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ISABELLE’S POVI am standing outside the king’s room. Lillian is standing on a little distance from me. Today I am dressed in a more suitable gown. I am thankful to Edith for this. It is red and is off the shoulder. Its bright red color is making it more beautiful. The dress shows the top of my breast. It will not be wrong to say that this dress is making my breasts look bigger. I did not like this dress but it is better than last night. It is tight on my waist but I am glad that it reaches the floor.The guard whose name I think is Walter opens the door. I take a deep breath before entering the king’s room and I am feeling the same dread, and terror which I had felt the last time when I was here in his room. His room is basked in darkness with only a few candles illuminated which is not doing a good job of illuminating the dark room. There is an eerie silence around me and I feel a little colder here in his room despite the wood burning in the fire heart. Maybe I am feeling cold be
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ISABELLE’S POV“So, from now on I will live here?” I ask the king, unsure of what I heard. This room is too big for a slave like me. “Yes, my love”. The king replies and pecks me on the lips. I smile widely at him and look around me. This room is a little smaller than the king’s room but is far bigger than my previous one. It is beautiful. I move towards the window and look outside. From here I can see the vast garden which is spread over miles. It is not very visible because of the darkness but still, I love the sight.I look towards the sky. There are so many stars in the sky and the crescent moon is also visible. This black sky is so mesmerizing. I was looking outside the window with happiness when I felt the king’s arms around me. While looking outside the window, I had completely forgotten about the king who was present in this room with me. He wraps his arms around my waist and places a gentle kiss on my neck. His body is so warm against mine. My body wants to lean back and
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ISABELLE’S POV Elise and Ivy left some while ago. They told me about the new slaves which were brought into the harem yesterday and some other things as well. I was quite surprised to hear about the previous mistresses. Mistresses are in the place to take care of the king’s needs and they are at a high rank than the other common slaves like me. They live in a separate part of the harem but they are treated nicely. They can roam freely in the palace and wherever they want. Now the king has sent them to the old palace. I have been thinking about this for a while now. What could be the reason for sending them away? Has the king lost interest in them? If it is right, then I hope the king loses interest in me too. I don’t want to be here. I have heard that there are not many soldiers in the old palace. This means that escape from there is easier and there are more chances. I don’t know what is written in my destiny but I hope whatever it is, it is good. I am looking outside the window.
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ISABELLE’S POV The time continued to pass with me sitting beside my bed on the floor. It is now evening and the sun is about to set. The whole day passed and I continued to think about Esme's words and what I planned to do now. I will not back down now. I hear the sound of the door opening. I don’t turn around to look who is at the door. I am in no mood to talk with anyone. I hope whoever the person is, leaves without bothering me. “Isabelle, where are you?” I hear Lillian’s voice but I don’t answer. I don’t want to talk with her. Esme must have complained to her about me. She always lies and again must have lied to her. She loves it when Lillian is angry at me. “Isabelle, are you here?” She again asks but I don’t reply. I hope she leaves because I am in no mood to talk with her. I hear her footsteps coming closer to me. “Oh! Here you are. Did not you hear me when I called you? Leave it, I have a more important thing to tell you. Isabelle, you must get up and take a bath quickly.
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ISABELLE’S POV “Till now you have seen my love but now you will see the wrath of King Eric Leonor. I tried to be good with you but I think you will not understand the importance of my love without going through suffering and pain”. King says angrily. I cry louder at his words. I look at him with my tear-filled eyes and blurry vision. In his eyes, for the first time, I see a glimpse of that cruel king about whom everyone used to talk about. In his eyes, I see rage and the thirst to punish me for disobeying him. I wish I could do something to calm his anger down. I wish I had not said those words. I wish I had not disobeyed him. Now I have no other option than to regret my actions. “Get up, Isabelle”. He orders angrily. His voice was so cruel, cold, and filled with anger. I got a shiver down my spine after hearing his order. What is he going to do with me now? I hope he is not planning to beat me. I have heard that the king cuts the tongue of those who say a word against them. I pray
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ISABELLE’S POVI don’t know how much time has passed with me being here in the dungeon. I cannot see anything in the darkness and this has started to creep me out. Now I have even started to imagine things like a table and some other things as well. I think I have reached the level of insanity. A normal person never imagines things that are not present. Maybe if I become insane then the king forgives me.Sometimes, when I open my eyes, I see different colors. I even saw another me at some point but I know all these are illusions. My mind is playing games with me because of the darkness. I did not move from where I was sitting. I was too afraid too. At some point, I thought a ghost would appear.The temperature suddenly dropped. I started to feel cold. I don’t know how this happened. I even rubbed my arms and feet to feel warm but nothing helped. Now my body has become numb just like my mind. I stopped feeling things. I just hope soon the king comes and takes me out. I have promised my
