Bailing Out???

Nothing went in Arthea's favour as she was led through the hallways. Her impeccable instinct failed brutally as she couldn't sense anything.

There was a little birth of fear within her as she understood that the Oath she has taken to protect the Kingdom of Vrishnya from the shackles of the Beast is not going to be easy.

The long gown made of velvet and silk only turned arch enemy of Arthea by dwindling with her heels, neither is she used wearing the heels nor the long satin diamond studded gowns. She felt discomfort to no bounds and have she had one clue on how to end the human looking animals, she wouldn't have waited.

Alas, she was trapped in a never ending puzzle, which she has to solve at any cost.

"The so-called Princess who couldn't manage her dress and walk straight is chosen to be our Majesty's wife. What a pity!"

Arthea's knuckles tightened hearing the sarcastic comment, she is on the verge of slashing that person in half. But the only problem is she has no idea who has done the comment.

The voice she heard didn't sound like the voice of the Witch, who brought her here.

"The Majestic Kingdom, where soon to be Queen is being welcomed with blindfolds. What a Pity!" Arthea's tone oozed out sarcasm all over.

She let out her frustration in the form of sarcasm, only to receive a strong hand choking her neck.

Arthea raised her hand to grab the hand choking her neck but refrained herself understanding that her mission is higher than anything and it is to end the Monster himself.

"This is not your petty Kingdom Vrishnya, and you are not a fucking Princess. Shove your attitude, if you want to be alive and do as we say. Not a word more" the commanding voice made its way from Arthea's ears to her brain.

'Who is this person? Why is she able to command so much power? Generally the people who are supposed to marry Kings and Queens in our human world. Maybe these animals have no manners nor etiquettes' Arthea mentally cursed the weird creatures.

After walking for how long God knows, Arthea felt the cloth tied to her eyes being slipped away. Rubbing her eyes, it took minutes for Arthea to regain her capabilities to look and perceive.

All she saw was darkness prevailing, except the little light coming from the far seeping through the open architecture of ventilation, there is no lantern or a lamp in the whole room.

A guard walked in holding a wooden log emitting fire, and in the light, Arthea was able to see some weird looking creatures.

While she tried to come in terms with why everyone are looking soo weird, the guard was sent away and the wooden stick was held by a woman who had a tail.

"Strip"

Arthea looked at the witch with Shock, she clearly couldn't understand what she has heard.

"This is not your fucking little Kingdom, this is the Royal Castle of Beast and here you are supposed to adhere to rules. Don't make me repeat, Strip" the Witch commanded.

"Have you gone out of mind? Are you even hearing yourself?" screamed Arthea.

"Yes we are and unlike you mortals, we don't encounter bodily problems" taunted the Witch.

"Yes Yes, how can I forget, you might be the strongest creatures with no bodily disorders. But what a pity to have wrecked mental health problems" pitied Arthea.

She now knew that she has entered troubled waters by taunting them. But she would let nothing in the world make her strip, and not these unknown weird creatures for sure.

"Alora, this is the last and final time we are warning you. If you don't abide by what we say, we will have to do it the other way," the one with the long tail warned Arthea.

"Are you even in your senses? Do you even understand what you have just said?" roared Arthea.

She lost every bit of her sanity, hearing bullshit coming out of these creatures.

"We very well know what we are doing and these are the rules everyone is supposed to adhere" the Witch warned.

"Then these are not to be called as rules but rename them as bullshit" spat Arthea.

She now is ready to wage a war as a one man army against the whole new world she has been not even introduced to.

"Enough…." the Long tailed woman's voice echoed in the Chambers.

"Enough of your chitter chatter, no one is allowed to talk back against the policies and rules. Majesty will not hesitate to tear people who goes against his order apart. He partakes of the very blood that runs through rampant veins, follow what we say without a word, lest you befall such a horrid fate that will ensure you the taste of life, cruelest in every manner"

The words spilled out from the Witch has made Arthea utterly cautious about the Beast, while her mind slipped to find possible ways to tackle the problem, the Witch was left surprised.

She never saw anyone who stood without a change of expression looking at them, nor hearing about the venomous ways of Beast.

The Witch whose powers are under the control of the Beast might have lost her spells and charms, but she still had the instinct, which raised on the occasion, only for her to find Arthea a little different.

"Alora, the Princess of Vrishnya is no longer alive. Whom you see here is the prospective bride of ….." Arthea paused.

She had no idea about how to address the Beast, she always used horrific terminology when it came to him and her hate grew with his attack. Even after she has been brought to the place of weird creatures, she was anonymous to his name.

"Bride of Majesty" the Witch, whose instinct found Arthea special added.

"Yes, I am here as the Bride of Majesty and none other than the Majesty has the right to pass the orders. If anyone tries to lay a finger on my body without my consent, I might spare you but Majesty won't spare anyone of you for trying to force his soon to be wife"

Even Arthea had no idea what she had just spoken, all she wanted was to bail out. Hence she used the dialogues from the play enacted in their Kingdom, where Bride is forced to strip and she waits for the one she loved for rescuing her.

Unlike the play, Arthea hates Beast to the core, yet she found only him to be her bail out option.