Lucien turned around on the bed, he was feeling restless, Marianna had once again sneaked into his room, she had a bad dream, now, she was sleeping soundly and nearly suffocating him in the process.He was supposed to meet Jasper, they had promised to meet later so they could sneak in and have a glimpse at what the grownups were doing that they had to lock them out, he was just waiting for the signal in order to make a move.Marianna shifted again and once again wrapped her body around him, he sighed, one day she was bound to smother him in his sleep, he adjusted his sister and he heard a low whistle, he smiled, Jasper never disappointed him, he waited again just to be sure and heard it again, he eased himself out of the bed and stuck his head out the window, sure enough, there was Jasper.“what took you so long”, he whispered.“I had to wait for mama to fall asleep”, Jasper said as he held out a hand for Lucien, who crept out the window. They were lucky that the walls had footholds,
All hell broke loose, the moment the veiled lady increased the tempo of her voice, it was a signal to attack, stealthy, her men moved silently slitting the throats of the one they were closest to. By the time, the music ended half of the room was filled with bodies.“what the….”, Da Vinci said shocked as he opened his eyes.“the spirits have arrived and they are not happy”, the veiled lady said as she laughed.“what the hell is going on here!!”, Da Vinci said and tried to move, but to his terror, he discovered, he couldn’t, he had lost consciousness of his body. The veiled lady laughed.“surprised, aren’t you, you can’t even lift a finger, you can only watch as everything and everyone you’ve ever known dies at your feet and you are powerless to stop it”.“how dare you!!”, Da Vinci’s wife screeched as she rose to stand up and attack the woman to waived her off like a fly, she only succeeded in removing the veil.“is this all your doing, Maximillian, how could you, I trusted you”, Da
PRESENT DAY“it didn’t end there, did it”, Dianne said with her heart in her throat.“no, it did not”, Lucien said, the memories were just too painful to relive.“won’t you tell me”, she said.“no, Dianne, that is a story for another day”. He was afraid that she would see him differently after he finished, he was a coward, yes, he was, but he wanted to bask in the fact that she was with him, here and now even if it was against her will.“I want to forget everything Dianne, all the pain, torture, suffering”, Lucien said as he huddled in closer.“make me forget”, he said as he kissed her. Dianne understood without words what he wanted fine, she would be there for him, he needed her more than ever, in time he would learn to trust her. She opened herself up for him, for him to find solace and rest in, to find peace from all that was troubling him, she hoped that, maybe one day, his past wouldn’t come to hurt him one day. *********
“what the hell is going on here!!”, Lucien thundered.He had just stepped down from the carriage when a tiny woman hidden behind her hair, began begging him to hurry up, that his Princess was in danger, only for him to step into the hall way and see this. His princess naked on the floor, her delectable back crisscrossed with marks and bruises, he saw red.“do not make me repeat myself”, he said, his words laced with venom.“my lord”, Jasper who had been quiet all this while, watching the scenario intervened blocking Dianne from his view and the lady quickly placed the whip in another maiden’s hand leaving her stunned.“back off!!, Jasper”, Lucien growled at him.“who did this for the last time”.“my lord, I have no idea, apparently the slave whore caused a commotion, they were only just putting her in her place”, the lady said exonerating herself.“first of all woman, she’s not a slave whore, but my princess and who dare have the audacity to hurt my Princess”, Lucien said with fire
AS A WOMAN BELONGING TO THE KING OF ROYAL BLOOD“I want no objections, from you both, you failed to do that while she was whipped as for that you shall be punished”, Lucien said.“my lord, please have mercy on us, it wasn’t intentional, we didn’t know”, the lady pleaded, her heart in her throat, fearing his judgement.“I made it clear on different occasions that she belongs to me, I don’t know what in the hell made you think otherwise”.“my lord, do no punish us so severely, look behind at what we had passed through together and find it in your heart to forgive us”, the lady said, trying to appeal to his heart.“all the more reason for you to be punished, you both know what we suffered and how much I tried to stop others from suffering the same fate, yet you allowed such practices in my kingdom”.“my lord....”, Jasper said. King Lucien held his hand up, “I don’t want to hear it, you will be reduced from your status and made to work among the servants assigned to the princess, you
No, she most definitely do not know why, apart from the fact that he was trying to win her over and abruptly break her heart as some sort of sick way to get revenge or he just wanted to use her till he was tired and then when he was done, he would throw her to the wolves and have them tear her apart as it should have been done in the first place, either way, none of them were in her favor, it couldn’t be any more than, if what he told her was through was true then he probably had more than enough right to exact vengeance on her. Jasper and the lady most definitely wanted to, if not for Lucien’s intervention, she wondered what more sickly thing they would have done to her, all the more reason for her to steel herself so as not to fall prey or to anyone for that matter, her life was at stake, she had to figure out a way to escape from all this unscathed, running away wasn’t an option the palace was fortified with guards from all angle, Lucien would definitely not let go even if she mana
He lied, he wasn’t there when she woke up, the bed was empty as if no one had been in it, stupid…. Stupid fool, she was a fool, she was a fool for believing in him, what did she expect from a king who kept a prisoner sympathy, kindness, she scoffed, she angrily tossed the sheets and stood up ignoring the pain in her back. He couldn’t even keep a simple promise of being there when she woke up, how could she expect him to keep the promise of protecting her, she was very much better on her own.Wait a minute, why was she annoyed that he didn’t stay the night with her, it wasn’t like she was anything important to him, he was a king and she was…. Well a slave whore, he had every right not to stay with her, but still…. harrumph, she stomped her foot angrily, damn him for making her think this way, for her to think that he probably cared when it was obvious that he didn’t.The door opened and she turned, expecting to see Lucien, to at least rant at him for not being a man of his word and ins
This summonings were beginning to get on his nerves, they really do know when to hold a council at the wrong time. It was like they had inside knowledge of when to disturb him, he was called from his place at Dianne’s side, what would she think of him now, a man who couldn’t keep his word, he was sure of the thousands of thunderous curses going through her mind, he chuckled, his fiery Princess.“ahem”, a king cleared his throat and proceeded to stand. Lucien glared at them all, stupid bunch of hypocrites, instead of them to gather and discuss important things on how to see to their people needs, they are instead comparing spoils and having a contest on who can acquire more slaves and right now, they were having an orgy sticking their flaccid dicks in every hole, they could find, he hoped they all fall with some disease or the other and die, the world would be much more peaceful without them.“why are you bent on hoarding the slave whore from us”.“why are you bent on having her”, he f