
"Princess!" The guard murmured and bowed down. Not giving him any attention she walked past him. She was princess of her Kingdom of Jerusalem. Her father is a brave warrior who never lost any battle, he is king of the kingdom and her father but he never behaved like one to her. The king kept her like a hostage in the large royal palace never allowing her to go outside in name of protecting her from this evil world but she knew better, he never wanted her to go out because he was afraid, his enemies would use her against him and take down him which he don't want at any cost, his pride and kingdom is more important to him than his daughters freedom and happiness. Believers in country only saw her once in a year or two but they do respect her a lot. Tales about her beauty was spoken through out the lands, Poets wrote uncountable poems, devoted to her beauty.
She went in balcony of her luxurious room, Cold breeze caress her face, she drew a sharp breath, Everything around her was calm but she knew that it was calm before storm, her kingdom was losing battle against their enemy Kingdom, her father was losing the battle against the prince of Estia, prince Rey Nicolas, She had never seen him but had heard a lot about him, he is known for his ruthless nature and sharp brain, he had won the world with his charm.
Princess Taani turn around when some sounds came from her room, which was in complete darkness.
"Who is there?" her voice come out as whisper, a deep chuckled heard by her, sending shiver down her spine. She saw a shadow coming toward her, Seeing him in surprise when he lighten up the candle, which was near her bed. She gasped at the sight in front of her, a well build men was standing there, with pride. The powerful aura coming from him, aware her who he was, he was Rey Nicolas, prince Rey Nicolas.
"You are coming with me, Princess Taani" His deep voice hold the authority, She was startled but she knew that this was coming. After all her kingdom lost this important battle. She looked at him, Into his deep brown eyes which had pride of victory in them. taani took steps closer to him.
"Kill me" She spoke with bravery, he was surprised, But taani wasn't, She knew that rather than living as his slave in his kingdom, death is far better, the life of slavery is not acceptable by her.
"No princess, I am not killing you. You are coming with me" he spoke in calm voice, a gasp left from her mouth when he close the gap between them and carried her on his broad shoulder. She threw her tiny fists on his back in agony, in need to hurt him but he didn't even flinched away. A smirk made its way on his face, silently laughing at her attempts of hurting him. She didn't realize when she fell into deep slumber. She slept peacefully feeling relieved with the present , not worrying about tomorrow for once because she knew from tomorrow there wont be any peace in her life.
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Next day, She woke up, jolting, registering the things around her. She was in luxurious room, it was not her palace so she knew she was in his palace, in his kingdom. But being in luxurious room instead of prison, shocked her. Why he was giving her luxury when he brought her here to be his slave, thats most prince and kings do when they win the battle and take over other kingdom, they brought that kingdoms believers with them, either they would kill them or made them their slaves for rest of their lives.
Taani knew she had to find a way to escape, but Before she could proceed further thinking of a way to escape from here, Door opened silently. She look at the maid who stood at the entrance with her head bow down in respect.
"Princess, Prince Rey wants to see you, please come with me" Maid said to her in polite tone, Taani wanted to refuse, she wasn't in mood to meet anyone but then she couldnt deny the prince, not when she is in his kingdom. Taani smoothen her dress as she got down from king sized bed, She let the maid escort her to princes room. Maid left from there, leaving taani standing at his door.
"Princess Taani" he spoke in his deep husky tone, sending shiver down her spine, he was standing near the window of his room, when he turn to look at the beauty standing there, she felt her throat went dry, some alien feeling started to overpower her heart and mind, The powerful aura, his charm, All were attracting her toward this man. She couldn't help but look at him with admiration.Rey was standing there watching her, staring at him with admiration.
Rey walk toward her, She gave him surprise look when he slide his hand in hers, he brought her inside his room and closed the door of his room. Taani look at anything but at him. He lifted her chin to made her face him, that made her realized why she was here, he pulled her close to him, holding her by waist, she wriggle to get out of his grasp.
"Why I'm here?" She questioned him, the tenderness in her voice in spite of the fact that he brought her here against her will, touched his heart. He had heard lots of tales about her beauty, her kindness but today he saw it himself.
"You belong here, this is your new home, our home" he spoke with calmness yet sincerity, gasp escape from her mouth feeling his lips against the skin of her neck. Nuzzling his face between crook of her neck, he rubbed his stubble against her skin, taani bit her lips to hold back a moan which was about to escape, desires were alluring between them, her hand grip his shoulder for her support.
"Am i hurting you?" his gentle whisper broke her reverie. She took a step back away from him.
"No but tell me the truth! Why you bring me here with you when you don't want me to be your slave?" Her pleading tone broke his heart, but he masked his emotions again with calm look like always. He was expert in hiding his emotions from world.
"Princess, you are here to lead the kingdom with me" His breath was fanning over her neck, making hard for her to concentrate on his words rather than on their close proximity.
"Why me?" she spoke, her sweet voice felt melody to his ears, he gave her his heart warming smile, making her knees go weaken. Rey made her sit on his king size bed, then taking his seat beside her, he hold her hand in his.
"Princess, there was alliance fixed by your father with my my father, He fixed your marriage with me but when time came for our marriage your father denied the alliance because king of Felicia gave him better offer than us, he fixed your marriage with king, who was double of your age. And that was the reason of war between your kingdom and my, Which I won and i bring you here with me, where you belong." he spoke, His voice held the truth, his eyes shown many emotions, that time she wasn't understanding what had happened, how can her father do this, he broke his promise then for his pride, he was ready to ruin her life. Was his king title was more important than his daughters happiness and more than his scared promise he made to king of estia.
"My apologizes prince Rey for doubting you, I wasn't aware about the promise my father made" says taani, as a royal princess, she felt need to fulfill the promise her king and father made. She glance at the men sitting beside her. The calm look surprised her and somewhere it made her happy too. she was great full to him, the maturity he was showing while dealing with this matter, made her respect him more.
"It wasn't your fault, Princess" Rey told her, he put his palm on her right cheek, Leaning down he decreased the distance between their Lips. She could feel his hot breath on her face.His strong pair of arms were clutching around her waist. In her life she never felt so perilous yet so safe. Two different emotions was what she was experiencing. Confusion crept in her mind, the way her body was reacting to his touch. Looking straight in his eyes, she witnessed Love and passion, burning her with desires only he could fulfill.she felt thirst. Thrust of touching the lips of his from hers. For the first time in her life she felt wild.