On Shawn’s end, a few days ago…
Aldridge gave him permission to go see his family because he needed a rest from Shawn who just wanted to devour him endlessly.
Shawn was not particularly pleased because he enjoyed his time being free and in the company of someone he saw as his saviour to the point where he had forgotten that he wanted to see his family members.
He reluctantly left on a horse with a journeyman's pass and headed to the countryside where he knew his family had moved to after he was arrested but he just couldn't shake the feeling off that he shouldn't have left Aldridge behind.
The journey took him four days by horse because he did not want to tire the stallion out and this long journey made him realise how much he missed HIS prince who
Alice stared at Bradley from the window as he practised his swordsmanship with his best friend.Berene walked into the living room and saw her standing there in front of the window and scoffed, "Shouldn't you be out front mending to the garden?"Alice turned around to her and smiled, staring at the first wife she said, "Of course, I was just making sure the window is clean."Berene glared at her as she said, "I see you are teaching Bradley to lie too! Just the other day he came home in haste and lied about being at Julius's home when Julius's mother clearly stated that he was not there."Alice shrugged and made her way out while she said, "It is all in your head Berene and what Bradley does is none of your concern. He is MY son and not yours."Berene turned around and yelled, "But he is the son of this household and I am the mother of this household," but when she finished her sentence, she saw that Alice was nowhere to be seen.Alice went o
Shawn looked at the young boy before him for a moment then held out his hand for him to shake. Bradley looked at Shawn's extended hand and reached out to grab it. Shawn held his hand firmly and shook it saying, "Hello Bradley."Bradley looked at his uncle and said, "It's nice to finally meet you, uncle Shawn."Shawn chuckled, "Why don't we go inside and you tell me all about your life that I missed out on."Alice smiled and wrapped her arm around Shawn's dragging him up the path and they stopped in front of the two wives. Alice looked at them with a smug face and said, "Shawn, I'd like you to meet my sisters, Berene and Patsey.”Shawn smiled at them and said, “So these are the lovely ladies who the villagers and townsfolk have been talking about.”
Bradley stopped outside a house exhausted and climbed over the honeysuckle vine wall and landed effortlessly on the ground. He looked around and sighed when he saw that there was no one around. He made his way to a window that he was familiar with. He knocked on the window and hid away. Soon the door opened and a boy with blond hair and green eyes opened it. Bradley popped up from nowhere greeting, “Hey!” The boy yelped and stepped back shocked, “Bradley what are you doing here?” Bradley climbed through the window and closed it. He turned are to him and said, “I missed you?” “But you were here just yesterday,” he said with a huff and turned around. He could feel that he was
Terrance followed behind Alice who leads him through the garden where they saw Shawn running after Bradley who was laughing at the top of his lungs as he enjoyed being chased by his uncle.Shawn reached him and scooped Bradley up in his arms and threw him up in the air. When Bradley came down, Shawn dropped to the ground with him and they started rolling around.Alice chuckled and asked with a shake of her head, “What are you doing to my child?”Shawn stopped and looked over at her and saw Terrance behind her. He got up with Bradley following him. Bradley suddenly felt horrible for having fun with his uncle especially because he knew that he needed to be a leader one day.“Showing him that there is more to life than be an arsehole,” Shawn answered
“No, I, I, I messed up. I said I would never but I did and I feel so bad, I betrayed you, Shawn,” Aldridge continued to cry.Shawn ran his hand through Aldridge’s hair out of habit as he asked, “What did you do?”But Aldridge could not answer, he did not want to tell Shawn of his shameful acts and just cried his heart out until he fell asleep in Shawn's arms and the pain and exhaustion of overthinking and hiding away made him cave in.After lying Aldridge down in bed and covering him. Shawn went to see if the guests were still here but they had left and he was very happy that they were not around especially because they were not the crowd he was used to with their royal noses in the air. He looked at the leftover sandwiches that were going
Aldridge immediately pulled back and looked down at Shawn’s lying figure. His heart was beating erratically as he stared on dumbfounded at what he could make out of Shawn's face. His mind started racing as anxiety built up in his system and the tears flooded his eyes along with his erratically beating heart.He did not know where to start and wished that he was the one to have explained his actions to him but now what was he to do and he knew for a fact that what Shawn heard must have been from Mr Wright's mouth who knew somewhat of the truth but then again, what was the actual truth?“Shawn I…” He started but was cut off by Shawn who flung the sheets off of him and sat up on the bed with a glare on his tired face.Shawn stood up and turned around to face Aldridge in the dark, “Aldridg
Aldridge woke up feeling groggy and dehydrated. He had been crying all night and as loud as he cried calling for help, Shawn did not come in to comfort him which made him feel even worse about what he did and going as far as thinking he deserved all of this after not consideration how Shawn would feel.Aldridge looked around the chamber and saw that he was not in his chamber but in Shawn’s chamber that they barely used but he clearly recalled Shawn leaving to this chamber last night and him falling asleep in his own.He moved the comforter off of him and heard a clank. He did not take it to mind and climbed off the bed but heard an even louder clank as something hit the floor. He looked down to where he heard the sound come from and his eyes widened in horror.His left foot had a shackle clamped to it wi
Shawn returned late in the morning to the estate tired and when he opened the door to the chamber Aldridge was being served lunch. Aldridge had the fork in his mouth and gasped as he saw Shawn standing at the door looking at him and immediately wanted to say something but he cowered and remained silent looking down at his plate of food with tears swimming in his eyes.Shawn walked over to the table and sat opposite him and stared at Aldridge who kept his gaze lowered. His brows knitted, Aldridge was showing him a submissive side of him that he was not happy seeing -- the Aldridge he knew and loved was stronger than this.Loved? Shawn scoffed at the thought.Sighing inwardly, he rubbed his temples changing his mind about teaching his prince a lesson he wouldn’t for