Roman growled threateningly at his brother as he slammed the door in his face and slammed his fist against the door repeatedly, screaming profanities at him. He collapsed onto the floor panting heavily. He stared at the ground blankly as tears streamed down his cheeks. He heard footsteps coming towards the stairs, however, he didn't bother looking up."King Roman." Celine whispered sadly.He ignored her as he continued to cry softly. He was terrified of his eldest brother knowing about Celine. He knew that if his brother ever found out that his son and heir was having an affair, he would never forgive him. It would destroy their family name and destroy the relationship that they had created. He would never be able to marry Celine. Not only did he not deserve her; he didn't even deserve her friendship. If anything, he deserved his older brother. Roman knew that Celine would eventually leave her father because he had become a monster and he wasn't fit to be a father anymore. A few mo
She opened her eyes wide and looked around in confusion. Why was she in another room? She looked up and gasped loudly. Standing in front of her, his hands pressed firmly against her sides, was her future husband, Roman. His green eyes gazed at her intensely. The heat radiating from his body radiated through the thin fabric of her nightshirt. Slowly, he bent his head downwards and pressed his lips against hers. She responded enthusiastically, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. He groaned and deepened the kiss, his tongue gliding across her bottom lip. She whimpered at the contact, causing him to pull back from the kiss."Celine." He breathed, leaning his forehead against hers."I love you." He whispered, pressing his lips against her again.Celine giggled lightly."I love you too."He broke free from her embrace and rested her down on the bed gently."I need to take off my clothes." She murmured, blushing bright red."Okay." He replied, pulling up his trousers and tossing the
"We should go downstairs and start dinner." He muttered."Alright." She agreed easily.When they got downstairs, however, it appeared that they weren't alone. There was a large group of people standing around and eating in the dining room. Upon seeing Celine emerge from behind Roman, however, the entire crowd grew silent and turned to look at her. Her blood ran cold. The faces of the wolves she'd seen staring at her earlier flashed quickly through her mind. It made her stomach turn. The one wolf in particular, however, seemed especially curious about her. She couldn't tell what his facial features looked like, she was unable to look directly at him. Nevertheless, she somehow knew that he would recognize her eventually. A shiver went up her spine and she gripped tightly on to Roman's arm.Roman noticed her discomfort and frowned worriedly. He then leaned in close and whispered something to her ear. She stiffened slightly and nodded. She didn't want to have any more unnecessary conve
"Don't ever think that you're going anywhere Roman." She spat. "If I thought that you were going to leave me, I would never have forgiven myself. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let you go."Roman raised an eyebrow and stared at her questioningly."So why do you want me to stay? Did you finally decide that you don't care about me anymore? Have you forgotten your promise to give yourself to me?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows."Of course not! Don't think for a second that I've forgotten about what I promised you. I just need a little bit more time."Roman stared at her blankly for a moment before he rolled his eyes."Are you serious, Celine? When you asked me to take you away from here and never let you see your family again, I said yes because I knew exactly what you were talking about. Now you've gone and done exactly what you said you were going to do."He shook his head and sighed loudly before glancing back up at her."I understand that you need time Celine. I truly d
"No. You have to eat some of this." He said softly.His eyes were gentle. Almost sympathetic. But his expression remained stoic. There was no warmth in his gaze. No kindness. Just pure emotionless determination. That's when she noticed how much he looked alike her late father. The way his jawline was sharp and square and his piercing green eyes burned into yours. The way he held himself. Even the way he spoke. If not for his appearance alone, she might not have known that he was related to her.With a sigh, she dropped her hand back down onto her lap and started to pick at the food on her plate. Suddenly, something else caught her eye on her plate and she glanced up curiously. She frowned slightly as she picked up the small glass bottle that was lying next to the plate. Her eyes widened slightly. Was that what she thought it was? Before she could stop herself, she brought the object close to her face and inhaled deeply."What is that?" Roman questioned as he tilted his head slightl
So, after agreeing that it would probably be better if he accompanied her, he reluctantly followed her outside the house to the gardens where she usually liked to play. He stood behind her as she ran through the flowers, giggling joyously as she skipped and jumped around the grass. His eyes flitted around curiously, observing everything around him. It was very different to the gardens he was familiar with in Rome. For one thing, there weren't many trees here. Instead, there was just a small hill in the middle of the gardens. And there wasn't much to see either. There was the occasional flower bed with various flowers blooming everywhere. Then there was a huge pond at the other side of the garden that Celine loved to wade into when she felt particularly lonely. She always tried to convince Roman to join her, but he refused everytime. He hated water."Do you think we will get to go somewhere fun today?" She asked curiously, glancing over her shoulder at him."Maybe." He answered sof
