To Love My Alpha King

Chapter 4

Trigger warnings: child abuse and a lot of violence in this chapter. Just so you know...
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~ 9 years ago ~

Isoldi let out an anguished cry when she saw the King punish his son. For the first time in months, 13-year-old Kohl had lost a fight today. He normally always won, but today he had lost...

His father slapped him repeatedly in the face while Kohl stayed strong and didn't cry like he used to do when he was younger. He just took the hard hits against his cheek without blinking.

When the King was done, he left the room, but right before he walked through the door, he stopped and told Isoldi:

"You will not help him, comfort him or nurture him in any way, do you understand me?! Kohl must learn his lesson the hard way." He looked at his son and snorted with disappointment before he walked out of the room.

Isoldi, however, didn't listen to the King and she rushed to Kohl, to care for his wounds. Later, she gave him food for dinner and water for drinks.

"Isoldi, you mustn't help me. What if he will punish me? Or worse, what if he will punish you?"

"Don't worry Kohl, he won't find out," she said.

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The next morning, when Kohl was right in the middle of training, he suddenly was grabbed in his neck by a soldier of his father's. The man dragged him to the courtyard without saying a single word even though Kohl asked what he was thinking he was doing.

In the courtyard, there stood a few people watching something and when the young prince came closer, he saw they watched Isoldi, who was bound by hands on a rope that lifted her in the air. She stood on her toes and was stripped naked at the top.

His father did find out!

"Isoldi?!" Kohl shouted, feeling scared for what would happen when he saw a man standing behind Isoldi, In his hands, the man held a whip.

The King stood before them. "Oh, there you are. Kohl, come here," his father commanded.

Isoldi looked at Kohl, smiling weakly as she tried to comfort the young prince. She expected to get a few hits, it had happened before, it just gave her great grief that Kohl had to witness it this time.

"Isoldi disobeyed her King so now she must pay the price, and you can learn your lesson as well," the King told his son. He then turned to the executioner. "Do it!"

The man raised his arm and with force, he swung the whip against Isoldi's bare back, making a deep cut into the flesh. Isoldi screamed in pain.

It made Kohl's gut wrench. "No!" he cried out and he wanted to run to Isoldi, to help her, to untie her. However, his father held him in place and another lash was heard. And then another one.

Isoldi screamed with terror. "Aaah!!"

Kohl looked the other way because he couldn't bear the sight.

"You will watch!" his father said, holding Kohl's face in a tight grip so his son had to see the torture that was done to the one person he loved.

Kohl started crying. He couldn't stop Isoldi from being in pain, and so, he couldn't stop his tears from falling either.

But it only made his father angrier.

"Again!" screamed the king. Another lash cut deep into Isoldi's flesh and while she cried out, Kohl sobbed in his father's grip. It was the most horrible sound he'd ever heard.