XXIII

WARNING: just to warn you all, this chapter is not for the weak. There will be mention of SA, if you are uncomfortable please... Please skip the pov of Dae. This is a horrible chapter and it took me a while to complete this. So please be warned.

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The room, felt like a gallow rather than a place of comfort, she noted as she stood in the center of the room feeling cold, she had changed, from her lavish wedding gown to a sensual night dress Made of the finest silk, it hung to her body like a second skin.

The room was warm but despite it, Dae felt completely cold... She swallowed as and looked down at the vial in her hand that the princess gave her to drink... Without any hesitation she drank the whole of it and threw bottle at the fire place making sure that there will be no evidence of whatsoever it is.

She once again returned to the center of the room to look at the bed, with white sheet and petals of roses scattered stop it. The maids after changing her dress had left her, and the king was... Well he was taking a bath. He was making her wait... Making Dae feel more dread... Neviska had told her that it is time for her wedding to be consumated... And it scared her.

She remembers the story of one of her nanny about what happens during wedding nights. Whereas the husband would mount his wife like how a lion would mount it's mate... She remembers hearing about the tearing of flesh to make room for the husband's... Cock. She remembers hearing of feeling an excruciating pain that the woman would end up passing out... Dae was afraid of pain, she never likes pain, she never like wounds nor blood. So it was only natural for her to feel... Scared.

She flinched when the door of the bathroom opened and the king finally appeared in all his naked glory. Dae had to held his Breath to stop herself from bulking at the sight of his Majesty. An old man who's frail and disgusting to look at. Dae could see his rib sticking out but what make her feel more appalled was the pale thing hanging from between his legs, despite the king being frail... He actually... Is... Big...

She swallowed as her hands and feet sweat... How will that monster fit inside her? It will tear her apart. She thought staring at it as it slowly comes alive.

"Men and women alike gave you a gift tonight befitting that of a beautiful princess." The king spoke as he slowly run his hand against the skin of her arm. Dae could puke at any moment, so she kept her mouth firmly shut in fear of angering the king.  She must endure this, for the sake of her people, for the sake of her own freedom... She must endure it... She looks back up at the King's eyes, and for a moment she saw the princess staring right at her with determined look... She must endure this for the sake of the princess and her promise.

"I know you must be looking for a gift from me." The king muttered before leaning down against the juncture of her neck, he paid small kisses along her shoulder to her neck making the hair on Dae's skin stand on its end.

"I have a gift for you... Befitting that of a queen." He stepped back for a moment admiring Dae, he stood their for a moment in complete silence before tearing down Dae's night gown leaving her naked and vulnerable, Dae quickly covered her self in shame... And tears finally began to pour out, she's scared... She's so scared... She wanted to run but she couldn't.

" I'll give you my seed."The king declared before grabbing her arm and harshly pulling her towards the bed before pushing her down.

Dae didn't make any sounds.

" And your gift to me shall be my sons and my daughters... My true Children!" He declared as climb on the bed. He sounded like a crazed man, obsessed with his own legacy and blood... Why does he want more children when he already has a lot of them? Why does he want her to give him a golden Heir when he already has one... He train of thoughts where quickly cut when the door suddenly Opened... And to her great horror the princess stepped in... Her emotion blank and her eyes as cold as the weather in Aerwen.

" Your... Your highness?" She asked confused looking at the princess who stood before them.

" Don't mind me... This is nothing but an obligation." The princess told her, despite her eyes not meeting her own. Dae swallowed and looked at the king shaking her head.

" I don't want this." She told him..

Pleadingly... She could do this, she could endure but she cannot endure the humiliation of having the princess watch them. This is

... Sick! This is beyond words!

"Please your grace I can't." She begged him again before looking at the princess who's now glaring at her. She must have hate her... Because she's going against their promise. But she cannot do this... Not with her.

"Don't be silly... If you're shy... Just ignore her... This is her duty to ensure that the marriage is consumated... don't fret." The king tried to console her but to no avail. Before Dae could speak he flipped her over, Dae was down on her stomach. She couldn't see the king, but she could feel his every disgusting touch but above all she could feel the princess gaze on her... What is this? She cried out when the king opened her legs and pushed her down the bed... Harshly.

