9. Till I Want!

Author's POV 

His eyes travelled on her as she hid her face in her knees, and silent sobs shook her body. Someone else would have felt guilty, but not Egon. Not him! 

Because he has seen to what extent this woman can go. She is not an innocent to have pity on.

He sat near her feet and wrapped his hand around her ankle, making her look up in defeat. She didn't protest because it wasn't going to stop him; in fact, it was going to make it difficult for her. 

Egon saw how she was looking at him with a blank face while he tied heavy metal rings around her ankles to stop her from running, he smirked, knowing that she must be thinking about how to kill him after this humiliation. Her ego would never accept what he is doing to her or whatever he was going to do in future. It's so satisfying to scratch her ego again and again. 

He looked up at her through his eyelashes. She was looking so innocent while getting bound. Her deep emerald eyes stared curiously at the metal around her feet, probably thinking about how she would walk in those. He looked at her soft, red face after crying, and he always admired the sight. The reddish colour on her face fuels something inside him. 

He shook his thoughts aside and got up. Emerald is the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on, but the biggest favour he can do to himself is to stay away from her.

"Get up !"

He ordered while looking around, and the bodies were still there. He texted his men to clean the mess. 

He thought she would be traumatised after watching her dead loyalists, but she is still in stable condition; he wasn't expecting that. Her mind is stronger than he knows. 

Well, he should have known this. The woman who is still intact after watching her family members die in front of her one by one, why would she lose it after the death of her guards? 

But this will be a realisation for her that no one can save her.

She got up and stumbled when heavy feet felt new; she stabilised herself and tried to fix her dress, which was all over the place. The zip was half open, and she tried to zip it up, but it was stuck. She gave up, thinking he would yell at her again for taking too much time. 

Egon frowned when she got ready to leave with half zip open. 

He has put her through all kinds of torture, but never let any man touch her or see her in a condition in which they shouldn't. He doesn't like the thought of any man touching her except him. Her going out like this would catch many eyes and he would pluck all of them out. 

He stepped towards her and she quickly stepped back in fear, her hands clutched her dress tightly. His eyes softened a bit when her silky hair brushed against her face. She was looking breathtaking, even though she had just woken up with lots of crying. 

He heard her small whimper when he closed the distance between them, her ragged breathing fanned his face. Those dove emerald eyes stared at him confused and scared, making him smirk. 

His hands wrapped around her, and she released a shaky breath when his lips buried in her hair as he pulled her zip up. This scent always makes him feel something which he is not aware of. 

She touched her zipped-up back and then looked at him, still confused and shocked that he would do it.

"You are everything but a slut, Emerald... I hope you are planning to stay strong on that thought."

He stepped back from her with mocking words. 

She looked down and nodded with a deep breath. He went to the door and turned around to watch her as she walked on the blood of her own men. 

Her feet didn't even shake as she crossed the room, and there was no regret on her face, showing him how much she cared about her men. 

Her heavy feet walked on their blood like it's water for her. He scoffed at himself. This woman has no heart!

He went downstairs, and the hotel was empty, unlike yesterday. He doesn't like witnesses when he does something and whispers when he is done with it. 

He halted in his place and turned around when he didn't feel her behind him. She was slowly coming down the stairs, holding on to the railing tightly as she descended. 

She was looking exhausted after crying so hard, it was visible on her face. 

He waited for her to come down at her own pace. He could have easily thrown her on his shoulder to get out quickly, but he is not going to make things easy for her. She needs to realise what punishment feels like. 

Emerald hissed when metal scratched her skin while walking, he looked away from her before he could feel anything other than hate. She followed him out, her heart stammered with each step, she escaped with so many hopes and he scattered them all while making fun of it. Everything went in vain.

Egon gestured to his bodyguard to open the door for her, and his bodyguard helped Emerald into the car and closed the door. 

"Master?"

He opened the door for him, too, but Egon gestured for him to stop. 

Egon sat inside another car as he had other plans, he instructed his bodyguard to take her back to the castle. Maybe meeting was just a reason to stay away from her, the woman has fucked his mind for good. 

Spider crossed the road and sat inside the car, beside Egon. 

"Celsius escaped last night... Our men are in the field to hunt him down."

Egon was looking out of the window, forehead set in a deep frown.

"You don't need to find him, he will come to take her as she is out now..."

Spider nodded with an ugly smile.

"Why this fool is dying for her, a smart person would have saved his life first... Looks like the queen was giving him the best in the bedroom... Young, good-looking man and a woman can't stay professional for long..."

Egon gritted his jaw when Spider spat his ugly thoughts but thought of Celsius having something for Emerald set his chest on fire. 

"Find him!"

He ordered, willing to kill him without any delay. 

"Master, board wants to meet you..."

Spider informed hesitantly. 

"They want to know your plans with her..."

Egon glared at him.

"What I am doing with her is my business. My personal business! Tell board to keep its nose out of this if they want to survive..."

Spider gulped nervously.

"I have already conveyed it, but the thing is, you have her and she is a public figure who can destroy everything if she goes out again. They just want a sense of security."

"She is my problem."

Egon gestured for him to get out of the car. 

"If they are feeling insecure with the thought of her freedom, then it's not my problem..."

"But you are the King, they will ask for safety from you."

Spider opened the door to get out. 

"I have caged her as Egon, just Egon and not the King. This is my personal matter, she is my captive."

He was right, he had caged her all alone without the help of any army or board members. He was all alone when he dragged her out of her castle and threw her in his basement. 

"And she will stay with me till I want her."

Spider walked away because he was not capable of changing his master's mind. Egon was still pissed with the thought of Emerald having something for Celsius, he knows that she didn't kill him for failing in his duties. The fire in his chest was fuelled, and his phone rang when he was trying to control it. 

It was his bodyguard.

"Master, she got away with my car. I can't follow her, I am stabbed in the spine..."

Egon closed his eyes and took a deep breath to control his rage.

"Emerald!"

He growled as his car roared back to life.