The New Kings Pet

Chapter 2

Your majesty, I think we can come to a deal" he says striding confidently towards me but looks towards my mother, "your king gets to live, and I get the princess" he grabs me behind my neck and pushes me and my knees. I can see the distraught look in my mother's eyes and I give her a weak smile. The choice between her husband and her child, she looks at me and I shake my head no; knowing that she would choose me over my father.

"Your loyalty to the king should always go first" I whisper to myself and the man holding me down kicks me in the side. "You're taking too long and my patience is wearing thin your majesty" he huffs annoyed at her lack of a decision by now. "The king needs to live, you may have my daughter" her voice is hard and I can see her composure begin to crumble but she stays strong in front of me, the man pretends to think for a bit before nodding towards the queen by I know it's to the man suddenly standing behind her. "I don't like that answer," he says like a madman, in a split-second I hear a blood-curdling scream before I realise it's coming from me.

The man behind my mothers stabs her right in the heart, her body slumps as blood runs out her body onto the polished marble floor. My father lets out a cry of pain as he sees my mothers lifeless body before he is killed too, right in front of me.

"You bastard" I scream, crying and thrashing around to hit him but my hands hit the floor like a child throwing a tantrum. I watched as two men dragged away from my parent's lifeless bodies, it was then that I made my decision.

I will fight to avenge my family until the last breath I take, this man will not win in the end.

"Take her with them, let her say her goodbyes" he instructs a woman who nods solemnly as she helps me up we walk in silence, I stumble and fall to my knees to wrecked to move. "Your Highness please get up" her voice squeaks with concern as she tries to pull me up, but her frail arms don't seem to work against my weight.

"I don't want to" I gasp out feeling the weight of event suddenly crash down on me, I was now an orphan and a hostage. "Your Majesty, your parents would want to leave without saying goodbye," she says as if some truth is behind her words. "You will need closure, your highness" she bows her head as I get up smoothing my dirty dress we walk again in silence my head held high and her walking behind me.

We walk into a room and the smell is so overwhelming I gag covering my mouth, I watch as they place my parent's body on a table. I want to go towards them but there still figures root me to the ground, silent tears stream down my face as I stare at the lifeless bodies in front of me. It's sickening to the stomach to know that just this morning they were dancing together, and now they're not breathing and they won't be getting the proper funeral that they deserve. 

"I wish to leave now," I say firmly giving one last glance towards my parents before I head towards the door. The servant that lead me here nodded, "I wish to go back to my room" I say my voice quivering a bit as my calm demeanour begins to fade away. "As you wish, your Highness" she bows her head taking me towards my parent's bedroom. 

"My room is on the other side of the castle," I say stopping in the middle of the walkway. Her eyes widen in surprise before she bows her head, "I apologise your Highness I should have made you aware that your new sleeping quarters are in the Kings Chambers" her voice is soft and small and I almost pity her having to do this but my disobedient spirit sparks up as I storm towards the throne room. 

A wild guess that this royal imposter is in there sitting on the throne that is rightfully my father's. "Your Majesty, her Highness is here" the servant announces my arrival as I stride in ready to kill him with my bare hands. "My King" I scoff saying those words as if it were a sour lemon on my tongue, he rises no longer sitting on the throne a look of surprise on his face. 

"Oh, so you accept that I'm your king then?" he seems amused with a sly smirk on his face, crossing his arms over his chest. He approaches me his face mere inches from my own, "so darling, you wish to submit now?"

"Not at all" I spit in his face, "You may have the name of a king, you may act like one, but you will never be one." he reaches out his hand to slap my face but I refuse to be the first to willingly give up the fight. "You do not deserve that crown on your head, I hope the weight of it pushes you down in the mud because you are dirt" I shout, not caring if he were to punish me I will fight for my kingdom. "Very well little princess, we'll just have to see who wins this battle, the big bad wolf or little red riding hood" he smirks, his breath fanning my face.

"Oh, we will, because in that story the wolf ends up dead" it was finally my turn to smirk and watch him squirm, "take her to my room and cuff her to the bedpost" he shouts to his guards who come over and lift me up. "Sire, should we not take the prisoner to the dungeons," they ask each with my arm in their grasp. "No, we can't have a princess in the dungeon she might get hurt" he watches as they drag me towards the King's chambers, soon he is out of sight.

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You do not want to be in bed with a snake charmer

Peace out, Ty