THE KINGS FIRST MISTRESS

ROSE

"Keep up with me pa, stay with me. "

I wept,keeping him close to me. He was giving out, going limp.

"My heart Rose, by heart. "

"Stay with me pa you will be fine. "

But he wasn't. He smiled at me,but his smile was very fragile.

"Am sorry Rose, this time I can't obey."

Life departed him with the last breathe in him. And he lay in my arms, dead. Feeling defeated, I hid his staring eyes with my palms,then I raised my head to the sky and screamed. I cried to the ancestors and the gods for taking my father away with them

When the warriors tugged me , I tried to fight,to defend myself. But I lost all the strength. They seized my sword and tied my arms and limbs, hauled me along like a criminal.

My father was dead, the war oended. Egorthonian soldiers seized the victory, I'm making me their only surviving captive. I didn't know what would become of my village and my people, but now, right now,all I could think about is death, blood and agony.

The soldiers grabbed me by my arms and I fought hard to free myself.

"Let me go !" I kicked and cursed and screamed, but my bounded hands made the fool of me.

They carried me and took me to a place in the forest where the Egorthonians and their king camped. warriors were celebrating their victory. When they saw me on the shoulder of their colleague, they raised their sword and rejoiced.

I landed on a pile of debris when he let me go. And all of them came to peek at me.

"Oh God, oh god I can't wait. Where is the king? She' so hot.

"She's burning."

I couldn't fathom what they were saying, but I saw the way each of them were holding their pants, breathing heavily like animals.

Come on I want this woman!

A red haired soldier pleaded with his friend. He couldn't wait. But his friend pushed him aside.

"I found her first, she'mine!"

"No, she'mine."

"You lie she's mine!"

"Maybe we should use her in turns, she belongs to all of us . I don't think the king has a problem with that. "

"Let's do it! The king will understand!

They weren't going to rape me in turns were they? No,I won't let this happen. They were numerous, and I was the only girl. I will die even before the third person is done.

"Don't touch me, don't touch me! "

I wept, but my wails fell on deaf ears. They lifted me up and pinned me to a tree. While two men held my hands, the one behind me tore my pants and shirt. I toiled, wept, even begged. But to them, it was music to their ears.

"Stoppp! "

Somebody cried out to them. I felt my arms falling freely to my sides.

"His majesty is here! "

The announcer said again. Everybody fell on their knees and bowed.

While realizing that I was almost naked, I tried every effort to gather the remains of my dress to my exposed breast. Then I curled up on the ground like a snake . I didn't recognized the strong heavy boots which wrapped the long legs standing before me. I lifted my head and met the gaze of a tall huge man. My heart blew off, If this big guy was the one who would go inside me, then I rather die trying to survive from the soldier's rape festival.

He read the anxiety in my eyes and finally bent down to meet my level. His ocean blue eyes, stared right into me, and reading me as if he could tell something through my eyes and my body.

"Your cloth, it's ripped to pieces, who did this do you?"

The deep, manly voice, that now sounded harsh and sore gave the soldiers shaky legs. He returned to his normal hight, so tall and built.

"Did you try to rape her? "

No one replied. He drew his sword.

"Your majesty we are sorry! " The soldiers fell on their knees and begged.

"I will deal with all of you later. "

He returned to me, seeing how calm I had been, he extended a hand and I punched it.

"Go away! Leave me alone!"

I began to cry. Still, he caught me in his arms and I struggled like a child.

"You killed my dad, now you want to kill me, here am kill me! It's what you wanted. Take my life and leave me alone. "

I didn't know how much I struggled, but K felt my weightless body being raised from the ground, into big long arms and strong flesh. I laid there or maybe I lost consciousness.

I woke up feeling dizzy. My head ached badly and my whole body was sour. I was in pains,but I didn't resist the wonderful mattress that cuddled me in a warm white sheet. The environment which found myself in was different. I wasn't out in the cold and surrounded by hungry looking soldiers, I was lying safely on a bed, guided by the new peaceful and cozy air. And a scent good enough to make you think of home, who brought me here?

"Done with your beauty sleep princess? "

The deep male voice made me twitching. He was lyiny next to me, half naked. Long hair, very thick, floating down his shoulders in waves. Strong muscles, alluring skin, tight torso.... long large arms. He gave me a smirk and I looked down at myself, I wasn't wearing any cloths. I was naked.

"What have you done to me?"

He frowned.

"What did I do?"

"How dare you touch me?"

I whacked him with a pillow.

"You killed my dad, my men!"

My hand cought a basket of fruits and I tossed them over him.

"Now you had the nerves to defile me. You wicked pig! You devil, you demon, you beast......

"Wait wait wait hold on a little! "

I paused, breathing heavily.

"You think I slept with you? "

"When your men tried to rip me apart, of course you could do more! You're their king. And you've seen a helpless girl who's also hot and pretty, what would she be doing in your bed? "

He was calm. My trepidation arrived the moment he just sat there, starting at me. What if he got furious and strangled me? He was much bigger and stronger. He was competent for anything now. My father was not wrong when he said that fighting the king of the west was like challenging a dragon.

"Your clothes were bloody,so I took them off. Isn't that kind enough for you to appreciate?"

"You lay your filthy hands on me. You even saw my nakedness. How dare you? That is no kindness!"

Seeing how angry I was, he rolled towards me and I moved backwards.

"Are you scared? Well,you don't have to. If I wanted you,I would have devoured you without mercy."

"Then let me go."

He sat up."What?"

"Yes! let me go! If you won't kill me, you let me go!"

"Princess, you are my captive. Your father killed my family. Now I have you,it's all I want. You are my slave, I own you and you will stay here dead or alive. So chill and stop going wild."

When he left, I cried out and cursed him.

"Let me go! Set me free! I own myself, no one owns me. I don't belong to you and will never belong to you. "

I wept bitterly, but somehow I found peace and dozed off.

I woke up again. The man standing before the end was one of the king's men. The soldier drooed a tray on the stool beside me, while I sat up, preparing myself against any unsmart move.

"This is your food. "

"From who? "

"His majesty, the king. He wants you to eat. I mean, eat all of them. "

I hissed and laid back, spreading the blanket over me.

"Am not hungry. "

"It an order from his majesty, no one rejected the king's order. "

"Then I will be the first. Who does he think he is? Take this away, I am not hungry. "

Startled, the man left the food on the table and left. Few minutes later, with my food untouched, The king came in. I knew it was him. He's got the scent no one's ever had. The aura was different; dark and cool.... and mysterious, Made my heart beat.

"They said you rejected your food."

"Am not hungry. "

"You haven't eating since you were captured. Am afraid you may die before the day brakes.

"Then I will die happy, than stay in the tent of a dragon -monster himself."

I knew the remark hurt him. But he bounced it with a chuckle.

"You don't want to to eat, don't eat. The men are hungry, I will give the food to them." He seized the tray of food and and left.

I know I did what I wanted, but I was hungry, really hungry. My pride led me, so was my temper. And the king was right, if didn't eat that night, I may end up dead by morning.