Chapter 9

BACK TO THE PRESENT

Two weeks before the recent time

Elaina got a notice that the king was going to be coming over to her villa for a very important issue.

"With excitement", I want everyone to make sure everything is well organized, Eliana said....the king would be visiting after a long time,please make sure everything is in place and well taken care of.

"His majesty has arrived, the maid said.

Let him in!, Elaina said...

Your Majesty, she said,What have brought his majesty to my villa, Would you like some snacks your majesty?

The king looked at her, gazed hardened"....No Eliana, i want to tell you that you would be marry THE DUKE OF ARSENS "Damon ARSENS".

The room fell silent,the air thick with tension,Eliana heart raced as she stood up before her father. The flickering candlelight casts a shadow over her trembling figure,adding to the intensity of the moment.Everyone In the country knows how dangerous and bloodsoak of a person he is. He is so dangerous and feared in the country to the extent that no one enters his den except they are ready for their death.he is even rumored to be the son of the devil.

You would marry the duke and that is final!", the king said,

Eliana's voice trembles with emotions as she pleads, "Father, please! I beg of you,reconsider this marriage.i cannot possibly bear the thought of spending my life with a man I don't know and I don't love, i beg of you your highness

The decision have been made", you will marry the duke in 5 days time as to strengthen the royal family, the king said,

Eliana's pleading intensified as she reach out,her hands quivering with desperation,Father, I comprehend the significance of the alliances,but at what cost?is my happiness not worthy of consideration "tearing running from her eye like pool of rain" I beseech thee,find another alternative path and Spare me from a life of despair and desolation', Eliana pleads.

The king said, "the alliance this marriage would bring is crucial for the stability of the nation and I can't simply disregard it.

"But.....Eliana said, but immediately the king his majesty took his leave Eliana's villa.

Eliana sat on the floor crying profusely as she can't imagine leaving her life with a very dangerous man like the duke and also the fact that she can't love him.

Her maid entered the room immediately after the king left and saw Eliana crying profusely and she immediately understood what was happening to her and hugged her.

To be continued....