Tails of Acalarah - The Young King
This is the story of a King who obtained the throne by his own hands and his own means. fighting war and many battles, but the biggest battle he ever faced was himself. A lover of many women and the Kingdom's known playboy, flirty and confident on the outside, but inside, he was fighting the internal struggles of the darkness raging inside his heart which he battled with anger, hurt, pain, loneliness, evil thoughts which he battled against every day to not give in to desires he fought with, to dealing with betrayal by those within his own family. From being a prince, to now becoming King in his father’s place, King Leon, was his name. His unlikely friendship with a servant by the name of Maia, who is one of the most highest-ranking servants to be close to the King to serve him as he needs and seems to bring some sort of comfort by her presence whenever she is around him. She has a secret that she cannot tell anyone: she is a warrior of the night, serving and protecting the crown in secrecy, along with her selected few servant friends who are faithful to the crown. She is both servant and warrior of the night. The unlikely friendship of a powerful King and his servant leads to a special bond that no one can understand between the two, a bond so close, that cannot be easily broken. This in turn leads to conflicting feelings to develop within the troubled King and this kind-hearted servant, willing to do anything for her King, where a relationship between royalty and servants is forbidden and are banish able from the Kingdom by the laws of Acalarah, even the King himself cannot break the Kingdom's own laws. On the brink of war, through much trial and challenges along the way, will their bond develop into something much deeper than that, than just a servant and King relationship?
Chapter 18: What is this feeling?
"What….?" Maia grasped as she swallowed a breath, "How did he know…" Maia thought, suddenly she dropped the books to the floor in shock and fear, as she shook her head, "I… I… don't know what you are talking about my highness, I mean your highness…" Maia blushed and panicked - "You know exactly what I am talking about… the other night… in my bed chamber…." He leered at her, glancing at her as his fringe covered his face, there is a moment of silence between them as their breathing could only be heard. Maia looked down in shame and covered her face with her hands, "Sire…. I beg a thousand pardons….I did not mean to…I never seen anything like it, oh my goodness what did I just say, my highness I do apologise I …. " Maia said, when Leon tilted her chin tenderly, looking into her eyes, "You… are one perverted servant watching your king like that…" he said with a with a smirk and a serious expression on his face.
Maia swallowed a breath when she asked him, "But how did you know… it was me…." Maia asked with trembling in her voice. Leon glanced at her, "I heard your heart beats…." Leon said simply. Maia grasped as she looked at him and blushed, "you can hear my heart?" Maia asked confused and in innocence, looking away blushing. Leon's expression brightened up somewhat when she asked, as he sat normally on the bed across from her chair, "Of course, people of royal bloodline with inherited power of the Kings, have supernatural abilities, such as strength, agility, sensitive hearing, among…. many other things…" Leon said in a mellow husky tone of voice, as he crossed his arms to get comfortable. "Oh…" Maia blushed. "I honestly did not mean to witness… such an act, your Majesty…. I apologize…." She blushed. Leon glanced at her for a moment.
As he got up and bent over slightly as he loomed in closer to her, holding on to the arm rests firmly as he looked her in the face, looking her straight in her eyes, "its only a natural act between a man and a woman, miss Maia… perhaps you should try it sometime…." He grinned. "My word, your Majesty!!" she grunted. He chuckled at her softly looking into her eyes tenderly, "judging by her reaction, she's a virgin…but I am curious to know" Leon thought to himself,
Leon's POV:
"Have you, ever been with anyone?' I asked her as I wanted to hear her response at this question. I think it's cute watching her react like that, although she is just a servant, but it is adorable watching her react to my touch like that.
She looked at me surprised like she was about to cry or something as she decided to answer me, "I… I have not, my lord…" she responded with a slight tremble in her voice as she put her hands together in front of her. – End of point of view.
"Why was it so important to you, the pendant?" Leon asked her. "It was given to me by my parents when I was a child, it is the only memory I have of them…although I don't remember them" Maia said softly. "hm…I see… I thought perhaps it was something your lover may have given you but since you don't have a lover …. Something like that is only of sentimental value…." Leon said getting up and turned her back towards her, walking to the table on the other side of the room as he took a drink of his wine.
"Of course, if you think so, however to me, it is important… your Majesty…." Maia said softly. "Was it worth watching your King like a perverted servant?" Leon asked her in an almost sarcastic manner, raising an eye brow at her. "Yes… I mean no, your highness…." Maia blushed. "And on top of that, you spilt wine all over my official yesterday, I almost had to get rid of my top-ranking official in my army…." Leon said with sense of concern yet authority in his voice, almost scolding a child.
