“Your Highness,” Aurora stuttered, looking stylishly at Xena, her glance was enough to swallow her up.
“Don’t make me repeat myself the second time,” King Malik said, though he didn’t know why he suddenly wanted Aurora to join him.
He has no reason for her to join him, his woman and his personal guard are going with him, but he just suddenly wants her close.
“My king, why did you want the Murderer to join us? I thought we were the only ones going,” Xena said.
“Why did you sound, as if we are going for honeymoon?, we are going to inspect the goods, moreover I want someone we can order around there,” King Malik said, though that was not the main reason, he just suddenly want Aurora around him, moreover he hasn’t been able to discard, Aurora breast image in his head.
Wanting to reply the king, but Alpha Malik shunned Xena angrily, the cold face on his face shushed her up, “No more complain, my order is final,”
“I’m sorry my king,” Xena replied and looked at Aurora with a devilish gaze.
Inwardly, Aurora cursed herself for entangling with the king, she didn’t want to see him, until, in the banquet party tonight, she had made up her mind to perform for the visitor, as the king ordered.
She vowed to injure anyone who tried to abuse her sexually.
The King and Xena climbed different horses, likewise Evans, Evans wanted to give Aurora a horse to climb, but was halted by the king.
“She should use her leg to trek in front, but our horse must not catch up with her,” Saying this, his gaze was expressionless.
“That’s death for her, if she allows our horse to catch with her,” King said in a deep baritone tone.
At the moment, Aurora’s heartbeat raced, beating loudly, she felt as if the king had declared her death.
‘Who can run past a horse?, and if the horse meets up with you, that is death, cause the horses will ride on her,’ Her other self popped out in a taunting tone.
“I refused to die,” She murmured unconsciously.
“My king,” Evans stuttered, he loved Aurora and didn’t want her to die cheaply this way. He might haven’t been a good person to her since she became a murderer, yet the love he has for her never changes.
“Is there an objection?,” The king sounded so dangerous. Hearing him, Evans could no longer utter out a word, his throat got stuck, silence befell him immediately.
“I love that,” Xena muttered, with a wide smile plastered on her face, she felt happy like she had just won a lottery after many tryouts.
They saddled the horse, and rose out of the palace, Aurora was in the front running, nervousness ensued, yet she ran.
She is determined not to die today, she refuses to die cheaply, she is a princess, she was trained to be strong, she would survive this.
She tried shifting to the other direction, leaving the path the horses were riding, but as she shifted, Xena would saddle his horse towards the path she took.
At a point she gave up from shifting away from the path the horses were riding, she summoned courage to give all her strength to run faster than the horses, instead of running away from the path.
Thanks to the training she has equipped, it always helps her in a situation like this.
Seeing the way she was running made Malik wonder whether she knew the girl that was running. As a king he has never seen someone as fast as her before, even when he had gone to many wars.
On the horse’s he was- “Did I even know Aurora that seemed fragile then?” He wondered. He has always seen Aurora as a fragile person, who can’t hurt a fly, though then, he noticed there was something different about her, but he can’t place his hand on it. Today Aurora confirmed him to be a strong lady, not the fragile lady, he thought.
Bitterness and anger filled Xena, as much as she tried her best to meet up with Aurora, so that her horse could climb on her, yet her effort was fruitless.
Xena was a horse trainer when she met Malik, she was good and faster whenever she’s riding on a horse, no one can compete with her, not even Malik when it comes to horse riding.
“It’s not bad to hurt myself, just to hurt my enemy, ” she muttered inwardly.
Sometimes Aurora wondered the reason why Xena hated her so much, she has never lied to her man, she only dared to have feelings for him, but Xena saw the way Malik always looked at her with affection on his back the way he has never looked at her.
“Die,” She said with a gritted teeth, and released her hand from the rope, using to lead the horse, the horse galloped at a high speed without Xena leading the horse, and it ran faster.
Xena screamed as she flew up, trying to pretend as if the horse let go of her hand, as the horse lurched forward, she threw Xena very high in the air, Malik quickly hopped down on the horse, and to save Xena, he carried her in his arms.
By the time Aurora comprehends what was happening, the horse had reached her side, she couldn’t run nor halted, she waited gently for the horse to climb her, at that high speed.
Seeing what was happening, Evans got down quickly from the horse, he hurried to rescue Aurora, he hugged her tightly by spreading his arms to cover her.
Malik signals to the horse as he was about to climb them, Where Aurora stood her breath seized, thinking this is the end.
The horse halted, hearing Malik whispers and signals, Evans raised his bows, seeing how the horse calmed down, and retreated from climbing them.
Xena used the medium and rested her head on Malik’s arms. She was supposed to get angry since she knew what Malik did to the horse, but she didn’t since Malik saved her.
“Will you get down?” Malik said in usual cold tone.
“Thanks your Highness” Xena said blushing, Malik dropped her, to her feet, with no gaze.
He walked towards Aurora who was still in the arms of Evans, anger and jealousy filled the eyes of Alpha Malik, seeing the position Aurora was in.
“What are you still doing?” Malik’s voice brought the two out of their daydreaming.
“Your Highness” Evans said and dropped Aurora to the ground, absentmindedly.
“Thank you Evans,” Aurora murmured to his ears, and a sweet smile broke out of his lips, seeing him smiling angered the king the most.
“We are going back to the palace,” Malik said harshly.
“What?” Xena said as she stood at the back of the king.
“We’re not going again, I expect you to give your best to my visitor tonight,” Malik said, referring to Aurora.
He turned back and climbed on his horse, giving no ears to Xena murmuring behind him.
To Be Continued.
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