Ludwig looked at Tova and then at Penny. He held her hand and squeezed it lightly. “We have to let him go Penny…” They saw him getting up and going to the railing of the terrace where he leaned over and gazed into the night and beyond. Soft, chilly breeze carried the scent of roses.
Ludwig turned his attention to Penny. He placed his hand to her heart and she gasped. Her heart was beating. What might have looked like a lewd gesture to the world was nothing but a constant reminder for him that she survived that day. She fought the battles and she was alive, not dead. Her beating heart was the proof that she didn’t lay there lifeless. Because that day Tova had said that she might die. He shuddered at the thought.
He remembered how after bringing Nestefel, how very pale she looked. Ludwig was surprised that she was lying there with her eye
The Royal Labor RoomCastle AlnorFive weeks laterPenny had felt the first constriction seven hours back. They were sleeping and Penny was very uncomfortable. She was sleeping on her back and wanted to turn towards Ludwig, but her tummy was so huge that turning to any side was an issue. Understanding her predicament, Ludwig turned to her and draped her in his arms. She nestled her face in his neck and went off to sleep. She woke up with a pain on the sides of her tummy. Clenching her teeth, she muffled her groan so that Ludwig wouldn’t wake up. He had been working non-stop with his kingdom’s vicegerents since the new year was approaching and they had assessed the economy and trade for levying taxes and allocating budgets. It was only after midnight that the man got to sleep.So she simply pressed her face in his neck
The man’s laughter became deeper revealing his dirty tobacco stained yellow teeth. “There’s no turning back. I have paid two thousand dollars to your aunt and uncle.” He brushed his knuckles on her cheek. Penny felt disgusted, even creepy. She swatted his hand away. “And I am gonna make a good profit selling you in the best brothel in the town. You should fetch me a cool ten thousand dollars, eh?”
Almost nine centuries old, Ludwig had waited for his mate. He had frozen into immortality at the age of thirty-one. Since then he had been like the stones, which quietly endured the age.
She was so beautiful that his breath hitched. He was struck by lightning. He saw her pixie-like features, with high and defined cheekbones, an elegant jawline and a plump chin. And those swollen red lips, they were suited for a siren. Her heart-shaped face was something he could immerse for eternity.She was sitting with her knees up against her chest as her hands were tied on her back.
Penny ran behind him, trying to keep up his pace, staring blankly at his back, completely dazed about what happened just now. Was he her savior or he had bought her from Maxim? Was she going to be his slave now? Who was he? She thought she was going to pass off again. Blood from her mind drained down when she thought that this man was going to keep her as his sex slave. She passed out.
She somehow struggled to get out of his grip and ran to the edge of the pool. She hopped on the bank and sprint towards the thick jungle. She hadn’t covered even twenty feet, when the man came and stood in front of her, naked. Her eyes went directly to his enormous length and her mouth dropped. She thought that he would rape her. She turned and ran to the opposite side to the pool. She was trapped.
Penny lost balance and slipped down the interwoven branches, breaking some of them. Before she thought she would hit the ground, a strong pair of hands came and scooped her.
The moment the first one leapt at her, it was caught by its neck and thrown away. The remaining was killed ferociously as his claws penetrated their neck and he ripped their heads off their bodies. Penny watched the entire scene with so much horror in her eyes that she felt like puking. She scrambled away, her body getting covered with all the grit and began to run in the direction she was heading. She ran as fast as possible. She intended to be as far away as possible.