abducted again

Walking through the hallway, Lana was too tired to notice how dark and creepy the palace had become, her foot steps echoed through the halls

And the sound of silence seemed like a lullaby, she had really gone through a lot today, felt so much emotions in one day.

walking down the stairs leading to her room, she hadn't noticed the shadow following her closely

Her mind wondered to the masked ball Kairos mentioned, will that be an opportunity to elude him and find her way home she thought trying to figure it there would be a way, before she could think further everything went black

She fainted and was being dragged away by a man in dark robe

The splash of water on her face woke her up, Lana looked around trying to clear her blurry vision, where was she, this was definitely not her room but it was too dark to know

"Your finally awake peasant" a female voice spat out in the darkness

Lana looked around trying to identify where the voice was coming from, this was the second time she's being kidnapped, was it some kind of curse she thought wanting to cry in frustration

The sound of heels hitting the floor got louder until it stopped directly in front of her

"It seems you have forgotten your place, just because the king favors you" the voice said, every word laced with jealousy

Lana thought the voice sounded very familiar, and authoritative, there was only one noble who saw her and Kairos together, it was lady Margaret

"I see you can no longer run your mouth, your dear king is not coming to save you" the voice continued

Lana chuckled "I had a little respect for you lady Margaret, didn't know the king's betrothed could stoop so low" Lana stated earning her a slap on her cheek

"Shut your mouth you filthy thief, who are you to judge me, you think His majesty cares about you, it seems you have not heard of what happened to his old personal maid"

Lana's heart skipped a beat, her cheeks were hot, she could hear ringing. She hasn't expected the slap to be this painful

Hearing about Kairos old personal maid, Lana wasn't supposed to be surprised so why did her heart sink, when it was who he is a coldblooded killer

The realization that someday if she doesn't escape she would die in his hands, pierced her heart more painfully than the slap on her cheeks

"Quiet aren't we" lady Margaret laughed

"Once you are of no use to him, he'll dispose of you, so don't think your special, you little spot light will end sooner and you'll be back to that little hole like a rat but with no life"

"Seeing the way he treats you now, I fear you're less than a rat in his eyes" Lana spat back earnng her another slap

"Seeing how much you can talk, I'll make sure you won't be able to say a word by tomorrow" saying this lady Margaret hits Lana with a rod

Her face contorted in anger

With Her hands and legs tied together, Lana couldn't move or run, she took every hit, until blood started to drip from her lips. she didn't cry, she didn't beg which irked Margaret even more

"Come here and continue to hit her, don't stop until I say otherwise" saying this lady Margaret handed the rod to someone else

"I'll like to see how much you can hold in, it would be better for you if you just died now"

The beating continued now with more force, Lana felt her consciousness begin to slip, trying to keep her eyes open through every hit and every pain, she didn't want to die, she couldn't die now

She had to find her way home...she finally blacked out, no longer conscious of the pain inflicted on her

The next day Lana laid on her bed, lying on her tummy, her cheeks were red and swollen and her back was bruised bleeding, she was awake

She had regained consciousness few hours before dawn, left to bleed right in front of her room door, managing to crawl into her room and lay on her bed

Her body ached, she couldn't even move a muscle or she'll go through hell.

Lana's eyes burned, forcing back the tears in her eyes, she was beginning to believe she was unfortunate, throughout her life she had to suffer, to beg and to feel pain

When was it all going to end, the tears started to roll her cheeks uncontrollably, but she couldn't wail only cry in silence like she always did

If there was a God out there, she wondered if the God took pleasure in watching her suffer

"Please, just take my life, take away all this pain, I'm tired....I give up" Lana whispered as more tears rolled down her cheeks

"It seems my dear maid has decided to..." Kairos said as he walked into her room, seeing her state

His eyes darkened, the cheerful mood replaced with blood lust "who touched you" he said ready to make the person bleed ten times more.