Chapter 9

The king's hand was resting on my waist and his other hand found mine and intertwined with it. He told me to rest my other hand on his shoulder. He asked if I could dance, I said yes but it wasn't this type of dance, I only knew erotic dance and not this type.

"Follow my lead", he whispered, his deep breath caressed my ear in the process making me feel abit shy. Our position with each other was already intimate enough, then to top it off, his whispering into my ear.

He started moving me around gently. I tried to keep up with his movements. He said I was doing good and to keep up the movements. I was silent throughout the dance. He would move his hands around my back a couple of times to get a better grip of me close to his chest as we danced which made my skin tingle a couple of times.

I couldnt help but look up at him even if I couldn't see his eyes or his expressions. I really wanted to know what his expression was right now. Is he unhappy? Why did he even want to get married so suddenly?

I looked at his face which was covered by the mask. I memorized the contours of his jaw and neck. They looked extremely toned showing he was muscular. I've never seen him without clothes so I couldn't tell.

"Dance Eliana", he ordered. I assume he noticed how much I was staring at him. I immediately looked away and continued moving with him. The height difference made me feel like a 2 year old by his side. He looks so tall and muscular, if not for the heels, I'd be no where near him.

"Remember what I said? Don't talk to people, okay? Remember I own you and you will obey me, got it?", he whispered in my ear again. I nodded immediately. I'm starting to think this marriage is just for show. He doesn't love me obviously. I thought marriage was supposed to be based on love? I was wrong I guess.

The music ended and he stopped moving. He walked a bit away from me and took my left hand and placed a small kiss at the back of it which earned us a cheer from the crowd. I faked a smile and looked at him lovingly, this is what he would want me to do, right?

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"I do", those words escaped my lips as the priest asked the question. I do. I have to, I have no choice after all.

I was bought by the king of the West for 100 diamond stones which was quite a lot of money and now I had to get married to him like he ordered me to.

I was bought to get married to him and obey him I suppose.

I see why we are allowed to turn 18 first before being sold because once we're sold, we can be asked to do anything for example get married like my situation right now.

Once upon a time, I was just an erotic slave dancer for wealthy men and now here I am saying vows with one of those wealthy men who just happens to be a king.

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The wedding went on till sunset, a certain event was supposed to happen after sunset and it would involve me.

I was taken back to my room to get changed. Gabriella told me it was supposed to be me showing an act to the king,it was either, singing, dancing, playing instruments or doing tricks. It was more like entertaining him.

I was a dancer so that's what I was dressed for. I was dressed In a black and gold designed skirt and shirt as if I was matching him. The skirt was straight and had beads on it that jingled. It would be a sight for sore eyes if it moved when I danced. It would look extremely beautiful and attractive.

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I took deep breaths as the music started to play. I was standing in front of him who was sitting in front of the seated guests. The lights were dimmed and a spot light was put on me. This was different.

I wasn't dancing to impress a bunch of rich disgusting men. I was dancing to impress a king, only one man. The one who bought me. The one who owns me now so that I wouldn't have to dance in front of a hundred men again.

I danced gracefully with my waist and hands moving in sync. I moved closer to him as I danced seductively making more use of my waist and chest. I noticed his head tilt to the side, I didn't know if he was impressed or not due to his face being covered so I just kept dancing.

The crowd cheered me on as I danced, he was still stagnant. I assume he wasn't enjoying it or wasn't impressed but I still kept dancing like I would on a normal day.

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It was all finally over and I was now in my room after the maids had given me a hot bath and some herbs tea to help me relax after the stressful day, it was almost midnight now.

It wasn't really stressful actually, I just sat like a doll after saying the vows. I also met some of his relatives like the king of the east.

Turns out the kings of the north and south are also his brothers, looks like the four brothers divided their kingdoms.

He and his brother, the king of the south were the only ones who were not married but now he's no longer in that category leaving the south king behind T^T

A knock on my door distracted me from my thoughts. I shouted for the person to come in and it was a servant, she bowed as she entered. She rolled a trolley into the room and brought it to me. She took a plate of fruits and gave it to me with a smile. A plate filled with pineapples again. I was also given the same in the morning and curiosity was killing me.

"Excuse me, why are you feeding me pineapples again?", i asked politely as I took the plate. She looked at me like she was surprised before answering.

"Uhm .. my queen, it's so that....you would taste good", she said while looking away. "So that I would taste good?" I asked her and she nodded. I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable by asking her to explain because she already looked uncomfortable. What does she mean by taste good anyways?