Chapter 23

Sabrina’s POV:

I heard a loud clang and jolted awake.

I had fallen asleep, my back slid down the wall as I fell down to the floor. The pain stung, but I barely felt it. My body had gone numb, and the darkness figured had doubled in number. They touched my hair and laughed, telling me how grimy it was. They laughed, and danced and their voices got louder and louder.

“Sabrina!” A loud voice yelled my name, and I heard an even louder clang. Was that the steel bars? It sounded like it.

A bright light filled the cell. So bright I was forced to squint. I closed my eyes, a low groan deep in my throat. Why is it so bright all of a sudden? Did Blair come back with multiple candles to taunt me?

The darkness figures screeched and ran to the corner, hiding away from the light.

The next thing I felt was someone grabbing my body. I winced as their hand brushed my back and the whip marks there stung a lot. Whoever this person was, they were bathed in pure light.

“Br–bright” gasped.

“Stay with me, okay?” They said. I knew that voice…it was Caldan,

I tried to see him, beyond the light and the blur in my vision, “Dirty,” I said and pushed weakly at his chest. I’m so dirty, I tried to say but the words were too heavy for my weak tongue.

I’m too dirty. I’ll ruin his bright clothes. Why can’t he see that?! Can’t he smell it?t

“…down.”

I’ll get you out of here. He held onto me, his hand under my knees and the other at the back of my head. He held me close to his body, and I felt him carry me right through the steel bars

Oh, that sounds I had heard was him ripping off the steel bars.

The darkness figures screamed and screamed, but couldn’t get any closer. At the back of my mind, I wished I could yank one of them and take it with me, watch it suffer in the bright light.

I couldn’t stay awake for much longer. I heard Caldan say something, but my cars couldn’t decipher what he said. I was knocked out cold before he had taken ten steps out of the cell.

Someone was screaming

The sound of it was agonizing, full of pure terror and pain. My heart lurched and I felt sorry for whoever was screaming so much. What happened to hurt them like that?

1 realized I was the one screaming.

My face was buried in soft mattresses. My back was alight with pain. Voices swam all around me, panicked voices. I struggled to do something! Touch my back, or maybe stop the pain.

My hands were punned firmly.

Tr’ll be over soon,” A soft voice whispered to me, sounding so pamed. I’m sorry, Rina I’m terribly sorry.”

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I must have passed out, because the next time I opened my eyes, I was staring at an unfamiliar ceiling. My back hurt a lot less, I guess so because I was able to lie on my back.”

I felt clean, like I had been scrubbed clean of the filth and grime of the cell. I had fragmented memories of the place, and 1 think it was best I didn’t remember it.

Everywhere hurt. My entire body felt sore, like I had been hammered all over with a mallet. It wasn’t a sharp pain, but like the pain that came from healing.

The room I was in didn’t look like a room of the harem. I would know, because the harem rooms all had a white theme about them. White walls, white furniture, sometimes splashes of pastel colors.

bed, wincing as I put strain on my wrists. I leaned against the headboard and stared down at my wrists, they had been bandaged tightly, and I could only dread what they looked like under the

the

It was stunning.

here in all her glory. The curtains billowed as soft breeze filtered into the room. The lights were turned on, warm golden and low.

Where am I?

jug of water. I poured myself a glass, gritting my teeth hard as my wrists cried. out. But 1 still poured the water, even though I had spilled a good amount of it. I took the glass, my hand trembling and held the water up to my lips. The water was chill and felt like magic on my parched throat.

grabbed the jug and gently pried it out of my hands. I heard a deep chuckle. “You

that,”

water, he had come in. He

said, a soft smile on his lips.

over me like a wave. He looked so different, he wasn’t wearing his princely robes. Instead he wore a deep purple robe that dipped low to reveal a black shirt under.

I said, my lips

laughed. “Honestly, Rina, I should be saying that to you. Het on the bed, a safe distance between us. “How

said with a half sinile.

been in and out for a couple of days

days? Was I

when I was

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all I could think about were the long days I spent counting down to when he would return. Telling myself over

want to do is reach out, touch him, and know that he’s really here with

with a shake

know.

here. I said. He paused, and his eyes widened.

“Rina…”

now. You don’t have to worry.

chill descended over me. Caldan felt it too, his smile vanished

in the doorway, was the alpha

side. Your majesty. He said with a bow of his head. I bowed

with him a dark and oppressive aura. He looked at Caldan briefly

down my spine. “Nifra was worried for nothing.

the brothers. It made

when I

goddess, Caldan spat

turned to me. His dark red eyes scanned my body from my hair to the part of me hidden under the blanket. I felt naked, and all I wanted to do was hide from his eyes, he looked at my face

duties in four days. He said. Cold. Unfeeling Like I hadn’t been on the brink of death a

“Brother… Caldan gasped.

and along with

An–order.

order from the king.

I could bypass that! The consequences

horror. The king didn’t care, his expression didn’t change

me and with that he turned to leave carrying

gently took my hands in his. “I’ll convince you give you more time

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the point?” I laughed bitterly. “He hates me. If you try to convince him otherwise, you’ll make him

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true. He doesn’t hate

I said and pulled my

I had died in that cell.

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Caldan. He looked devastated. But I won’t let the King’s verdict take away from the joy I feel right now. The joy

I said softly. “Why did you take so

I kept you waiting so long. 1…I didn’t

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