“Yes, I wish I worked for him. I would work all day in the kitchen and all night in his bedroom.”
And then they giggled. What they didn’t know was that he could hear everything they were saying. Reaching the main hall two guards blocked his way.
“Your highness, how can we help you?” they asked politely.
“How about moving out of my way?”
“We can’t your highness. We are not allowed to let anyone in”
“Then tell the crown prince to come out and talk to me or I will get in no matter what.”
They looked at each other ” I am sorry, Your Highness.”
“So am I,” he said, and before they could think he elbowed one in the stomach and kneed him in the face. The other one tried to swing at him but dodging the swing he went behind him grabbing his neck he hit the guards head on the wall. Leaving the guards on the ground he went on to find his brother. He was not in his study.
He grabbed a maid walking through the hall by the arm.
“Where is Pierre?” he hissed.
“His highness is sleeping in his chamber,” she replied scared. Letting go of her he made his way to the chamber and swung the door open just to find his brother having fun with a woman.
“What the….” his brother began to yell but stopped when he saw it was Lucian. The half-naked woman brought the sheets up to cover herself.
“Oh brother what a pleasant surprise,” Pierre said with a fake tone “You just came on time, how about we share this beautiful lady?” he said caressing the woman’s cheek. Her eyes traveled up his body to his face and she gave him an approving smile.
“That’s kind of you but this is not so kind,” Lucian said holding up the note. Pierre got up from the bed to take a closer look at the note.
“What makes you think I wrote this?” Pierre asked.
“If it’s not you then you should know which one of your brothers wrote this”
“And your brothers too” he corrected ” I know that no one of them would play such a joke, we are not kids anymore Lucian”
“You better be sure” Lucian threatened.
“It seems you have yet another foe” his brother smirked.
Married To The Devil’s Son
Chapter 11: Chapter 11
I sat on the bed waiting for Lucian to come after eating dinner without him yet another night. There were a lot of things we needed to talk about but I didn’t want to fight with him again.
Because that’s what you think about me. You think I am a beast who beats and kills people then you would think that I can burn them as well right?
His voice echoed in my head. I never thought of him as a beast I just thought that he was different. He looked hurt before walking out of the dining room as if he didn’t want to see me again and I wondered if he really wouldn’t come. Would I have to sleep alone again? I didn’t even get the chance to thank him for bringing Lydia and Ylva.
I decided not to sleep alone and go look for him. I looked everywhere but couldn’t find him. Where could he be?
“Do you know where I can find his highness?” I asked a guard.
“He is in the barn, Your highness.”
I made my way to the barn where I found Lucian feeding his horse. It was dark inside and the only light came from the full moon. As if sensing my presence he looked around until his eyes landed on me.
“I was looking for you,” I said walking closer to him.
“Why?” he asked clapping his horse.
“It’s just that we have been fighting a lot lately and we never spend time together… I never see you these days and I just… I just..”
“You just what?” he said taking a step closer.
“I just want to spend time with you”
“Why?”
“What do you mean by why?” I said frustrated at his questions.
Grabbing my arm he pulled me closer. “Why means why? why do you want to spend time with me? do you like me? do you miss me? do you want me? you’re not scared anymore? that I might kill you, beat you, or burn you?” I could hear the hurt in his voice. 1
“Yes, you scare me sometimes but you treat me well too.”
He didn’t seem satisfied with my answer but his eyes softened and he let go of my arm ” It’s late you should go to sleep, I will stay here for a while” he finally said.
“I will stay with you” I insisted.
He opened his mouth to protest but said nothing turning his attention to his horse. I sat down on a haystack nearby where I could still see him and talk to him.
“Thank you for bringing my maids,” I said but got no response. I tried to come up with something to talk about while my eyes studied him in the darkness. He looked different as if he belonged to the darkness or was part of it.
“Do you want to go for a ride?” he suddenly asked.
“Yes,” I said excited but we were wearing our royal clothes. As if reading my thoughts “there is knitwear right there” he said pointing to the corner of the barn. I saw nothing because it was too dark but walking closer I saw them. How could he see them from far away? Or maybe he already knew they were there. 2
I turned around to ask where I would change but walked almost into his chest.
“You scared me.”
“I am sorry. I just thought you would need help getting out of your dress” he explained.
“You don’t expect me to change here?”
“Why not? No one is here and it’s dark” he smirked. It was true. I couldn’t see him clearly.
“I can manage myself”
“Alright, just call for me if you need help,” he said and left.
I looked around to see that he wasn’t nearby and began to undress, but yes it was really hard to untangle the ropes on the back of my dress and my arms began to hurt.
“Are you sure you don’t need help?” Lucian’s voice came from behind as he walked closer. “Let me help you” he said and started to untie the back of my dress without waiting for a reply. Now and then his hand would touch my bare skin while untying ” I will wait for you outside” he said when he was done.
The clothes were a bit too big for me but it didn’t bother me. Lucian was waiting outside with his horse when I came out of the barn.
“Is there any particular place you want to go?” he asked.
“Anywhere is fine,” I said.
He helped me up on the horse and we rode off in the night. I have never felt so free before. We went to the market and walked among common people and I was so fascinated by the whole thing because I had never been to a market before and never walked among common people. Then we rode into the woods.
“What are we doing here?” I asked.
“I want to show you something,” he said and after a while, we came to a place in the woods where many small yellow lights were flying over the whole place.
“What is this?” I asked while Lucian helped me down.