hunter, he could see anything in the dark.
There he gave many marks on Rania's body. The woman's breath caught, holding something in her. Alaric didn't even realize how brutal he was when he fucked Rania. King Alaric didn't say anything afterward, and it was the right time for Rania to cry. The woman sobbed after restraining herself from calling in front of King Alaric.
A cruel man who no longer had a place in her heart, Rania thought maybe it would be the last time. But she was very wrong, and king Alaric visited her prison more and more often. She even replaced her bed with a more decent one. Her clothes which had many patches, were replaced with a beautiful nightgown.
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"Stop... please stop..." Rania saw her father and mother cut off in front of them. After being beheaded, their parents re-united, but their heads were quickly cut off as soon as they were fused.
"He is a sinner. Benedict deserves to be punished!!" the sound of someone standing holding a bloodied sword in his hand.
The person's face could not be seen, but Rania could tell he was a strong adult man from his voice.
"Remember to avenge the Guinevere family, RANIA!! WE DIE IN THE UNFAIRNESS OF RIGHTEOUS LEADERS!!" Benedict's screams echoed when Raia managed to see the face of the figure who beheaded her parents.
"Alaric!" it is the current king of Britain, Gustaf.
The so-called man turned his head before grinning and running towards her, quickly raising his sword with ghastly red eyes. The man called out her name.
"RANIA WAKE UP!!"
"Ahhh!!"
Rania opened her eyes to find the man who tried to kill her now looking at her with a worried face. There was no blood there, no red eyes that wanted to devour her immediately. But Rania could still feel the real fear, so it was just a dream."It was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep..." said King Alaric hugging Rania's warm body back into his arms. "It's okay, and I'm here. No one will dare touch you."But Rania did not calm down, and she felt more and more as if a rope was wrapped around her neck, ready to hang her in seconds. She was threatening her life before she could avenge her parents.Rania's fears, feelings, thoughts, and hearts are often tense and uncertain with time. There was a time when Rania would feel frightened by sudden things like king Alaric who often came to touch her or sleep hugging her until dawn.Every time there was the sound of footsteps, she was frightened. Every time she closed her eyes, her mind wandered about a death better than this life. But Rania rem
King Alaric then fell silent, unable to answer. But his body was getting closer to hugging Rania's back, and a calming scent emerged from the body of the woman he had loved so far. Since realizing that even he couldn't turn his back on his childhood fiancé, King Alaric has grown more desperate and has caused big waves in the kingdom."I will release you from this prison, but on the condition that you will be my mistress!" said King Alaric, suddenly making Rania's body freeze.Rania did not answer, and the woman stared blankly at the wall in front of her. Her eyes were already giving any reaction, and she lost herself when the person who had given her a bad experience came to take the most meaningful thing she had and was snatched away by this devil-hearted man."Will free you from this place, Rania." King Alaric said, kissing the back of Rania's neck."On what basis did you let me out of this prison? After so many years, this place became my home!" replied Rania, finally opening her v
"Fine, I'll do what I can," Pitter replied resignedly.Looking at the pale figure in front of him, this woman was already lifeless, but Alaric still preserved her body. It had been a week, and he continued to treat every old scar with all strength until now, that face looked even paler than before.After finishing the treatment, every scar on Rania's body disappeared and left her cold skin and stiff body."I discovered a terrible conspiracy from death, Rania..." blurted King Alaric to Pitter, who intended to say goodbye."What did you find? Did it happen to the ministers?""My mother, queen dowager Cassia. She ordered someone to release the fugitive from prison with the lure of unconditional freedom. I also found an oddity in every Rania's blood taken several years ago. Didn't burn the blood like the fortune teller said, but spread all over the walls of the royal castle that protected the city from monsters…." King Alaric explained."Then what are you going to do now?" asked Pitter."
