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Chapter 4 - Captured

Trigger warning. Near rape scene at end of chapter but it's not complete.

Viola POV

I woke up in a cold room. I can’t see much because it’s so dark inside. The floor is hard like stone.

“Agenta are you there?” I immediately think of my friend and I’m worried that she was kidnapped as well.

“Yes, I’m here but I can’t see you. Start moving towards my voice and I’ll start moving towards you.” She responds quickly.

We both start stumbling in the dark with our arms outstretched until we collide with each other. Once we find each other we hug one another and start crying as we sink to the floor.

“No one knows we’re here.” I whine.

“But Lucian will come looking for us as soon as the sun starts to set because we won’t be home.” Agenta says with some hope to her tone.

“But he doesn’t won’t know where to start.” I remind her.

“The dragon in him can track our scent. It’s not as hard as you think. You’re not giving him enough credit.” Agenta replies.

“I didn’t know that. But, it’s still hours until sunset and we don’t know if he’ll start searching right away.” I continue to feel disheartened.

“Oh, don’t worry he’ll start searching right away. If I know my master the closer that it gets to sunset and we’re not back home he’ll have already transformed into dragon form and if he doesn’t see us at least to the castle he’ll already know that something is wrong. I know he’s overprotective and sometimes it can seem overbearing or invasive but it really comes from a place of love.” Agenta tries to reassure me.

“Is Lucian really part devil?” I ask hesitantly.

Agenta bursts out laughing! “I’ve worked for the palace since I was 12 and my mother worked here since she was 12 and her mother worked here as well and no one ever told me that Lucian was part devil. If he was, I promise you that someone would have gossiped about that to me by now.” Agenta keeps laughing. She’s almost doubled over because she’s laughing so hard.

“Well, that’s the rumor I was told back at my parents castle. I also heard he’s ruthless on the battlefront.” I reply back acting like my feelings were hurt but really laughing.

“Now that I really don’t know about. But, I do know he has a heart of gold. He treats staff like we’re family and one of the first things he did after taking over responsibilities for his father was give us all pay raises. It’s now an honor to work for the castle.” Agenta says proudly.

“Wow! I had no idea. We’ve never really talked much about what Lucian has done since he started taking over responsibilities for his father. Can you tell me more?” I felt truly interested to learn more about the man I married.

“Well, he abolished slavery, started free education for the youth, established labor laws so that nobody under 14 could be a servant so they could become educated at least until that age, and started public libraries.” Agenta stated proudly. She was truly proud of the man she served.

“Thank you for telling me all of this. I can see how proud you are of him. It helps me to see him in a different light. I’m sure a lot of what he did was unpopular at the time.” I state, thinking about the man I’ve only just begun to know.

“Oh, it was terribly unpopular! When he abolished slavery he put all of those merchants out of business, reduced business at the ports, and cheap labor was gone. Then when he established the labor laws people were upset because it kept children from making money for their families and more cheap labor was lost. When he started free education the wealthy became upset that the poor would be learning to read and write because they might want more money for labor. Then, nobody went to the free libraries at first but now people go all the time.” Agenta turned into a wealth of knowledge.

Suddenly, a door swings open and a large patch of light is sprayed across the floor. We both jump into each other’s arms. A large silhouette walks into the room. We can hear feet pounding in our direction. We start scooting along the floor in the opposite direction until a wall hits my back and then we just hug and shake. Large arms wrap around Agenta and pull her from me. I try my best to hold on but I’m no match for the much stronger person.

“Put me down! Release me! Get your dirty paws off of me!” Agenta is screaming as she is dragged from the room.

“Give her back! Let go of her! Release her! What are you going to do with her?” I’m screaming and crying at the same time.

The room goes dark and quiet. No sound is heard. I don’t know how long I was in the room with Agenta in the first place so I’m not sure what time it is now. But, for the first time I’m really scared. I wish Lucian would get here.

