04

Episode 4

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"Here she is master." Roman announced before leaving the room and closing the door.

 

Leilani stood in front of the door, her hands clamped tightly together in front of her as she shook visibly. She didn't want to make another mistake like the last thing so she focused on the floor.

Tarzan stood up from bed and walked towards Leilani. He stopped in front of her and stared disdainfully at her. "I can't believe it's you. It's really you." He whispered with his voice very hard and scary.

Leilani took few steps back. "Please..."

Before she could complete her statement, King Tarzan raised his hand up in the air and brought it hard on her face. He slapped her with the back of his palm, making here slump to the ground with a scream.

Leilani's face was hidden beneath her hair as she cried. Tarzan exhaled deeply, bent and yanked her up to her feet again with her hair. "You don't speak when I did not ask you to. Am I clear?" He whispered into her ear.

Leilani sniffed sharply as she nodded, keeping her face down to avoid another mistake. The slap on her face stung her cheeks so much that she felt like fainting. Her legs wobbled. She couldn't stand and would have fallen to the ground if the king wasn't holding her hair.

Still staring at her, King Tarzan smiled wickedly. "You don't know how happy I am to see these tears. They are like trophies I've not been able to get in years. You, Leilani. Would you have imagined being my slave one day?" 

Leilani didn't answer but only continued weeping. So much tears and mucus covered her face, mixing up with her long hair.

"You stink. Badly." Tarzan whispered into her ear and released her hair from his grasp. Leilani dropped to her knees immediately has she had no strength to stand on her feet all by herself.

"Tommorow morning, you shall be alone in the farm. I want ten baskets of yam placed in the submitting room in three hours. If after three hours you are not able to gather the ten baskets, you shall receive fifty strokes of the whip. Fifty strokes." Tarzan said, turning his back against her.

Leilani slowly looked up at his back, her eyes red and swollen with tears. She didn't do anything wrong.

She didn't mean to hurt him.... didn't mean to make him the beast he was.

She was only acting under a threat and an order. There was something people didn't know about the powerful and handsome King. 

Something they would never notice unless they looked harder and she, Leilani was the cause of it.

*** (SIMBA KINGDOM)

Prince Luca came into the massive looking thrown room, his eyes livid with anger. He paced in front of the empty throne, his hand constantly running over his hair.

His personal guard, Akim came in and bowed, standing behind him. 

Prince Luca turned angrily to look at him with questioning eyes. "Yes? What's the latest news?"

Akim shook his head and looked up. " She's still nowhere to be found according to her family."

Prince Luca scoffed. He was losing his mind at the reality that his wife to be was missing. "That can't be. It's been two days now! Why aren't they doing anything about it!" He yelled, his eyes growing large with every word.

The door opened and his mother, queen Chantel walked in. "Leave us." She said to Akim who bowed and left immediately.

"Isn't it obvious? That she ran away so she wouldn't get married to you? That piece of trash called a princess."

"Enough mother! I won't allow you call my wife to be; my princess, a trash. Something must have happened. She couldn't have possibly ran away." Prince Luca said, pacing.

His mother stared at him and shook her head. "I don't even know what you saw in that abnormal girl of a princess. I know she was betrothed to you but you can always chose other princesses who are dying to be your wife."

"It's my father's wish thay I marry her and I love her." 

"Your father is on his sick bed right now. Few days later, he's going to be dead and buried and you will become king. You will be able to rule the way to want and set out new rules and make your own decisions." Queen Chantel said with a smile on her face.

"Coming from a wife who cried few minutes ago beside her husband's sickbed." Someone said, coming down from the long flight of stairs.

Luca turned and frowned even harder on seeing Santos, his step brother coming towards them. Must he see the b*stard's annoying face every damn day? "Don't talk to my mother in such manner." He hissed out the words.

Santos put his hands up, as if surrendering. "I'm just saying the fact. Concentrate on finding your only chance to the throne. Leilani." Santos smiled as he walked past them and disappeared out of sight.

"What is he talking about?" Queen Chantel asked, glaring at her son.

"Yes mother. I can't ascend the thrown without my betrothed." Prince Luca said, looking irritably furious.

Queen Chantel's breath increased as she shook her head. "No. No way. Simba can't do this me!" She thundered and rushed off, obviously straight to the king's chambers.

"Akim!" Luca called out and almost immediately, Akim appeared. "Prepare for the journey to Swizz Kingdom. If my betrothed do not turn out by the end of today, they will all be in deep trouble!"

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Prince Santos, second son of king Simba stood outside the large palace, lost in thought. He had tears in his eyes as he thought about his father who was about dieing. 

It was really upsetting that the first queen was already talking about his burial when the man was still trying to pull through. 

He stared on angrily and shook his head. Over his dead body will someone like his step brother, Luca, ascend the thrown.

"Luca and his mother has finally gone crazy because of the throne. Well, let me see how he's gonna become the king without Leilani." Santos said before walking off.

(KING TARZAN'S PALACE)

Leilani slowly opened her eyes to see herself back in the dungeon. Her head hurt badly as she moving. She was finally able to sit up and looked around.

She didn't know what time or day it is as she has already lost count. She didn't know if it was morning and when they were going to come get her for the farmwork.

Few minutes later, she heard footsteps coming closer to her cage.

She looked up and see Hugo arriving. "Is it morning?" She asked tiredly.

Hugo stood in front of her gate, stared at her for few minutes before nodding. "Yes it is and your duty starts immediately."

"I saw what you did yesterday. Thank you. I would be dead by now if you hadn't treated me."

"I only did that to.....keep you alive because I will be in deep trouble of you'd died." Hugo replied and Leilani smiled tiredly then glanced up at him.

"That isn't the reason why you went through such risk to save me. You.....were feeling too guilty. For what you did. I know what you did and you are feeling guilty for it." Leilani spoke very softly but Hugo could hear her.

He sighed and looked at her. "I'm sorry but there's nothing I can do now. You are a slave and you have to get used to it."

"Yes, I will get used to it because I deserve this life but you have to let me know what happened to her - the other girl."

Hugo glanced around and back at her. "She's gone far away". Hugo replied.

 "Take me to the farm." Leilani nodded and said.

Hugo pulled her up on her feet and they both walked to the farm.