Midnight Pleasure

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Started: September 16, 2021

Finished: September 21, 2021

It's been a week since our fathers coffin was lowered into the ground. My mother and Riley are still upset about it, but Caleb and I are the happiest we've every been. I'm still a little stressed because of the wedding, but that's only one thing. Before I was so scared of doing one little thing wrong and having my father potienally killing me.

Scott and I feel more free now that he's gone. He's been sneaking into the castle more often since my father isn't around to catch us. Only one person has met Scott and that's Caleb. He caught us in the library playing a game of checkers.

"Nataliea, you have to be more careful. What if it was mom instead of me? You and him would be killed." Scott had popped his around out from behind one of the bookshelves. I pushed him behind there when we heard the doorknob twisting open. Caleb saw Scott as he jumped onto the floor making quite a loud thump.

Awsten came to the funeral with us. He can stand without anyone's help now, but my mother insisted that he have a seat for the whole ceremony. He keeps asking me if I'm alright, since my father did die and I'm still sick. I've thrown up many times now, almost everyday.

"Nataliea, have you even had the chance to grieve over his death." Awsten and I were walking around in the castle. He had his arm wrapped around my waist, keeping me close to him.

I pulled him into my bedroom and we both sat down on the bed. "Awsten can I trust you with something." He nodded his head and held my hand. "I've never told this to anyone before so please I don't want you to say anything about it."

I began to tell him about that day. There were parts of my story where it was hard to say out loud. Awsten held my hand while I cried over over memory of almost being raped by Mt father.

Awsten didn't say a word after I finished. My nose was plugged from crying so much but at this point neither of us cared. He pulled me into a hug and held onto me tight. "I am so sorry Nataliea." His very few words comforted me, even if there was a little voice in the back of my head wishing that it was Scott here.

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No one has been able to get anything out of Griffin and why he killed dad. Mother has asked for me to visit him in the dungeons, hoping to get him to talk. "Now there will be a guard standing outside. Just knock when you want out." My mother walked away as the guard unlocked the door.

Griffin was sitting in the corner of the room with his head pushed into his knees. "Hi Griff." My quiet words echoed through the room as it was so small and there was nothing to block the sound from bouncing off the walls.

I sat down on a small metal chair that was located in the middle of the room. Griffin didn't look up from where he was. The room was so silent that I could hear my own breathing along with Griffins. "I understand why you were so mad at dad. He treats us so poorly. All three of us, Caleb, Me and you."

I began talking about how much I was I could have just told dad off. Griffin lifted his head and I could actually tell he was listening to what I had to say. This was the most movement and communication anyone could get out if Griffin. "I know many people have tried to get you to talk. But I just want to know, why?"

At this point he was standing in front of me. Griffin wasn't directly looking at me but I knew he was looking at me. "He needed to finally feel the pain  I felt." Griffin walked back to the corner of the cell and curled back up again.

I stood up and knocked on the door, since I knew he wasn't going to say anything else. The guard smiled and opened the thick steel door for me. "Can you give him some food please. There is no reason for him to be treated this way." I said before walking past all the guards standing still in the hall.