The Savage Queen

{LOVELYN'S POV}

Grrr! Grrr!

The alarm blared loudly, disrupting my beautiful dream. You might be wondering what I was dreaming about, well I am gonna tell you.

In my dream, I saw an handsome prince riding a horse and was calling onto me. Then he came down from the horse and walked to me, but as he was about to kiss me, the stupid alarm disrupted poiled the precious moment.

"Lovelyn, get down here!!" My mum shouted from downstairs.

"A minute mum. I want to kiss my prince charming!" I shouted back in reply and closed my eyes to continue sleeping. I was already sleeping when I felt something cold on my body which made me sprang up from the bed immediately.

The first thing I saw was my mum holding a bucket, then I slowly looked down at my nightgown to it soaked with water.

"Mom!!!" I cried, not because of the cold water she poured on my body, but because I couldn't not finish my dream.

"Will you get up and go take your bath! For Pete's sake Lovelyn, this is past8!!!" Mum shouted, and my eyes went wide with shock.

"Past eight!" I gasped and glanced at the alarm on the nightstand. Truly, the time was 8:16am.

"Get down from that bed and go take your bath, sleepyhead." Mum said before walking out of the room, shutting the door quietly.

"Get down from that bed and go take your bath. I mimicked mum as I climbed out of the old wooden bed.

Time, it's time to introduce myself.

My name is Lovelyn Hayes, the first daughter of Lydia Hayes. I am twenty five years old and I graduated from college four years ago.

My mum, Lydia, is a strict woman but she is also the sweetest mother in the world. She has been taking care of me and my younger brother all by herself ever since the greedy man she married, left us on our own for money.

Well, that was eighteen years ago and that's all you need to know for now.

I undressed myself and wrapped a white towel around my body, then I stepped inside the bathroom.

I stepped out of the bathroom in my bedroom after taking my bath and brushing my teeth.

Sauntering to the dressing table, I picked up the body lotion and started applying it on my body.

Minutes after doing that, I got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast.

"Good morning, Lovelyn." Peter, my younger brother, greeted as he sipped from a mug of coffee.

He is eighteen years old and he's also handsome. I would have dated him if he wasn't my younger brother. *Winks*

"Morning Peter." I replied as I sat down beside him, then mum served the dishes and we ate.

After eating, Peter went to college, then mum and I went to her shop where she sold groceries and foodstuffs.

I hated going to her shop because of the perverted male customers. They always stared at my body lustfully.

I had the body of a model and an hourglass figure, but my face was covered with pimples which degraded my beauty.

But nevertheless, I was still beautiful and I never for once felt ashamed of my face.

Mum and I got to her shop after trekking for fifteen minutes. We started arranging the goods outside the shop to display for people to see.

Five minutes later, ten men came to the shop. One of the men was wearing a black suit while the remaining ten were dressed like thugs.

The men who were dressed regally had weapons like planks, batons and iron rods in their hands.

I noticed the fear on mom's face when she saw the men. They man in black suit was a popular money lender, and he borrowed my mum a huge sum of money which she used to pay for my fees when I was still in college.

The man smirked as he stood in front of the with his men behind him. They were smoke devilishly.

"G...good morning, Mr Anders." Mum nervously greeted the man in black.

"Morning, Mrs Hayes." Mr Anders replied with a smirk across his face. "I came here to collect the money you owe me. Where is it?"

"Umm. Mr Anders, I don't have the money now, but I'll get the money before next week." Mum replied with a nervous smile.

I stood beside her without saying a word. I just watched as the so called Mr Anders and his men smoked like their lives depended on it.

"Mrs Hayes," Mr Anders said, puffing out smoke from his mouth. "Last week, you promised to give me the money this morning, so where is it?"

"I don't have the money now, Mr Anders. But this time, I promise to give you next week." Mon said, and Mr Anders scoffed.

"You've been telling me that same fucking line since three months ago!" He barked and mum flinched. "I want my money right now or else I'll have my boys destroy every goddamn thing inside this shop."

"Please don't do that." Mum immediately went on her knees and she clasped her hands together in a pleading manner.

"Then give me my money now if you don't want me to do that!!" Mr Anders yelled.

By now, people had already gathered to watch what was happening.

"Please, I don't have the money now. Just give me some more time and I promise to get the money." Mum begged, but the idiot Mr Anders scoffed.

He threw his cigarette on the ground and he crushed it with his shoe.

"Boys! Destroy every single thing in this shop!!!" He ordered, and his men made to start destroying our shop but my voice halted them.

"If you touch a single thing in this shop, I'm gonna cut of your hands!" I said, and the men stopped on their tracks.

They all averted their gazes to me and they all bursted into a fit of laughter.

Mr Anders stepped forward with a wide smirk across his face. He eyed me from head to toe and he scoffed.

"Is your daughter high on weed this morning?" He asked, glancing at my mum who was still on her knees.

"You and your men are the ones who are high on weed." I replied, and a frown formed on his face.

"What did you just say?" He asked, stepping closer to cover the distance between us.

"I said you and your men are fucking high on weed." I repeated, and his frown deepened.

"How dare you talk to me like that?!" He barked, and made to slap me, but I caught his hand and twisted it.

"Arghhhhh!!" He screamed in pain, and I punched him on his face before releasing his hand.

"Fuck!!" He groaned and touched his nose which was now bleeding as a result of my punch.

Everyone gasped in shock when they saw what happened.

Mr Anders wiped the blood off his nose, and he glared daggers at me. I smirked and crossed my hands over my chest.

"Boys! Beat her to pulp!" He commanded his men, and they rushed at me with their weapons.

I glanced back and I saw four of his men rushing to me while six advanced towards me from the front. I remained on my spot as they ran towards me, roaring loudly with their weapons.

The first one tried to hit me with a baton but I dodged it, and it landed on the man behind me.

I grabbed the man's baton and hit him on his stomach.

He yelped and fell on the ground.

I dashed towards two men and gave them a spinning kick at once. They both rolled and fell on the ground.

Another man was about to hit me from behind, but I was fast enough to dodge it, Theni hit the baton on his face.

"Damn!!" The crowd screamed as the man fell on the ground and he blacked out instantly.

I counted the men that remained and they were six. They were all glaring at me like a predator glaring at his prey.

I smirked and dashed towards them, then I swung to the side and hit one of them on his right leg. He fell on his knees and I punched him on his face.

I threw my baton at the man who was running towards me with an iron rod in his hand. The baton hit his face and he fell on the ground.

The remaining men ran towards me at the same time, and immediately bent down. I packed a handful of sand from the ground and I threw it at their faces before they could hit me.

"Argghhh!!" They screamed as the sand blinded them.

I picked up one of the sticks they dropped and I hit them hard on their legs, making they fell on the ground.

They screamed in pain as I began hitting their butts with the stick. I threw the stick on the ground after beating them for about two minutes.

I glanced around and all the men were all groaning on the ground in pain. Some had already blacked out.

The crowd all had a shocked expression on their faces, especially Mr Anders. His mouth was agape as he stared at me.

I smirked and began walking towards me. He started moving backwards but his leg hit a stone and he fell on his butt.

I finally got to him and I crouched to his level.

He looked really scared.

"Mr Anders, we don't have your money now, but we'll pay you when we have the money. Are we clear?" I asked, and he nodded like a lizard.

"And one more thing," I said and leaned closer to him, then I whispered. "The next time you bring thugs to our shop, I'll make sure I beat them up and strip them naked."

His eyes went wide, and I smirked before rising to my full height.

"And incase you don't know who I am, I am the savage queen." I added, and winked at him before walking to my mum.