BOUND TO THE BEAST : CHAPTER 11 – 20
BOUND TO THE BEAST : CHAPTER 11 – 20
“I do not care, Lord Ottai. Perhaps we will think of something later. For now, let us focus on the girl. The bad weather delayed our journey, and I had expected us to return yesterday.
Time is running short; she must be in the forbidden chambers tonight,” responded another voice, chilling and authoritative.
Forbidden chambers?
Emeriel does not like the sound of that at all. He recognized the second voice as that of Lord Vladya.
“Calm yourself, Vladya. That young girl cannot handle the beast,” the first voice interjected.
“I do not care. They have made their beds, and they shall lie in them,” Vladya responded defiantly.
A heavy sigh followed. “It would be heartless to send that girl in to service the beast without any inkling of what to expect.
I know you have no love for humans, and frankly, so do I, but we can surely do better than that.” Lord Ottai reasoned.
“Do as you wish, Ottai. Tell them everything or tell them nothing. I care not. Whether she lives or dies, I care not either.
I shall throw in the pretty little prince next, and if he perishes too, I shall be on the next carriage to the next human kingdom to select another princess for him.
That is the only aspect of this that concerns me,” Vladya concluded.
A silence fell after their exchange, leaving Emeriel’s mind racing with fear and disbelief. Service the beast? Die?
Emeriel was horrified. I must rescue Aekeira! We need to escape!
“I know you are there, pretty prince. I can smell you,” Lord Vladya’s voice rang out suddenly.
Emeriel gasped, frozen in place. Lord Vladya’s imposing figure emerged from the door, his cold, lifeless grey and yellow eyes fixing upon him.
Emeriel instinctively took a step back. Then another.
Lord Vladya smirked, “I would advise against whatever thoughts are brewing in that little head of yours. You have no inkling of where you are, do you?”
Emeriel could only discern that they were in the tallest, most fortified fortress he had ever seen. He shook his head, his fear palpable.
“You are in Ravenshadow,” Lord Ottai responded, coming up behind the scarred Lord.
Ravenshadow? The Ravenshadow!? No, by the Light, this cannot be happening.
“R-Ravenshadow Citadel? The home of the f-four grand lords of the Urekais.
BOUND TO THE BEAST : CHAPTER 11 – 20
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