Hopelessly stucked in the same position. The sky that was full of stars did not flatter him now that raindrop pouring out from those clouds.
The same clouds that leaked out his position, harming him. Just like those pretty wild roses on the pond, beautifully that people won't mind its thorn hurting the helders.
Eliot brings the dagger closer to his chest. His throat is dry, so is his tears. He took turn looking at Samuel and the creepy dog headed woman that oddly standing there like a horryfying statue.
"it's my fault" his head dropped.
At that time he could only think, how his destiny was switched by the tiny golden retriever. His lips trembled,
"guhh" there was a movements within his shirt a while ago, now it's just ache reside in his stomach.
Eliot gasping again.
"what?" Samuel left out a shocking tone. The dog headed woman did a few steps when Eliot began to got up from kneeling.
That man detaching his back from the wall. Uncrossed his arms, reaching for his swords. Only if the boy could see his bewildered face he will be glad to know this mockery knight is somehow is protective of him. Only if no one sees his action though perhaps, Sir Samuel is a shy person.
"wait!" He tried to grip Eliot's shoulder but the sword got in his way. Therefore, Eliot running passed him while limping. Samuel bit his lips,he relaxed his arm and brushes his hair few times. After that, Samuel's eyes averted into the pond's direction, it was a peek to see is that woman is still there.
"I think he is going to be okay" The knight sheated the sword back. Clicking his tongue. Taking a light pace toward the King's front door.
The dog headed woman vanished. Who knows where she went. Was it just hallucination? The blood smeared on where the boy's landed on is still there. On so is his injury.
"He is Thalia's son after all, nothing is going to happen to that shrimp. If he died, that's unfortunate. He isn't meant for the thrones" Samuel paused his walk just as he met the eye of King Lukas. That man was outside of the door only with only his inner cloth.
He was poking the edge of a sword on to a woman whose pratically naked on the cold tiles. The woman must have been dragged outside of his majesty chamber without much of a thought.
The king intented to slash her throat no matter how much the woman cried and pleaded for mercy.
"sire!" Samuel came foward and hold the arm that was holding the Sword. "how dare you stop me," King Lukas did not pulled over, he still pointing the sword toward the lady who cover her whole face.
Was she embarrassed that other than Samuel saw his bare skin, or she was frightened the sword would cut her head open if she did not do that.
" let go of me you imbecile, a low born such as you dare to interfere my business!" King Lukas is like a mad demon out of control, his pale and tired face would make him fainted if this continue.
He was about to gash the sword edge to Samuel, maybe he was too tired the attack was lack of energy and Samuel easily counter his attack. His sword flew away above his head.
" I-what is the meaning of this? Where is my son?" King Lukas closed his eyes. He grabbed Samuel's shoulder. Quickly Samuel gave him support.
"what do you mean sire?" King Lukas pointed his chin towards the lady on the floor. "why is she here? Who sent her here?how- how did she get in here? On" the King Left Samuel, pinching his middle forehead.
To be honest, he had no memories on how things became this way. The last thing he remember was, he saw one of his wife lady in waiting calling out to him late in night, informing him that the queen had something for him.
Thinking Thalia had return from her journey from her homeland, he let the woman in. After a strange but rather a nice scents, his mind was blank.
The first thing he saw was, a woman was on top of him and was doing something out of ordinary. Though the woman resembled his wife, but the touch isn't the same.
Wishing to shut the woman's doing, he lips was sealed. He couldn't talk. He fell into a dreamy moment where the same scents sipping into the pores of his skin.
"was I enjoying it?" what he did was adultery. Though he didn't do it intentionally, in fact he didn't know how did he sleep with the lady in waiting.
King lukas turned his back. He could see Samuel was checking on her after tucking her body with his knight cloak.
" Let her be Samuel, she's dare enough to seduce the Queen's man, then she's bold enough to lose her head." The woman shriveled in fear seeing the king approaches her. Samuel bow reluctant to get in his way.