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ISABELLE’S POV I look towards the garden. No one is here like always. I am now sure that this is that part of the garden which no one ever visits. There are beautiful flowers here. There are some flowers which I have never seen before. Flowers of every color like orange, purple, yellow, and green are present here. The only thing that annoys me is that it is empty. Why is this garden so empty? I don’t know the answer to this. It is empty just like my heart and life. This thought saddens me. I feel loneliness, emptiness, and sadness inside my heart. These are the only things which I am feeling nowadays. My heart feels deserted now. Sometimes I feel like I am in a desert alone. I have no one with me whom I can call family. There is no one here with whom I can share what I feel and what my heart desires. It feels like a long time ago when I felt happiness. Now even the word happy feels so foreign to me. True happiness has become an illusion now. I wonder where my happy days got lost? Wh
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ISABELLE’S POV I was looking around when I suddenly remembered what I had been thinking about. I have been thinking about something for quite some days. I am so bored because I have nothing to do so I want something to occupy my mind. I want something which helps to take my mind off stupid things and thoughts. There is something I want and I know only the king can give me permission for this but I don’t know how to ask him about this. I fear that he might get angry. There are chances that he refuses too. I don’t care if he refuses or gets angry but I will ask him. “My king, there is something about which I want to talk with you. I have been thinking about it for some days but I was scared to talk with you about this?” I say with slight hesitation. I am not sure what his reaction will be. “You don’t have to be scared of me. You can ask and talk with me about whatever you want. Is it something that you want?” The king asks me. How did he know that I wanted something? Is it possible
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ISABELLE’S POV “How do you know that I am a queen?”. I ask her in a loud voice. She is still looking down at something in her hands. “I know everything”. These are the only words she says in her old voice. I was looking at her unable to understand anything when Elise pulled my arm a little. “Belle, I think we should leave”. She says to me close to my ear so that the elderly woman does not listen. Her voice was not above a whisper. “Wait a moment, Elise”. I put my hand on her hand and said to her. I take a few steps toward the table. Suddenly the old woman looked up at me. She is looking at me with her big wrinkled gray eyes. There is something in her eyes that I am unable to understand. She has an indescribable aura around her that screams I know everything. “Hmm… I see”. She looks toward me and says to herself. What does she mean by this? “What do you see?”. I ask her with confusion. She stands up and then takes weak and slow steps towards me. I don’t move back because then sh
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ISABELLE’S POVA few weeks have passed since my wedding and the day when I became the queen. That was the most beautiful day of my life. As I had shifted to the queen’s chambers which are just beside the king’s chambers so now, I am not in the harem anymore. I like this room and it is so big. I can meet the king whenever I want if he is in his chambers.Becoming a queen brings so many responsibilities with it. Now I have to participate in the celebrations held in the royal hall along with the king. However, it is completely my choice if I want to attend the parties held by the noble ladies or the wives of the ministers. In large celebrations, I have to just sit beside the king and smile. Now I have the responsibility of the whole harem on my shoulders as well.I can send whoever I want to the old palace, I can change the head of the harem and I choose which maids I want to have. I can control every aspect of my life. This is the freedom that I craved and now I have it. I cannot be hap
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ISABELLE’S POVI look at myself in the mirror. I am looking so beautiful today. The dress made by Edith is so beautiful that I am unable to take my eyes off of it. It is a sleeveless white dress and it has pearls stitched on it. It shows my back a little. My hair is tied on my back with fancy pins.“The king will be so much pleased to see you like this”. Edith says to me as she stands behind me and looks at me from the mirror. I smile. I don’t know if he will be pleased or not. He is still angry at me for escaping from the palace. The king did not talk with me since we arrived. He neither called me nor came to meet me.I am sure he is still angry at me and he is punishing me with his silence or maybe he is thinking of ways to punish me. I hope he has forgiven me. I don’t want to endure any more pain. I want us to be happy now. There are two to three maids here who are getting me ready. Elise is one of them.“Now let's put on the veil and the tiara”. Edith's voice brings me out of my t
