Chapter 36: Creatures of Habit

Alfred’s POV

"You do not understand what it means to live like this," I growled at Kale who was unmoved. Kale had seen the worst of me and most of the time, he'd just watch. Most of the time, it is more amusing for him but this was different. Even with her sullenness, she had managed to capture the hearts of those around her. Everybody loved her and she didn't deserve everything that was happening.

I fixed my eyes and looked out the window, imagining what her smile would look like if she was standing in this room or waiting for me in my room.

"It is bad enough that I bought her off without any prior details. It is bad enough that I had to snatch her away from her life. I was just watching from afar and it should have stayed that way. I thought buying her off from the auction house was going to get her out of trouble. Now, under this very roof, I have tortured her until she wanted to die and now you are telling me to add more misery to her already-filled cup and make her like us."

Ka