Captured Love

Chapter 28

My new mare was a dream to ride; I was nervous about it since I had never ridden a horse before let alone going along in this parade down a mountain. We moved at a steady pace in a calm manner no one really spoke since this was to be a sort of ritual for them, I guess. I admired the scenery of all the surrounding colorful vegetation. This was also another first since teleporting into this world, it now felt so real that I was again in another world, but this time not alone like before. I would be treated like a queen or goddess yes, but at least there was people here and things I could actually do unlike before with Amias. 

'This time I'm not stuck locked up in a cage just to be used for sex and companionship with that asshole. I can't believe I ever actually loved him or still do I don't know anymore. What is there to even like about that bastard who only kidnapped me to breed me like some prized animal then toss me aside every time he was finished.'

I could feel myself begin to spiral again into another frenzy I tried to clamp down on my emotions so as not to show all these people how truly pathetic I had become. That the queen they are worshipping was really just a crazed kidnapped victim in love with her kidnapper. 

The sound of my horse neighing and jostling of her walk snapped me out of my thoughts. I hadn't realized I was unintentionally gripping her reigns tight and leaking my energy into her again. The areas where my body touched hers looked darker not burned or bleeding but blackened almost. I tried to use magic to heal her back to normal. Thankfully my magic worked, and the hide of the animal returned to unblemished.  I looked around cautiously, yet no one seemed to have noticed my oncoming fit or what happened just now. I think realistically they might've just pretended to look the other way to save me from embarrassment. 

'Snap out of its Evelyn he isn't here anymore, and you shouldn't want him back!'

I couldn't keep letting my emotions get the best of me especially now that I was in another world and not the realm where things could easily be fixed because it was just us. Things are different now I am among other living creatures without magic who can't even defend themselves from me even if I don't intentionally mean them harm. Amias may have forced me into an unhealthy relationship, but at least he helped to make sure I never did any permanent damage with my abilities. Once I lost Betty and considered making a pet, he stopped me saying if I chose to create a living creature there was no guarantee that they could be happy considering we couldn't predict how my powers could affect them, temperament wise or accidentally killing them by mistake.  

'I guess just changing an already alive creature is different than creating one from scratch. '

All this quiet and riding was leaving me to wander in my head, and I didn't like it. My thinking would eventually almost always lead back to him which I hated myself for.

We eventually made it down the mountain by sunset. The view was just as nice from below as above. You could tell the village really put effort into making everything beautiful just for my arrival. The path into their plaza was decorated beautifully with lanterns lit of different shades of blues and yellow while the flower garlands they hung about varied in many colors. I couldn't stop the smile spreading on my face from the joy it brought me to see all the happy residents among such an aesthetic background. The buildings were simply made from brick, adobe, wood and some even built from sides of trees. Everything looked so cohesive, it just worked. They announced my "return" to my "followers". I wasn't sure what I expected, but to have a crowd of random people cheering for you is an experience like no other. Everything felt very alien to me, from the throng of people wanting to touch me to the chanting of celebration at my presence. I wasn't sure what to do. 

'Just smile and wave.'  

I tried to follow my own advice which only led more cheering and shouting. The priestess told me their village was small however these numbers were anything, but humble, I could hazard a guess of about a few thousand plus the children. 

We walked past the plaza into another enclosed area of a courtyard. The procession came to a stop and Sarah came out to greet me. She was directed by the head priestess as a servant, and we made our way into what was to be my new residence. I desperately wanted to grab the little girl's hand out of comfort but chose not to out of respect to everyone following along behind us. I wasn't sure of what the rules of their culture was like and didn't want to cause her any trouble.

"This is your majesty's exalted bedchamber if it pleases you." She waved her hand about presenting it to me after bowing her head. 

The room was splendid with jewels and glass adorning the windows throwing off colorful light beams into the room and the bed itself was full of cushions and blankets splayed atop. The walls were lined with wallpaper and intricate tapestries. I was left in awe of how magnificent the bedroom looked. I felt like this was really catered toward my tastes compared to my old luxurious minimalist room from the other realm this one actually felt more me.