Porcelain : Levi x Reader (Royal AU)

T h i r t y T h r e e : Worth

Whenyou come to, it takes more than a few seconds for your eyes to adjust. Whenthey do though, you almost burst out into cynical laughter as you take in yoursurroundings and your bones ache from sleeping on the floor. Even though it'sso dark that you can barely see more than a few feet ahead of you, you'd recognize this smell anywhere

Only a few weeks ago you had been on the other side of the cell watching Levi torture the prisoners responsible for the King's death, and yet here you were. Your ankle pounds as if your heart beats there instead of your chest.

The door to your cell opens and you groan as the candlelight from the hallway seems to burn your eyes. Despite the instinct to shut them you force them open, trying to make out the silhouette of the person before you. After they walk in, they squat in front of you and you lunge forward at the sight of them.

Anger rises up in your throat at the sight of Zeke's face before you and he doesn't flinch as he knows that you couldn't touch him even if you wanted to. Not with Reiner there. Still, for extra precautionary measures, Zeke instructs his guard to chain you to the wall for now.

"Y/N, fancy seeing you here."

"Why am I here?" Your voice is so dry and hoarse that you're surprised at how you sound.

"Why?" He scoffs, "For one, you disobeyed me. For whatever foolish reason you were going to go to Norway instead of Asiko."

"That's not enough to lock me in the dungeon."

"God of course not, I'm not a monster. You're down here because you going to Norway was most likely a part of a bigger conspiracy against me planned by Hange. And your relationship with her is strong, you'd go along with what she would ask you to do. But even that is only half of the reason why you're here."

At the mention of your teacher, you almost scream but you have no energy to. You have no idea how long you were out, and therefore how long you've been without food or water.

"Stop playing word games, just tell me the other reason."

He looks at you in bewilderment, "Don't pretend to act innocent now. You know why."

Confusion settles onto your expression but he doesn't buy it.

"Since you're deciding to play stupid, I'll explain it. The other reason you're here is because of your beloved husband. I received word on the night of your supposed escape from my spies that he was no longer in France, in fact I have no idea where that fucking bastard is. But you do, don't you?"

"I don't." Your eyes widen as you defend yourself, this entire time you had thought he was in France just like everyone else. But this new piece of information also let you know that the night where you guys had planned to escape Zeke had bluffed to Mikasa, he couldn't kill Eren because he didn't even know where he was.

"Right, of course you don't. But you just so happened to try and go somewhere else, just like him. Doesn't this all seem a bit suspicious to you, Y/N? Doesn't it feel like you, Hange, Eren, and Levi are trying to play me for a fool?"

"I'm telling you that I don't know where Eren is. There's no conspiracy, you're being paranoid for no-"

He smacks you across the face and you feel the gold rings on his fingers cut your cheek.

"Save the acting for someone else. I had a deal with Eren, he serves as the ambassador of France and I leave you alone. But he failed his end of the bargain. You understand what that means don't you, my dear Y/N? Not only can I do whatever I want to you because no one's here to protect you but when Eren finds out what I've done to you, his poor little heart will burst. Maybe he'll think twice about betraying me for a third time."