"My King...please...just talk to me. Please don't make me do this alone." She whispered desperately."I won't." Roman promised.Her heart stopped beating when she saw that the door to the greenhouse had already swung open. Roman stepped into the greenhouse. Celine followed reluctantly, squeezing his hands tighter. She felt like she was going to faint the second she entered the greenhouse.The room was filled with dozens of beautiful plants and plants that were growing in pots all over the room. It was a beautiful sight to look at. Celine felt a lump form in her throat as she continued to stare at the room in awe."Roman? What's this place?" She asked, trying to distract herself from the fact that she was practically trapped inside of a greenhouse."It's called a greenhouse. Or, at least, that's what it originally was." He replied as he walked through the room.He stopped in the centre of the greenhouse and spun around so that he was facing her. He gestured for her to come closer. She
"Nope. You're not going to get that information until tomorrow morning. For starters, I don't plan on explaining everything to you tonight. I want you to enjoy your visit with me first." He said."But?""No buts." Roman cut her off. "If you truly want my explanation, then we shall wait until tomorrow morning."Celine sighed in annoyance."Fine. As long as you give me a good reason as to why we shouldn't start making love right now."Roman laughed lightly."Goodnight Celine." He whispered softly.Celine bit her bottom lip as she watched him turn away and leave her there in the middle of the path in the garden."Goodnight Roman." She whispered.Celine awoke the following morning to the sound of birds chirping outside of the window. She stretched slowly and yawned loudly. Then she glanced at the clock in her bedroom to see how long she had slept. It read 6:30am. She rubbed her eyes tiredly and sat up in bed. The memories of last night started flooding back into her mind. She remembered
King Roman finally get all of he ever wanted the throne, peace and his family back without any disturbing, he feels so happy to raise his children together with his beloved wife Celine.Celine was finally able to get out from the cursed and finally together with King Roman."Celine, let me take you into the magical garden there."Celine nodded and King Roman kept holding her hand.He kissed her hands and she smiled happily at him.The two got out of the castle and started walking in the garden.It wasn't just the normal garden but a magic garden that could make plants grow from anything.They went through the garden and when they get to a small pond near the garden Celine jumped into the water.She swims around happily and laughs as she looks up from the water.When she comes back out she saw that the king hasn't follow her so she looked over where she last seen him.He was standing right at the edge of the pond looking at something that made him smile like never before.Her husband a
Unfortunately, this didn’t stop his heart from breaking a little whenever they cried or when they woke up screaming in the middle of the night, scared of monsters or demons, unable to control themselves. Sometimes, Roman wondered if he should try to help them somehow, but then he remembered what happened the previous day. If he had interfered, then the kidnappers would have gotten away with everything, and Celine and his daughters would have died. Instead, he decided to ignore them, pretending as if nothing had happened and letting the incident be completely forgotten. This way, Celine could have a normal life again, and he could finally sleep without worrying about her.As Roman went through that process of ignoring and forgetting about the incident, he gradually began to grow tired. Despite that fact, he stayed up until late into the night before finally falling asleep.When he woke up the next morning, the sun was shining brightly and he could hear birds singing outside in the
Slowly and cautiously, he moved his gaze toward the direction that he thought he had seen the source of the noise coming from. And suddenly, he realized that the source of the sound had been Celine’s hand. She was clutching her left hand tightly in both of hers and she had begun rocking herself back and forth in a small circle. The movements weren’t violent, though, but rather rhythmic, and were definitely something that Roman recognized as something she frequently did when she was upset.It wasn’t that Roman was surprised that Celine was having trouble sleeping or that he was worried that she might be feeling uncomfortable. After all, she had been through quite a bit today, and it was understandable that she might feel that way. But what shocked him was that she was apparently doing it in the middle of the night instead of at the usual hour when he would normally be waking her up to ask her if she needed anything. It was odd behaviour for her, especially after what had happened
