CHAPTER 4
Worry danced on the face of King Labhrainn. This man was back and things were already moving faster than lightning speed. His son had just been released from that man's grab and now his daughter was next to face his wrath?
"Get me Rex. NOW!" He ordered his eldest daughter, Xenia who had rushed in to tell her father the news when she noticed that her sister with which she was having a walk with was no longer by her side. She and the guards had made a good search but they couldn't even smell her fragrance in the air. There was noway a person standing right by could disappear in this manner.
Rex immediately appeared before the king as soon as he got the order.
"I want you to find my daughter and bring her back to me and also look for that man! And bring him to me. Go with as many soldiers as you want. I Don't Care!! Just be sure to bring my daughter and him here so I may be able to strangle him. If he wants to play. Then let us play!" The king said with his voice filled with bravery.
Rex left to fulfill his assignment! He left with ten of the best men in the army and they marched out in search of the princess.
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Princess Anastasia opened her eyes only to see nothing! She closed her eyes again and opened them as if she was restarting her system. Still nothing! But utter darkness. Immediately her memories reflected on her walk with her sister. She couldn't remember or fathom how she got here in the first place!
She considered herself to be dreaming, and closed her eyes for a very long time. But when she opened them still darkness was all she could see or hear! She tried pinching herself but her arms were tied behind her. That only meant she was kidnapped!
Still not wanting to believe that, she smacked her head against the chair she was tied on, and that was when realization dawned in. She was kidnapped and there was only one person whom she believed was responsible for this! The Mysterious man!
She turned her head round as if in search of something. "I know you are here!" she said boldly even though she believed she might just be talking to herself.
"That is very clever of you, Princess". The voice replied to her in a calm tone.
"You might have reasons why you cowardly brought me here in that shameful manner. Care to share?". Anastasia bravely continued.
"I must say.... you're a very brave girl.You have no business in knowing why I brought you here!"
"You really think I am like the others...huh?If you think I have no business in knowing why you brought me here then let me go. I have far more important things to deal with than being part of your pathetic revenge plan!!" Anastasia said acting like she was completely not bothered by the situation. But it was other way round on the inside.
Anastasia closed her eyes hard as someone flashed a torch light at her face. But before she could think of where the light came from, she felt the metallic taste of blood in her mouth as her cheeks went sore. A soldier belonging to the mysterious man was standing right by Anastasia but she didn't know because she couldn't see anything. She had just been smacked on the cheek by the soldier.
Anastasia felt hot tears running free from her eyes to her slightly swollen cheek. She spat the blood out and cried some more without making a sound. But she didn't know the mysterious man could see her in the dark.
"You think you can easily mess me up? Then you're just pouring water on hard rocks".
She said and received another smack on the same cheek. She couldn't hold it in anymore, and yelped in pain.
"Ouch!" She yelped and held her cheeks as she felt something warm and sticky on her cheeks and it was blood!
"You should not speak to me in that manner. it's pretty dangerous for a fragile being like you. Your brother could not handle even a half of this!"
"Fragile? You call me a fragile being? Which technically means you're calling we women fragile beings? Blood oozes out of us like water at the end of every month and you call us fragile? The strongest of men would faint in view of blood from their bodies. We go against all odds for the ones we love and you call us fragile? We..."
Anastasia did not get the opportunity of finishing her statement when she felt the wrap of fingers around her soft skinned neck strangling her!
"SO YOU PEOPLE KNEW ALL THIS AND YOU BURNT A WOMAN TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND AND AN UNBORN BABY WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY TODAY?? DID YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SHE CARED FOR ABOUT THE SON SHE WAS LEAVING BEHIND?? SHE NEVER EVEN LIVED HAPPILY FOR ONCE! I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE OF YOU INCLUDING YOU! PAY DEARLY!!!!!!! I WILL SLAUGHTER YOU LIKE A LAMB INFRONT OF YOUR FATHER! AND LET'S SEE HOW MUCH HE WOULD LOVE THAT.But I can't slaughter you now, I am using you as a distraction to your father, his family, his army, and Rivendelle as they go about looking for you. But I assure you it would take the most intelligent man a thousand years to guess where you are!" he said with a smirk and left her neck. Anastasia passed out from the lack of air for so long.