로그인As the king slept in her arms, Lyra stood there, still patting his head. She wouldn’t mind standing there for hours if it’ll make him sleep well. He is a man that never sleeps. Time dragged by, his laboured breaths filled the air. His arms around her loosened, but never fell away. His hair was so soft, she just wanted to keep running her hands on it. She didn’t know she started humming until a new soft sound joined his breathing in the air. She wished there was a way to erase the past fifteen years of his life. Of all their lives. But then again, wishes has never been horses, or beggars would have rode it too. Suddenly, the door burst open and Mistress Scarlett walked into the King’s Chambers. She stopped suddenly at the sight in front of her, her lips gapping apart in shock. Lyra lowered her head in a bow of greeting, but she didn’t stop patting the King’s hair or humming to him. Scarlett couldn’t believe the sight in front of her. The king has his arm wrapped loosely a
It made me wonder, how Lyra....the only daughter of King Valen....is able to reach into that girls tormented heart and soothe it? King Ryker added,"is it possible that a devil can birth an angel? Or he birthed a devil who's pretending to be an angel?" Lyra's heart squeezed so tight in her chest that for a moment, it was very hard for her to breathe. She wasn't supposed to feel pain at his statement, but pain is all she breathed. He has no reason to trust her, an her father made sure to solidify his hate for her, and so she doesn't blame him that he would think she so capable of such atrocity. Doesn't make it hurt less. She raised her eyes from the floor and met his, " I don't live a life of pretence,master. I-I only live . I have no mapped out way Living the future, I find myself in the status of being a slave because of the monster my father is, and I'm trying to survive. But I live like Lyra "Not like King Valen's daughter." At her softly spoken words, he still watched h
"She did. She gave birth to Veroni two months before we were taken into captivity. It was hard for her... for all of us. She helped me survived during those few months. I don't think King Valen wanted me to survive them, he fed me once in five days." Lyra gasped in horror. She couldn't imagine that. How was he able to survive those times? He must have seen the unasked question in her head and answered, "Bami would request for milk to feed her new born baby and the guards will provide it for her. They'll keep guard while she fed little Veroni. Afterwards, she'll request to see me in the isolated cold cage King Valen locked me in." His eyes was far away. "The guards check the few visitors that enters to make sure they don't carry anything like food or weapons for escape." His lips curved to a side, "But then, they keep forgetting that Bami is a breastfeeding mother." Her eyes widened, "She...." He nodded. "She breastfed me for three good months." "Oh Creator...." Tendernes
Lyra was still in shock when she followed the king. Moved to the fourth bedroom.... Moved to the Royal Quarters....!Tears burned the back of her eyes when it finally sunk in. Heavens, she has missed that.The floral scent of a Royal bedroom. The big space. The huge bedroom. She has missed all these and now, she'll be moved to a Royal bedroom in the royal quarters.They cut through another hallway and Lyra tried her best not to panic because of his summon, she doesn't know what's going through his head.Punish her? This time around she doesn't know if it's the punishment for the way she put her hands on him in court or it's the punishment for the name Veroni is addressing her as.When they cut through another hallway, she noticed that his steps got slower, his breathing a little out of the normal like he ran a mile.His leg! She knows this instantly, her gaze lowing to trail on his right leg from behind.He seems to be in a great deal of pain and he needs a body to lean on to relief t
The more she spoke, the more her voice rose in sheer fear and panic until her voice became high-pitched, her body trembling massively. Unadulterated pain flashed in his eyes. Bami's eyes watered at the sight of one of her daughter's crisis. Lyra whirled around and faced veroni, she bent down and shook the girl firmly enough to penetrate into her haze. "Veroni, listen to me! Veroni, sweetie, no one is taking you to bed!" "But, he...!" Wide eyes filled with terror fretted towards the king before she averted it again and shook her head vigorously. "No, Veroni. He will never take Veroni to bed! He's a king!" Lyra tried to assure her. More terror filled Veroni. "K-King Valen...! He found me...?" She asked in a small frightened voice. Lyra felt herself die inside at the mention of her father's name. She pulled Veroni towards her. "No, never. King Valen is dead, Veroni. This is King Ryker and her Royalty! He's on Veroni's side!" She froze, stilling all struggles. "R-Royalty..? On Ver
Ever so slowly, he opened his eyes. "What did you just say?" A great feeling of excitement swarm through Bami at his response. "She's doing so much better, My King! She ate and she bathe and she even let me put a healing balm on her! Oh, Your Majesty, I'm so happy today. I never thought this day will ever come!" He has leaned up as she talked, interested. When she finished, his surprise was apparent. "That is a miracle, Bami. What happened?" "It's Lyra, Your Majesty." He cocked his head to the side in thought. "Lyra?" Bami nodded her head, tears of excitement filling her eyes. "She visited with Emily today..." She proceeded to tell him everything. How Lyra was able to get through to Veroni. She purposefully left out the part about what Veroni is addressing Lyra as because she knows it wouldn't end well. She told him every other thing...including the part that Veroni insists on being with Lyra and that's why she's in the palace. Silence followed her narration because the king w
In the morning of the fifth day after the night the king visited her, Lyra got ready to go to the mines. She woke up and took her bath. She put on her uniform and made her hair. She stared herself in the mirror for so long, staring at who she became. Twenty-two years of living as a princess, an
"Someone wants to see you, Your Highness," Vane announced, coming into Ryker’s room. He was tying up the Imperial letters he's finished writing. He looked up to Vane, "Who is it?" Vane shifted uncomfortably, "She refused to leave. We've tried everything possible to get the girl to go but she re
Lyra was still kneeling, she stared up at the King, her heart beating in her chest. She doesn't know what to expect.Will he share her or command her torture session?"Get up and strip, Lyra." He commanded, opening up yet a new scroll.Vane was in the room and for the first time, Lyra couldn't pick
The next morning, Lyra got her slave uniform. A short gown that stopped just after the knees. She put it on and made her hair. She was taking away early to the slave mines. The mines are mostly where slaves work day and night, helping to extract valuable minerals from the ground. Lyra saw none







