Chains. The first thing that pushed Heli into panic when she woke up. She yanked the chains, hoping to free her hands but it was no use.How did she end up like this?Heli struggled to remember the events of the last couple of hours but nothing was coming up. Her mind was a blank space. “Let me go…” she said quickly but only the echoes of her voice responded. She yanked the chains harder, panicking as the tears burned her eyes. "I said let me go!!” She screamed but once again, there was no response. Heli looked around the room but there was nothing other than bars and emptiness.Either she was kidnapped or imprisoned. She hoped it was neither. The thought of being kidnapped didn't sit well with her, not when her people had next to nothing to get her out. Being imprisoned was way worse. It only meant that she'd been discovered and that was trouble for everyone, not just her. “Please help me…” she resorted to pleading. "Is anyone out there?” she sobbed. "Please let me out… I can't
The temperature in the room dropped by ten degrees as the Styles read the letter. Ivory hadn't been lying. Someone took advantage of her right under his nose. His fists clenched around the letter as he read the bastard's writing. The audacity! “Where did you say the note was?" The coldness in his tone startled Ivory. It was expected of him to be enraged but this cold fury made her shiver. “It was just on my pillow the minute I came in. I am sure he must have sneaked in while I was away. I asked the guards but they said no one came into my room… “"If no one came into your room, how the hell did it get to your pillow then? They are incompetent, all of them! A man took advantage of my wife right under my nose and dared to send her letters. Do you know the temerity it takes to send them? He knows that he wouldn't be caught!" Styles growled. Ivory took slow steps towards him. “No one is impossible to find. We will get him, but before that, you need to calm down. The most important th
Heli sat up when she heard approaching footsteps. She expected to see the skinny woman who threatened her endlessly last time but now, the woman before her was full of flesh. The sweet scent of blood trailed into her nose, stirring the demon within her. Thankfully, it seemed asleep or possibly too weak to make a move, else she would have been on the woman, draining her blood to the last drop. “Who are you? Who let you in here? No one is supposed to be in here…”"You talk too much, don't you think? You should be more bothered about what I can do for you instead of ranting about how I got here,” Elena stated. Heli swallowed her anger. Had it been normal, she would have torn the woman to shreds. “What do you have to offer?" Heli asked. “Freedom. Do you want anything more?" Elena asked. Heli took a look at the cell. How did the woman intend to break her out of here without attracting attention? To the best of her knowledge, the cell was heavily guarded by soldiers and there was no
“She is a very foolish one, I tell you. I made her an offer and she ignored me. Now she is going to get what she deserves,” Elena scoffed. When she didn't get any response to her rants, she turned to the people behind her. Joel and Klein were busy cleaning up their father's body."Is that how we do things now? I speak and you all ignore me?” She exasperated. “Mother please, now is not the time for trouble. We should be more concerned on how to help father recover,” Joel said."And you are one to speak? When last did anyone see you around here? You have been busy doing whatever and we have been suffering to keep him stable while fighting for our rights!” Elena yelled. "Why are you shouting, Mother? You are well aware that Joel had to leave for some manual work in the heart of the city to make money for father's treatment. You, on the other hand, have been chasing shadows and ranting all day,” Klein defended. "Oh, I see what this is. I won't stand here and let you both insult me. Be
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