Dear Lord. She was in trouble. Now when Lucian had no use of her what if he sold her. These men wouldn’t believe that her brother was a king before they defiled her.
Looking around Klara thought of a way to run but Lucian grabbed her arm as if he knew what she was about to do.
“Neither.” he said.
“Just name the price… any price.” The man said licking his lips.
Lucian ignored the man and dragged Klara out of the ship.
“Let’s go.” He said getting on the horse.
Klara got on the horse and held onto him tightly.
“Thank you!” She whispered as they rode but where was he taking her exactly? “Where are we going?”
“I am taking you back home.” He said.
“Really?! But I haven’t done anything to help you.” She said surprised by the disappointment she felt.
She should be happy to be going home.
He laughed. It was a deep rich sound that made her insides melt.
“You sound disappointed.”
“No I am not. I just… I just wonder what you will do now to stop the slave trade?” It was partly true. She was curious to know.
“I will take care of that.” He said shortly then they continued riding in silence until they reached the border of Gatrish.
Lucian got off the horse and helped her down.
“Can you find your way from here?” He asked.
Klara nodded. “Yes, thank you.”
She still couldn’t understand why he saved her. He didn’t seem impressed by her beauty and if he was he should have kept her. Maybe he was just a decent man. An utterly handsome decent man.
Sadly she had to say goodbye already, now that she finally met a man that intrigued her.
For the first time, his eyes traveled down her body but there was nothing l. u. s. tful in his gaze. It must have been because of her dirty torn clothes she thought. Taking his cloak off he wrapped it around her and Klaras heart fluttered inside her chest.
“Thank you.” She whispered.
Without saying a word he got on his horse.
“Be safe princess.” He said and rode off.
I hope to see you again, she thought.
“Klara!!” Astrid ran to her and enveloped her in a tight hug. “Thank god you are safe. I thought something terrible happened to you. We have been looking for you everywhere. Where have you been?” Her sister asked without breathing once when Klara reached back home.
“I am fine Astrid. I’ll explain everything if you just let me rest. I am very tired.” Klara couldn’t feel her legs and her eyelids had become heavy.
Astrid pulled back and scanned every inch of her sister’s body. “You are not hurt are you?”
Klara could understand her sisters worry but she was too tired to cooperate.
“Klara!” Someone shouted.
Oh no. Now it was her brothers turn to search her body and ask a thousand questions. Rasmus came hurrying toward her. “Are you alright? Who did this to you?” He asked grabbing her shoulders and searching her body.
“I am fine, alright. I am not hurt or anything. I am just tired, hungry, thirsty and I need a bath.”
Astrid and Rasmus looked at each other for a while then nodded.
“Prepare a bath for her, bring food….” Rasmus began ordering the servants around hysterically.
“Hurry!” He ordered.
Astrid grabbed Klaras arm and dragged her to their room.
“By the way sister, You look awful,” Astrid said as she helped Klara change. “Next time you listen to me when I say you won’t go to war. Do you understand?”
“Yes, yes.”
“I am serious Klara. Do you know how scared I was?”
“I am sorry.” Klara apologized. She really didn’t want to fight with her sister when she had already made her worry so much. Astrid was the only person Klara loved above anyone else. She wasn’t only her sister but her friend. They had shared everything even their mother’s w. o. m. b.
Klara didn’t know what she would do without her sister.
After bathing, changing, eating and drinking Klara lay on her bed to rest. She couldn’t stop thinking about Lucian. She kept hearing his voice and his laughter, she kept seeing his eyes, she kept remembering the feel of having her arms around him and how his touch made her body tingle. What had he done to her? Maybe she would forget about him after a while but she didn’t.
As days went by she only thought more and more about him and slowly she realized he was someone she would never forget because he… he had stolen her heart.
“Are you thinking about him again?”
Klara woke up from her daydream and looked around. Astrid stood in the middle of the room a smirk on her face.
“Who?” Klara said pretending to not know but Astrid knew her too well.
“The prince who saved your life.”
Klara had told Astrid and Rasmus about Lucian. She hadn’t given them details but she had told them that he had saved her. Both her siblings were surprised that the dangerous prince had saved her instead of killing her.
“I wonder why he saved you.” Astrid said thoughtfully as she sat beside her sister. “Maybe he was bewitched by your beauty.”
“I don’t think so, Astrid. He never looked at me the wrong way and he didn’t even try to touch me. He was a total gentleman and … and he is a good person.”
Astrid arched a brow. Of course, she had a hard time believing that the prince who killed without mercy, who was rumored to be the devil’s son, whom everyone feared could actually be a good person.
“If he was bewitched by my beauty he would have had his way with me but he didn’t. Instead, he took me home, why? And sister he covered me with his cloak and told me to be safe.” Klara explained.
Astrid looked at her sister with a worried expression.
“What is it?” Klara asked. She didn’t like when Astrid looked at her that way.
“Nothing,” Astrid said shaking her head. “Just don’t think much about him and try to forget him. You know Rasmus would never give you to the enemy.”
Married To The Devils Son.
Chapter 50
I woke up feeling sore. Sleeping on the floor wasn’t the most pleasant thing when you were used to sleeping on luxurious beds.
Klara sat leaning against a tree with eyes closed. Was she asleep? It looked really uncomfortable to be sleeping that way. Yawning, I tried to get up but almost yelped as a sharp pain stabbed my leg. Sitting back down quickly I looked at my foot, it had swollen more.
“What happened?” Klara was suddenly next to me.
Grimacing in pain “My leg has gotten worse.” I said.
She looked at it closely. “I think we need to take you to a doctor.”
“Is that possible?” In the current situation, it would be difficult to find a doctor.