Horror filled her whole body, sitting with him alone in the same carriage scared her. She could feel life slowly drifting away from her.
At that moment she wanted to run away from him, but she knew better. That is exactly what he expected from her, to chase her and kill her in the end.
He is horrible, riding with him terrified her. Only God knows, what he would do to her, what if he suddenly choked her to death? Her mind came to rest when the carriage stopped.
She heard footsteps from outside and the door opened.
"We are here, My lord" The guard said and Simon nodded.
He stood up and got down from the carriage, so did Imogen. "Wow!" Escaped her mouth when she got down from the carriage.
Here she was standing in front of a huge beautiful castle, it was more beautiful than the castles written in fairy tales, looking at it seemed like a dream.
Never, in her life did she imagine she would see such beautiful castle or live in one. Even though it was already late, the night couldn't hide the beauty of the castle.
"Master!" Some ladies came running and bowed when they reached his side.
Master? are they all his slaves? She looked at them, and they seem nothing like slaves. They were dressed in luxurious wears like the nobles, beautiful. This is not what she expected a sex slave to look like.
"She is the new slave I bought, you have a week to teach her everything she needs to know" He ordered and walked inside with his guards behind him.
"A week?" Imogen thought. After a week, what happens next? Will he have her then?
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The sound of his footsteps echoed through the hallway, walking majestically with no smile or frown on his face, no emotions, just plain nothingness.
Simon Sebastian, popularly known as the dread lord.
The only son of the Sebastian family, the most powerful and feared family in the country, and the only child of his late parents, Alfred and Sarah Sebastian, respected and feared by many people, he is known for his brutality toward his slaves.
He is also the next king, Prince George's favourite person, and his trusted friend. No one dares to defy or disobey him, not only because they respect him, but they know the price they will pay for misbehaviour in his presence.
Once upon a time, the dread Simon was a sweet young lad, loved by everyone around him. But suddenly he changed, only a few around him knows the reason for his changes.
Rumours have it, that the cause of his strange wicked change is because the lady he loved betrayed him and married his best friend and that is why he keeps many female slaves around.
Secondly, he changed because of his parents' death, because they were murdered brutally before his eyes.
Finally, the woman he loved betrayed him with his friend and they are both involved in his parent's death.
No one knows the truth, they were just rumours that travelled across the entire country.
His eyes roamed across the room like it was his first time, something is wrong, to be precise missing.
"The Gold Jar presented to me by lady Gila is missing" He said to the guard behind him.
"One of the Slaves took it when she was attempting to run away this morning" He responded with his head down.
He groaned and removed his coat, stretched it to the guard and he instantly collected it.
"She took it or stole it?" He grunted displeased by his words.
"Am sorry, my lord" He apologized instantly.
"What did you do to the slave?"
"Nothing has been done yet, we are still......"
"Behead her" He said emotionlessly, his guard opened his mouth in shock but immediately closed it. This isn't the first and it won't be the last, but he just can't get used to it.
"I understand, my lord. A letter came from the lady Gila's estate, her father would like to see you at his home two days from now" He reported.
Simon sighed, exhausted "I understand, you can leave now" He ordered "Yes, my lord" The guard said and was about to leave before his master called him back.
"Carter?" He called him.
"Thank you for today, you may take your leave now" The guard Carter said nothing and left.
It is unusual of him to be thankful, he looked at his master's door, 'is my lord lonely again?' He thought
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"Bam, Bam!" The loud bang on the door startled her awake, she wondered what this was about.
'It is still early mornings,' she thought. She was given a room by one of the castle maids to stay for the night, but her sleep was cut short.
She stood up from the small bed, she slept on and made her way to the door, she scratched her hair as she opened the door, standing before her were the women she saw earlier when she arrived.
They were rude to her when she wanted to start a conversation with them, they brutally ignored her. 'So what do they want now?'
"Good morning" The lady at the front said and rushed Imogen inside the room, while the others entered behind them
"Morning, the sky is still dark" Imogen murmured.
"Your room is so untidy and dirty, I feel like vomitting" another of the women said quite dramatically.
"Stop being dramatic, Isabelle" another said while Isabelle rolled her eyes.
"Hello, My name is Poppy, am in charge of you slaves here" The lady who chastised Isabelle said with a friendly smile.
