Alexa knew that Ken was looking at her with a smirk, she had not being able to look at Ken in the same since Jared introduced them after he was done hugging him. His best friend, Jared had introduced Ken as and since then, Ken has worn an insufferable smirk and Alexa had found the 400 years old walls of her castle which she has seen at every evening meal to be more interesting than the visitor from another kingdom.
“What’s going on between the two of you?” Annabelle, the wife of Prince Ken asked, Alexa hair was black and although people always say that black is the finest but she begs to differ when she saw Annabel hair. The deepest brown with a glossary look that even Alexa hair with the many products her mother has been suffocating her with for the last few days still could not compete with and she did not need anybody to tell her that Annabel hair was all natural.
“What makes you think something is going on?” Ken replied his
It was some weeks later, as Flynn entered the kingdom of Asteria, he started hearing a news which he was not happy with, still nobody knew the full story to tell him but the bits and pieces he was hearing was enough to make him angry and Flynn was not the twin who dealt with bout of rage. That was his sister then, all he did was when angry was to go cold and plan with a deadly precision that his parents are proud of.Now, it was like that Precision escaped him as he heard news like the princess is now married to a foreigner. Alexa cannot be married to someone else other than him. He needed the kingdom of Asteria to be on his side so that Corthin could crush Kythia with relative ease and justice will finally be done in the name of his sister who the kingdom of Kythia had killed in the name of treason. He would fill the streets with the blood of the royal house of Kythia, he would make Ken watch as he defiled his wife over and over again. He would cause the same untold mo
Alexa knew that there was something going on that she was not privy enough to know about but apparently, Jasmine could know about it. She was angry and although she wanted to be cold to Jared, she could not find it in her to be angry because she knew it must be on the orders of her mother and she also could not help but think that it was somehow in relation to Flynn.“We need to get back to the Castle soon enough, I should leave you to get dressed.” Jared sighed and Alexa smiled. Marriage life was surprisingly easy and lovely and although she tried her best not to sound like a weak woman most times, she could not deny the fact that having someone who worshipped her and get on her nreves was indeed very nice.“Yeah you should.” She replied, Jared kissed her and left the room, he was the only make there before and so when he left, Alexa focused on getting her trousers’ off so she could try out the gown that was goin
Jared knew he was acting with Alexa, he did feel guilt over the fact that he was always touching her and maybe giving her mixed feelings about them but he had to swallow his guilt, telling himself that it was probably better that Alexa fell in love with him and thinks that he loves her too because it would make their marriage easier.“Sometimes, I wonder what goes through your mind.” Alexa mused out loud as she watched Jared stare at her unblinkingly, like although he was with her physically with his head on her laps as they enjoyed a pleasant day in the sun, his mind was a million miles away.“The thought of your beauty?” Jared suggested and Alexa snorted a laugh.“Please, you can definitely do better than that, me and beauty do not compliment each other in a sentence.”“No.” Jared continued. “I am definitely right, your beauty is something which is so usual but that does not m
“So you are also from the same kingdom as Prince Jared, that is simply marvelous.” A noble who was very loud said as Arianna beamed a smile at the poor unsuspecting man. Jared wondered if that was why Arianna was there with Flynn. To play with his head and bag another rich old noble who was going to die very soon and leave his poor widow everything.“And no one seemed to ask why Flynn is with someone from my kingdom when he swore to kill everybody in it.” Jared snapped, unable to help himself.“Jared.” Flynn tone was filled with reproach. “We are having dinner, let us not bring up old hatches and revenge talks right now. We have the rest of the evening for that.” Flynn said delighted at Jared reactions. This was even going smoother than he had planned. Jared was showing he was affected all by himself and he did not have to do anything. Alexa had already thrown her husband searching looks for the fi
Jared wondered where his wife went to, after his nasty, conversation from hell he had with Arianna where he had succeeded in warning her away from him, although he suspected that the threats will be brushed off by Arianna because she was focus more on the fact that he kept repeating the fact that he had feelings for her in the beginning of the talk. He went back to the party only to discover that his wife had disappeared too and to find Flynn throwing him side looks and smirks and although he knew he would be worried about Flynn after all, it was the cat who ate the canary that usually grinned the widest, he was more worried about the fact that Alexa went to look for him but did not see him. He wondered if she had seen him in the process of telling Arianna off and flared up angrily because there was no limit to his wife anger issues but then he convinced himself that she did not see anything probably.Alexa was not the type to walk away from such a scene, she would have
