Stable Doors
Love, romance, betrayal, and rebellion unravels as loyalty, family ties and caste (class) threatens love between Denen, son of Thelum a mere low class and lady Genevieve daughter of El Callum, a highly reputed aristocrat in the city walls of Lamont
Lord Callum owns vast stables which for the past fifteen years had been taken care of by the Thelums and now that Thelum was ailing, he could no longer handle the job.
In other to pay for medications and keep the family bills settled, his only son Denen is compelled to pick up full time the family responsibilities.
Denen having come from a lineage of mere servants had known the stable all his life.
The callums despised the company of people from the lower class; therefore they believe their place exceeded not the stables, while the Thelums took care of the horses at the stable their sons would learn swordsmith and their daughters with elegance study diplomacy.
Up until Lord Callum felt the need for Genevieve to learn horse riding, she and Denen had never conversed except for the mornings they had greeted on Denen's way to the stable.
Since Denen could ride the horse quite well, he volunteered to spend a few hours extra, as the pay could go a long way with Mr. Thelums medications.
Lady Genevieve had despised the idea at first but was later talked into it by her mother Lady Gabrielle, sooner than later, Genevieve gets to learn that the Thelums company had not been so bad,
the two fall in love with each other and as the riding lessons drew to a close Genevieve dreaded the silent days that would follow.
Genevieve's brother Kendrick gets word of his sister's escapades with the low life, He's infuriated and decides to confront Denen.
Genevieve is then compelled to meet a group of suitors, as she has been told by Lady Gabrielle the need to fulfil her duty to the family by marrying someone with high reputation so as to increase the span of the family's influence in the region.
On the other hand, Denen is thrown in the dungeon by Lord Callum and is later released after a series of beating.
Seeing that Denen and Genevieve refused to relent as Genevieve had locked herself up refusing to see a face, Lord Callum calls on Denen, knowing fully well the critical health condition of his father and how badly the lad needed money for the medications offers to triple his pay at the stable and settle all medicinal bills for the Thelums on the grounds that he would go and tell the daughter, that it had all been fake and nothing was real.
Denen is then left to choose from the love of his life and the life of his Dad.
Lady Genevieve had already made up her mind to meet with Denen at night at the stable and elope through the trees, but both are caught and Genevieve is locked up in her room while Denen is returned to the dungeon.
Thelum's health turned worse by day and threatened death and Denen is left with only but one choice which was to take Lord Callum's offer with hopes that he would come back for Genevieve later in the future.
It turns out that the lady Genevieve overhears the conversation
She ends up selling all her jewelry's and hands over the money raised to Denen for the upkeep of his family and Mr. Thelum's medicine.
The plan to elope finally works as Denen and Genevieve rode through the woods with no destination in mind and more importantly with no money, no food, they had been able to pack just for the week.
Even as Denen's heart flooded with gratitude for Genevieve's sacrifice, he couldn't do much to hide the fear in his gaze as his heart hammered against his chest, could he protect this woman? What would the future hold? Would he be able to provide for her and meet the necessities as she had in her father's castle?
With Genevieve's hand rubbing ever so gently against Denen's back in an attempt to soothe him and reassure him she was going to stay, Denen determines within to ride through, regardless of the storms, and be the best he could for himself and Genevieve.
Solomon_Joseph_3731 · Urbain
