All Chapters of LOVE BENEATH THE OAK : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

It happened so fast that I couldn't stop it. My chest wrap was tugged loose and my breasts exposed to him. I gasped. My first reaction was to cover my chest as I stared at him with my mouth agape. When I saw the hungry look in his eyes, I began to move backwards. At that moment, he has suddenly become a hunter while I was the prey. I started thinking of ways to escape him but I couldn't think of any. I knew I was doomed and would definitely be beheaded the following morning. What was I thinking? Why did I even come to his room. I was definitely do e for. Sapped out of my thoughts when I suddenly felt a brush on my breasts and I shivered at the intrusive contact. My breath catches and I came to realise that he had me caged in his arms, staring intensely into me. I couldn't meet his gaze. Not when it was so cold and void of emotions. I tried to step away from him but it was futile with nothing to run to but the hard brick against my back. I began to whimper with fear. He noticed my r

Jane was only a child. She was only 16 years old, three years younger than I am but she was not born into slavery. Her mother was a mistress to her father before she died during her delivery. She was raised by her stepmother who mistreated her all her childhood. And when her father died after falling from a palm tree, the stepmother became more powerful. When the woman's daughter became sick with a deadly disease, she went into debt and the child actually died and all her efforts went to waste. Out of spite, she sold Lola and used the money to pay her daughter's debt. It was while Lola was struggling with her master that she fell from a horse and hit her head. She came into the compound through Mikael. As usual, the mighty drunkard and gambler has gone to gamble. And after waisting 500,000 pounds, he finally won Lola whose master was desperate to get rid of that he made a bet with her. It was days after Mikael got home that he realised that the slave he bought was sick in the hea

Sneaking out, bathing, eating and sleeping has now become our habit. It became my routine. And everyday, while I suffer through the hardships, I comfort myself with imagining Angus and I looked forward to seeing him every night. Tonight, I have made sure the others were fast asleep before I jumped out. This was due to a confrontation I had faced with Mally two days ago. We were sun drying the bush meats when she asked me why I was not in the room when she woke up to ease herself during the night. I had instantly come up with an excuse to deny her allegations. Although the young woman said no more, I knew she was not convinced. And I had become extra careful since then. I sighed with relief when I got to my destination. But I immediately became worried when I saw Lyla coming out of Angus' chambers. And with the suspicious way she was looking around, I knew she has not gone there for a good cause. But what could she be doing with him by this time of the night? I hid myself before

It is cold here. It had always been cold but it became worse some times ago. And I think everywhere is wet too. I'm not sure, I might just be feeling the moisture of all the urines down here. But I did not think so. I think it rained yesterday or two days ago, I don't know. Time has become useless to me. I have waited, counting the seconds, minutes and hours, trying so hard to hold into my sanity. But I failed. Time is meaningless to me now. Whether it is the day or night, it was all dark in this new world. I think I heard some footsteps, thinking it was the one who brings me bread every night, I began to crawl to the gate. My knees were all battered and my arms peeled, but I did not care. I held on to the metallic gate, trying to pick out the human figure from the dark. I looked into the darkness but could not make out any form. The small gate was suddenly opened and I fell backwards, making me to groan with pain.I heard the approaching footsteps and then I was taken out of the

I smiled as I felt his seed entered into me. He gave me a peck and while I expected him to roll to my side, he got down from the bed and rolled into his trousers and he ran out of the room, locking the door after him. My smile vanished. I watched as he hurried out of the room and my heart tightened. It was as if he could not spend any other minute with me. I knew he wanted me. It might not be as much as I wanted him but I was sure he felt it too, this unexplainable connection between us. I could remember the intense way he entered into me. Hell! I could still feel him in between my legs. While he was with me, he seems almost as passionate driven as I was. Then why did he leave so quickly? He must have been disgusted, I realised with a saddened heart. And I could almost understand His plight. His brothers all had nice women with great social and political status. Mikael was courting the daughter of the chief of market women while his elder brother, Duncan was married to two women