Did She Bleed?

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Zebian woke up in his bed all alone. Despite her presence having an imperative effect on him, he couldn’t submit himself to let bygones be bygones, in fact, such theories weren't a part of his beliefs.

His eyes shot open as his mind evoked images of her body and face. He drew a sigh as his heart confessed she grew up more beautiful, her long tresses were longer in contrast to years back. His stomach did a somersault.

He further went on assessing that if Rose had stayed with him, she would have been enthroned beside him. They would have been married by now with at least four children. Two boys and two girls. He would have been a sane emperor like his father with a woman of his life.

But damn for notions only resting in his mind. She ran away and that was enough to sabotage all of his aspirations.

The thought chafed his mood. The next he grunted in displaced aggression, tossed the duvet and hurled out of the bed. His body reacted sorely due to the whippings of that day. He strod