Chapter 15- Three consorts
” Marilyn!” He yelled immediately he entered my Chambers glaring at me with fire in his eyes. I dropped the piece of jewelry in my hands as I stood up from my vanity chair immediately in fear wondering what it was I had done this time around. The rage in his eyes was like a fiery volcano increasing my heartbeat as he stepped closer to me. Yes, another beating, and the worst part? Even if I tried, I wouldn’t be able to escape it.
*Smack!
A slap, hot and loud landed straight on my face. I thought my neck would break from the intensity and was surprised it never did under that much pressure. I wished he would just beat me to death or kill me faster to end all my sufferings but we all don’t get our wishes granted, do we? No! And that is why I’m at his mercy. To slap and punch until he gets satisfied.
” You? What did you tell me the last time we made love?!” He dragged me closer to him and shouted in my ears. Oh, I see where all the trouble stemmed from. I had promised him I would become pregnant but he forced himself on me and threatened me with my life. I had to say something so he wouldn’t kill me but now I’m regretting that decision. I wished he had done it the last time.
” I said I would get pregnant” I squeaked out moving my head away from him so he wouldn’t grab my hair again.
” And why am I hearing from the servants that you are bleeding this month again?” He asked but I had no answers. What would I tell him? That I don’t make children and I’m not God? That would just get him angrier and all I wanted was just a good sleep to soothe my aching muscles. I had just taken another dose of painkillers the healer prescribed for me.
” Answer me” Patrick yelled and I closed my eyes, refusing to utter a word. The first punch came and hit me squarely on my jaw. I couldn’t hold the cry of pain that escaped my mouth. Another one followed almost immediately and landed on my shoulders because I dodged it unsuccessfully. The mad look in his eyes gave me chills and I tried to run from him but he grabbed me and pushed me into the bed.
” No” I cried as he tore my outer knowing what was coming next. I would take beatings over being raped by my husband. He caught my hands and pinned them with one of his as my cries became louder but the look on his face told me he was enjoying my struggles and my tears.
” Please don’t” I pleaded but he wouldn’t listen as he continued ripping my dress into shreds. His palm landed on my cheeks again while he yelled at me to keep quiet but I only sobbed and pleaded more.
I could feel hands restraining me as I struggled under his hold while begging him to let me go.
” Marilyn! Wake up” Annalise’s voice rang in a far distance as I continued my struggles. But wait, Annalise? I opened my eyes and adjusted my sight to my surroundings. I was lying on a soft mattress in a dimly lit room with Annalise beside me holding my arms probably preventing me from hurting myself.
It was then I remembered that I ran away from home to Nayak and I was currently sleeping at Annalise’s house I wasn’t in the Gattar Manor and I was free from Patrick and his abuse. I sat up while still breathing hard from fear that he would appear anytime soon.
” You had a nightmare Marilyn” She whispered while rubbing slow circles on my back to calm me down. Of course, I know. I missed Eria a lot, Eria would have given me water to calm down after each nightmare.
” It’s okay, he will never touch you again,” she said as tears continued to run down my cheeks. I hoped her words were true because I did not want to ever step foot inside the Gattar Manor again.
” I’m sorry for waking you up” I muttered but she just nodded as she continued with the slow circles hoping to calm me down and it was working perfectly.
” No, it’s okay. It is partially my fault. If I had come to you earlier then you wouldn’t have married him and suffered all of this” she said with a sad expression. She still blamed herself but I do not care about that. At least I got out thanks to her and Eria.
” The king” I started and she took a seat properly beside me. She straightened out the blanket and placed it on me properly.
” What about him?” she asked.
” What is he like? I mean Erxi told me he is handsome but I don’t know anything about him” I rambled nervously while waiting for her answer. She only sighed and smiled immediately as if she just remembered her favorite son or something.
” The king is a nice man but merciless to his enemies. He is all big and cold on the outside but when you get closer he is a soft puppy” She said.
” A puppy?” I asked with an amused smile. Why would she refer to the king of Nayak as a puppy? The relationship between them must be stronger than I thought.
” I raised him so I know him more than anyone. He is a strong, powerful warrior but he sucks when it comes to women because he has not met his queen yet so he has never fallen in love or known anything more than the brief love he witnessed between his parents. He only married the consorts because the court kept on raising the topic of him not finding his queen, so he just married their daughters to keep their mouth shut.” Her expression changed when she mentioned the court. She pursed her lips as if they annoyed her personally.
“So he has how many consorts?” I asked.
” three”
” Three?” I frowned but she only chuckled at my tone. It sounded as if I was jealous. Well, I wasn’t.
” Yes, he married Meisi because her father was the prime minister. Then married Konan after one of his searches for his queen through the entire kingdom, We never knew the queen was not a Nayaki person then so he searched through the entire kingdom. Linda was just a maid who received his favor after serving him on one of his lonely nights” She explained and the look on my face was not funny. Why couldn’t he just wait for his queen instead of just acquiring women in his harem? Well, look at who is judging. Didn’t I also get married in Ruqgu? At least in my defense, I had no idea about this true queen stuff but he could have searched more and waited till he found me.
” Come on My lady. He will only love you. You are his first and true Love” she said in assurance but that still didn’t erase the fact that I would share my man with three other women. Wait, my man? What is wrong with me? I have not even met him yet.
” And he will never hit you. Treven may be cold and merciless but he would never hurt a woman”