"Please.... Please your grace have Mercy." She begged him, turning her head to the side to try and look at him... But t'was a big mistake as she once again saw the princess..... Looking at her, she still wear a blank expression, but her eyes spoke of a thousand wrath... Meant for her... For trying to back out, for crying.

"Don't fret my sweet girl." The king told her as he aligned his prick against her opening.

"Don't fret the pain will be gone in a minute... He spoke. A loud scream tear from her lips when he penetrated her, he broke against the hymen tearing her apart.

" IT HURTS! YOUR GRACE!!! PLEASE!" She trashed, and try to push him away, but the more she moved the more it hurt, and the king... Despite being frail was strong, she kept her down as he began thrusting... The searing pain climb from her lower region up to her stomach.

" HELP ME!!! PLEASE!! YOUR HIGHNESS." She begged the princess whom looked at the king like she had seen a beast. And without any other word left the room.... Dae ... Was once more alone... With a beast. With a devil.

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PRINCESS ROSHANNE

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"HELP ME! HELP ME! PLEASE YOUR HIGHNESS!" Roshanne's breath shudders when she the cries of Dae echoes back in her head... Vile rose from her mouth making her hover above the bush and throw up everything she ate that night.

"PLEASE!!! Help me!" Help her?! Dae had no idea how much she had wanted to bludgeon the king himself, how much she had wanted to stab him and the burn his corpse... Roshanne was never easy to anger, t'was a rare day for her to feel such wrath towards her father, sure she hated him... But she had never hated him this much before, this hate that ate her from the inside out like a parasite slowly sucking her blood... She had never seen the king so small before, at that moment she felt like she could kill him so easily.

She wanted to remove her from atop Dae...

Oh Dae... Roshanne closed her eyes for a moment... Sweet Dae had screamed for her... Had begged her... She wanted to get her out... But she couldn't...

"Gods..." She murmured standing straight and looking up at the heavens. She had let that child wonder too close to the maw of the beast, of that wretched man. She had ruined her! Roshanne... Couldn't burn the image of Dae, on her stomach with her father above her thrusting like a rabid dog despite the screams of Dae, Roshanne could hear the tearing of flesh of Dae, but at that moment she was also overcome with great fear of what she had seen on her father. On his arm... Something dark appeared... It looks like veins... Going around his shoulder down to his wrist..... And something so sinister emits from it.

"What have I done?" She whispered to herself putting her hand against her mouth... Dae... She couldn't let her father put something inside her... She couldn't let him put his child on her... He could be a literal monster for all they know... And all the more reason for her to kill him. She won't allow him to ruin that kid.... She had promised her freedom after all... And though she may be a stupid peace of chess in her game... She ought to show her mercy and to keep her promise. So she quickly made her way to the old library in the northern wing of the castle, it was the oldest part of the castle and people rarely goes there... the northern wing consist of nothing but old classrooms for the royal children and some gardens...now this part of the castle is used by the staff and servants as well as the knights, but they rarely wonder around on the second floor where the old library is... There she look for a secret passage hidden behind the walls, and when she found it she quickly opened it. Another wide corridor had greeted her... She quickly entered and close the secret door behind her, inside that dark corridor she glows. The glow in her hair is what give her light... The corridors was covered in dust and cobweb, this was a part of the Castle before, from what she knew this is where the rooms of their Gods was when they are still living with the mortal, this where the first kings and Queens and their children first lives... And from inside this you could also feel the faint presence of their magic. But this was closed when the first God of doomed appeared. Goldor.

This is the room where the Gods hid magical artifacts that the God of destruction could use against them... Though Roshanne is unaware of where those magical artifacts are... But she's sure it lies somewhere in this place... Because she could feel it.

But that wasn't why she came here. She had something else in mind that wouldn't require the use of said Artifacts. She continued to walk until she reaches the dead end of the corridor, where an old stone door lies. Inside it there was a faint light.