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ISABELLE’S POVWe enter the palace’s boundary. Soldiers immediately bow upon seeing the king. Barden also joins them. It is early in the morning that’s why I think Barden is here. The sun has risen not so long ago.“Welcome back, my king, my lady”. Barden greets us. The king nods while I don’t say anything. I have nothing to say to him or any other person. The king did not talk with me throughout the journey. I also did not say anything to him. I never thought that I would confess my love to the king like this, like a vulnerable person. I look towards the palace and the flags of the Alsair Kingdom. I think it is the first time that I am not feeling sadness for coming to the palace. I am feeling like I am not the same person anymore. This palace for the first time does not look like a big cage to me. It does not look the same. I feel like everything has changed.The king stops the horse in front of the palace entrance. He climbs down the horse and then helps me in climbing down. He d
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ISABELLE’S POV I visit the fields, and the market but nothing is there like before. The fields have disappeared like they never existed. My village where there was hustle and bustle every time is deserted. Where did my family go? Are they dead? No, I should not think like this. They cannot be dead. I return to the place where my home used to be. I sit on a big rock in front of my burnt house and continue to look at it. I used to live here with my family but everything has changed. I have changed and this village has changed too. How can a lively village become so deserted? The day changed into the night but I did not move from the place where I am sitting. My thoughts are killing me from the inside. I am unable to understand where my family is. I am unable to understand what sin I have done in my life that I am getting punished like this. Now darkness is surrounding me. This darkness does not scare me because I am in my village, which once used to be my home. Now, where should I g
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ISABELLE’S POV “Wake up, young lady. We have reached”. A hand on my shoulder and a stern voice wakes me up. I open my eyes and look towards the man in whose cart I was traveling. I rub my eyes and straighten up a little. “Ladies nowadays are so weird. It is the middle of the day and you are sleeping. Wake up! I have to take these carts to the next village before sunset”. He again says rudely. The warm sunshine falling on me makes me realize that it is a day now. I slept through the whole journey. I get out of the cart and take my things with me. My legs feel so weak because of sitting for so long. When we left Lumina town, I had bandaged my arm again after applying the liquid. We took only two short breaks in a village to take something to eat and to use the bathroom. When the night had arrived and the darkness had spread around me, I was not able to stop myself from sleeping anymore. “Thank you”. I thank him and he makes a rude face in return. “Because of you, now my horse is so
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ERIC’S POV “Stop this bullshit and tell me Where is she”. I ask her angrily. Isabelle must have told her about this. She shares everything with her. It is not possible that she made a plan to escape and did not discuss it with Ivy. She must have shared it with her. There are chances that Ivy helped her in her plan. “I don’t know, my king”. She replies in a low voice. Her hands are trembling. Either it is because of fear or the fact that she is lying. “How you don't know? You are the head of the harem and I had ordered you to keep an eye on her then how did she escape?”. I ask her angrily and grip her neck in a strong grip. She starts crying. “My king, I-I think she escaped from the west-t part of the palace. Have you given her the k-keys?” She asks me fearfully. Her words gain my attention. I became suspicious. How does she know about the keys? How does she know that Isabelle asked me for the keys? This means only one thing. She knew about it. I leave her neck and take out my
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ERIC’S POV I enter the harem and start going towards my dove’s room. Half of the day has passed so she must be awake by now. Last night, when I called her to my room, Ivy told me that she has a mild fever and that's why she cannot come. I thought about sending a physician for her but Ivy told me that Isabel said there is no need for the physician and she will be fine by morning as it is just a mild fever. I wanted to visit her last night but Ivy told me that she has slept now. I did not want to disturb her so then I decided to visit her in the morning. I hope she is fine now because if she is not then I will call the physician. Our wedding is going to be in four days and she has got a fever at such an important time. I hope it was just a mild fever as said by Belle because if she is seriously sick then I will have to delay the wedding. I don’t want to delay the wedding because of any reason. That's why Belle will have to be fine by then. I enter her room and find it empty. There is
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ISABELLE’S POV “Yes, yes”. I quickly lie because this is the only way to get out of this alive. “Soldiers, lower down your swords. The king had ordered a few days back to let the slave go alive if she succeeds in getting out of the maze”. He tells the other soldiers and I breathe a sigh of relief. A smile appears on my face. “You can go. I have never seen any slave getting out of the maze alive in my sixty years. You are the first one to get out of the maze. You can go as per the king's orders”. He tells me and I quickly stand up. This is my chance to leave and I should be away from these soldiers as soon as possible. Suddenly I remember that I don’t have any water and I am thirsty. In fear, I had forgotten about my thirst. My throat has become as dry as a desert. “Can I get some water, please?”. I ask the soldier who seems like a good man. He nods. “Lucas, bring her some water”. He orders one of the soldiers and he goes to bring the water. “Can you tell me where am I? What i
