Everything was fine until I heard that booming voice.
"ELENA!"
My skin crawled. I had two month old Laura in my arms. Joseph came into the lounge room.
I didn't know what to do. Do I run?
Steve wasn't here. Oh god.
"You! I KNOW YOUR SECRET! You are a fool. You're a fake! One of my goddamn maids?! You had a royals child!"
Matthew stood in the corner. He looked beaten. I felt my cheeks flush. He told him. I didn't trust that man. I knew I should've trusted my instincts.
"GET UP!"
I got up. He grabbed my arm, hard. I almost lost grip of my child. I was going to be beheaded. I was going to be kicked out. I was going to raise Laura on my own.
Where was Sarah? She would save me. Joseph seemed to stop around her. I needed help.
"Please don't throw me out I am begging. Just let me wait until Steve gets back. We will explain everything.."
"Oh I am not throwing you out. No...I have a place just for you and this fool of a child."
Matthew was led out by a guard. No. I wanted him to see where I went. He could at least tell Steve. Joseph was so strong.
"Please...just wait until Steve."
He stopped, slapping me hard across the face. Laura cried in my arms. I held my cheek. It stung in pain. I could barely even think of it though.
"Shut your stupid little mouth. I knew you were wrong the whole time."
He pulled me by my arm to the library. He pushed one of the bookcases, taking me down a secret hallway. In there was a room. Empty.
Steve would never find this. I was gonna die. I couldn't even tell the love of my life goodbye.
"No. No please... no you can't. I will leave. As long as Steve remarries. We have not even presented the baby yet...please. She's a royal even if I am not. Please at least take her. I beg of you let her have a life even if I die!"
"I don't want a firstborn female in my bloodline anyways. You won't last a week in here. Neither will your fake baby. You bastard."
I felt tears well up. "Let me wait for Steve. He can't even say goodbye to his child."
"My son is weak. You have corrupted this family. I hope you die here. We will have this wiped from our history."
He threw me into the room. I fell back, making sure that Laura didn't hit anything. He slammed the door, locking it.
"No no no no please. No!"
I let out a sob as I heard everything close. It was dark. I did not know what to do.
I held Laura she cried in my arms. I didn't have any food or water. My breast milk would last her a few days. My dress could be done up as cloth for her.I had to keep her awake. Steve was to be back in three days time. He had to find me. He had to. I had to stay alive.
It took me a while to calm down, and to calm down Laura with me. She whimpered. I knew I had to feed her when I still could.
I moved my dressed, getting her latched.
I fed her before letting her fall asleep on me. Whatever I could do to make sure she was relaxed.
I had to stay strong.
All I could think of was Steve. His hair. His body. His eyes. His smile.
The way he made me laugh. The way he was always making sure I was alright.
And I had to hear that. I was alright. He would find me. I trusted my husband.
"It's okay Laura Lynn. Your father is going to find us. We are alright..." I whispered.I prayed to anything that I would be found.
I just had to stay strong.
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I don't know how long it had been since I was locked in the room. I was starved. My milk was not coming in right. My dress had been cut for Laura's cloths.
Laura cried in my arms. I hushed her.
"It's alright. It's alright.."
I knew my fate at this point. I would die here. Laura would die too.
I just had to keep these moments with her. Until I knew it was too late.

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Wait for the Signal: A Royalty Steve Rogers Story
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