Michael's POV"Fuck!" I growled as she dared walk out on me.I could not believe that this was the same Ella that couldn't even make a full setence with her eyes looking into someone's eyes.This was the same girl I found at the river bank, homeless and pregnant. The girl that was supposed to be easy to manipulate to do our biddings.She was the key to accomolishing our goal. I was so close and now she had changed drastically.She had changed so much nothing I did seem to get to her and to add insult to injury she didn't fear anymore.Same Ella, that cried and hid away when Selena was being hard on her. The same one that my mother took to college and now she was acting all posh and proper like she was born with a fucking diamond spoon between her teeth.My eyes were red as the reality of what was going on played itself in my head.Everything I had planned was failing abd I couldn't take it.Fuck."It sucks, to be you right now," Ryker mumbled with a soft chuckle lining his voice.My e
Ella's POVAunt Emily's question lingered into the air and I tried to stay poised but failed.I burst into uncontrollable laughter.The woman was so stupid coming up with a name that gave a perfect description of the kind of person that she was."Did you just call me insolent?" I asked through my puffs of laughter.Everyone else in the room froze, shocked by my reaction.In their sorry states, they thought they would be able to get to me if they used such words. But it only ended up making me laugh because I knew them both like the back of my hand."Aunt, please don't be pathetic! You of all people shouldn't speak of such words when you send your son to sleep with his cousins..." Then as quickly as the words left my mouth, I paused and widened my eyes."Wait a minute! Does he fuck you too?" I asked her.She became so red in the face, I predicted her next moves before she could even do it. She raised her hand and tried to slap me but my training in physical combat paid off.I stopped h
Ella's POVQuickly, my legs developed a mind of their own, and I began to run down the corridor, drawing towards the scream that had such a strong effect on me.My head was already whispering exactly what it was, but I refused to buy into it.I refused to be connected to a father who was nothing but fraud. A father who had sold me when I needed him to fight for me.I hoped it was something else.As much as I wished Esther no harm, I hoped it would even be her and not Andrew.I hated how my body burned when he was getting hurt. I hated our connection and the way it affected me.Why did I have a father who was nothing like one? Why didn't the goddess take him instead and return my mother to me...As I continued heading down the corridor, I crossed my fingers, hoping that it wasn't him.But who was I kidding?As I burst through the throne room, I saw the person. It was Andrew. He was kneeling on the floor, and Michael stood above him, pouring a hot liquid over his back.As the liquid touc
Ella’s POVAs the morning sun seeped into the room, my eyes flew open, and a cloud of irritation already sat over me as the thoughts of my situation rudely crashed into my subconscious.Remembering that I had to deal with Michael and Aunt Emily was on another level. But knowing that Michael would definitely try to use Andrew against me when I still hadn’t found a way to control the way my body felt around him.I hated that I cared that he was hurt. I hated that Michael was dragging him into this. I hated him.I got off the bed with a gruff and walked straight to the bathroom, ignoring Esther who glared at me from her corner. I could feel the questions already moving in her head, but I wasn’t in the mood to think of answers to questions I couldn’t answer.In the bathroom, I turned on the shower and without taking off my nightdress, I stood under it and let the cold liquid numb my brain. I had to think of a way to control my emotions around Andrew and also control my reception of his pa
Ella’s POVThe temperature increased significantly, as my words left my lips and landed into their ears. Michael looked like he was going to burst with anger while Aunt Emily shook.It felt good watching them shake so badly. This was just the beginning of their torture.“You think this is a joke, huh?” she growled, and I calmly took the glass of water in front of me to quench my thirst and increase the anger she felt.“Guards!” she yelled and about five hefty men came around her. She then pointed a finger at Andrew who was hanging for his life by the wall. “Teach that fool a good lesson! Give him thirty strokes!”My heart squeezed but I have anticipated this for so long that it did nothing to me. I continued eating my breakfast, ignoring the marching men as they went to Andrew’s side and began flogging him.I could feel Michael’s eyes on me as I ate, so I turned them to him and raised my brows. “Did you notice that the food is exceptionally delicious this morning?” I asked, staring in
Ella’s POVThe cottage where Selena and David had been thrown to was located on the edge of the royal property. It was so far back that I was starting to think we were on the wrong path till I saw the cottage myself.Even then, I still felt like it belonged to the wrong people. The David and Selena that I knew, wouldn’t have stayed in this hell hole no matter what.How did they fall so far below in such a short amount of time? As far as I knew they were partners in this horrible Game of Thrones they started with Michael and Aunt Emily… how come they got the bottom reward?And to think that they accepted it was just beyond me…“Hello?” Esther called out as we reached the front door of the cottage, snapping me out of my thoughts. “Is anyone home?” she repeated.I took the time to take in the environment. Even the cabin, Aunt Emily was usually sent to was better than this hole. It was much closer to the palace, and she had everything she needed, down to servant. But here…“Ella, you came
Michael’s POV“Stop hitting him! Take him back to the dungeon!” I growled, running my fingers through my hair in frustration.Ella had managed to turn me crazy. I have tried everything I knew in the book. I have tried every method possible, but nothing happened. She was impenetrable like some fucking clone.“Mother, do you think she could be a clone?” I asked my mother who was in the same state of mind as I was.Her hands were squeezing the life out of each other on the table and as I spoke, she turned her eyes to me and hissed. Rather than respond, she got on her feet and started walking out of the room.“Mother?” I called surprised at her attitude. I ran towards her and grabbed her upper arm, “Mother, you need to say something?”“Keep your mouth shut boy!” she hissed, pulling her arm out of my hold. “I am trying to think here!”A frown settled on my face at her reaction. There were guards there, yet she chose to speak to me like I was some commoner. Irritated by her attitude, I grab
Ella’s POVAs Esther and I, left Selena’s place, we headed straight to the palace. Our mind was crowded as we each stuck to ourselves, pondering over what Selena had proposed and the condition that David was actually in.As we got to the garden, Esther let out a sigh and I turned my eyes to her.“Do you think she could be right?” she blurted out and I could tell she had been thinking about it for a very long time. Her eyes shone under the bright light of the afternoon sun and her shoulders tensed up as she waited for my reply.Looking back to my insides, I had no response for her. I didn’t know what to believe either but what was certain was that David was going to die, whether we intervened or not.“I don’t know. But we are going to stop Michael and Aunt Emily. That’s for sure,” I replied, and we continued walking.“What should we do? Should we speak to the Jason guy?” She asked and I paused as I let the words sink into me.Initially, I wanted Selena to speak to him herself, but cons