"I'm going to go wandering, and it's been two years since my sister's death." Said 10-year-old Benjamin.His body was tall, and his face looked more grown. Even though he was only a ten-year-old boy, his thoughts were above those of an adult worrying about king Alaric as his adoptive brother."You are still only ten years old. It will not be allowed for you to wander around!" answered king Alaric to the younger brother of his childhood sweetheart."I have Mikael to accompany me; he is a trained warrior. I want to find mom, so she can explain everything that happened to me! And take responsibility for it!" said Benjamin with great confidence."It won't be that easy, Benjamin. You know that mother is the strongest and most stubborn woman. Even her cunning is not easy for me to know if not with the experience I've been through." Said king Alaric honestly.The palace scheme is worse than anything else. Even husband and wife can kill each other. King Alaric realized this all started with t
"Where's Oscar?!" asked Rania after a day after she realized.Hera looked at her daughter with a pale face, "You must be hungry. Mother will send Ines to bring lunch," her mother got up from the chair. Rania watched her mother leave, and her father did not go to fulfill the king's invitation because of the current problems. There was an illegitimate child in the Guinevere family, a real illegitimate child."Mom! I'm not hungry. May I know where Oscar is?" she asked again to her mother, who stopped her steps.There, Hera closed her eyes, remembering two days ago. When she was hysterical when she found out that her husband had an illegitimate child and her daughter was carried in Oscar's arms, soaked and unconscious, she beat the young man in anger. She accuses Oscar of hurting her daughter and avoiding his husband.And when Rania wakes up, she realizes God has given her a second life."Don't ask about him, please... mom doesn't want to hear anything about him!" Hera answered without wa
After this second life, Rania realizes that not everyone in her castle is a good person. There was the traitor, the spy sent by the current queen Cassia and her aunt. Even though some were royal ministers, they were all mad to bring down the Guinevere family due to their greed for honor and wealth. Greedy, to the point of killing everyone in her father's castle.But there was one person who survived, and that person was the closest person to her father.Rania walked into the hall of her father's enormous castle. The castle that was once very old was changed to be so luxurious and extensive, like a building in the kingdom. Her eyes roamed every corner of the alley and the garden she passed. How much she missed all of this in the past. A serenity she had never felt in her first life was only filled with fear and extreme pain.Rania wanted to see her mother, who was still avoiding her, and she didn't wish for Hera to continue to wail. Her family's life is in danger, and if Hera can't mak
Rania brought her mother to the garden, and they returned to a light conversation about what they would do if they met a royal socialite woman who was so arrogant and had high self-esteem if she met those with a higher status than them.In the end, Hera mentioned again the coronation party that made Rania stunned."I hope this election, there will be no bloodshed. Remember how King Philips had to pass through his brothers and sisters with the blood, tears, and sweat of those who supported King Philips then. Luckily there is only one descendant this time, even though queen Cassia has already been appointed. No information of her pregnancy has come from her…." Hera said, looking behind Rania's body, not realizing that her daughter's face had gone deathly pale until she took her tea and glanced at Rania. "Dear!! Why is your face so pale? Are you sick? Tell mom where you feel pain—"Rania shook her head, "No. I'm not sick, but can you not discuss the royal family in front of me?" she aske
"Ines, please throw away this meat and tell father that the meat in the kitchen this time is awful and not fit to eat!" she said, glancing at Ines, who was surprised because usually, if she acted then, Rania would block her. Accepting this lowly maid's bullying, not even allowing her to report the butler's and Margaret's actions to ladies and gentlemen."Well,""A young lady!! What are you doing? Food is so hard to come by in winter, like now!! It's a pity for the hunters who have caught this venison. Many people have difficulty eating the meat—" Margaret spoke without being asked while continuing to make her conscience feel very guilty. Still, those words would only affect Rania in her first life, not the current Rania."I'm not asking your opinion if you feel sorry for the hunter who caught this deer. You should cook properly so that it tastes good to eat and not go to waste like it's not edible now!!" Rania replied while looking into Margaret's eyes which were now shocked because h