"Yes my lord…" Maia responded sorrowfully. "I need to know if you are capable of still serving me with your whole being, because there is no point if your heart's not in something and you only do it half hearted that it reflects in how you work and serve me…." Leon told her.
"Of course…. And yes highness…. I am quite capable of serving you…." She responded with her head down.
"Good…. I am glad we cleared that out…" Leon said as she drunk his wine and placed the cup on the table sighing after he drank his wine, "That is good wine" he said as he went to sit on the couch and laid on the side, leaning his head on his fingers to relax on the royal couch with his hair hanging over his shoulders as he opened his robe revealing his torso before her.
Maia clenched her chest softly as she looked up at him,
"Umm… your Majesty…." Maia said softly. "yes?" Leon responded as he closed his eyes to relax, "thank you, for protecting me yesterday, just while we are speaking, I never got the chance to say thank you" Maia said kindly. Leon sighed, "… your welcome…." Leon said, as he opened his eyes softly to look at her, "Truth is, if he would have laid a hand on you, I would have gone berserk…." Leon said in a husky tone of voice. When Maia heard this, she blushed completely. "my lord…. ?…." She questioned confused. Leon smiled softly, "I am responsible for those who belong to me, of course I would have acted if he laid a hand on you…. " Leon said as he glanced at her. "I am….just a servant after all…" Maia said saddened within herself.
"I see… thank you…." Maia responded softly.
Leon glanced at her with a serious expression on his face, "you haven't been your normal self lately, is it because you saw me with the woman?" Leon asked her out of curiosity.
"what is troubling my servant?" Leon asked her tenderly, Maia just stared into his eyes and thought to herself, "when you say things like that, and then I witness your love affair with one of the royal women, it can make me misunderstand you…. And I don't want to mix my personal feelings and emotions into things and get the wrong idea and…." Maia further teared as she thought to herself, as she wiped the tears from her eyes, trying to control herself in the presence of the King, "I… must be tired… yes that is it, I have been working a little longer hours than normal and I am probably just tired…trying to adjust to my new post to work for you in the evenings, your highness…" Maia said tenderly to the king. Leon just stared at her for a moment, "I am sorry, your Majesty, please forgive me…. I am not myself lately you are right, if you see me unfit for service, do with me as you will…. …' Maia said as she got up from the chair and was just about to walk out of the bedroom, when all of the sudden, he walked behind her and closed the door of the bedroom as she was about to open it and he slammed the door closed.
"Don't just get up and leave my presence like that….you are not like a lover to get up and leave and do as you please…" Leon told her sternly.
Maia grasped when she heard this as she trembled within herself with fear and hurt, "I… am not worth anything to him…" she thought to herself. "I… am sorry my lord….." she responded softly as he was behind her, hearing her tender heart beats as she trembled.
Maia just stood there for a moment with a blank stare into the distance as he leaned in behind her and whispered into her ear, "I told you already… your life belongs to me so don't think you can do as you please so easily… I am your King…. Come to me when something is troubling you..." he said as he held Maia's hand on the doorknob, to hold her from leaving the bedroom.
Maia looked down for a moment when he said this…"of course… your Majesty…" Maia said with a saddened tone of voice as he let go of her hand on the door knob. "her heart rate has increased…." Leon thought within himself as he looked at her for a moment with a blank stare as he slowly removed his hand from hers on the door knob.
"That will be all for this evening, miss Maia…. I will see you tomorrow…." Leon said turning his back on her as she left out of the bedroom. "Goodnight, your highness…." Maia bowed and left his presence.
When she left the bedroom, he drank some wine as Leon thought further as he looked at the moon, and he felt his urges and his eyes glowed reflecting his powers. "That feeling just now, what was it? I felt like I didn't want her to leave me…?" Leon thought within himself, as he touched his lips, "Maia …." Leon thought within himself with a saddened expression on his face, as moment fades to black.
The next day, Maia served at the palace with her friends and pretended nothing happened the night before. It had been a very busy week for Maia, both emotionally and physically.
"I am glad it is the end of the week, Lilly." Maia sighed. "tell me about it, Basker asked me out for the servant celebrations coming up" Lilly said. "Good for you, you did make an impression on him the other night at the tavern" Maia smirked and teased. "You're one to talk, what was his name, Xavier, was it?" Lily questioned. Maia chuckled, "Yeah, that's the one. I haven't seen him since though." Maia responded as they walked together through the palace hallways together as per servant routines.