>>Come here,<< Matthew ordered. I did not listen to him. He treated me worse than a dog. What was, even more, worse: we were to be married in a week.
Our subjects did not take a liking to all of these, some tried to riot, but that was quickly shushed down and some blood was spilt. There was not any other attempt to overthrow Matthew after. Everybody in the castle was scared, I did everything I could to calm servants down when Matthew was not looking. They were beyond worried about me.
They all knew what kind of father Troy was, but no one suspected he would give the throne to the French representative and wed his son, who was supposed to be future king, to the said man.
It was all messed up.
The worst part was that I did not know where my twins were. I heard Matthew saying to put them in a cell, in a dungeon, but they were below the castle, they spread over the entire surface of the castle and even beyond these parameters. Yes, our dungeons were very long. You could easily get lost, and they were even separated into wings.
Every wing — South, North, West and East — were for a different purpose. The original dungeons were smaller, a lot smaller, but when Troy's reign came, he made them four or five times bigger. It was a disaster. I do not even know how the castle did not collapse.
The South wing was for regular felons. Robbers, kidnappers, rapists. And for people who said the wrong thing to Troy so 'they needed to serve some time." That was the place where my mother and sisters most likely were held. That wing was the least problematic... On the good days. Knowing there are rapists there, locked in the same block was unsettling. But Troy loved my sisters, surely he put a guard next to their cell.
The North wing was for pirates. Every pirate he caught would go there in a cell until their trial — which was always ending with 'guilty' and they got hanged and their bodies were put where everyone could see them. They were either in the centre or around the sea border. To quote Troy: "They are to be shown as an example. Hang them where their filthy friends could see them."
Idiot.
The West wing was for accused of witchcraft and pagans, which were not many, since they kept it to themselves. Not like I had any problem with them, I myself believed in multiple gods. The west wing was often used to hold prisoners that did not belong with pirates and felons. People like me. People with preference in the same sex. Men who dressed as women and women who dressed like men.
The East wing was the cruellest. Firstly, only the worst went there to be held in cells. Secondly, they were only in that cells because they had to wait their turn. Turn to what, you might ask.
Turn to be tortured. The east wing was filled with torture devices Troy's men used in order to either get information or for fun. Or if it involved pirates or people who were enemies of Troy. I
I had been one there. The smell was nasty and old, aromas of blood and rotting flesh was always present. There were dead bodies on a pile. The blood was literally painting the walls. The only light was from torches, unlike the other wings, there was not any natural light because it was so deep and farther from the castle.
So I think you get why I was worried.
Slap. The sound of slapping was what suddenly echoed through the room. I pulled away from my thought because of the sting on my cheek and hitting the floor. I heard gasps, probably from servants.
Matthew was originally sitting at the throne, drinking wine. I had to sit next to him, on the floor. Luckily he gave me a pillow. "I do not want you to catch a cold or hurt your knees," he had said. "You will be needing your knees to be in perfect condition." He was now standing in front of me.
•TW: slight humiliation•
>>You come when I call! Do not make me treat you lower than a dog, you are the future ruler of the kingdom! You are to stand by my side. How do you expect people to respect me when I can not get my wife in order?<< there it was again. I do not know why he called me 'his wife'. Maybe because I looked feminine. Because of my curves. >>Strip.<<
Shit.
I only had the tunic he gave me, deep red colour that would look good on me if worn properly.
>>Do not make me repeat myself,<< he threatened. I stood up, slowly, removing my tunic. He snatched it from my hands, throwing it on the floor on the other side of the throne. I was standing naked in front of him and a few servants that were looking at me with sympathy. I could see some of them on verge of crying especially maids that were taking care of me before.
I had lost so much weight you could count my ribs, my skin was pale from dehydration, but at least I was clean. I hugged myself and waited until Matthew sat again on the throne. My throne.
>>Sit, << he said as he patted his lap. >>Sit here,<< he was so bipolar. One moment angry the next calm.
I listened to him sitting on his lap. Last time when I did not listen to him when he told me that, he made me suck him off as a punishment.
Now he seriously damaged me. Before on the ship, it was not my first time doing that so I was not really sad because he did not take anything from me. I thought he would rape me, but he did not. And then my twins saved me and were gentle with me, knowing not to push my head when I gave them blow jobs, knowing not to pull my head.
But after having Matthew do it to me these past weeks... I was not sure I would ever be able to do that with Edward and Harry.
>>Go bring me more wine, woman, << Matthew yelled at the maid. She answered 'yes, sire' and was quick to comply with the request. When she came closer, I saw her eyeing me.
The worst part of Matthew making me strip was that it was always in front of people, and since my anxiety showed again — I had it when I was little — I could not help but feel overly humiliated, embarrassed and ashamed. Not in just my body but mentally. Having people see me this vulnerable was a big emotional hit.
Matthew knew that I hated that, that was probably why he did it. To see me like that. I swear he would pay.
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