Reign

Chapter 43

"You need to eat Yasmine." Matt tells me

We sit in the kitchen of his house, eating dinner

He cooked lamb and we had cheese to go with it, we drank goat's milk as well

"I'm not hungry." I lie 

Truth is, I was starving. My stomach was growling for food. I hadn't eaten in two days and it was killing me, literally. But I wasn't about to give up my pride for Matt. 

He stands from his chair and squats next to me

He moves my hair from my face and rubs circles into my back

I don't move, or anything, I stay still. Unaware of what he would do if I protested against it.

"You need to eat sweetheart." He repeats, his tone so much sweeter than just a few moments ago

I shake my head 

He sighs and stands, he lifts my chin with his finger and slaps me

I gasp as the impact hits me

"I won't tell you again." He threatens

I hesitantly take a piece of meat and put it into my mouth

It was so good, I almost gasp in delight. I hadn't eaten in so long this was like a dream come true for me. 

My cheek stings from the hit that I had received just a few seconds ago, but I don't cry or scream. I won't give him the pleasure of seeing me break.

I look around and see no sign of Henry.

"Where's Henry?" I ask Matt as I see him take his seat across from me

"He has his own cottage, at the end of the road." He tells me 

Where the hell were we? We couldn't have gone far. I hope we hadn't. 

I started thinking of a plan to escape as I put another piece of meat into my mouth

Could I wait until Matt was asleep?

Should I get him drunk so he falls into a deep slumber?

Should I take one of those pans in the cabinet and hit him with it, making him unconscious?

The first option, felt more likely to me. So, I decided to wait until he fell asleep until I make my move.

"Have you had enough my love?" Matt asks me as he stands to put his plate in the sink

I look down at my plate, to find it completely empty

"Yes." I say

He nods and takes my plate for me

I stand and walk to the bedroom 

I started to unbraid my messy braid and watch as my curls fall over my shoulders

I take out my stud earrings, that Theo had gotten me from Germany and place them on the drawer in the corner of the room

I look at myself in the mirror that was just on top of the drawer

I looked so drained. My eyes had bags under them, my lips were dry from lack of water, my cheek had a large bruise on it from where had Matt had hit me several times

I wanted to break down crying, I missed everyone. I didn't want to be here. All I wanted was Theo.

All the sudden I felt a presence near me so I turn to find Matt near the door, looking directly at me

"Matt." I breathe

"Admiring yourself?" He smiles, taking a step towards me

"I was wondering if I could have a bath?" I ask, trying to sound nice

He nods and points to a door in the room "The bathroom is in there."

I nod, unsure of what to do. I hope he hadn't expected me to get undressed in front of him. He had another thing coming, if he thought that I were to do that.

He caresses my cheek, never taking his eyes off of mine

"You're so beautiful." He whispers

"T-thank you." I say, not wanting to be silent towards him

He crashes his lips against mine, I don't push away but I don't give him access 

He pecks my lips twice then turns and says 

"I'll leave you to take your bath." He leaves, closing the door behind him

I frantically look around to see if there are any windows, I spot one that was kinda of high off the ground but I could get a chair and escape from there

I almost jump with excitement, it seems as my plan to wait for Matt to fall asleep wouldn't be needed. But, first I needed to take a bath. I hated feeling dirty

I take a ten minute bath, washing my hair thoroughly then my body

I quickly dry myself and put my hair into a high ponytail, to get it away from my face

I put on black pants with a belt and a white shirt with black boots, I think they were Matt's

I grab a chair and stand on it, I unlock the window's latch and sigh in relief

I push myself out of the window and fall on my feet

It was cold, but not freezing

All I needed to do was find someone and tell them that I was the Queen and they'll return me to Theo

I look around and see that there was only one house on this road, and it was Matt's, then at the end I saw another small house, I think that was Henry's. So, I went the opposite direction.

I pick up my feet and start to run for my life, unaware where or who I was going to

"YASMINE!!" I hear Matt's voice from behind me