"woman, answer me, why are we in this situation?" King Lukas grabbed her hair so he could see her face clearly.
He lips twicthed. Furiously he gagged her hair and dragged her into the garden. She could only screamed as she knew no one will come to for her because the doer is the owner of this palace.
"Did you see my boy?! A whore doing this to me definitely had something in her sleeve, are you trying to betray your master? My wife is too good to you" King Lukas let of his grip remembering his son's confusion face. He pray that the boy didn't understand the relationship between a woman, and a man.
"you are my wife's favorite, Lady Cathlyn of Ambrose, such a child like you?" He didn't believed it. The age gap between him and Lady cathylyn is like a father and a son.
And even if he understands, he hope Eliot might think the lady in waiting is his mother since the hair colour identical to his wife although Thalia isn't that fair compare to this lady in waiting.
"did something happened to him? Why was he drenched?" He settle down his anger. He didn't care about Lady Cathlyn anymore.
King Lukas waiting for Samuel's answer. Frightened face, his shirt was soaked in blood. The way his small palm covering his shoulder, he had a clue where he might have hurt.
" where is my son!" King Lukas Shouted.
"where is my boy Samuel!?" Samuel didn't have the chance to answer him since the king repeated the same question all over again until his body reaches his standing.
"where is fhe crown prince?" Angry tone demanding for absolute answer.
"I am not appointed to guard you, your majesty not" A hit landed on Samuel's cheek, it was hard that his nose began to bleed.
"guarding me? What about that whore? Why is she raping me?" Lady Cathlyn shaking her head to the statement.
"were you enjoying the show little Sam? That you didn't noticed my boy was coming? He shouldn't see how shamless I can be," His Majesty hit his cheek again, but on the other side.
"Sam, the future ruler of my kingdom is hurt, he needs me to guard him, he needs someone like you to keep on living" He choked the man whom he saught like his little brother until veins pop out on Samuel's skin, so is the king's forehead on to how mad he is right now.
"I shoved him away as you commanded your majesty" Taken aback to his last order, King Lukas knew Samuel is his duty role as the king's guard who swore to protect the king leaving anything behind to protect the throne.
"just get lost I need to find my son," Samuel nodded because he knew he is in part of his majesty searching partner.
"Ambrose daughter, keep this matter silence if you wish to keep your neck intact. I will summon you again, but remember if you dare to run away," Lady Cathly couldn't look into his Majesty face, she just kneeled and bowed to the grass.
"You will be the reason to the end of Ambrose bloodline" Lady Cathlyn rise from the grass as the King running to find the Crown Prince.
She back is in pain. Sincerely she too clueless to what is happening to her, the only think she knew is she had a habit of sleep walking. It was getting bad now that she rape the king.
She gigles recalling the king's statement. She too had a vague memory, what if the king assault her and framed her to set a reason to slaughter my family. She knew Ambrose is near its end after her brother's crime.
"this is too much, I" She cried.
"I want to die" she can forget all of this if she drown herself in the pond in front of her. "what is that?" a furry figure was floating in the pond, and Yet Lady Cathlyn cannot swim and she has no idea how deep the pond is.
"ehh" the furry object was moving, or to be exact swimming out from the pond. "it's a puppy!" Lady Cathlyn running over to get hold on to the golden retriever.
Bark!
The puppy running to her instead and moved in circle whimpering to her. As if it's knew Lady Cathlyn couldn't interpret him, the puppy running foward to one of the willow trees.
Lady Cathlyn fixes the cloack before she follow the animal. She almost tripped herself over a tiny stone.
Along the way, something felt pricking her bare foot.
"what-" Among three Willow trees, she came to the third one that really close to the pond, it was dark and she couldn't see anything.
The rain stopped. Those cloudy sky began to rear out some light from the moon. "is that" Lady Cathlyn grabbed the puppy and running away from the site.
As if its mission was done, the puppy was quiet and sleep in hetlr arms the moment Lady Cathlyn arrived in her dorm.