Trouble for Aiden 2

Lillia woke up in a strange place, her hands all tied up behind her. She was sitting in a wooden chair which was also held up by chains.

     She felt her head throb in severe pain,  feeling the warm liquid dripping down from the back of her head. The last thing she remembered was waiting for Josie at the front of the toilet when some group of men surrounded her and one of them hit her hard with a piece of wood then she lost consciousness.

     She looked round the room trying to find out where she was.

The room looked very old and dusty, no source of light and there was many wooden chairs around.

"What is this place?",she whispered.

   As if on cue, the sound of a door echoed and lillia could see what looked like a bulky figure walk towards her, with a belt in it hands.

Her throat tighten on seeing the belt, where they going to use the belt on her.

    "Who...who are you?",she asked through her fear.

"Your worst nightmare",the bulky figure responded with a mischievous voice. Lillia couldn't see his face because he hid well among the many thick Shadows.

    The bulky man took few steps closer, then came out from the shadows. That was when lillia saw his face.

  Her mouth opened wide as she recalled seeing this person at the castle.

"Rufus",she exclaimed.

Rufus smiled as he saw that he didn't need to talk some sense into her.

"Yes, my queen. It is I, your one and only Rufus",he smirked dirtly at her.

   "What are you doing?, Why are you doing this ?",she asked, her fear dwindle a little and Rufus didn't like that. He wanted her to shiver at his voice alone so he raised up his belt and slamed it into the ground close to her feet.

    The sharp noise it made and the dust that flew up, made the scene looked like it came out of a movie.

  Lillia closed her eyes tight, her breath coming out in huge sighs.

"How entertaining. I missed the queen who bravely shouted at the king's aunt",he mocked her.

Bringing his finger forward, he ran it along her face down to her jaw leaving huge trail sharp line at her face due to his sharp fingers.

      Lillia flinched at the touch and she held her breath tight, waiting for the unexpected. She was in his mercy and he could do anything to her, probably to punish her for what she and her mom did to Rufus and the aunt's.

   "Don't worry love, I won't hurt you",his voice mocked at her.

When lillia looked up at him, he smiled dirtly.

"Why?,you think I want to hurt you?, Why would I hurt you when I can do more than that",

Lillia eyes widened, what did he mean by more than that?.

   "I heard from a bird that the king haven't taken you to bed, probably you are not his type because I heard he had his types",Rufus smirked.

  "But don't worry, I don't select types".

Lillia heart beat louder and her throat tighten the more.

Her body turned cold and stiff at the realization of what Rufus was about to do to her.

   Suddenly the sound of a door opening sounded again and a lean figure walked in and spoke something into Rufus ear.

    "I'll be back my love. When am back, we would go on many rounds",

The lean man and Rufus left together, leaving scared lillia alone.

    Lillia felt her face turn hot and her eyes became blurry, was she going to end here?

Was Rufus, her husband uncle going to have his way with her when she herself haven't been slept with by the king?

Hot tears flowed down her soft curved cheeks, her face burned under the touch. Josie was right,the castle wasn't safe for anyone and that was because of the people in control of it.

   She blamed her father for it, her father who she thought loved her, left her to suffer with this wicked people called families.

  And worse was, Aiden might not look  for her. Why would he? When she hadn't given herself to him, when she boldly told him that she wasn't his wife but a Friend.

And even if she died here, it would only help him to be with his lover rose, they would be very happy that the villain, she, was gone, they could live happily with each other.

Her death won't matter to anyone apart from her mother.

  Her mother? She was going to be devastated by the news of her daughters death?.

No, she couldn't end here, never.

At least she must try and safe herself, no matter the consequences. She would not give Rufus the pleasure of her defeat, never.

  With that thought in her mind and the sudden boast of strength she lifted up her head and looked round trying to see if she could see anything of use to her.

She saw a bottle at the back of her chair, if she fell on it, it might shatter to pieces.

With that left in mind, she pushed the chair backwards multiple times, causing the wooden chair that was bond in chains to fall, landing on the bottle in the process.

The bottle shattered under the chair but few pieces cut through her skin as she landed on them.

She ignored the pain, and picked up a piece.

  She quickly began to use the sharp piece of bottle to cut through the tight rope behind her that held her hands.

As she sliced through the rope, her hand continued getting more deep injuries but she didn't care. This was her life and sanity here.

   If perhaps the people holding her let her go, they must have spread the rumors about the defile and people would not care whatever she said but would only blame her, probably because she was the king's wife.

    After few minutes, the rope snapped, freeing her hands.

She quickly stood up and walked to the direction of where she heard the opening of a door, she saw a huge black door.

Praying in her heart that it shouldn't be locked, she held the handle and pushed it backwards, her eyes closed. The door snapped open and her heart leaped with joy.

  With care, she slipped out of the room, and looked round.

She was outside of the house, it looked like the place where she was held was small, and it was in deep bushes, probably a forest.

     She ran with all her might, even though she didn't know where she was going, all she wanted to do was run far away from the house.

    As she ran through the narrow way in the bush path. She suddenly saw a figure ahead, lot of men stood armed.

   They blocked the path that lead out of house premises even at the back.

  Lillia was really in serious trouble.

And right now she needed help.

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