Agenta POV

A large man takes me into a small room. I’m fighting and kicking the whole time so he drops me on the floor. Without noticing the second smaller man in the room I immediately jump up and start punching and kicking the man that took me from Viola.

“What are you going to do with Viola? What are you going to do with me? Answer me dammit!” I scream. He hits me so hard that I fly across the room. When I try to sit up my ears are ringing. The second smaller man grabs me by my hair and pulls me over to a desk and chair.

He hands me an envelope and says “We’re letting me go so that you can deliver this to Prince Lucian. He is to meet us tomorrow at 9 AM in Niverna’s wheat field underneath the large oak tree. He’ll know where that is. If he’s not there she’s dead. The letter gives the rest of the details.” He has an evil smirk. Then with his hold still on my hair he shoves me out the door.

It’s getting close to sunset so thankfully there is no blinding sunlight but I don’t know where I am. I’m in an alley. I look to my right and I see people from the market most likely closing up their shops and I start running.

“I’m sorry!” I say as I run into some lady with a cartful of chickens. I keep running towards the castle at least I know where I’m going now. As I get outside of the market I start to tire out but I can’t stop. I must keep running and that’s when I see a tall figure in the distance. Seeing him renews my strength and I start running again then I see him running towards me as well.

“Agenta! What happened? Where is Princess Viola?” Lucian catches me as I fall to the ground.

I’m so winded all I can do is hand him the letter. “I’m so sorry Prince Lucian but I failed you! You’re to meet them tomorrow at 9 AM in Niverna’s wheat field underneath the large oak tree.” I squeak out as soon as I catch my breath.

“It’s going to be okay my dear Agenta. These men will pay dearly for what they have done. Have no fear of that. Can you walk back to the castle? Maybe sit a while underneath this tree to recover” Lucian’s eyes have turned dark and I notice he’s carrying two swords.

Viola POV

The door swings open again and another spray of light is across the floor. I hear quick footsteps coming my way as large arms grab me and force me into another room with a smaller man standing there.

“Well, it appears that we need to move our location.” says the smaller man. He smiles at me with an evil grin. I don’t like him at all.

The other man tightens his hold on me and they walk me down a hallway then up two flights of stairs then to a different room. I can see light coming through the poorly designed roof but at least this room is lit with a kerosene lamp in one corner. There is a stained mattress in the middle of the floor. The large large me tosses me down on the mattress and laughs at me when I wrinkle my nose at the smell.

“Keep her here until morning when I come for you both. Do you think you can do that?” Ask the smaller man?

“Can I have fun with her?” Asks the larger man.

“I don’t give a fuck what you do with her. Fuck her in the ass for all I care just make sure she’s alive when I come here at 8 AM.” States the smaller man and then he leaves. The larger man turns to me and smiles at me for the first time. It’s a toothy smile because some of his front teeth are missing.

For several minutes he just stands there smiling at me with his toothy grin. Then he slowly starts taking off his belt.

“Look my husband is out there looking for me right now and if I tell him that you took care of me he will reward you but if something happens to me you’re as good as dead.” I try to ward him. My breathing is becoming heavy and I start looking for a possible escape. There are no windows in this room but the walls are paper thin. So, I stand up and start banging on the walls and yelling for help. He grabs me by my hair and throws me back down on the mattress. When I land the air is knocked out of me. But I still have fight left in me. As he straddles my legs and starts to pull his pants down I kick him as hard as I can in his balls. He immediately falls to the ground groaning in pain. I hit the door. It’s locked. I start hitting it with all of my might. I might be small but I have to get out of here. Finally the door gives way and I make it out into the hallway. I start running as fast as I can. But I’m not fast enough. A large hand grabs my hair and I’m lifted off my feet and thrown on the ground. I start screaming but it’s no use. He drags me back into the room. Slaps me with the back of his hand. I hit the wall with the side of my face. I start to try to get up and he kicks me in the ribs. I can hear my bones cracking. I spit out blood. He slaps me again with the back of his hand. I land on my back on the mattress. He stands over and drops his pants. My head is spinning as he lifts up my dress.

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