King Lincoln sat in the throne room, his hands fisted on his seat as the guards bowed in front of him .
"We couldn't find her at her father's place, My King. She isn't back yet" one of them said.
Each guard had his knee on the floor.
"Are you sure about that?" Lincoln asked, having his doubts.
"Yes, My King. As a matter of fact, the house was completely empty because we searched the whole place, but couldn't find anyone. Not even her father".
Lincoln wet into deep thoughts immediately. Her father wasn't in? Then, where could he be?
He knew for sure Roseline couldn't be so fast to get to her father before his guards. She had no hits with her .So, it was actually possible she was still somewhere around the village. Yes, possibly. .
But where could she be? Where did she spend the night? Who knows if she had been hurt?
The lady ran out of the bush, going after the unrecognized figure, but it was too late as the person was fast enough to get lost."Damn it!" She hit her fists.Who the hell could that be? Who could've taken such risk to eavesdrop at their conversation??Her accomplice came running out of the bush afterwards to join her."She's gone?" He asked, his voice sounding so deep and the lady nodded."Do you think she must've seen our faces?" He asked, staring at the direction she had taken"How am I supposed to know? This isn't good at all. Who could that Witch be?"They were silent for a little while."I think we need to part ways for now... just incase" the man said and the lady nodded in agreement.That was probably the right thing to do."Bye then" she said and the man left while
Marcus walked into the hall and met the rouge looking man on his seat, his boys around him.The room was a little dark and filled with so many acrid smell of smoke."Marcus" the leader called, grinning on his seat.He was a fine young man."It's been such a long time. You're here with some goodies for me?"Marcus didn't reply until he was standing very close to him."Actually yes" he finally said."I have a very pretty lady I'm sure you'll have interest in. She's very beautiful, perfect curves and all. I'm sire you'll like her"."Hmm" the leader placed his hand on his jaw."What's her name?""Roseline"."Roseline" he mumbled. "Where's she?""At my place. But she's going to quite expensive than the others because I'm very sure you'll enjoy her" he
Roseline was blindfolded and forcefully taken into a carriage. She kept crying as they rode, fear eating her up completely.Who were these men and where were they taking her? How could Marcus betray her this way? So, his friend was right afterall?Oh God! If only she had known, she'd have stayed back in the palace. Then maybe, none of these would be happening. What has she done?She kept crying and the blindfold on her eyes weren't helping her at all as they only made her more scared. She couldn't even tell where they were headed. Were they going to kill her or what? Oh! She was definitely putting the King's life in so much danger!**After a very long while, she felt the carriage stop moving and her fears only increased. Where were they? Were they going to kill her? Where could they be?"Bring her out!" She heard a strict voice say and the next thing, strong hands dragged her down from the
Roseline felt her entire blood running so cold as he came towards her.They wanted to examine her? How? And for what reason?!The rogue looking boy stood in front of her and to her outmost surprise, he lifted his hand to her boobs and squeezed them lightly."Argh! Let me go!" She shrieked painfully, finding it extremely excruciating.What was he doing to her?!He caressed the brests and moved his hand to her nipples, giving them a little pinch."No! Please" she whimpered, wishing there was a way she could go free from him, but unfortunately the ropes binding her wouldn't let her move."You're hurting me .. please " she cried out, her heart beating so heavily.What the hell has she done? Why did she had to run away from home and go to a place filled with bad eggs? If she had known, she'd have stayed back at the palace and endured with the King until he fi
After a while, she was done with the bath and the maid helped her into the room and gave her something light to wearIt was a light transparent gown that was too exposed for someone like Roseline, but having no choice, she had to put it on."Just stay here and wait for him. He'll be here soon" the maid told her and left afterwards, locking the door.As soon as she left, Roseline stood up and ran to the door. She tried opening it, but it was locked and without hesitation, she ran into the bathroom where she had seen the knife and picked it up.What does she do with this? Where does she keep it? The dress she had on was too transparent and wasn't a perfect place to hide the knife since it could easily be seen by the so called Leader. Oh! What does she do??Shortly, she heard footsteps and her eyes dimmed.Ah! She needed to think fast; needed to act fast.
King Lincoln was overly surprised as he stared at Roseline who was standing in front of him.He'd been hearing some sounds in the bush and decided to run towards the direction and to his surprise, it turned out to be Roseline."My King!!" Roseline gasped in sheer relief and without thinking straight, she jumped on him, hugging him tight."Oh my God...!" She whimpered on his shoulders, her body still vibrating in fear of what had recently happened. She couldn't believe she found the King; someone that was sure to save her.Yes, because with him, she felt so secured."My King..." She whimpered again.Lincoln felt something melt in his heart as she held him thst way. All the anger he'd felt towards her, everything he planned on doing as soon as he sets his eyes on her, they all dwindled from his memory when she hugged him."Sssh. You're safe now. You're safe" he found
Roseline fell into the King's hands Immediately, finding it so hard to even breathe."My King..." She called weakly, holding onto him like her life so much depended on him."You're fine now" Lincoln stated gruffly and brought her gently to lie on the floor.Roseline could feel her waist hurting a bit. Almost every part of her body was hurting.And as her body touched the floor, she felt her muscles relaxing."Thank you" She muttered to the King, probably thanking him for helping her lie on the floor.Lincoln nodded and sat next to her, right above her head."When are we going back?" She asked fraily, struggling so hard with the dizziness that overwhelmed her and Lincoln could notice."Maybe by morning. We can't leave now. It's late" he told her."But... won't the enemies find us here...?" She asked and Lincoln shrugged.
Could this just be a coincidence? Roseline thought."Roseline? Is there a problem?" The princess asked, realizing how deep in thoughts Octavia was."Um...Yeah. I mean, I don't know. It's just thar..."she paused and licked her lower lip."The guy I just told you about - Marcus - the one who sold me out""Yes? Yes?" Martha nodded in agreement."Um...When I was still at his place,, a Friend of his had come to visit him and this friend actually warned me to run away because Marcus was a bad person. My point is - his name was Aiken".Martha paused."Although, I know there could be a hundred Aikens in the world, but I just felt like letting you know that i met someone who's name was also Aiken"."Yeah, I understand" Martha muttered as she stared at the floor in thought.Could this just be a coin