Eros finished his duties for the day, and he decided to retire for the night. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples tiredly. People think being kind is all about power over his subjects. But no one really thinks about the immense responsibilities a king actually has over his people. A normal is only responsible for the well-being of his family, but a king is responsible for the entire nation. He has to make sure that his people are well taken care of and that all of their needs are met without any issues. "Your highness, it's already late and you tired. You should consider retiring for the day" his trusted attendant in waiting Thomas suggested carefully. Thomas takes care of Eros, like his food, accompanying the king in his day-to-day obligations, etc. He is just like a personal maid to Eros and will stay invisible. He will appear only when he is needed. He will make sure that Eros has everything he needs. He will not prepare anything personally, but he will look after the prepa
One moment Iris was sitting on her Palace steps and in the next moment, she found herself being hauled by someone from behind. By the feel of his bulky size and height, she understood it was a he. He tactfully closed her mouth with his huge rough palm and his other hand is tightly wrapped around her midsection and began to drag her inside her Palace. The blanket of darkness around them made her unaware of his presence until it was late. Her heart began to pound with fear. He is easily double her size and his strength is more than she can fight with. Her feet are not touching the ground, showing her how strong he is. He is lifting her off the floor easily with just one hand and she can do nothing but flail her arms and legs helplessly. He is closing her mouth and nose so tightly, that she is being suffocated with a lack of air supply. She tried to hit him with her elbows, but it was as if he is not feeling her hits at all. The water pitcher in her hands is now lying on the floor. He
Thomas is waiting outside the Celestial palace for his highness. He is told not to come inside until his highness says otherwise. Thomas is peeking inside the Palace with a frown. 'Why is it so dark? Where are the maids? Why didn't they light the lanterns? Is it because of lady Iris? Did she order them not to do so? I don't know if his highness is alright or not. Lady Iris is not so fond of his highness. But strangely his highness is interested in a woman who is not all willing to please him. And moreover, Lady Iris is a human. She is beautiful as well. I wonder what his highness likes in her? ' he thought to himself. Just then, he heard a loud crash after his highness requested to open the door. Eros never knocks on anyone's door ever. The maids and his concubines come outside to invite him in. But with Iris, he is doing things that he never likes to do before. "Oh dear god, did Lady Iris throw something at his highness in anger?" Thomas worried out loud. He peeked inside hesita
Eros is hugging Iris tightly. He can still sense her fear and anxiety. He is worried about her. He saw bruises around her waist and neck. He wanted to kill that guard again for touching her like this. But too bad, he cannot bring him back alive to kill him. He noticed that her hands are loosely hanging to her sides. He never pursues a woman who is not interested in him. He never had to. But with Iris, he didn't care. She is making him do things that he never would do under normal circumstances. "Are you alright?" he asked her softly. When Iris heard his tender words filled with so much concern, her nose began to tingle. Her eyes became moist and tears began to pool in her eyes. She blinked repeatedly so that she could stop the tears from rolling down. She refused to cry in front of him. No one asked about her well-being after her grandfather passed away. Even in the human world, she is alone. But there, she has the illusion of familiarity and safety, which she lacked here. She pulle
Lilith ran inside the Astral palace feeling out of breath. Mina is sitting in front of her vanity and applying some herbal lotions to her face to brighten the skin tone. It's like a face pack of sorts. When Mina saw her maid running inside her bed-chamber almost out of breath, she frowned. "What happened? He killed that human already?" Mina asked with a smirk and turned back to face the mirror. Lilith stopped and wheezed a little when she tried to take huge gulps of breath. She is running like this from the celestial palace. She wanted to pretend like she is passing by the celestial palace to see how their plan is going on. But to her shock, she saw a group of guards in front of the palace. When she asked what happened, she heard that an intruder tried to kill the king's new concubine and the king himself killed the intruder, which is a first. "No mistress, his highness killed that guard. Lady Iris is fine. His highness carried her to the Imperial Palace" Lilith revealed. In an i
Eros carried Iris directly inside his personal bathing area and deposited her in front of his bathing pool. His bathing area is like a huge lavish hall with a medium-sized pool in the center, which is filled with water. On the top of the water surface, rose petals are floating leisurely. There are sheer white curtains tied around the bathing pool for privacy. This is solely reserved for Eros himself. But today for the first time, someone else is going to share his personal space with him. He doesn't like to share his personal space with anyone since he was a kid. He likes his things and chamber to be neat and tidy. But the moment he allows anyone to enter, they will make a mess which he doesn't like. So he stopped inviting anyone inside his chamber.But now after he saw how Iris almost lost her life, something inside him is demanding to keep her close. He doesn't know what is happening to him and she never gave him a moment to think about it all. So for the time being, he decided to a
After Eros left her alone, Iris undressed quickly and washed her body with some scented cleaning supplements she found there. She wrapped a fluffy cotton towel around her body and searched for something appropriate to wear. She didn't find any women's clothes, but she spotted Eros's black cotton undershirt. She wiped the excess moisture from her body and dressed in his clothes. His shirt is loosely fitted to her frame and reached till her midthigh. She contemplated if she should go out like this or not, but this is better than going out with a towel wrapped around her body. So she decided to go out and find some women's clothes later. She finger-combed her wet locks and left them to air dry. After she is done, she placed her wet clothes neatly in a washing bin. On the other hand, Eros changed his clothes as well. He dressed in his black breeches and ignored his undershirt like he usually does. He prefers only his breeches at the night, leaving his torso bare. He instructed a servant
In the Imperial palace after the physician left, Eros himself fed her the herbal medicine. As the imperial palace doesn't have female maids, he doesn't want the male servants to touch her. So he is taking care of her himself. After taking the medicine, she slowly began to drift into sleep. He bundled her up with thick furs, remembering the physician's words to keep her warm. He sat on a chair nearby, so that she wouldn't be disturbed. "Your highness" Thomas knocked on the door tentatively. "Come in" Eros called, mindful to keep his voice down. Thomas entered his king's bed-chamber along with a couple of male servants. They all stopped dead in their tracks to see lady Iris sleeping on his bed and he is sitting on a chair. This is so unlike his king's nature. Thomas has never seen his king like this. He never bothers himself with the health of his concubines. He just visits them once and wishes them good health, and that's about it. Thomas or anyone in the entire Palace has never