Alexa stood up in fury as Betty relayed what she had witness. Alexa was married to a womanizer and she was not aware at all. Jared had informed her that Mona was nothing but a friend and a maid but apparently, he was also a chronic liar. She did not know why she did not go with her guts, especially since Mona talked to her flippantly when they went for hunt the first time that she was with Jared without issues between them.“Are you sure?” Alexa croaked out, Yes she was angry but she certainly felt broken, knowing she was tied to a womanizer was bound to do that to her. Her kingdom might have illegitimate children before a rightful heir and she has to make an heir soon because she cannot allow a child whose blood was not even related to Asteria to be on Asteria throne, that would only happen after her death and she was not planning on dying unless her child was already old enough to succeed the throne.“I am so sorry, my princess.&rd
Betty was on her way to get a present for Jared from Alexa in the market when she bumped into him and her heart stopped for the first time. He was like a dream, her very own fairytale fantasy which was strange because they rarely did fairytales about people like her but Betty did not think of that fact. All she thought about was that she was in love and so her tongue loosened.Flynn was waiting in his disguise, it took a while for him to transform his appearance but it was needed, nobody ought to know his real identity and he needed to have the kind of information that could come from only someone close to the sickly happy couple and that was either Betty or Mona.Mona would never betray Jared, not after she knew what it was like to be tortured because she was and Betty was too loyal to be bribed and yet because of feelings, something intangible that allows you to trust someone completely, she still found herself betraying her kingdom unknowingly but no one
The queen was in her solar when the news that today was Jared birthday and if only her daughter would organized something small, that it would be that amazing, she was going to make a woman out of Alexa in not distant future although she knew that it would never be a complete lady but at least the hope was there and what was even better was the fact that she had chosen someone who was going to be okay with Alexa no matter how unladylike she was and not only was he okay with that, he seemed to enjoy Alexa like that.“My queen, you seem happy.” Her handmaid said looking at the queen face even as she exchanged the color of the thread which the queen used for embroidery, the maid was used to doing this favorite pastime of her mistress and after years of repeat performance, she could do it with her eyes closed.“Why will I not be?” The queen smiled. “My daughter is calmer and less violent and even when she is violent, her husband ca
EpilogueThe gentle sway of the sea was what Lord Austin loved the most about being out on the sea. He was a peculiar Lord who was well advanced into his age and had more comfort being surrounded by his crew on his ship rather than settling down again and having children but he did need someone to leave his legacy to but the process of him selecting a wife again was not an option for him. He had done that and even had a child, a beautiful girl with dark hair, so black that it looked like ink and then he lost that family."Sire. You need to see this." A crew member burst into his cabin without knocking and when Austin looked up, the man was already going back the way he came.Austin wondered what was going on but he stood up and followed the man at his own pace and already thinking of punishment to give to the crew who invaded his space.When he reached the deck. He noticed that most of his crew were standing, hurdled together as they sta
Every body knew Alexa would always be found in the thick of things and that included Jasmine, her brother had told her to protect Alexa and that was what she was going to do. The only annoying thing was she was not able to be by Alexa side before they had to ride out in war and even then and until now, she searched for Alexa wondering where the woman wad and how many trouble she could enter before she would be found.Jasmine yanked her sword into the stomach of a warrior that ran towards her and delivered a kick to the one who was keeping her her busy. The man was a good swordsman but it did not change the fact that he was just that. A man. He left his legs unprotected and Jasmine was not above fighting through unconventional means to ensure that she was the winner. In fact it was something which most could count on when it came to her.As Jasmine yanked out her sword from the stomach of the warrior, she contemplated if she could ask the warrior if th
In less than a fortnight, Arianna was running to the kingdom of Corthin again and this time with some sad news. She witness the death of Flynn who was given a public shameful execution and then she and to run away from his home which she was staying because it was seized by Alexa's father and not only did that happen, everybody got to learn of what prince Flynn did with Alexa's maid and how he was responsible for Jared's injury and then in anger they started blazing Flynn home and everything, leaving Arianna a destitute. The only place for her to go to was Corthin and with her last coin. She got a horse and travelled to Corthin."The person I was expecting was my son." Flynn father said as him and his queen came to the study when they were informed that someone from Asteria was waiting for them."A thousand apologies your majesty." Arianna bowed low and when the queen raised an eyebrow, she offered another bow for the queen.
