AlaricIt's hard seeing Victoria change. The sweet, kind, and caring woman that I've known weeks ago has been jaded, and… she hates me. I can’t blame her, I did her wrong and by gods, it's killing me inside to see her go through hell. I know what happened back in her room was still bothering her. No one could recover that easily from that kind of trauma. But I don't have a choice or I'll risk endangering her life more than it already did.And it’s all my fault.I've been played a fool by Mona. Maybe because I remember my mother on her that I let my guard down and let her claws sink into my back. I hate myself probably more than Victoria hates me. Turns out, Mona was one of Enrico's local spies around the palace. I should have known better, but I was so blinded by Victoria's beauty that I failed to see the red flags. Even the fact that Mona practically told me that she killed the king had been swept aside; shoved at the back of my mind because my whole fixation was set on Victoria an
“Father! You can't be serious!” I whispered-yelled as I glared at him behind the huge oak table in his office.“The Kingdom needs this union, Victoria.” He looked tired like he had been battling an invisible battle for weeks now. Maybe he is. But what about me? I can't fight the Kingdom's battle for them.I don't want this marriage. I haven't even seen the man I was supposed to marry. For years I've been dreaming of a love like my parents—a fairy tale. A King and a commoner deeply in love with each other.I don't care if the man wasn't from a royal line as long as he loves me. At least I would experience falling in love before my blood dried up.I had lived a sheltered life. I wasn't even allowed to play outside with other kids. Never allowed to eat and learned on my own.I don't know about the business or the politics inside the palace. The only thing I knew is, I would only marry
The suffocating heat and musty air woke me from my pitiful sleep. The cargo plane had stopped and landed as I peered on the small gaps of crates.No one was around.A sigh of relief left me, as I tried to swallow on my parch mouth. I am thirsty having not packed anything to eat or drink or any of my belongings. I don't have anything aside from the clothes on my back and the small pouch of money I kept through the years.The bustling activities a few hundred meters from me reached my ears while I tried to shove the crates using my feet to create a gap that would fit me.After an arduous sixty seconds of pushing. The gap was finally large enough so I could fit. I hastily slipped from my cramped hiding place while trying to stay quiet as much as possible.My knees wobbled the moment I tried to stand. The place was cramped up having filled with weapons that were purchased from Ti
The first thing I noticed when I gained back my consciousness was the lack of light. It was dark, too dark for me to assumed that my eyes were still close from exhaustion. I blinked once, twice, and so on but the darkness seemed like a cloth blinding me from knowing the horror that hidden from plain sight.I know I'm being dramatic but when you're being kidnapped, the first thing a person usually does was being dramatic before they got to think rationally.I tried to stand but my body was bound with an invisible force. Well, maybe not invincible since I felt the rope digging on my flesh. Thankfully it's not tight enough to cut through my skin.‘Nothing would work here other than wait for my fate.’ I thought grimly.How did I even get here?I tried to remember the events from last night. Trying to collect the missing pieces of the puzzle in my still foggy mind. I remember going
Alaric's POVI can't believe the nerve of that girl!A bullet on her head should have been easy and less work than playing around with her stupid games. But the very small humanity that still clings on me says otherwise.She looked so fragile.And besides, I can’t deny that something in me stirs from its deep slumber just by looking in those warm brown eyes. It holds the innocence and vulnerability that my sweet Lauren once possessed. But I can't afford to fail and fall on her trap. It might just be a mask she expertly wears to lure and control her victims.Hah! Innocence my butt!There’s nothing innocent on those big doe eyes. I saw the way it flickered below my belt. It was lustful. And I rather not play that game. As far as I am concerned I am still on a mission.Revenge.A very slow death would be a fun way to end the bastard who took away my family from me. The bastard who had killed
Well, that went well than I expected. For a second I thought that'll be the end of me. I'm relieved that I found the courage to strike a deal with the hot, sexy devil in disguise.Wait, I didn't even get his name.I wonder when he would unbind me and let me use the comfort room because, in all honesty, the maggots inside my stomach were in a battle, fighting for the last of the food, making me uncomfortable and jittery.Damn that man.I closed my eyes while trying to calm myself as I started mentally counting. ‘One, two, three, four, four and one-half, five, five and one-half…’Then in my foggy mind, I heard the all-to-familiar clicking sound of the gun. "Wake up or I will shoot you in the head."I yelped in shock, glaring at him reproachfully. He could just wake me up like a normal person.He tucked away his gun and leaned his face close to mine. My breath hitched. Seriously, this guy would gonna kill me as a lu
What now?Right!I need a toilet and fast. I don’t think I could last longer than it already has.“Hey! Ricky, where’s the CR?” I hollered while half of my body was outside the door.“LOOK AROUND YOUR ROOM!” He yelled back from somewhere in the apartment.I did what he said. And there it was, my salvation and the demise of the monsters residing on my now empty stomach. I scrambled to my feet almost tripping in the process.A few minutes later. I am already humming a tune feeling relieved and contented. Like I had been lifted to the air and just float there. I looked at myself in the mirror.Na-ah-ah. Your wrong people.I looked perfect thanks to the very light makeup I applied last night. At least I am pretty while in the presence of the high and mighty devil.“Hah! Take that as*h*ole!” I whispered-yelled in front of the mirror.
Alaric's POVWhat am I getting myself into?A bullet on her head should have been easy but damn those eyes and the way she stared through my soul. It's like she’s undressing me without seeing how ugly I become. She's pure that much I knew.‘And besides, I can’t afford to give up my time and the progress of what I had started just to do my laundry and some petty chores.’ I thought justifying my actions.While eating her breakfast she managed to write a letter to her friend saying she’s okay and well taken care of. She needs to run again because someone recognized her from her village, etc., etc. Like seriously. Who is she? And it looks like she’s running from someone.Maybe that's the reason why she fainted last night when I say those words. It's obvious she's not afraid to die but just hearing those words from me knocked her down.She's not afraid to die, that was a given.But she's afraid to be found by the people she