Lahat ng Kabanata ng Once Rejected, Now Desired : Kabanata 191 - Kabanata 200

LILLIE The smell of smoke caused me to sneeze. It has tickled my nostrils for far too long, and I could no longer ignore it. The painful sneeze opened my eyes to the brightly lit fire in front of me. Quickly, I got up, and my back came in contact with something that felt oddly wooden. My eyes quickly scanned the room. Large, wooden, but the ground wasn’t covered with concrete or any covering material at all. It was just grass and sand. I tried to rise to my feet, but my head was hurting terribly. At that moment, I could only wonder who had been silly enough to light a fire that huge in a wooden room. If anything went wrong, the entire building could easily be torched up. Secondly, where the hell was I? The last thing I could remember was falling on my knees as I cried for help. Where was I? I suddenly realized I had little to no idea where I was. Pressing my back against the wall, I stood up slowly. I was still dressed in the maid uniform I had been kidnapped from the palace with.

DAVID Blood, sweat, tears. All of a sudden, I could taste all three of them at the tip of my tongue. I was in darkness. The air around me was thick, and strange, eerie sounds filled the space. Birds chirping from a distance, owls howling. I was alone in the darkness with the three poignant tastes in my mouth, sweating profusely, I continued to look around. My heart pounded in my chest as I stood there, trying to make sense of where I was. I had never been in anything like it before. Suddenly, a large fire blazed up in the middle of the forest.Then I saw her—Lillie. She lay on the ground, naked and weak. The sides of her head were bruised, and both her hands were stretched out, as though she had been hit while trying to crawl. My breath hitched in my throat as my eyes widened in shock. “Lillie!” I shouted, my voice rough and desperate. I wanted to get to her immediately! The last few days of not knowing where she was had almost driven me insane. We had come to find out that her t

DARLA: I sneakily made my way to the garden to see if Logan had begun his work for the day. My mother had made sure to keep me under lock and key, but that never helped. I didn't find him amongst the gardeners so I decided to head towards the servants quarters. Lifting my gown, I headed towards the servants' quarters breaking into a trot before my pace became quicker. I continued, increasing my pace as I headed past the gardens, down the cobblestone path that led to a wrought iron gate demarcating the main building from the servants' quarters. I was immediately stopped at the gates by the guards standing there. "You are not to be allowed into this place, my Princess," The first guard bowed. "And who made that law?" I asked quirking my brow in askance. The first guard swallowed, seeming to be at loss for words. The second one took over. "It's been that way for a long time. No royal has ever made their way into this place. It isn't right." "Well, distinguished guards," I r

DARWIN Six Days ago... David kept pacing from one end of the room to the other, his fingers in his hair as he tried to keep calm. "I'm done waiting for her to return," David stopped in front of the table, planting both palms on the surface of the table. "Let us go into the woods to search for the Anjals. Lillie is definitely amongst them. We can't sit here and wait for a miracle to happen. What if something goes wrong?" I glanced at Daniel who stood by the window, a glass of sherry in his hand. The moment David mentioned going to search for Lillie, he darted his gaze towards him, obviously having something to say. "And how are you sure about that?" Daniel asked, placing his cup on the window sill. "You can't just make that up out of nowhere. The Anjals do not exist. They are an urban myth and you of all people should know that." "Urban myth?" David burst into laughter, but it didn't get to his eyes. I saw different parts of him in just that expression. His e

LILLIE All I wanted to do was wipe that grin from her face with a blow to the head. One that would take her out in a matter of seconds so I could find my escape. But I was a hostage here and my hands and legs were tied up. Hermes was too uncomfortable standing there so he walked out, further making me feel guilty. It was all my fault. I had been blinded by the need to escape that I didn't realise that roping this little boy in would do more harm than good. And that harm was me agreeing to sleep with the men. Disgust bubbled at the pit of my belly, sending a slight pain towards my abdomen. Imagining being ravished by another man made me want to puke and just end my life, but what option did I have? Hermes' life was at stake and I swore to myself that I was going to do anything to make sure nothing happens to him. "How is it so easy for you to be this cruel?" I asked, pushing my hand back so the pain building up around my wrist from carrying too much weight would sto