The Devil's Kingdom

Retribution

I stop infront of the huge double doors of the throne hall. They were closed but watching me standing there, the guards immediately start pulling them open.

This ain't the front entrance through which everyone can walk into the throne hall, this is the entrance which is only used by the members of royal family to enter the throne hall directly onto the highland. As their seats are located on high positions than other court members.

I walk inside. Entering through the doors, a long hallway leads directly onto the high land of the throne hall.

Once I'm inside the throne hall, I see Jungkook sitting on the throne waiting for me. His face isn't showing even a hint of any emotion. I look around the hall, the whole place was empty, not a single person was there. All the court members were killed. Every official was assassinated except for the present King.

I walk down the stairs, off from the high land and stood on the lower floor, in the front space between the two parallel rows of empty chairs of court members and looked up at him, waiting for him to start this trial.

He was looking at me with an expression that I couldn't unpuzzle. But maybe, just maybe, I think this is as much hard for him as it is for me.

Our marriage is so twisted. Both of us never showed our unshielded selves to each other nor did we spoke our true feelings that we kept hidden deep within us, that we both believed would make us look weak infront of each other. We trusted each other but Blind Trust is something that could've had never been built in our marriage, especially the situations in which it had happened. It might be different, if we've met under normal circumstances.

I kept denying, kept running away from the truth but finally when a wall stood infront of me and there was no way to run away anymore, i faced it, and those times when I realized I've fallen in love with him was devastating and so shameful for me. At that time, I only knew half the story and pictured him in the wrong side. I kept cursing myself, I hated myself for it, yet I couldn't stop myself from falling in love with him more and more, day-by-day. Helplessly.

At a point, I even chose my love for him over my conscience. I chose him over my dignity. I chose him over wrong/right. I chose him over myself. I chose him over anything else. Maybe it was my madness, but it was at that moment I realized I was ready to sacrifice everything, anything, even myself for him.

It was at that moment, I finally accepted the truth that I've fallen in love with him. That the place that he'd built within me is the strongest & unshakable. Incomparable to anything else.

All the while, I never expected anything in return from him. Not even his love.

Even today, I am not expecting him to show me any mercy. I've come here prepared for the worse.

But, I won't deny, there were times where I did saw the reflection of my feelings in him. I don't know if it was my delusion or reality, but I did saw.

" Crown Princess, Yn.. " he says with a powerful voice that echoes in the empty, closed throne hall.

" Every wrong has to be punished for its doings even if it's the Crown Princess. You've done something for which you've to be punished. And right now, I'm going to announce your punishment here but before that if you've anything to say in your defense then, please go ahead. " Jungkook says all that holding a poker face.

I shake my head, " No, I've nothing to say. I'll accept whatever punishment is given to me by you. "

Jungkook stays silent for a moment before he says " As your wish. " and calls one of the guards standing in the hallway I came through and says something to him that I couldn't hear at all.