It was him, he was the one who defiled her and kept coming back, he was the one who made her so scared of her own shadow that she had nightmares when she tried to sleep at night. He was the one who made her hate femininity and why she tried so hard to be a boy. Because boys do not draw as much attention as girls did. Flynn hands wrapped around her neck as he pressed her neck to the bed. "Good girl, you will be my good girl right?" Flynn asked. Alexa could taste her tears as she tried to fight both her panic attack and the monster that was on top of her. "You are struggling too much... Shhh." Flynn chuckled, his voice barely above a good whisper since his mouth was close to her ears, he was on top of her but not in between her legs, he would move there soon enough but he needed to break her first. And nothing does that more than words. "Do not worry, I understand that you are really eager, I will focus on other parts of you
Jasmine was halfway into Asteria territory, about twelve hours to the castle when she saw the courier with the king's flag."Stop him and make him come to me." Jasmine order some of the guards that came with her. Ken had gotten Jared letter and although all Jared asked for was physicians but Ken had also assembled a small army under Jasmine command along with the physician to guard and protect the royals of Asteria. Ken was trying up some last minute issues in Kythia before he could join them and because of the number of people moving, they had to proceed slower than they expected."Let me go, I have a matter of urgency to deliver to the the family of Lord Jerome. Lady Jasmine." The courier stated when he saw the flag which Jasmine allowed to fly high from the moment they left.Jasmine straighten on her horse as she glanced at Mona."Who is the message from?" Mona asked."The royal family..." The courier started.
An alarm went up in the castle and people were sent out. Warriors that were heavily armed that made the maids to talk amomg themselves wondering what was going on and within some minutes everybody knew what had happened because Jared was brought back to the castle with the princess crying and running after the warrior who were taking her husband to the ward which the physicians used."Your highness. Please remian here..." one of the physician tried to stop her but Alexa slaps the arm which he used to stop her out of the way."Get out of my way or lose your head." She stated and would have pushed her way into the place where they had taken Jared but her father voice stopped her."Alexa." The king called, he came as soon as he heard the ruckus and on his way down to see what had happened, a guard who was sent to him told him. Jared and Alexa were attacked on their way to the docks where they wanted to spend some time together
It has been two days since she and Jared finally aired their feelings to each other and in usual royalty form, their days were busy with only few times for stolen kisses and a gentle caress but their nights were for them. And although Alexa loved to spend her nights in her husband arms, she longed to spend the daytime with him too and Alexa being her usual self, decided not to wait until things were under control because she was impatient that way but rather to fix something of that sort into their schedules."Alexa, we are really busy this period." Jared reminded Alexa who shrugged."I know but nothing should prevent us from having quality time together, I want to spend time with you during the day." Alexa replied with a whining tone, she turned to face her husband and saw his eyes shinning with intent. "The joke you are about to make will annoy me. Swallow it." She ordered."Yes ma'am." Jared responded."If only you were th
The castle was too quiet for Flynn these days, and he was bored. Even him acting like John and decieving Betty was still not enough for him because Betty had nothing new to share. Alexa was not even interesting in playing with them even though he had a lot of opportunities. Jared was also scarced then, the only one whose spirits were still up in the place as if the queen predicament did not touch him.And now Flynn felt like maybe he should try and cause problems between Alexa and Jared because for his next phrase to work, they need to be put out with each other for it to be more effective. Of Alexa was raped while she was angry with Jared, she would feel angrier with Jared and think that he was not needed, blaming him for what happened to her and Jared would feel enough guilt to give in to Alexa demands that he should leave and when he does, finally Flynn should control the kingdom to Asteria just as his parents had always wanted for him.All he ne
As soon as Alexa slept in his arms. Jared changed the position which she was in so he could leave her to rest. After leaving her room and making certain that there were guards guarding her as she slept, he moved to where his warriors who came from Kythia with him were and he called one of them away fryon the rest. He was glad that he had enough foresight to leave with some members of his guards, the ones who would die for their belief and were already aware of what had happened because they were around when Flynn and his demonic sister Fallon were reigning hell on Kythia."Sire, what do you need my assistance for?" The guard asked."I need you to go on a mission for me. One which no one else would be aware of. I need you to spy on someone for me." Jared asked.The man pondered Jared statement. "I am assuming that nobody will know of this fact?"Jared nodded."Who is the person and what am I to report?" The man asked and Jare