Marcus huffed and said, "fine, it's Ritha... "
He was interrupted by Augustus's angry voice, "don't you dare complete that sentence. "
Marcus was confused at first but when the matter dawned upon him, he smirked at his brother. Augustus thought that he was saying that the lady was Ritha which was not the case with Marcus. Marcus wanted to further tease Augustus but decided against it when he saw the angry look in his eyes. He completed, "right now I said that Ritha is like my sister , I'm talking about her female protector, Aquila. "
Marcus rolled his eyes when he saw Augustus releasing a sigh of relief. "You are smitten by your wife's charm and grace. " mocked Marcus.
"Forget about me, plan about your wedding with Aquila. Right now, these cowards are a big issue for me. " Augustus masked his happiness and this time, he wanted to divert the topic.
Marcus's playful looks went away when he saw the serious looks on his brother's face. He felt sy
Before Rithambara could take out her small sword from her waistband, the intruder held her hands and whispered in a hushed tone, "not this time sweetheart. "Rithambara, who till now had an angry look giggled softly. " You love attacking from the backside. Isn't it? "What Ritha didn't realise was that they were standing next to their room and Augustus opened the door of his room and pulled her inside with him. He smirked, "You look enticing from behind. " But his smirk fell down when he saw Ritha giving him one of her deadliest look. "Wh.... What happened? I swear, it was not to disrespect you. God! I'm your husband! I can say that. ""Husband or not you don't get to say such despicable things."Augustus had his eyes wide, "despicable ? I'm your husband! It's definitely not despicab.... Alright! Pardon me! It is despicable ." he changed his sentence in mid when he saw his wife's anger rising.Here, Rithambara was just teasing Augustus to see
Ritha had never been so apprehensive in her life till that moment. . All those emotions were overwhelming for her. Suddenly, she saw her husband looking at her lips with keen interest and out of fear she chapped both of her lips together and pressed it into a thin line.Augustus had a huge smile playing on his lips. It was an euphoric feeling for him as he finally had someone who would tease him, smile with him and bring emotions out of him. He slowly brought his hands to her lips and freed them. "Is that a blush that I'm seeing on your cheeks, dear wife? " teased Augustus.Ritha didn't get the time to react when Augustus brought his lips on her. Her eyes drooped down and she was waiting for him to remove his lips but instead of removing his lips, Augustus ran his tongue on her lips. This caught Rithambara off guard. She tilted her head a bit in order to avoid his tongue touching her lips. This made Augustus's tongue lick her left cheek.
After being caught by Aurelius in such an intimate position, Ritha and Augustus couldn't fathom what to do next. After quickly getting up from the bed Ritha turned around and started looking at the walls with keen interest in order to avoid eye contact with Aurelius. She mentally slapped herself for being careless. Firstly Marcus and now Aurelius saw her in such a way.Augustus's frustration escalated after seeing Aurelius. He glared at Aurelius who himself was flushed. Augustus broke the awkward silence by questioning Aurelius, "What are you doing here? Don't you know how to knock? "Aurelius who was beyond ashamed, apologized, "I beg your pardon, your Highness. I came to know through Highness Marcus that you were attacked and injured so I was worried for you so I came as fast as I can and I forgot to knock, I once again apologize for my recklessness. "Augustus's lips twitched a bit upwards seeing so much concern in his
"We need to execute our plan well because we can not afford to lose more soldiers of ours. It was a bad move of yours to send messages at first. Why don't we kill them already ?" frustration was leaking out of Aelia's mouth when she spoke these words.She was very furious at the fact that their four soldiers died just in order to send message to Augustus. Even Luca got hurt by Augustus's wife. It wasn't even a week since she had arrived yet she had reeked havoc for them. She raked her teetered hand through her silver shiny hair in order to calm herself.Stephano didn't like anyone defying him but instead of venting out his anger, he kept his calm because he knew that in a group, unity plays a key role. He straightened his position and cranked his neck side wise which produce a crackling sound. After calming himself he muttered in his deep voice, "nothing goes in vain, Aelia. The fear which is instilled in their heart is because of me
Justus was looking with an anticipating look towards Rithambara wheras she was short at words to speak. She stared deep into Justus's eyes and gathered all her courage and murmured , "I had some important work to do so I got late son but I promise I won't ever leave you."After hearing Ritha's answer, Justus hid his head in Ritha's chest so that she could not see his tears. He replied in a blubbering tone, " but everyone said that your mother is dead. I killed my mother. Ma, what is death? "Ritha choked on her own saliva after hearing such a pregnant question from a boy who was not even three years old. She couldn't even imagine what this poor boy has to go through. How cruel and selfish people could be! She thought. They didn't even consider the feelings of a two years old. She didn't know how to explain the meaning of death to Justus. In order to drive him away from this conversation, she scooped him up in his arms and strolled out of t