So, he would wait. He would patiently try to support his wife, and he would try to be there for her, and he would do his best to make sure that she was always happy. But above all else, he would have to keep reminding himself to stay calm. No matter how angry he was, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t be able to break down if he were to lose his composure. And if he broke down, there was no doubt that he would never forgive himself. Not for something like that. He might not understand what it was like to live with her constantly and watch her suffer, but he didn’t want to find out what the outcome might be if he actually broke down. So, for the sake of his family, he would remain strong and hold himself together. That way, if things did end up getting rough, he had a chance to save what little remained of his family and his sanity.And that was all that really mattered. Everything else, everything else was just distractions.His thoughts were broken away from their current tr
It had become quite clear over the course of the last two weeks that he wasn’t going to be able to keep pushing Celine as far as he normally would have. It pained him to see her hurting like this. He understood, logically speaking, that she was still in a fragile place mentally, but it seemed that the more time that passed by and the more painful memories that surfaced, the less he wanted to push her. So, in order to help her move forward, he would have to allow her to talk to him, but only after she had been cleared for release. He was going to be patient with her, however long it took. In fact, he would be patient for years if it meant that he would eventually be granted the opportunity to help her heal and grow stronger.Roman sighed deeply and ran his fingers through his hair before turning his attention back to the book resting on his lap. It was nearing the end of the third chapter and he had already finished reading through it three times. This was the fourth time he had re
Celine continued crying quietly, occasionally letting out a small whimper or sniffle, until she finally lost the ability to hold back anymore. She sat against the cold white tiles, hugging herself tightly and allowing her body to relax as much as it possibly could. A part of her wished that she didn’t need to be rescued, that she could just fall asleep and never wake up again. Or that someone would come in and save her from everything else. Maybe Roman would come back after work and sweep her up into his arms and carry her to bed. Perhaps she could convince him to stay. To spend forever with her. To be happy together.But no matter how desperately she hoped that was going to happen, it wasn’t going to happen. Because he wouldn’t be back for another week and even if he was, that wouldn’t give her enough time to convince him that her problems were truly worth helping her deal with. It just wasn’t realistic.She wasn’t going to lie. It hurt. There was a part of her that still loved h
Roman sat down at the other end of the counter, turning his head so that his eyes were looking up at her. He had a soft smile on his face and she was unable to avoid smiling back. She loved when he smiled like that. It made her feel warm inside. It brought back memories of simpler times that she wished she could forget. When they were both young and in love. When things between them weren’t complicated or hard to work through. Before everything had gone so wrong and they were separated by miles upon miles of ocean. Before they had even met. “So…what happened?” he asked hesitantly.“What do you mean?”“Well last night was kind of weird…and today isn’t exactly the best situation either, so what happened last night that has you so upset?”“Don’t worry about it,” she mumbled.“It doesn’t look like you want to talk about it,” he pointed out. “And honestly, I think it would probably make you feel better if I knew what was going on. We don’t know each other that well yet…we hardly know
The next morning, when Celine awoke, Roman was lying on the couch, facing her, sound asleep. His arm was slung over the top of her torso and he was snoring gently into her shoulder. He looked peaceful as his eyebrows were relaxed and his mouth hung slightly open. For a split second, he looked younger and less exhausted than he usually did. His hair was disheveled, sticking out at odd angles and there was an obvious flush on his face due to the heat radiating from the heater. Her heart fluttered in her chest at the sight. He looked so adorable and it gave her butterflies to see him looking so tired and worn out. She reached up with her hands to push some of his messy curls away from his forehead before running her fingers lightly over his temples, pushing them downwards gently as she did so. His eyes fluttered for a moment and she thought he was about to wake up, but instead, he nuzzled into her hand, sighing contently as he continued to drift further and further towards slumber.A
Roman nodded quickly, standing up and walking swiftly towards the kitchen. He rummaged around inside the medicine cabinet for a bit, searching through the various bottles until he managed to find a bottle which he immediately popped open and handed to her. She took it gingerly and swallowed down two capsules. She glanced up at him and smiled gratefully. “Thanks.”“You’re welcome. How are you feeling anyway? Are you really alright?”She nodded. “Yeah. I’m fine. A little dizzy, maybe. But I’ll manage. It’s just exhaustion.”He frowned slightly. “But you just said that it’s been three weeks. What happened? Have you not slept for three weeks now?”“I told you, Roman. My body is just adjusting to everything that happened. That’s all. Don’t worry about it. Please, stop asking questions. You’re making me uncomfortable.”Roman sighed and sat back down on the couch, taking her hand into his again. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked so many questions.”“No, no, you’re fine. Just please stop