Have Him

DOMINIC DIREKEN

Spineless. Weak. Submissive. Those three words best described the man in front of me, keeping up a brave font even though I could see his knees bucking every now and then.

There were actually quite a lot more words that I would describe him with. Words like... tempting and...

Scrap that.

Those three words described him best. Maybe adding 'lowly' to the words would make it a better fit for him. The flushed look on his face when I had pulled my towel off had been quite amusing.

As a male slave, he must have gotten used to seeing the other men undress in front of him and yet he had been so flustered.

The mate bond could have been messing up with him just like it was slightly messing up with me too. But I was a man of principles and a mate bond could not totally mess me up along with my principles.

I was now fully dressed and I had a meeting with Princess Roana for the day.

"Pick that gift box up and follow me" I ordered and watched him hurry over to the gift box. He picked it up, straightened up and looked towards me.

The look I gave him made him readjust his posture and he pushed his chest out a little bit more, probably trying to seem bigger.

The action made me want to chuckle but the chuckle turned into a smirk as I turned away from him and walked out of my room with him hurrying behind him.

"Your highness." Will bowed as we stepped out.

"Will, you may have the day off. I'd see how much this new toy can serve me."

"Yes, your highness. I appreciate the day off. " Will replied as I walked past him.

I could hear the hurried steps of Ray after me and his scent following after me.

We were totally out of my chambers and my side of the palace when the pleasant scent in the air was interrupted by one that irked me a lot. A scent I wanted to so get rid of from the world already and I would do it soon. It was just a matter of time.

Lyon showed up on my path, walking towards me. I stopped, a hard and almost threateningly predatory look on my face.

"Your highness, the crown prince." he greeted, getting to me and doing a small curt bow.

As he raised his head from the greeting, he had a small smile on his face. A smile I so wanted to wipe away from his damn face.

"That title must feel so good, doesn't it, brother?" He asked, squinting his eyes a little.

"Ah, it truly does. It feels so good that it is such a pity that you would never actually get to know how if feels like." I replied, letting my facials relax a little bit more.

His smile turned wider.

"Right. I would never get to know what it feels like to be called the crown prince. No matter what happens, that is never going to happen. Never ever going to happen." The smile turned into a grin.

I smiled at him and put a hand to his shoulder, stepping forward to get closer to him.

"I'd be dead for you to ever feel what it feels like." I whispered to him.

"Well, if you say so, your highness." He replied back in a whisper.

"Such a beautiful wish, Lyon. Too bad none of these assassination attempts could take me out. I'd look forward to yours though. Put more efforts into planning it and perhaps I would at least get a scratch." I replied him and stepped back.

He maintained his smile as we created a little distance between the both of us.

"Have a nice day, your highness."

"You too, brother."

I let my face pull back into that stern and hard look as I walked past him, leaving behind that unpleasant scent and unpleasant face.

Ray hurried on after me especially since my steps got quicker after meeting with Lyon. I really could not wait to get rid of Lyon already but this was not the time for rash decisions. This was a period of carefulness and perfect calculations.

"Ray." I called, suddenly stopping in my tracks.

"Yes, your highness." he stopped just behind me.

"Step forward." I called out to him and he stepped forward, holding the gift box firmly.

"Have you ever killed someone before?" I questioned and saw his eyes go wide for a second.

"No, your highness." he replied and I nodded for a second.

"But if I asked you to kill someone for me, would you?" I questioned and his first response was a slight bow.

"I do not have any other option other than to do as as you wish so I would do as per your orders." He replied.

Submissive. Too submissive.

"But if you had your options? If you could choose to or not to?" I asked and he raised his head to look at me. And this time, he looked me right in the eye and his eyes seemed different too.

"I would not. If I had my own options, I would not kill for someone else, especially if that person was innocent." He replied and for the next few seconds, I mused over his answer before chuckling.

"And what is your definition of innocent?"

"Someone who isn't guilty of a crime?" He replied and I chuckled again.

"Just get back behind me" I continued on my walk.

Innocent? Not guilty of a crime? There was no such thing as an innocent person. No one was innocent and everyone would do insane things to get certain things.

Just like I would do insane things to get to the throne. I would do anything, any fucking thing to get to the throne.

*

"You are here, your highness" Roana smiled as I walked into her chambers.

"Yes, Princess Roana" I replied with a lazy look on my face. She was one of my father's many daughters but Roana was the only one amongst my father's daughters who I found smart and wild enough to have on my side.

Her mother, a devious one herself had left Roana her devious qualities when she died.

Roana was a crazy one, no doubt but her craziness had landed her an important position and she had made herself a force to reckon with in the palace.

"You only call me Princess when you have something to request from me." she pointed out.

"Right." I slouched into a sofa.

"Is it serious?" She asked, her brown eyes turning stern.

"And who is this?" Her eyes darted to Ray, the sternness vanishing for a few seconds as she settled her gaze on Ray who stood just behind the sofa I was sitting on.

"Your new fuck toy?" Roana asked, grabbing a bottle of wine from the table and pouring the wine into a glass.

"Him? No. Absolutely not." I replied and Roana looked at Ray again.

"Well, he does seem a lot lesser than your status but he looks absolutely delicious to me." She smirked and directed her gaze to me.

"Can I have him if you don't want him? I could have him overnight and tomorrow he'd be back to working for you. You won't mind, right?" She asked and I really shouldn't mind.

I shouldn't mind that Roana wanted to use Ray for a night. It wasn't the first time I was passing men or women to Roana to use and it had never been an issue for me but this time, I think I actually minded, a little bit.

It was definitely the shitty mate bond that was causing this shit. I mean, Ray wasn't even attractive enough for me to get possessive over.

I glanced over at him with an irritated look. Dressed in that uniform, fairly muscular body and yet of a small build, ruffly hair and full eyelashes with...

Shit!

I looked away from him to Roana who was still waiting for a response from me, her eyes were eager.

I tried to picture it. Roana making Ray fuck her. It would be like the other night when Ray was making out with that slave girl.

That picture was unpleasant. Fucking unpleasant.

"Why the delay? Just tell me you'll give him to me. I mean he isn't even your fucktoy, you can surely give him to me for a night, right?" She asked and I took in a deep breath.

There was no need to make this weird. I was a man of principles and I wasn't going to make the shitty mate bond ruin things for me.

So I let out those two words to give Ray away for the night like I'd do to every other random person.

"Have him."