The Bastard Queen ✔

XXXIV.

"Please Ko, let me go," Katherine plead, pulling on the ropes

"You should've just died then none of this would've happened," Ko said, placing a black towel on the table

"Why?"

"Why what?" Ko opened the towel and grin

"Why did you try to kill me? Was your loyalty to me fake?" Katherine asked, looking around trying to find a way to escape

"I plead my loyalty to Kana as I was a servant boy back in her mansion. I was to come to serve as your servant and get your loyalty which took longer than expected," Ko chuckle, picking up a knife

"I didn't want that crown or title, but I couldn't disappoint my father or banish the family line," Katherine said, panicking when she saw the knife

"Was that supposed to make me feel remorse for you?" Ko tilted his head, sliding his finger of the knife, "I do admire that a bastard became a Queen, but at the same time, it was foolish for you to think you can be better than a full blood royal who spent her whole life, learning about her duty as a princess and possibly queen," Ko threw the knife purposely missing her arm

Katherine breathing stopped when the blade swoops right past her, but cutting her. It wasn't deep, but it stings like a paper cut.

"Whoops! I missed!" Ko said, walking to Katherine

"Please Ko, I'll stay out of the public. I-I'll even leave if you let me go," Katherine plead

"I can't. I've already been yelled at, I can't disobey Kana's orders," Ko picked up the knife and walked back to the table, waving the knife around

"Please, you can lie to Kana about my death. I'll hide. I'll change my appearance and my identity. Just please, let me live," Katherine cried, jumping in her chair

Ko stared at her as she jumped and thrashed in her chair, trying to escape. Tears running down her cheeks as she tried to pull her wrist out of the rope.

"You look pretty crying," Ko said, "I wonder where should I start," Ko picked me a sharper knife and walked in front of Katherine

"P-please Ko! I beg of you! I never did anything wrong," Katherine yelled, trying to spread her legs open

"You didn't, but I have to settle the debt," He said, placing the knife on her cheek and slicing her skin
Katherine screamed, throwing her head back, so Ko wouldn't get too close to her.

"Should I cut your neck now or should I continue to torture you? Decisions, Decisions," Ko said, tapping the knife on his cheek

"Let me go! I promise to hide or leave," Katherine yelled, frustrated

"Where should I start next?" Ko walked around Katherine, excited to see her struggling

"Nowhere! Now, let me go!" Katherine felt hopeless, no way of escaping

"Ah, perfect," Ko said, Katherine turned her attention to him, her eyes widening

"Get… away… from… me," Katherine breath out, jumping in the chair

Ko grabbed the chair and kept it firmly in place, " Can you stop jumping around. I need you to stay still so I won't kill you,"

Katherine didn't listen and continue to jump until Ko pushed her to the floor, "I'll be back. I gotta cool down before I kill you to fast," Ko left

Katherine laid there, still trying to get out, but felt a sharp pain from her boot. 'Wait.' Katherine moved her feet and felt the pain again. 'The pocket knife. I forgot I still carried it.' Katherine tried to take her shoe off, but it wouldn't come off. She used her body to move the chair so the pocket knife could come out. Still didn't work.

"Fuck!" Katherine yelled, kicking her feet

She repeated trying to take her shoes. The front of boot trying to pull the back of the boot. 'Please come off!' Katherine's ankle was hurting, but she didn't care. She needed the pocket knife to cut the rope off. Katherine tried another method, she used her heel and tried to push the knife up. Her legs aching, but she continued. After multiple tries of those different methods, the pocket knife finally came out. Surprisingly, Ko hasn't come back in. 'I got to be fast.' Katherine moved the chair down, scrapping her arm in the progress. 'Damn it! I can't reach it. How am I supposed to do this?' Katherine bangs her head on the concrete floor, but stopped when her head hurt. 'Wait! I can try to move if I use my head as weigh to get up. By getting up I mean to turn on the other side. I'll place my head on the floor and try to lift my body and then turn with my hip so my hands can get the knife then I'll turn back again. Sounds like a good plan to me.' Katherine placed her head on the floor, raised her hip and tried to flip, but it didn't work. She tried another time, but still didn't work. She tried again and she flipped. She reached her hands far as she can go down, but couldn't reach. She pushed herself back and waved her hands around until she felt the handle. Once she felt it, she held it and made sure it was in the rope with the sharp blade to the rope. She moved the knife slowly to make sure it wouldn't fall out of her hand.

"Hey! What did you do?" Katherine jumped, but tightened her grip on the knife

"I just left for a few minutes and you decided it was fun to escape," Ko footsteps echoed as he walked closer to Katherine

"I need to use the restroom," Katherine said

"No can do, you'll probably use the restroom on yourself after we're done with this," Ko said, picking the chair up and turning it to face him

"Well, I can see you were moving on the ground by the marks," Ko said, tapping on her cheek and shoulder

"You don't need to worry, Katherine. The worst is yet to come," Ko turned his back and walk to the table

Katherine didn't waste any time as she got back to cutting the rope. 'If I cut myself, I cut myself. I just need to get out of here,'