Hue of red Colour drained from the members of eagles after seeing no aftermath of their planned conspiracy. King Atticus was perfectly alright and the meeting was proceeding very well without anyone's death. Aelia had her jaws hitting the ground. 'what happened? Why is king Atticus still alive? I myself poisoned the glass and then poured the wine. Even the maid is same. Where did it go wrong? ' these were the questions which were spinning in Aelia's head. She couldn't come to a conclusion.Stephano and Luca who were hiding behind one of the curtains had lowered their eyes seeing the cold look of their master sitting on the table with king Atticus.Stephano knew that he would pay for this blunder because the impassive look on his master's face screamed trouble for him wheras, Luca cursed that old hag, Aelia, for not doing her work properly and putting all of them in danger. She always pulled him and Balbina down but she herself fai
Augustus and Ritha kept waiting for an hour but no one approached the maid. Augustus's temper was rising with each passing second which was evident from his face. When he was unable to contain his anger, he started marching in maid's direction but Ritha's held his hand. "Please leave my hand Ritha. She's going to die today. No body came to meet her. Maybe she's the one who had planned my father's murder." saying so, Augustus freed his hand from Ritha's grip and took threatening steps towards the maid but Ritha came infront of him and blocked his path.She hugged him tightly and pushed him little backwards. She could feel raised heartbeat of her husband which was proof of the raging hormones surging through his veins. Wheras for Augustus, Ritha's sudden hug caught him off guard and he halted in his steps.When Ritha was confirmed that he's not moving , she removed her hands from his torso and cupped his
There was a pin drop silence in the room and serious look was adorned on everyone's face.Master's eyes were solemnly fixed on Aelia who had her head bent down. Afterall, things didn't turn out as per their plan and it was a huge blow on their reputation. None of them were courageous enough to speak first infront of the master.After a minute or so, the Master spoke in his velvety voice with a tint of anger in it, "You know Aelia, I'm not angry on you because our plan backfired, I'm angry on you for being careless and going to get answers from the maid. Everything is acceptable in life but being careless and letting our guards down because of our high emotions is the cause of downfall. You were so enraged with the maid that you became oblivious to the surrounding and were about to get caught. "Aelia, who was very ashamed of herself responded with a yes to the master. After seeing the guilty look in Aelia's eyes, the
(Special chapter on Ritha's pregnancy) Heavily pregnant Rithambara was having a tough time managing all her emotions. The random jolts of how Justus would react would fetch an extreme amount of anxiety to her. Augustus had tried to calm her many a times, still, she couldn't come up with the courage to let her son know about pregnancy.The little heartbeat in her stomach was beautifully rhyming with her happiness chord, yet fear was also an addled factor. She looked at her son, sleeping soundly, next to her. Augustus was ecstatic when he found that he was about to have another child and so was Ritha. When happiness settled down, a challenge galloped them. A challenge of breaking down this news to their four year old son, Justus. Her husband had his arms wrapped around Justus's little form and he like their boy, he too was sleeping while slee
His lips curved upwards after looking at those cushy aqua blue eyes. Certainly, painter had used an occult shade of blue to paint those enchanting eyes because he could feel himself going in an unending trance.He titillated his hands over the portrait of young lady's waist brunettes locks. Her fair, smooth pink skin was invoking sordid thoughts within his mind and he could just imagine, what it would feel like to touch her in real. Even before he could fathom his words, he ended up speaking it out loud, " what a beautiful portrait of this beauty! "Adger, ruler of Britannia ( Britain), could see that shining fascination in his son's eyes and to say the least, it was dangerous.He warned him, " this portrait doesn't even justify half her beauty but it's futile to even think of her. She's daughter of most powerful Rex, Augustus. "' Not even half her beauty? 'That certainly caught
Rithambara's heart squeezed in pain seeing her little boy curled up emptied stomach on the bed. His midnight, curly hair was falling on forehead while his lips were a bit pouted. Tear stained cheeks were telling the saga of his cries and she could feel her own eyes watering. Every royal member had had the dinner and it was only her and Abhi who couldn't gulp down even a single morsel. One in anger and other in pain.Keeping the dinner plate on the table, she went on Abhi's bed and caressed his cheeks. She flared her soft hands through his hair and kisses his eyes which were closed. How innocent he looked in sleep! No matter what, at the end, he was her youngest and apple of her eyes. Though she loved Justus and Eirene equally, Abhi had inherited her features and he reminded her so much of her Indian backgrounds. Though he never wore Dhoti or Indian attires apart from festivals , she knew he was the most handsome Indian Prince.Two years back when she had go
