Chapter 6

*Alastair Pov*

After stepping into my hut, I shoved her away from me and locked the door. I glanced around to see that everything is cleaned, even in my absence.

“How could you drag me here infront of those people and how could you say that I am your slave?” I heard the lass questioning taking a step towards me.

“You are my Slave and I can do anything with you as I wish.” I replied lying on the cot while she paced before me.

“I am leaving from here. I am no one’s slave and I do not wish to be here.” She mumbled nodding her head.

“But you wished to be that Ramsey’s slave. I know that I am little better than him so you need not worry that much.” I retorted to which she just threw daggers at me with her eyes.

“And I too do not wish to have you as my slave. I did not want to get your life sacrificed for my people and that is just the reason for my words.” I added yawning.

“Why would my life be sacrificed? As far as I remember I didn’t take the life of your King or any good man of yours.” She uttered with a frown.

“No! But they all looked forward to see the torture of Ramsey with their eyes and it did not happen because of you. So, they would have shown the anger of that on you and they will in the future too, but they can’t harm your life as you are mine.” I gave a small explanation.

“So do not step outside without me if you love your life.” I added before closing my eyes.

“You acclaimed that you are the future ruler of Nadir.” She suddenly mumbled making me frown this moment.

“Yes!” I mumbled thinking about what did she got in her mind at this point.

“But how can the King be the father of Gavin?” She questioned and I sighed.

“King is not my Father, but I will be taking his throne after he steps down.” I replied not wanting to tell her anything about our lives.

“How can that be possible? Gavin is the rightful ruler after him, right?” She continued to question.

“No! As I am more capable of being a King, I am going to be honored with the ruling. Before Teodor my grandfather is the King, but my Father was not a capable person for the ruling so Teodor got the title.” I explained hoping that she stops with her questions.

“Who is Jacey? Your wife?” She suddenly questioned glancing around.

“No! She is the princess of Nadir.” I replied with patience.

“Now I understand how you are capable of being the King. If you wed the princess then you will be the King right.” She mumbled making me open my eyes and meet her smirk.

I immediately stood up and stepped towards her mumbling “Do not question something which I am getting after the work I have been doing for years. If Colton was capable he would have been chosen. And I do not want to marry that Princess.”

“I want to leave from here.” She uttered ignoring my words.

“You can’t! Get used to live here and try to not get trouble on your head.” I mumbled, taking the gallon to drink the water.

“What am I hearing, Alastair?” We heard a voice interrupting our words of exchange.

We both turned to see Jacey standing near the door with her folded arms, throwing a confused look at me while a dirty look at the lass.

“Lass, she is Jacey and Jacey this is my Slave.” I gave an introduction of each other.

“I am not a Slave.” Lass mumbled and added for both of us “I am Bhairavi.”

“How could you do this to me, Alastair? Will you break my heart for a mere Slave?” Jacey questioned me and Bhairavi fisted her hands.

“I never promised you anything, Jacey.” I replied sighing before opening the cupboards for a specific thing.

“You! Don’t you have a shame to be like this for a man?” She questioned the lass.

“Jacey, if you show me a way out of this place I will walk away happily and you have him.” Bhairavi suggested in a calm tone ignoring her words.

“It is Princess for you!” Jacey spatted at her.

“Jacey, go and ask colton to give me a visit.” I ordered her before taking out the rope.

“This is not the end, Alastair. I will have my right of being beside you some way.” Jacey said before walking away.

“How can you break the heart of a poor woman? Did you leave her after you got a word that you will be the ruler?” Bhairavi questioned me glancing at me with my sword in her hand.

“When did you get that?” I questioned her back and glanced at the table where I put that.

“When the woman was talking sadly about how much you have hurt her.” She replied pointing the sword at me.

“You asked for me, Alastair.” We heard another voice and turned to see Colton.

“Yes! Get some lass clothes for this woman and also some food. She is draining all the energy from my body.” I ordered him before stepping towards her.

“Do not step towards me or you will get wounded.” She threatened me making Colton chuckle.

“You should try to stay here in this hut for a few days, Bhairavi. The people are not having any peaceful thoughts regarding your punishment and Jacey is getting those in high level.” Colton suggested after giving us the things I ordered him to.

She threw the sword aside with a large sigh mumbling “What twisted minds do your people have. No one thinks to harm the person who harmed the evil.”

“We are different.” I offered her before opening the dish on our food.

“I figured!” she mumbled sitting on the cot and started having the food.

“It may have got the poison in it.” I mumbled sitting before her pulling the small stool and sat on it.

“I am used to be checked the poison in food when I was in the hold of Ramsey. This is not a new thing for me to do.” She retorted and continued to have her food.

“Will you give me a word to stay here without my eye on you for every second?” I questioned her after the intake of food.

“Which hut is yours?” She questioned me looking around.

“This is my hut!” I replied frowning.

“We live in this small space together? It will never happen.” She mumbled getting up and started walking towards the door.

“Then this will happen.” I uttered before dragging her to me and tied her hands with the rope I got from the cupboard.

“Remove this from my hands.” She screamed trying to make it go away.

“Then give me your word that you will not try to run away and live in this place with me.” I offered her tightening the rope.

“It is not proper for a man and a woman to be in the same place without a relation between them.” She said still trying to remove the rope making it wound her.

“I am not a kind hearted to remove it after seeing it hurt your skin, Lass. I have been giving you all the freedom to you until now even after I own you. If you do not listen to my words, then I will treat you how a slave gets treated in general.” I threatened her tying the other end on the hook on the wall.

“I am a Princess.” She suddenly mumbled.

“What?” I questioned her frowning.

“I am the Princess of Agatha.” She replied in a high tone and we suddenly heard the laughs from the door.

We turned to see Jacey, Gavin and Colton standing near the door. Then I glanced at the lass not knowing what to even say for telling a lie like that.

“Did you hear her brother? She is the Princess of Agatha.” Jacey said in a mockery.

“You need not lie, lass.” I mumbled to Bhairavi.

“I am not lying.” She mumbled back with a frown.

“Agatha rulers do not have any heirs and definitely not a girl child. And the rulers are still alive otherwise we all would have already got the Kingdom from the council by crying a war on them.” I explained.

“I do not understand.” She uttered looking at all of us.

“Agatha is the main and precious part of the council. So to hurt the council we would have fought a war with it if it got a lass as heir or even if the rulers are dead.” Colton explained to her and she fell into silence.

“So, do not lie like that again.” Gavin said looking at her.

“Why are you all here?” I questioned them frowning.

“We are celebrating for the victory of ours and the death of Ramsey. Everyone is waiting for your presence.” He replied and I nodded before walking outside the hut along with them.

Before closing the door, I glanced at her to see that she is looking at the floor making me shake my head and lock the door properly.

*Council Pov*

“If the Princess is not alive then we need to give the Kingdom away to a proper King before the news of the ruler’s death gets spread around.” One council member suggested.

“But there are the rumors that she is alive and even took the life of Ramsey.” Another mumbled hearing them from a soldier and a maid.

“Maybe we should wait for some more time and get this news hidden about the rulers death to the outsiders not giving a chance for any war on Agatha.” The main member uttered and everyone accepted to it but increased the plans to find out about the Princess.