The Oath and the true queen

4 Desper

of trouble in the air. My head pounds as I tried to calm my panick

y face staring back at me. No, I am dead already. Without warning, tears started streaming down my eyes uncontrollably. I slipped the orb into my inner

s wildly in my chest as I stay rooted in my position. Eria gave me a sympathetic look as she knew wh

ried to plead but his expressio

you want to bewitch me with your voice the way you did to make me marry a worthless human being like yo

ma

d used it to drag me into the room with him. He removed it and threw it to a corner. Letting

something in the dead thing you call your womb” He laughed menacingly as he seized me up like a predator wait

ng my neck and choking me in the process. He then dragged me and pushed me on the bed pinning my hands with one of his. I cried out as I

he cheap whore you are but refuse me like this? Stay s

Please!” I cried my voice til

en his as he used his other hand to tear my blouse, ripping my corsets out forcefully. It hurts and all I could see was stars as I tried to keep myself aw

re dead” He groaned in pain rolling off me wh

ck's fury knew no bounds as he hurled accusations and insults, his rage unabated.

nt any longer. With trembling hands, I gathered my courage and shattered a porcelain

lshit!" I screamed, the words erup

e first time in years, I had confronted him, my voice a weapon of rebellion against his cr

cubine?! I didn't do all that because I love you, but you have remained ungratef

love me, you wouldn't raise your hands on me when I have trie

He said like he is frustrated

nger that had long simmered beneath the surface. I

e woman who will give you what you want. I'm tir

were coming back from?" His laughter was a bitte

r my watch!" He decl

mands. He decreed that I would not leave until I bore him a child, sub

trength drained. Tears no longer came, for my eyes had run dry. I had

n. She stood there, a glimmer of hope in the shadows, hold

ds and pulling me to my feet. Her determination

h an unspoken plea. She ushered me toward the door, and I stumbled along, conf

in moonlight. Eria's eyes met mine, and she hugged me ti

ad orchestrated my escape. A flicker of hope ignited within me—hope that I could bre

trapped in this hell when