' Filthy daughter of traitors.'Such harsh words stabbed her porcelainheart and her eyes welled up with fat tears but, she refrained them from falling down. Closing eyelids, she tried to pacify the flaring anger shooting through her body. She adored Abhi but his snobbish nature always agitated her. She was about to snarl a harsh comment but, a sudden, sharp cry compelled her to look at the youngest Prince. A smirk appeared on her lips when she found Queen Rithambara twisting Abhi's ear.Meanwhile Rithambara was highly infuriated with her son's behavior. Few minutes back, she was worried as he hadn't returned back to palace for afternoon meal but, after hearing such painful words from Abhi's mouth made her heart bleed. She felt as if it was a stab on her ethics and morals. She had no knowledge of source which had encrypted such hurtful words in his mind. She had never used words like 'filth' yet, her n
Laying in arms of her husband, with unorganized thoughts, raw emotions was the best feeling ever for her. She was enjoying warmth radiating from Augustus's chest and a dazzling smile from him contributed to the peaceful ambience. Occasions like this were very rare where she forgot her responsibilities to savour something so special. On most of the days, more like nights, he was out on trade or pacifying kingdom's matters but tonight, it was a leisure feast for both under dim light cascading from chandelier hung on the roof of their luxurious room.Soaked rose and Jasmine petals were fragmenting the room and accompanied the aroma of love. Ah! That heavenly feeling of Augustus running hands through her hair like playing with violin cord was all she ever wanted. She came out of reverie when Augustus suddenly flipped her on the cozy bed and covered her with his body. Soon, she was a slithering mess under his pleasant tortures. She intervened her hands with him
Tiny footsteps were hurrying through the corridors without any care of the yellings behind him. He was huffing and puffing but definitely not willing to lose. His wavy mid night black hair were bouncing, at times, covering his little face.He was fighting tooth and nail but the compact metal sword in his hand was making his forehead break into sweats. The sharp shine of the sword had attracted him in the very first glance but his mother never allowed him to touch it and even had hidden it. Sister Eirene, brother Justus, everyone had their small, slightly curved, metallic and shining sword but he had none. The very thought used to make him frown. Neither his cries nor his pleas of holding had worked on Rithambara but after all, he found it. He giggled loudly when his little brain pictured the morning incident. His mother thought that he was asleep in cot when she hid that shining, fascinating thing under the thick mattres
Aqua blue eyes shone with mirth at her father's intelligent move of removing opponent's queen in chess. Light breeze was sweeping her brunette hair in irregular pattern. A hearty, victorious giggle filled in the surrounding space and soft, yet, delighted voice chirped in, " Father! We will win. " Augustus removed his eyes from chess and looked at his replica and laughed along with her. His heart swelled with happiness looking at his daughter, Eirene whose smile was charming enough to make morning birds sing. This six summers old young lady owned every inch of his heart.Just like her name, her persona radiated peace. He spoke with same enthusiasm as his daughter's, " Yes, Eirene. Seems so. " Princess Eirene giggled and clapped her hands which was interrupted by her mother's voice, " Daughter, we shouldn't celebrate early. Seems like your father's king is out, summoning our win. "
Thanks to everyone who kept patience by reading and voting chapter by chapter. ❤Augustus was numb.' Maybe he's speaking the truth. Maybe he should die. 'Negative thoughts fogged his rational thinking while a tear spilled out of his eyes. It was Cassius who was handcuffed but it felt as if it was his soul and mind which was grappled with guilt.Aurelius had his jaws clenched and he knew very well that what that old man was trying to do. He was manipulating Augutsus. Therefore, he shook his shoulder with force and for the first time, addressed him with his name, " Augutstus! Remember, a calm sea doesn't make a skilled sailor. Life is throwing adversities because you're strong enough to handle it. Don't think about this dog! You've to look after Justus and Highness Rithambara. You can't just die. "Augustus revived a bit of his sense hearing to Aurelius's words. H
I thought it'll be the last chapter but Bruh! It's longer than I thought ! Here's the chapter! Next one will be soon if I get votes. When King Cassius arrived in Frosinone after defeating Naples, he was pleasantly shocked. It was army of Florence, his dear son in law. He smirked thinking about poor Augustus as soldiers were laying dead smudged in red liquid.' Did any one of the small neighborhouring state killed half of his army? 'Crown of Rome started shimmering in his mind. He was thrilled by it and his army men paraded further with relaxed attitude but oh man! How wrong they were! ( P. S. - chapter 63 Madder root strategy) In the middle of everything, Sicilians didn't understand what actually happened but as they were crossing the sea of dead bodies, they started falling down. A deep, deadly cut was made on the