An Imperial Vendetta

Chapter Four: The Stolen Art

After a span of half a day, she finally managed to open her eyes, staring into a very confining room for a princess with lights that were dull and beside her, there was filth on the bed. She immediately woke up to free herself but felt something holding her arms back. As she sat erect and looked down, her eyes fell on the thick ropes that had been wrapped around her hands.
"HEEEELLLLPPP!" She screamed as she ran towards the door. She hit the door several times only to weaken her foot as it was a thick iron door. She sat down leaning on the door, while her mind wandered. Millions of questions passed by as she sat down wondering who would come in search of her. She gazed into the ceiling in search of an answer as a teardrop escaped her eye.

When she was about to fall asleep, approaching footsteps woke her up. She started hitting the door as hard as she could and screamed in a wailing voice,
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"
She could hear the breath of a man standing on the other side of the door. An iron slate slid to a pair of lips that said,
" Princess, You are safe here and I ensure you a safe return ". With anger raging inside her, She kicked the door but her knees hit the door violently and she fell to the ground. Every part of her body started aching. Her eyes slowly started closing as she mumbled in the urge of help.

As her vision blurred, she heard the door unchain and a tall muscular figure with curly hair dripping all over his greenish-blue eyes walked in. His eyebrows shrugged with concern and with hands to lift her, he placed her head gently on his lap as she kept on talking to herself. Softly with his hands, swept off the hair from her face and looked at her for the first time. He ordered the guards to bring in food and slowly fed her until she came back to life. She looked at her captor while utter delicacy slide through her sore throat.

"What do you want?" She asked as she sat upright with fear in her voice," and who are you?"
He obligingly answered " I am Prince William of Scotland, the legal heir to the throne"
"What it has to do with me being abducted?" Her voice growing stronger.
"I was about to take the throne when your beloved fiancee, Prince Edward entered my kingdom, killed all my men and raged a war against me. He defeated me and swept the treasury clean, making my kingdom destitute." He continued as tears were on the verge of flooding.
"The fire burning inside me gave me the plan of abducting the thing that he ever wanted, you!"
Keeping her head held high, she asked
"Do you presume that you would get what you kidnapped me for? Well, What do you want? Money, Kingdom, Treasury or Influence?" She stated as pride hung over her shoulders.

"Life! Can you bring back life?"
He sat on the bed, sobbing his broken heart; he let out,
"Your fiancee killed my mother. I saw my mother become pale and lifeless, drenched in her royal blood. I saw her smile fade as Edward took his dagger out of her chest. Can you give my mother back?" The truth shut her who wouldn't dare to speak. She felt horrendous about her pride and the way she spoke because knew the pain of being raised without a mother. She sat close to him as he showed queen Susan's portrait but she couldn't think of anything other than her escape.

She noticed the door being wide open and planned her escape. She ran towards the door pushing William with her elbow. Using her intelligence, she pulled the door to a close but it hadn't. She turned to her right and speeded up to the staircase. While she ran for her life, she was outflanked from the rear. Her hands were caught and an arm embraced her neck, almost choking her. William came closer to her ears and whispered,
" Three years of martial arts didn't go to dust, I presume." He dragged her by her waist and threw her on the floor and locked the cell. She got up stomping her feet and fell on the bed. She glanced at the ceiling as she came up with a better plan to escape But the concern in his face for her, tend to confuse her. What does he want? What if he kills me? Millions of questions wandered as she dozed off to sleep.
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