Chapter4

#Chapter4

ERIC’S POV

The royal chef presents the goblet filled with wine. I gesture for him to leave and he bows his head before leaving. I look towards the goblet. It is a silver goblet adorned with different precious and rare stones. I pick the goblet up and take a sip of this wine of Eden. The moment the liquid touched my tongue I felt heavenly bliss. This is my favorite wine because its red color represents victory, my victory. It has always been said that red is the color of victory and that is the reason I like it.

I look at the map sprawled in front of me. I, Eric Leonor has now become one of the most powerful kings of this world. I have made my kingdom the strongest by conquering a large number of towns and villages. I have made my kingdom the largest by extending its territory. Now I will extend the trade over to far areas. I bring the goblet to my mouth and gulp the whole goblet filled with wine in one go. Now no one can defeat me.

I look towards the servant who entered the tent. /"Sir Marius is here to meet you, my king/". He says with his head bowed. I gesture to him to send Marius inside. Marius is the head of my army and is one of my most loyal workers. He has gotten old now but because of his skills and experience in wars, he is still my army head. He has been the army head since my father’s reign and has proved his loyalty more times than one could imagine.

I respect him because he was one of my father’s friends. I know he can never betray me. He is a strict man and in the twenty-five years of my life, I have hardly seen him smile. He is the one who has taught me how to use a sword and archery.

/"The preparations of our return to Ash Ville are now complete and we are ready to start our journey, my king/". Marius says after bowing his head. I look towards his face and then again pour wine into my glass. He is looking at the floor with his eyes cast downwards. He knows how close he is to me but still bows his head like others.

/"Ok. If everything is ready then we should start our journey before noon. I want to reach Ash Ville as soon as possible/". I order him and he bows his head obediently before leaving the tent. AshVille is the capital of my kingdom. It is the biggest city in my kingdom and is the center of trade. Things from all around the world are present in Ash Ville. You can buy anything you want from here.

My eyes fall on the box placed on the table near me. I pick it up. It is a box made with the best and the most expensive wood. This box is made by skillful makers of Ash Ville. Its unique design is what makes it special. I open this wooden box and look at the worn-out bracelet made of colorful threads. This bracelet may look too cheap for this expensive wooden box for any person but for me, this bracelet has enough worth to be placed in this box.

One would think that why I have placed this old, worn-out thread bracelet inside this box? The answer is quite simple. For me, this bracelet is not common but it reminds me of a special person. It reminds me of that person whose memory I always want to keep inside my mind. This bracelet reminds me of the only woman I love and want with me my whole life.

This bracelet belongs to a special person in my harem. That special person is the slave in the harem. For me, she is more than a slave. The first time I saw her was when I had conquered her village and she was captured by my soldiers as a slave. I had seen her during my two days' stay in the palace after conquering her village.

She was brought here to this palace as a slave.

The very first moment when I saw her, I was captivated by her beauty. Even in her disheveled state, she was looking quite stunning. Her white skin was shining brighter than the stars.

She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Her beauty is enough to blind my eyes. When she is in front of my eyes, I cannot see anything except her. She has captured my heart by her innocence which I have seen in her eyes. She has awakened those emotions in me which had died a long ago.

She has made me feel love again. NO, it is not love that I feel for her. What I feel for her is far more than love. Maybe this love has now turned into an obsession. I crave her touch and the need to be with her is more than anything. I had never thought that I, the strongest king Eric Leonor can ever feel such emotions for a woman who was brought into my palace as a slave.

I again look towards the bracelet. When she was brought to the palace, she had this bracelet on her wrist. I still remember how good it looked on her wrist. I had taken this bracelet from Lillian when she was going to throw her old things. Whenever any girl is brought into the palace her clothes and other things are the first things that are changed. This is how I got this bracelet.

She is one of the most important reasons why I want to return to the Ash Ville as early as possible. It has been a year since I have not seen her and two years since I started conquering the neighboring villages and towns.

She was young at that time, that's why I did not want to mark her as mine but now she has turned eighteen. Now nothing can stop me from claiming her, she also cannot do anything about this. It is written in her destiny to be mine. If becoming mine is not written in her destiny then I will write it myself.

I wanted to claim her when I saw her but still, I stopped myself. One reason was she was not of age and the second reason was that I was leaving for the war. I was in the palace only for two days. I did not want to leave her after claiming her as mine and I knew it would be hard for me to leave her after that. My duties as the king come first then my desires and I had no option but to leave her.