Chapter 7

I started to cry and panic as memories of what happened not too long ago resurfaced. I thought I was over this. I started to hyperventilate. Black dots were creeping through my vision as the panic started to set in worse. I was thrust head first into memories of Matt.

"Don't hurt me.... Please... Please... I don't want to die." I choked out between tears as the memories of what Matt did to me came back.

He quickly let me go and picked me up off the floor. He set me down on the bed and kept repeating that I was ok. After an hour of reliving the past over and over again, I finally calmed down. Once I reassured him I was ok, we started our talk.

"Since I require your help and you are my fiancée, I have rules for you. One, you will stay by my side whenever we are in public. Two, don't go looking for a fight. Three, I'm the only guy you will touch. Four, if anyone disrespects you, come straight to me. Five, no one is allowed at the castle. Six, no drinking. Seven, stay out of danger. Eight, wherever I go you go and vice versa. Nine, never undermine me in public. Lastly, ten, remember you are mine and always mine no matter what." he said very seriously.

"Remember this. I. Hate. Rules." with that said I left his room. This man was way too possessive. I planned on breaking every single one of those rules.

On the way to Thomas's room I snatched a few bottles of whiskey. Once inside of his room, I started in on my ranting about Jacetin. Kacy and Thomas kept edging me into the rant with their comments about him being amazing. At the end of my sixth bottle, I was slowly falling asleep and going on about how hot he was. I fell into Kacy and Thomas's trap. I vaguely remember him carrying me to my room as I rambled about what I would do to him. Then one question burned in my mind as he set me on my bed.

"Who is the King? The man you and my father were talking about?" I ask really wanting to know the answer.

I missed his answer as he pulls the blankets over me and I fall asleep.

At around 12 am, Kacy knocked on my door. I opened it and was surprised to hear her ask for my help. I walked with her across the house and into the basement all while she rambled on about Aryan. I was surprised to know that before the attack she used to be this super cheery girl who never broke the rules. She apparently used to wear dresses all the time and lots of pink. Apparently she never knew how to fight let alone raise her voice. Thanks to Kacy I found out the truth behind Aryan's freak out. Once we arrived to the room I found a half dressed Aryan who was drunk out of her mind and babbling about how I'm too hot to be such an ass. I picked her up and carried her back to her room.

On the way, she gave me a detailed statement about what exactly she would do to me. I never knew she could be so kinky. After I asked her how she knew all that stuff she simply replied that Maverick showed her everything. My blood boiled knowing what they did. Granted she never knew about our engagement. As I set her in her bed, she asked the one question that I did not want to answer.

"Who is the King? The man you and my father were talking about?" she asks while closing her eyes.

"You will find out sooner than I would like. Hell I would prefer if you never meet him but it is inevitable." I say as I cover her up. Once she was settled in bed, I pulled a box out of my pants and opened it.

"I was hoping to give you this under better circumstances." I said as I looked at the diamond ring as I slipped it onto her finger.

I thought back to when my mother gave it to me. She told me that I was engaged to the Councilman's daughter. I was furious at being in an arranged marriage until I found out she was a boltori then later that year, I seen her training. I truthfully am intrigued by her. Today I was barely holding back fighting her. Her valkyr face was amazing and powerful. That was the only reason she won.

After my dip into the lake, the house was completely rebuilt. She does time magic. We will have to see exactly what sets her apart from all the other boltori.

I left her in her room and went to sleep knowing tomorrow was going to be a long day. I already predicted that she was going to test my limits and break my rules. I wonder how much she is going to fight me.

I fell asleep with the notion that she was going to wake me up with another fit.