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Chapter 24

Delilah

What on dinosaur's extinction!!?

In the middle of the room stood my Uncle, who I thought was dead for so many years. I always found it weird how he suddenly stopped coming one day, and my parents dismissed any questions related to him.

"It's been a long time hasn't it, child?"

"I thought you..... were dead." I was too shocked to even speak properly.

I mean I never got a good vibe from Uncle Victor. He always seemed like a two-faced snake to me.

"That is what I tricked you people into believing, dear." He replied while walking towards me, or rather the confinement I was in.

Yup, once a snake, always a snake.

I needed to make smart moves now. I already knew that my family would be going berserk and flipping the whole world upside down searching for me.

"Let's get right to the point. Why am I here Uncle?" I definitely tried to sound confident and mask my obvious scared self. But did I succeed? By the look on his face, I don't think so.

"You are the greatest part of my master plan, principessa." I haven't heard someone call me that for a long time.

I waited for him to elaborate his plan since I needed to atleast gather information about what his so called "Master plan" was.

"You see principessa, I want to surprise you instead of telling you everything I'm about to do to you." He smiles darkly.

Who would've thought my day would take a turn like this?

"You are not getting away with this." I retort.

"We'll see principessa. We'll see." With that he takes his leave with his stupid huge goons behind him.

I try to keep calm and think of ways on how to escape from this hell hole. Deep down I knew it would be impossible for me to get out of here, but it didn't hurt to try.

All I could see was a heavy door and the bars of my cell and let's not forget the only source of light in this place.

Was this even necessary? As if putting me in a cell wasn't enough.

Just as I was trying to come up with a plan, I heard the sound of the door opening.

"A-are you my b-bride?" A man in his 20s comes in and asks me bashfully. He was about six feet tall already towering over my average female height.

"You're r-really p-pretty!" He continues.

"Excuse me?" I ask incredulous.
What on earth was this man going on about.
He continues glancing at me nervously while playing with his fingers.

"Papa s-said that he chose a r-really pretty bride f-for me and that I could do a-anything to her." He manages to speak out after all the stuttering.

"I am not your bride and will never be." I reply looking at him straight in the face.

What is this? The eighteenth century?

"B-BUT PAPA SAID-" He starts shouting and slowly becoming hysterical.

"Okay calm down! Who's your papa and why would he tell you such nonsense?" I actually felt sorry for this guy seeing as he was probably mentally disabled.

"Papa V-Victor told m-me.." I tuned him out after that to overcome the shock I was going through.

Uncle Victor had a son!? Today really is a day full of surprises.

I remember his daughter Jane always being a whiny and bratty kid everytime we played together. She even got on all my brothers' bad side which is quite a feat.

"What's your name?" I could atleast try and get some kind of useful information out of him.

"C-Caleb." He was standing in front of the cell now.

"Caleb listen to me. I probably won't be you bride, but I could be your friend if you want?" I tried being gentle with him. It wouldn't be good if I riled him up.

"Then w-will we always b-be together?" He asks after thinking about it some time.

"Yes, yes we will." Man I felt bad taking advantage of him like this. But survival comes first.

He smiled happily at this and agreed on becoming my "friend".

"Caleb, can you do something for your friend?" Time for attempt #1 to get out of here.

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Please spare my life.🙏🏻
And I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Stay safe🤍
-lia__nee