MARRIED TO A BRUTE PRINCE
Chapter 57
I went back to the chamber. Everything had been cleaned up except the curtains. They were being changed by a few maids. I tried not the think that all this was Lucian’s doing. He probably had to do what he did.
A maid came in with new curtains. “Lydia!” I almost shouted.
Lydia looked up startled. “My Lady!” She breathed. She stood frozen for a while but then hurried and enveloped me in a hug.
I was surprised. I used to hug her all the time but she used to tell me it was inappropriate and now she was hugging me. All the other maids stared at her surprised.
She pulled away with teary eyes then searched my body with her hands. “Oh, you are alright.” She said relieved.
I took her hand. “I am fine Lydia.” I assured her with a big smile. I was so happy to see her. “Where is Ylva?”
She wiped the tears away. “She is in the kitchen. She has become a kitchen maid. I’ll tell her you are here, she will be so happy.”
“A kitchen maid. Who made her a kitchen maid?”
I heard to be kitchen maid was the worst a maid could be. It was really difficult.
“When you left, every maid in this quarter got sent to different places to work and Ylva was sent to the kitchen.”
“Bring her here and tell the maids she won’t be working in the kitchen anymore.” I ordered.
Lydia nodded and left. After a while she came back with Ylva and it started all over again. The hugging, the crying, the thousand questions. I had never seen Lydia and Ylva so emotional before which meant they had been really worried.
“Ylva, you have lost so much weight.” It must have been the hard work.
“I am fine now that you are here .” She smiled.
“Come,” I said and we went and sat in the garden. “What’s been happening here? Tell me everything in detail.”
Lydia and Ylva looked at each other. “What is it? Tell me!” I demanded.
“I haven’t seen it myself but I have heard.” Ylva began. “Everyone has been talking about how His Highness had looked like the devil himself and killed every castle guard with his owns hands, all alone. Everyone here is now terrified of him.”
“I am worried about you.” Lydia continued. “Especially after seeing all the blood in this room today.”
“Don’t worry. Lucian would never hurt me.” I assured her.
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The rest of the day I spent reading books about war and fighting strategies. I didn’t want to be useless anymore. I wanted to learn everything, how to fight, how to ride and anything else that I could use to help Lucian.
“Why don’t you read the art of seduction instead.” Ylva who was making the bed suggested jokingly.
“There is a book with such title?” I asked.
She laughed. “Yes. It’s there among the books that I brought.”
I looked amongst the books on the table. There lay a red book with the title ‘The art of seduction’ in golden letters. I looked at it for a while but then decided to go back to the art of war. Right now helping Lucian was my priority.
“Shall I prepare you for sleep My Lady?”
“No, I’ll read some more and wait for Lucian.” I said. Ylva nodded and left.
I kept reading, trying hard not to get bored since I couldn’t understand anything most of the time. There was a lot of to me unknown words. Slowly, I was starting to get bored but still forced myself to read a little more. When I thought I couldn’t anymore, I picked ‘The art of seduction’. I was actually too tired to read but I had nothing else to do while waiting for Lucian.
I opened the book and started reading at first forcing myself but then I got lost in the story. It was a story about an undesirable woman who wanted to learn how to win the heart of a man she had loved for a very long time and a very beautiful woman who could capture any man’s heart with just a look. In the book, the beautiful woman teaches the undesirable one how to$educe a man completely, body, mind, heart and soul.
“The art of%eduction. Hmm…”
I almost fell off the chair when I heard Lucian’s voice. I had been so into my reading I didn’t even notice that he was here.
“Lucian!” I said with a gasp and tried to hide the book but I didn’t even know where to hide it, so I just fumbled with it embarrassed and dropped in on the floor.
I quickly got out of my chair, bent down to pick it up but Lucian grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his chest. “Are you planning on seducing me, wife?”
Oh good lord, save me.
“No it…it was just amongst the books and I was curious.” I said nervously, but it was the truth. I had no plan to s$educe him.
Lucian narrowed his gaze. He still had that dark look in his eyes and they gleamed with something.
“I am curious too.” He said in a low voice and began tounfasten the $traps on the back of mydress. “Curious to know how long it will take for me to get you nked, m®aning and screaming.” I inhaled sharply at his words and my heart began to beat in excitement.
Lucian leaned down and pressed hislips to my neck, lickingand kssing his way up. I grabbed onto his shoulder urging him to not stop as I closed my eyes and got lost in the heat.
He looked down at me, his gaze dark and hot. “Hazel, I won’t be gentle this time.”
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