"My name is Imogen, the new slave" Imogen replied with a smile.
"What a nice name you have, what are you girls waiting? Introduce yourselves" Poppy ordered.
"I'm Eva"
"Sophie"
"Ella"
"Charlotte"
"Grace"
"Anabelle"
"Aria" Everyone introduced themselves except Isabelle. Poppy gave her a nasty to force her to introduce herself as the others had done.
"Isabelle, satisfied?" She grunted angry.
"It is nice to meet you lot, but you guys are the only slaves here?"
"Why? Are you disappointed? Were you expecting more?" Poppy questioned.
"I am sorry for my rudeness" Imogen apologized and bowed her head.
"It is ok, everyone gets curious at first. But not all last to tell the story, of course, Master Simon has a lot of slaves. But let's say we are the survivors of his wrath"
"What happened to the rest?" Imogen asked curious.
"They died, beheaded or poisoned. That is how it is here, in order to survive, you mustn't break any rules set by Master Simon, or else you die" Isabelle said this time. Imogen looked at them all, and they all had this terrified looks on their faces expect Isabelle.
"Is lord Simon that bad?"
"No, bad is an understatement. He is horrible, the dread lord who implant fears on everyone around him, the devil himself. He is wicked on the bed too, I pity you. You look young to be here, now that the introductions are done, I will take my leave" She turned, flicked her hair and left the room, some of the girls also followed her.
Poppy and Aria stayed back with Imogen.
"I hate it when she does that, she acts like she is the queen here" Aria said showing her dissatisfaction.
"Well, she is the queen. The favourite of Master Simon, she is the only one who had slept with him, more than five times" Poppy mentioned which caught Vera's attention.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Oh" Poppy faced her. "Among everything Isabelle said, the correct thing in there is that Master Simon never sleeps with a sex slave more than twice. But only Isabelle has broken the record, she has slept with the master more than five times, that makes her untouchable" Poppy explained while Vera nodded.
She deserves it, amongst all the slaves, she is the prettiest, she has the skin liked to a pearl which glows with an endowed body that makes her look so tempting than any other slave.
"Who knows, that might change now that you are here, you aren't bad at all" Poppy said while Aria nods her head in agreement.
"I don't know, I don't think am ready to be in his bed not to talk of being his favourite"
"Well, you don't have a choice" Aria said and exits the room.
"She is right, and also I noticed you call Master Simon, lord Simon. You should stop, and don't get caught by him or his guards. To us, his slaves, we can't address him as others do, we must call him master not lord" She adviced with a stern look.
"I apologize, I will make sure to keep that in mind"
"Of course, I will see you when the sun rises. Then we will talk about the rules in this castle, and also how to satisfy the master when it is your turn to serve him" Poppy stated.
Imogen could feel her heart beat faster, it beats out of fear. Poppy could see how scared she was, who won't be scared. Not able to satisfy him means dead on the spot, but you succeed in satisfying him also means punishment.
"Don't worry too much, you still have a week to...." She was unable to finish her statement when they heard a scream from outside.
They ran out of Imogen's room, towards the commotion.
When they got outside, they saw the other girls all shocked, some trembling, while some just stood still.
"What happened?" Poppy asked.
"Maya was found" Aria answered with tears. She moved out of the way and revealed a body with its head severed, on the floor in a pool of blood.
"She was beheaded" Aria said pointing to the head on a pole before them.
"Ah! ah!" Imogen screamed terrified, she went to a corner and vomited.