Roshanne slowly entered the small room. Inside it, a big cauldron could be seen at the center of the small room. Scattered papers with magic markings and pentagrams were on the ground as well on the small table by the side.

Old dusty shelves holding Vials with different potions, poisons and cure aligned the walls, jars containing several human body parts and fetuses as well a unknown creatures was also in display. A bloody drawing of large Pentagram was also on the wall as well as claw marks. And on the other side, an unconscious man was tied to a chair... Roshanne lips curled in disgust upon seeing his skin burnt and his face disfigured.

"What brought you to my lair again princess?" Roshanne looked at the other end of the room, where lady Ceris had appeared out of nowhere.

"Another one of your experiments?" She asked her motioning towards the barely breathing man.

"Hmmm... No, just for fun... I saw him looking at my Eleanor quiet too long for my own liking." She stated before approaching the man and looking at him. Roshanne's brow rose... Of course, Lady Ceris is quiet woman, she rarely speaks but the women in Harem looks up to her and respect her... She was a regal woman, but behind close door she kept a secret, she and lady Eleanor are lovers... And the child they had both spawn are not from the king. Lady Ceris is great with magic, she knows a lot of it... And one magic she had learned allowed her to impregnate another woman... How? It was something she had not bothered to ask. But she actually took pleasure at knowing the children they had despite the other three having blond hair does in fact not belong to the king.

"So are you here to ask of the same? For me to curse the womb of lady Dae, so that no Golden heir shall ever be born from the king again?" She asked, Roshanne smiled and approached her, giving her three bags of gold coins as well as a tongue from one of the lords that she ordered her men to arrest after degrading Dae.

"You know me so well my lady." She stated.... Lady Ceris looked at the coin bag abd smiled nodding her head.

"Very well... But you had already given her the vial that would prevent her from getting pregnant. What is this for?" Lady Ceris asked as she put the tongue in another Jar.

"I couldn't keep giving her that... It would put her in a bad position. The king would want her to be with child at some point. But I could use that chance for a leverage. So until then I couldn't allow her to be pregnant." She explained to her. Though Roshanne wished she didn't. Because it meant that the king would want to bed  Dae again until she is with child.

"You're torturing her." Lady Ceris shakes her head.

"That poor child. You know I cannot help but pity her. She is naive, and she sees this world like how a child would see it. She's is unaware... She reminds me of my sweet girl. Tsk." Lady Ceris shakes her head before walking towards her cauldron. She tossed a few things there before stirring it.

"Can I ask you something?" She changed the subject trying not to feel guilty about the poor girl.

" You are free to ask me anything princess, you know that I am bound to you, like a dog to it's master." Lady Ceris stated with a smirk reminding Roshanne the reason why they are ally at the first place.

" Ah, of course... Anyway... Tonight I saw something weird at my father's arm... There were black veins coming from his shoulder down to his wrist... Do you have any idea about what could that be?" Lady Ceris paused for a moment.

" There are several reasons why your father could have had that... Maybe his flesh is already decaying, you know it was a common disease of our elderly people here... Due to some bacteria or food they consumed, or it could be an infection. Or maybe a curse. Did you get a closer look?" She shakes her head

" No, but something feels off about it." She told her... Lady Ceris nods her head.

" I will take a look at it. If you want." Roshanne nods her head.

"Please do.... Thank you." She then turned around to take her leave. For now her problem is solved. Dae would not bear any golden heir that could be a threat to her... And she wouldn't be pregnant for the time being, giving more chance for her body to adjust until she could carry a child.

A lot of her father's other concubine couldn't survive the bearing his children, all because they are young or unfit to carry a child. The last two concubine he has had that problem. The other one died while giving birth, and her child was killed soon after by lady Clementine to prevent more competitors for the throne, the other one had several miscarriage as well as still Borns... And in the end had thrown herself from the balcony, many believes it was a suicide, but she believes it wasn't. Someone had killed her. She sighed, Dae would move to the harem now, Roshanne must find a way to protect her. She will have a lot of enemies now that she is officially married to the king.