Chapter 16 ( French men )

" Am sure the Boss will be so glad to see his visitors" that same man said in a very funny accent, French accent, these men were French and I wondered why they were mining Gold without permission

" yes he will " another replied with his eyes on me and the way he looked at me made me uncomfortable, Rowan's sword was taken away from him and we were taken to the camp, I felt several eyes on us as we walked, my eyes came in contact with some of the men used for Labour or should I call them slaves and in their eyes I saw sadness and pity towards us

" I am not going to like this," I said with a low voice

" me Neither " I didn't expect Eric to hear me, looked at the guy walking beside me who was a foot taller than me

" what do we do, " I asked

" We should remain calm for now, Rowan and I will come up with a plan " I nodded, trusting them to get me out of here in one piece

They lead us to a well-protected red tent and we were stopped by one of the guards " tell the boss that he has special visitors " the man at the front said and the guard went inside, I looked at Eric and noticed that he was calm, too calm. Not long the guard came out

" you may go in," he said and we were taken inside the tent, the moment I stepped the smell of alcohol hit my nose making me frown, I hate that smell, it makes me sick. The tent was small, all it has was a small shelf filled with bottles of alcohol and a big brown table in the middle of the tent

" well, well, well " my attention was drawn by the man sitting across the table, he had dirty Brown hair, brown eyes and a big scar crossing his left eye making him look creepy " if it isn't, prince Rowan " he had a stronger French accent

" Who are you," Rowan asked with authority in his tone

" me?" he asked pointing to himself " I " he stood up " I am nobody important" walking up to Rowan, " the important person right now is you " he took Rowan's hand like they were friends and I felt like punching him in the face " why have you visit us today "

" I am curious about your work here, you realise that this is England's land right," Rowan said calmly as he took his hand away from the man

" oh is it?" He gave a fake surprised expression " oh shit, were not informed, oh, forgive me your highness " he bowed down like a gentleman and I was taken by surprise when he bost into laughter and the others followed, surrounding the environment with their annoying laughter, it lasted longer than I expected and the longer the louder which only made me upset

" will you shut the fuck up, this isn't funny" I didn't know I yelled my anger out and we were taken by silence with everyone's eyes on me

" oh my " an irritating smile made its way to the man's lips when he looked at me, it was the first time he looked my way " I have no idea you brought along a beauty," he said walking towards me, as he got close, or maybe too close the smell of alcohol grew stronger " wow " he smiled brighter. Raising his hand about to touch my face, I used my hand to move his hand away from me

" don't touch me " he gave an impressed look

" and a confident one too "

" don't you dare touch her," Rowan said with a very serious tone, I wasn't expecting it

The man looked at Rowan whose eyes were on me, then he looked at me again, he did this repeatedly in amazement " is what going on here " nodding his head " there is something special going between these two " I rolled my eyes at his words if only he was right

" don't touch her," Rowan said again

" ok, but I will like to know what you will do if I touch her " before I knew it he raped his hand around my waist pulling me closer, covering the space between us and he used his other hand to grab my face, I tried to break free but he was so fucking strong my struggle was useless. Rowan was about to do something but was held back by two guards so was Eric at that point I became scared, scared of what the man will do to me and scared of what they will do to Rowan

" let her go right now " Rowan's voice grew louder

" wow, this is interesting, I wonder what you gave him, that makes him so protective " he whispered to my ear and I only got more irritated

" let me go " I struggled

" the more you struggle, the more I want you " my eyes went wide open when I felt his lips on my neck and my heartbeat increased " you smell nice " with a blink of an eye he was on the ground and Rowan was on top of him while I fell to the other side, watching in disbelief as Rowan punched him severally, three men quickly dragged Rowan away from him

" I told you not to touch her " he yelled at the top of his voice and I blinked out of shock not expecting him to protect me like that

" fuck " the man yelled in pain as one of his men went to help him up, I was still on the ground watching when someone came to pull me up, I looked up to see a French man and I obediently stood up, he brought my hand to the back and tied it with a cloth so I won't do something stupid again "shit " the man yelled again, his nose was bleeding so was the corner of his mouth " you " looking at Rowan with anger and hatred in his eyes, he was ready to kill

" let us go this instance" Rowan ordered and the man gave an evil smile

My heart stopped beating when I saw him take out a knife from his back pocket and stab Rowan in the stomach and pull out the knife

"Noooo" Eric shouted, struggling but was pinned to the ground by two men, while I stood and watched In horror as that image of how my father stabbed my mother in the neck flashed before my eyes, No, No, I already lost my mother, Rowan can't die too, not in my watch not when Bengland need him not when he is the key to bringing my mom back. He was about to stab him again and I yelled

" Noooo, stop " I fell on my knees " I will do anything" the man looked at me and a smile made its way to his lips