Slave Knight's Beloved Luna

Chapter 1

I want you

"Some gazes are the promise of protection."

Madeline

I ran and ran. Faster and harder.

The outgrown roots and the fallen leaves crunched underneath my flat boot. It was scary even more when I thought about the fierce attacks of the wild snakes.

So, I alleviated my pace and breathed in the fresh fragrance of minty grass. Each breath was like water, fresh and cleansing, flowing freely into my lungs. But the fresh feeling didn't last long,

Looking back, I noticed the two men around their mid-forties reaching toward me, fast through the lackluster forest.

"God save me, please!" I muttered and speeded my legs up more. Jeez, why didn't put my stockings on?

While focusing backward and running forward, I unnoticedly tripped over a huge root of the oldest banian tree. I lost my balance and fell on the dirt mud. Of all days, I chose to wear my favorite black dress with the white apron today, on my eighteenth birthday. And yeah, both my dress and birthday were destroyed.

My mother was right. I should have listened to her. She warned me to return home from the party before it gets dark. Seriously! If I had listened to her and came back before the evening, I wouldn't have met these men on my way and also, I wouldn't have myself in this hell hole now.

Frustrated, when I was so busy in mourning for my dress, a pain crept me up. I realized my knees were bleeding already and the wounds that kept aching across the area made me whimper in pain.

I was so done! Yet, I found the courage to pull the white ribbons off the bunches in my hair. Stretching the pair, I wrapped my knees with them, and anyhow, I was able to stop the bleeding.

But I guess... it took me a long time.

The sounds of the shuffles had succeeded closer. I looked up and saw those men who had already reached my end. Anxiety cruised through me as smirks arose on those two ugly faces.

I was in danger.

Where is he? He was supposed to be here already.

Please... please, come already.

I felt so vulnerable whilst one of those men grabbed my hands behind my back and tied them together. "P-please let me go." I begged but every time I did, he was laughing more evilly which gave me goosebumps.

Please... come!

I gasped when the other man crawled over me and stared down at my body lasciviously. He gripped onto my dress's collar and started tearing the robe apart.

Though it was not the first time, I had encountered so many men like him but no one was able to even touch my body. Because before they could do so, he would always show up and protect me.

The disgusting alcoholic scent invaded my sense and I couldn't help but hate it. I didn't have any idea about what this nasty man was going to do with my body. No matter what, I knew it won't be pleasant.

But for him, what was so pleasing about touching a girl who is three times younger than him? If I wouldn't have lost my father before my birth and if he was alive until now, I was sure that he would have been around their ages.

"Please... Leave me." Tears formed in my eyes and I just closed them as the dress was almost halfway torn.

He hasn't come yet. Perhaps, he won't. Maybe, my mother was right again. I have been living in fantasies that are filled with expectations. And it will hit me real hard on the face when I will get back to reality.