Chapter5

#Chapter5

ERIC’S POV

Now the war has ended and I have conquered the town and villages I had always wanted to conquer. I will not leave her now. She will have to spend her whole life with me either by choice or with pain. There is no other option than this for her. If she chooses to disobey then I don’t mind breaking her. I will have pleasure in breaking her bit by bit. I will make her forget her family. She will always only think of me. It will only be me who will be in her dreams and no one else.

She will have to accept my love and me. I don’t think she should have any problem with becoming mine. She is a mere slave. If I had not given her importance when she was brought to the castle then she would have been living the life of a servant but still just because I loved her, I did not want her to do the common chores. I made her the special slave of my harem.

I love her so much that I want to make her my queen. I want to have children with her. I want to make her the queen of a slave. She should feel blessed. The moment I imagine her with my kids I feel an inner satisfaction and desire. The desire to be with her. I cannot wait to reach Ash Ville where she is.

A strange thought enters my mind and all the happiness vanishes. What if she was touched before? What if she is not a virgin? What will happen then? These thoughts make me shake with anger. I can feel rage pumping in my veins. I have already killed most of the people in her village. I will burn that person who has dared to claim what was mine even if he is in the grave. I will take his dead body out and will burn him.

This is time to start the long journey to Ash Ville. It will take two days for me to reach there. I pick up my sword and leave my tent. The moment I step out my soldiers bow their heads. /"Long live the king/". They all chanted the slogan. I smirk and mounted my horse. I am coming, my love. Just wait for me. It will take only two days for me to reach you.

ISABELLE’S POV

/"Isabelle! Isabelle, are you fine?/" A hand on my arm brings me back from my horrific trance of thoughts. I look at her and I am unable to understand what is happening? Ivy and Elise are looking at me worriedly. I just noticed that I am sweating. This makes me suddenly remember the thing which has triggered the fear-filled thoughts in my head. The king is returning! I look around me. I cannot stay here. I have to go. I have to go back to my room. No, I cannot stay here.

I quickly stand up on my feet and start taking steps toward my room. /"Isabelle! What happened?/". I hear Elise's worried voice from behind but I don’t stop. My steps are shaky but steady. I was passing Esme when she stopped me by grabbing my arm in her hand. I look at her with confusion. Why is she stopping me? She has already ruined my day, what else does she want? Does she want to kill me now?

/"You got what I wanted. Now I will not let you have peace either. You will also burn in the fire which is burning me/". She says with loathness dripping from her voice. She leaves my arm and I quickly run towards my room. I did not take anything from her. I am not the reason for the pain she is feeling. I never desired the thing she wanted. Then why does she want to destroy my peace? Why has she become my enemy?

The moment I am inside my room, I lock the door behind me. It has been a year since I have been here. I have always wanted to escape and have my happy life back. I never wanted to be here or stay here. I have always thought of this palace as a prison for me. I want to escape and be away from the palace, the king, and this harem.

No matter how much I was aware of this that I cannot escape, there was still hope though it was as small as the grain of wheat still it was inside me that I would escape before the king’s arrival. Now, this hope has died too.

Now, what will I do? I can see only darkness for me in the future. I can see my future as dark as doom's day is for a sinner. I see only pain and suffering. I don’t know what will happen to me or what the king has planned for me but from what I have been told and I have heard in the past year, I can expect that there is only pain for me in the future.

I don’t know what being a special slave means but the head maid, Lillian has surely given me a little idea of the special duties of the special slave. I have realized this fact that my duties include serving the king. I hate the very idea of it. I don’t understand why Esme is dying for this position? What is good in being a slave to the king? How can a woman willingly present herself to a king for him to do as he pleases?

There is no need for Esme to burn me because I am already burning. My life is already dark and filled with pain. I miss my parents, my little Lily, my village, and the happy life I once had. I miss the days when I would wake up with no worries. I miss the days when life was simple. I miss being the farmer's daughter. I miss being a common girl who lived in a small house in the village.

These thoughts make me cry. These happy memories make more tears flow out of my eyes. The realization that I can never have that life back shatters my heart.

I hope that the king has already forgotten about me. I hope my parents are alive and they are fine. I know this is impossible but still, there is a chance that they escaped before the soldiers arrived. Yes, they must have escaped. I will never meet them and get my previous life back.

I try to not make much sound. I cover my mouth with my hand but still, I cannot stop the tears and cries that erupt from my body. The last thing I remember is falling asleep while crying.

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