married was tempted to yell out at that moment. Ask if he had lost his sanity but she couldn't. She had to keep pretending like she didn't know who he was. Who knew what he would do to her if she dared speak?“Why are you doing this?" She opted for the safer question. The response didn't come as quickly as she hoped. The man was busy. Busy feeling her up and it disgusted her to no end. She wanted to push him away, slap him across the face, and tell him how much of a disgrace he was but she couldn't do any of that. She was tied to a chair with very little movement permitted. “Why am I doing this?" He repeated her question. “You of all people shouldn't be asking me that. I already stated my reasons in my letter but since you want me to spell it out, I will…”Each passing second confirmed his identity more and more. He was getting so comfortable speaking that he didn't notice his facade slipping. "I can't get you off my mind, Ivory. I want you. All I can think about is you. At first
Joel hit the ground with a groan, his life decisions flashing before his eyes as the soldiers emerged from the shadows.His vision was starting to blur out but just before he passed out, he made out the figures of the Emperor and his general.At that moment, he realized that he had been tricked. It was a carefully planned scheme to get him and he fell for it. The Emperor stopped in front of him but before he could process anything, a kick met him in the face, sending him to unconsciousness.“Throw him in the well and make sure no one knows rs about this. I don't want him tried. I want him tortured to death," Styles instructed. “Yes, Your Majesty," the soldiers bowed before lifting his corpse. Styles proceeded into the house and was stunned to find his Empress half-naked. Ragi turned around immediately and ordered the soldiers out to give him privacy. “Styles?" Ivory guessed since she could scent his perfume. “Please tell me it is you. I can't stand this place any longer." He walk
“What do you mean you can't find your brother? Have you checked the palace?" Elena asked.“I did, Mother but I can't find him anywhere," Klein responded.“What are you saying? He just got back and now he's missing? If this is a joke, you better cut it out. Go and search the palace properly. He is somewhere," she snapped.Klein didn't want to argue with her so he went searching again. He knew for a fact that Joel wasn't missing today.The man had been absent from the palace for two days but he wasn't worried because the Empress was missing too, which meant they were together.But now the Emperor was suddenly back with the Empress and Joel was still yet to return, it had him fearing the worst. He was skeptical about it though. If the man was caught, certainly the soldiers would have brought him back right?But they didn't. He even went as far as searching Joel's hideout in the woods but there was no sign of life there or anything to give him a clue on what happened.That was why he we
“What do you think they are going to do to him, mother?” Mona asked in a fear-consumed tone. Elena was still trying to recover from the shock. She knew she didn't exactly raise angels, but never in her life would she have imagined that Joel was capable of such a thing.He always seemed like the morally inclined one among them. To think he went as far as raping a woman in an unconscious state!That could not forgiven no matter how she tried to paint it in her head."Mother! You're not saying anything!” Mona complained but Elena continued standing there in silence absorbing the shock the news sent to her. " We can't just do nothing! I know what he did was wrong but we have to plead with Styles to spare him. Those people will kill him!” Mona cried. She didn't know what prompted them to do something so stupid but she was scared for them. They were her only siblings. She couldn't afford to loose them. “Mother," she whined pulling the woman's arm until Elena got fed up and yanked her a
Klein gulped hard as the general matched to him. What was going to happen now? He couldn't kill his brother, even with a knife to his neck. The General stopped in front of him with a stoic expression, “You will be taken to the execution ground today and I must warn you, if you try to pull any stunt, you will lose both your heads.”"I… I can't do it. I can't kill… you have to understand me, we grew up together. We do everything together. We are…”" I don't care about your family tree. The Emperor gave an order and if you can't fulfill it, you will suffer the same fate as him,” the General cut him short. Klein could barely move a muscle. The soldiers had to grab him immediately and dragged him to the execution ground. By the time he got to the execution ground, his soul left his body as he took in the state of his brother. The man was covered in burns and injuries that looked very fresh. His head had missing patches of hair and on one of his arms, a bone was sticking out of his f
Mona cried profusely in her bed, the scene replaying over and over in her head. She could feel her heart breaking over and over again. The servants didn't bother about her pain.. No one even stopped to ask about the reason for her tears or sympathized with her. It was obvious they already knew what had happened but the grudges they held against her wouldn't let them sympathize with her. Someone tapped her suddenly and she turned to see her mother. Anger coursed through her veins as she saw the woman.“Mona,” Elena called quietly, attempting to touch her again but Mona flipped her hand away. "Don't touch me! This is all your fault!” She screamed at her. Elena flinched, surprised by the hostility even though she'd anticipated it. " My fault? How is it my fault? I didn't ask your brother to rape the Empress!” She retorted. “You know, I always suspected you were heartless, now you just proved me right! They killed your son and you're not even bothered about it,” Mona screamed at her
Nine months later.Styles had the best doctors surround Ivory. Her due date was in one week but he wasn't going to risk it. He made sure the servants attended to her and provided her with everything she wanted. He didn't want to hear that she lifted a finger to do anything.Ivory felt suffocated with the numerous strange faces around her but she couldn't do anything about it. It was the only way her husband would leave her side and attend to matters of the empire.“Your Highness, do you need anything else?" A servant asked after serving her the fruits. Ivory shook her head and proceeded to eat the fruits under their watchful eyes. If she didn't know better, she would assume they were waiting for her to drop dead. But the opposite was the case. “Your Highness, do you like the fruits? Should I get you more?” The girl asked and Ivory managed to shake her head. The irritation shooting through her veins threatened to make her snap and she couldn't afford to.They didn't deserve it. The
The news of her missing baby kept Ivory in shock for almost a week. She didn't say a word, didn't eat, barely even blinked. She just stared blankly into space, disregarding everything that was being said to her. The doctors tried their best to get her out of her depressed state but nothing seemed to be working. The Empress was depressed and broken. Only the cry of her baby could bring her back. The Emperor was devastated. He didn't understand why anyone would want to harm him daughter. She was only a baby. Innocent and fragile. His heart hurts everytime he thought about the possible suffering they were subjecting her to.He could imagine her cries from all the times she was denied food. She wasn't even allowed to taste her mother's milk.This was by far the highest form of cruelty. “Your Majesty, I know this might not be what you want to hear at this critical moment, but sulking will not solve this. We need to find the culprit and we can't do that if you're moping around," Ragi s