Isabelle walked to her and whispered to her. "This is nothing, you haven't seen anything yet"
"Welcome to hell, darling"
The door opened which startled Gila, in the hope that it was Simon. She stood up and went out of his bedroom, but was disappointed when she saw a maid instead."Good morning, my lady. Did you have a good night?""Does it look like I have one?" She snapped at the maid, and she gulped nervously. Gila didn't take a nap all night, her mind was unsettled, she thought about how to make Imogen suffer all night, and can't think of something."I apologize, my lady," The maid said while Gila rolled her eyes at her."Why are you here? Have you come to clean the room?""No, my lady. The lord ordered me to take you to your room. Please, if you will come with....""That was a joke right, we are going to have a separate room?" She was angry and sad. He didn't spend the night with her, and instead of coming to see her this morning, he sent a maid to her. It was unfair, even if he doesn't like her. He could at least pretend to be a good husband.The shaking maid lowered her head as she answered "Tha
“Are you not going to do anything about the lord's marriage, if she comes then she will give you a hell of a time, especially if she gets pregnant first" Aria stated, as she combs Imogen's hair."You are right, but it isn't like I can stop their marriage. I don't have that power" she mentioned and Aria frowned and stopped the movement of the comb on her hair."So you aren't going to do anything, I don't know if I should say this, but lord Simon's favour might not stand forever. You have to have a plan, in case something happens. Ignoring him for three days isn't your best option" She uttered but Imogen said nothing, She collected the comb from her, dressing her black curly hair herself."Imogen" Aria almost yelled."I have a plan," She said and put the comb down then stand up and faced Aria."And Simon doesn't favour me, he loves me""I apologize for my rudeness, but what exactly is your plan?""He won't be sleeping with her tonight, he will end up on my bed instead. So get ready, I w
The gloominess in her black eyes was transparent, sitting in the middle of her husband and the queen her mother-in-law, as they all watched Gila walking to where Simon was standing.Everyone had a smile on their face, even if some were fake. But she couldn't force herself to smile or act like she was happy for Gila.She hates her and wants to wipe that smile away off Gila's face. She was so angry earlier and decided to take it out on Gila. But she wasn't satisfied, it doesn't change how things are between her and her husband.Giving up on him will be the best thing to do, but she loves him so much that she could. She looked at her back and noticed her father, her mother and her brother except Edward, which dazed her.Edward is the closest person to Simon in the family and he isn't here. What could have gone wrong between them?"Are you alright?" George whispered, and she gulped and looked away, ignoring him.He sighed and looked at her remorseful. “I’m sorry for everything" He said an
“M'lady" Charlotte yelled and barged into Imogen's room, breathing heavily. While Imogen, Aria, and Isabella stared at her with questions.Waiting for the reason she ran in."There is someone outside, no it is a monster. He looks so terrifying even more scary than master Simon" She uttered while Imogen and Aria exchanged looks.Whatever Charlotte saw outside, definitely terrifies her. And it had been a while since she saw the girls shaking like this. The last time was when they heard about Poppy.Thinking about her late friend, filled her mind with sorrow. They have been able to move on but never did they forget their loss. Imogen's heart was scarred but healing thanks to Simon, and now she has bigger issues at hand.She has forced herself not to think about it, about Simon's wedding in three days. Not to be jealous or hurt by it, which has proven to be impossible.Watching as the maids prepare for Gila's room, makes her sad. Three days from now, the man she loves will be another woma
George groaned as he stared at the papers on his table, It was obvious he was so exhausted from his work.And Gila's wedding is in three days, preparation was been made by the Royal family and the Sebastian family which is why he asks Simon to meet him.A knock came on his door, and he was certain his guest had arrived."Enter" He ordered and Simon came in."You requested me, your highness""I did" George stated as he strangely watched Simon."What is it?" Simon asked while George smiled.He dropped the ink in his hand and put his hand on his jaw, rubbing it, not taking his eyes off Simon."Are you trying to figure out something by staring at me?"His lips curled up to a grin as he responded "Correct, you look different today. I thought you would be angry to talk to me, especially after forcing you to marry Gila, but you look so happy"'Of course, I am happy' Simon thought. Imogen is finally recovering from Poppy's death, she isn't back to her usual self but it is better than when she
Claim me, that was the last word Simon wanted to hear from Imogen, but when she said it, he could hardly say no."Make me forget the pain" She had requested and Simon gulped down, his gaze holding hers in confusion.He will never deny making love to her but in this situation. He isn't certain if this was right, he doesn't want to be a greedy bastard who took advantage of her emotions."Imogen, what you need right now isn't...""I know what I need, and you are the only one who can make it happen. I need you, please help me" She pleaded as tears rolled down her eyes.He couldn't resist her, that is a lie he told himself. Saying no is probably the best thing to do, but he wants her just as she does, so much, and he is hard for her after hearing her request.But it doesn't change that S3x wasn't what Imogen need, she need to talk to someone, eat, sleep and try to accept that it wasn't her fault.It won't be easy, but it will be better than this. "Will it be?" He asked himself. "Cause not