Maybe, Just Maybe
The day was just as awful as every day, and today she has had almost about enough of the nonsense of her stepfamily. But in the end, she couldn't bring herself to run away, for the fear of her stepmother ran deep in her.
She just wanted to run away and many a time she envied her friends the birds that would come by on occasion to help her with a load of chores her stepfamily would give her. Or when at times she would accidentally cause a mess.
How she misses the time when she would have fun with her own mother and father, but she understood that things in life just happen. But even then she would not lose her smile and light yet no matter how torturous and cruel her stepfamily is.
She can't even get a new dress and the one she has on has been with her for almost 4 years. She has learned to leave with it, not to mention that she has to go to town with the same outfit especially when it means that she has to be dragged by her stepfamily as they go and by new things while she has to just watch and follow for they would want her to run around town as their little errand girl.
Especially now when she has to run to the store and get her older step-sister her snack. Seriously that girl has to watch her diet else she would be so fat that no one would want to marry her.
Thinking of marriage, she too wonders when this cruelty would end. Her stepfamily treat her like a slave, her entire life revolved around cleaning and working in the entire house and she barely has time for herself.
Well, there was that one time she followed her stepfamily on an outing and she met the Prince and boy was he dreamy!
She can still feel her little heart race when she thinks of how handsome he looked on that horse that day in the woods, or perhaps it is because she was currently running?
Anyway, the way his black hair danced in the wind, how his brown eyes shone in the light. She remembers that he was staring at her and time seemed to have stopped at that moment and time.
Oh, she danced and danced in her room that night imagining how dreamy and romantic it would be if she was in his arm and he would take her to his castle and make her into his princess, she could barely sleep at all and had to share her story among her animal friends.
'Mag..' She thought until she was cut off.
Thud!
"Aaahh!!" She screamed instinctively as she felt the ground below her vanish, she felt like she was soaring in the air, but she knew that this was going to hurt and hurt very badly. And so she closed her eyes tightly to brace for impact.
'Save me, someone! Please!' Her heart called out like she always did every night before going to be.
Yet, her mind told her that this would be the same, she is still in the same house with her nasty family and she will fall and get hurt. Time felt like it was an eternity at this moment as she thought that she was going to fall into the abyss swallowed and devoured with no remains behind.
'Perhaps this is fine too, if I disappear there would be no more suffering.' She concluded in her mind.
But it all changed when she felt a strong hand, a solid and warm one that reached out and held her arm tightly. It pulled her towards the light, that was inviting her telling her to come to it, it gave off a sense of security that all will be alright, that she is not going to disappear not while this hand that had a powerful grip still held her.
And so when that light reach closer she leaped towards it, she held it tightly, she wanted to never let it go not now not ever. Her heart let loose tears of fear that she just felt, tears of pain and loneliness. Then she felt a pair of warm and powerful arms wrap around her tightly as if the owner too longed to keep her with them.
She then felt another warmth, it was beautiful, caring, compassionate, strong, protective, and loving.
Oh, she just wanted to melt in this embrace and the scent that entered her nose poured deeply into her very being, it was overpowering to her body and soul. She wanted to let loose to this being, her body started to react, it wanted to worship this being.
It screamed to let her give herself over forever, it didn't matter what they were, good, evil, prince, or peasant.
"It's alright, you are safe now." Then she heard his voice, heavens!
His voice was like an angel, a god. And his words of comfort made her little body tremble, her heart leaped with joy.
And for the first time forever, she felt a strange fire down in her loins when she felt his gentle touch on her head and back.
Oh heavens, this being was driving her crazy, never has she felt such a touch. Her longing for a hug must have been so deep or perhaps it was him, yes it can only be him!
'This is where we belong, in the arms of our beloved. Our very being belongs to our master and god!' A voice in her head called out.
'What!?' She exclaimed mentally as she snapped her eyes open at that thought.
And so with that, she noticed that the side of her face was against a black cloth, it was smoother than anything she has felt and she could tell that it was very expensive.
'Oh no! I must have accidentally bumped into an important person, not to mention that I hugging him so tightly.' She was then filled with deep trepidation at what this might lead to.
'But it feels so good, his arms are warm, comfortable, and secure.' She added once more as she felt the safety that she had not felt for so long in this arm.
'It is simple, really. Because he is our master.' The voice came back, making her leap out of the embrace and stand on her own.
She stood back for a moment before looking up at her savior as well as would be punisher for running into him. And when she did, her mouth lost all words that she wanted to say to apologize.
He was the most handsome being she had ever seen, she didn't even notice that she didn't say, man, instead she identified him as a being as no human living or dead would come even close to looking like him.
'Not even Prince Charming is as charming and handsome as him.' The voice came back and said, she did not deny and nodded dazedly as she stared at those blue eyes that shone like stars.
Are the hair that glowed like the purest silver due to the sun. Not to mention the figure that made him seem like a god instead.
'He is our god, so you are not wrong. Our master is glorious.' She didn't agree about being his worshipper, or him being her master. But there was no denial that he was true, glorious.
"Hello? Young miss? Are you fine?" His voice, she can't get enough of it.
Then a hand was on her shoulder, she looked and saw that it was his hand touching her. Her body trembled once more at his touch, and she looked back at his face, those eyes looked at her with worry, care, and concern.
Then her knees gave out.
'Oh, dear.' Dominic thought as he held her once again in his arms. She was very beautiful, about average height with a slender build and a softly shaped kind face that looked cute with a blush on it. He could also tell that she had a perfect hourglass figure, her skin fair and flawless, her lips succulent and pink with lovely blue eyes that went well with her natural strawberry blond hair that was medium-long with soft bangs that were tied back with an aqua ribbon.
She wore a maid's outfit, it had a dark brown bodice with light aquamarine long sleeves and a brown knee-length skirt with a pair of black ballet flats on her dainty feet.
'She seems familiar, is this why my body reacted to her. Calling her mine. Come to think about it, I must have seen her somewhere before, but not in this life as I have just started to explore this world. I was not married so she can't be my wife from the past, nor a lover I had as none are as beautiful. So this might only mean one thing! But how can this be possible?' Dominic denied it, but there was no way he could easily erase such suspicion.
'No, I must find out her name, with her name I will know where am I and why she is making me feel this way.' With that, he helped her stand once more on her feet and tried to pull back his slightly turbulent aura that seemed to have made her feel faint.
That also made him understand that she is important to him, from what he had tested earlier when he was walking about was that his aura made people fear him, but she was reacting differently, making her feel lovestruck and swoon head over heels for him, and with his sharp nose he could tell that she was also being turned on.
"Are you alright now, miss?" He asked once again, though she was still trembling a little, it was better for she nodded and replied through her head remained lowered.
"Am fine now thank you." Her voice was soft and sweet to his ears, this made him smile and actually feel determined that she was for him.
'My dear, the only things that were mine and I care as much as my family was my princesses. Are you one of the many I so desired to have my little beauty?' He thought hopefully as he stared at this beauty in front of him that had unconsciously made her posture very submissive to him.