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Chapter 14 - King Lyon.
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Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 15 - His ruthless rule.
Several weeks later:Of course, Nathaniel brought me here today! It was the same rock cove that he had brought me to before. It was a place of peace for him and fond memories. I guess he knew that after the news I received from Edric this morning, I too needed a place of peace. His disgusting superior grin as he told me that King Lyon had sent word, that once his son has returned home from his travels, he will come to Northleye to wed me.Nathaniel wasn’t there at the time. He didn’t see what Edric did to me after he told me of the news. When he called me a ‘bastard burden from my whore of a mother.’ He didn’t see the blood I had to clean from my nose after Edric punched me to the floor. But he did see the bruising and the fact that my nose was swollen to almost twice the size. Poor Nathaniel was seething as he tried to refrain himself from finding Edric and hurting him in return. It took a lot of pleading to stop him from acting so foolishly. The only outcome from that, would have be
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 16 - Wrath of a king.
One week later:My legs and my back felt stiff as I led on my thin bed, with only one blanket that was ripped and torn in so many places, it barely covered my tense, shivering bones, but I still tried to have it wrapped around me as tightly as I could. The gusts of wind would howl and whistle as they blew through the small holes in the wall. I knew winter had begun, it had become so much colder on the nights and daylight always faded by noon as the rains poured and the heavy winds would rattle the metal bars that kept me captive in this dank, dark room.I could never warm my hands and my toes felt like they were close to forming icicles. I had spent the last few days and nights curled up, trying to keep in my heat. The only time I moved was when food came or I had to relieve myself in the cold, stained metal bucket in the darkest corner of the room.I hated it at night. Daytime was bearable, but when night came, I felt afraid and alone. Abandoned in complete darkness, when the rats wo
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 17 - Death will come.
Six months later:As I sat, leaning against the cold hard wall with my moth-eaten blanket wrapped around me and my bottom now numb from how long I’d spent sitting on the hard floor and bits of loose stone and rubble poking into my thighs. I just stared emotionless at my fingernails, just calmly noting how brittle and dirty they were now. They were all chipped with engrained lines and patches of muck and old dust along my fingertips and on the palms of my hands. Every few days, a maid was sent in to bathe me. I never had the energy or the care to do it myself. I had lost all incentive. But even when the maids washed me and combed my hair, within a day I’d be back to looking like a poor and starved crazy woman. My hair, which was once long, silky and golden sleek, was now always matted, smelt like old rust and looked more of a dowdy old brown. My skin was paler with flecks of a faint purple, apart from the dirt that covered me, of course. My feet were the worst though. When I first came
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 18 - As the bells ring.
I hummed quietly as I led flat on my back on the torn bed staring at the stone ceiling above me. I smiled and chuckled to myself as I heard Nathaniel’svoice speaking to me, joking that my croaky humming would scare the rats away. “Well, it’s one way to break the walls down” he laughed, “keep humming and you’ll break yourself out to freedom!”I grinned at his voice and rolled my eyes as I looked at his transparent face that had kept me company the last few days. “You used to like it when I sang”, I reminded him.“Well, that was before you sounded like you had dry biscuit stuck in your throat!.... when was the last time you drank anything?”I shrugged uncaringly. “It doesn’t matter anymore. Hopefully, I’ll be with you before the prince comes and I’ll never have to see that bastard again”. I sighed heavily as I turned to my side to look at Nathaniel properly. “I’m waiting for death to bring me to you. I keep asking.... I’ve begged! Every day and night, Nathaniel, I’ve begged.... but sti
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 19 - Prince in shining armour.
I stood staring at Mallon, feeling as if it was a dream, that I’d wake up in a moment to find I had dreamed all of this and I’d still be stuck in that bleak cell room.The shorter man standing next to Mallon proceeded to remove his helmet. “Princess Aurelia”, King Aldrich spoke and I shook my head in disbelief.He put his hand up and motioned for some of his men to move forward and take hold of Edric. As they grabbed him by his arms and removed his sword from his clutches, they pushed him down to his knees and he held his stubborn expression, but you could see the bitterness of betrayal in his eyes and the way his jaw was clenching as he gritted his teeth together.With the shock of seeing Mallon and Aldrich, I almost forgot what I came in here to do! I looked at Edric in vexation , held up my sword and marched over to him, placing the tip of the place on his neck. We stared at each other, but his stare was cold and vicious, while mine was full of hatred and pain.“Aurelia” Mallon spo
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 20 - The aftermath.
News of Edric being locked away spread through the castle before the day had ended and Maude had rushed through the castle to find me after hearing that the princess was now free. She caught sight of me sitting next to Mallon in the throne room and she bounded over to me breathlessly. I stood up as soon as I saw her and we ran to each other with open arms, clasping each other into a tight hug, our arms wrapping around each other as we cried into each others shoulders and clung on woefully. I took in her lavender smell and smiled to myself from the comfort of being with her again. Her cuddles felt so motherly and safe.“I’ve missed you so much” I muffled through my tears.“I could hardly bare it” Maude replied as she held my face in her hands with a watery smile. “You’ve been gone for far too long”.“Gone?” Mallon repeated behind me. I turned my head to face him, but I hesitated to answer.“Uh, yes your highness. When Edric sent her to the cell tower!”“What?” He asked as his brows ros
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 21 - The enemy lies.
All of yesterday seemed to have gone by in such a blur! I mean I remember it, I remember it all, but it was as if my whole body and mind were on autopilot. Every part of me took over and willed me to move and speak. I felt like a big part of me had sunk. Sunk deep within myself where the pit of guilt swam in my stomach constantly and I had been that way for so many months and all alone, I felt nervous and my throat kept closing up with each passing hour that I was here with people again. And being here now...I felt even more guilty. Knowing that we were all on the verge now of having a better life, a chance at happiness and it wasn’t just my younger self’s hopeless dream anymore.I woke up this morning in bed, and I just lay there for what felt like hours. I didn’t even recognize where I was at first, I had to keep rubbing my eyes just to be sure I wasn’t dreaming that I was here and not still in my cell. But once I realized, it was ok and I was safe... not to mention I’m actually the
Rule of a ruthless King Chapter 22 - By your side.
Nathaniel had barely opened his eyes since yesterday and merely muttered words we couldn’t understand every time we tried to coax him into drinking some water. His eyes would flutter as he lugged it down, but we could sense he wasn’t aware of who we were and where he was. Me and Maude had barely slept, taking turns to watch over him, with Mallon and Matthias stopping by with more fresh water and linen. I nearly cried every time Nathaniel soiled and wetted himself and he’d have bouts of shouting and screaming in his sleep. Our poor Nathaniel was locked away for months in complete darkness and who knows how little food and fresh water he was given!My emotions flittered from guilt to sorrow and anger, all I wanted was to be able to go back in time and save him from all of this. We may have sworn to be there for one another but I never would have agreed to it, if I had known this was how far his loyalty to me would be pushed.I sat quietly at his bedside, most of the dirt and grubbiness
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