Under the stars

Chapter 8

His eyes met mine and I could see the rage gathering in his eyes.Although he had not even spoken a word he came across as cold and brooding which automatically made me very uncomfortable with the situation. He gently stretched out his hand in a kind gesture as an offer of being my escort. Without even knowing him he gave me serious possessive and dominant vibes. It terrified me to say the least and it was quite a disappointment if I was being totally honest. He quickly ushered me out the doors into the breath-taking side gardens in an attempt to talk to me privately or so I assumed. "Well let's cut to the chase, My name is Santiago and you are my to-be wife. I want a proper marriage and due to the deal between our families there is no divorce way out and do hope that you are content with this deal as unfortunately for the better good of both of us I do not think it is changing. If you don't already know my family holds both an underground status but a royal status to my country and as the to-be queen you have your work cut out for you". My jaw dropped and I was dazed. Nobody informed me that he was royal and as if his personality and mafia status was not already enough he expects me to be the queen like this is to make. I want out, nobody told me the whole deal. I was only informed and in that moment it broke me realising my future and I also did not know there was no way out adding to my stresses. Noticing my unease he held his hand out. Another kind-like gesture that does not match his words. "As I am sure from the frazzled look upon your face nobody told you the finer details of this marriage deal. Not to worry though tomorrow you will spend the day with me at the palace to set the more important things up for the wedding that awaits us in a week. I hope you do come to peace with the circumstances as after a week until death does us part we will be together." Without forming normal words I timidly nodded which is unlike my fiery personality but something about him made me fear him or possibly the fact that we would be married for like in a week and this was the guy I would call my husband.

I walked hand in hand with him to the dining room and to sum it up dinner went quite smoothly. Everyone was striking up their own conversation while I was sitting in solemn silence still in a daze. My brothers sensed my unease and from one sharp look of mine to them they knew they had some explaining to do at home.

DINNER AND CAR TIME SKIP (CURRENTLY JUST ARRIVED HOME)

I walked home with my actions laced with rage and fury. They signed my life away and never even told me and better yet to a king of all people. I once again in my life was casted to the shadows.

I thundered into the house with a bellowed expression of anger as I walked up to my older brother in the face attempting to slap him with all my might. My hand was unfortunately caught midair by my oldest brother Alessandro with an angry expression mirroring mine to go with it. "Don't you dare" He growled out over animastically. "You're going to his house whether you like it or not and you're gonna quit this bratty behaviour and do what they tell you. Until you're married off I am not gonna hear another word about it am I clear ""Yes, crystal" I stuttered back pathetically like a cowering coward. I liked Alessandro a lot frankly quite a lot and I trusted him most of all which is already a huge struggle for me but this is yet another reason as to why I don't trust people. Fuses were going off in my head as I anticipated my next actions. Well they are sending me away anyway so I might as well go out with a bang and with their recent actions I don't think they will be wanting me back anytime soon. So against my better judgement i screamed my whole thoughts and minds out like there is no tomorrow. "Well you stupid, useless,crazy waste-of-time morons. I have waited my entire life for a proper family in fact merely one person to rely on and here I was being all naive and stupid like a puppy in love believing your really realistic brotherly love drama play. I read Harry Potter once as a kid. Unfortunately with my living conditions it was one of the few joys of my life. To go home, sit down no matter where I was, savour the few pages a day I would read if I was not in immense pain. I was jealous of him for his ability to talk to snakes but I suppose that I have been doing it my entire life. Well I suppose that sums up a siblings love, see you in the heavens above or well in your case the deepest pits of hell"

I started viciously thumping up the stairs and grabbed the small backpack I had when I came here and started shoving random crap that I thought would eventually have some use to me.

I was rushing down the stairs in attempts to scourge food as I changed out of my dinner outfit into the ridiculous clothes I wore when I came here again fruitlessly trying to show that I do not need anything they have or have offered me and am perfectly fine on my own. Alessandro saw me and became impossibly angrier and boy is he scary when made. He rushed toward me and I was too frozen in space and terror to move and he effortlessly grabbed my little bag of belongings and me believe it or not at the same time and tossed the bag towards Romeo to make matters worse he peered down at me and with his free hands he pinched the bridge of his nose to try and calm himself down or that is at least what it looks like he is doing. "Screw that and any of our other plans. You're leaving tomorrow without anything and finding permanent residency at Santiago's house. I hope you find yourself at home and find family there. Good bye for now however me and your fellow brothers will bid you your final farewell at your wedding when you take off with your amazing husband I assure. Just to inform you I am moving the wedding to the coming week quite a few months earlier but in light of your recent behaviour we have all deemed it quite important. Have a good night's rest you're gonna need if for tomorrow you have one hell of a day coming up. I wish you the best of luck for your future. We have been informed to send you without any personal belongings as they will most probably be taken away upon entry"