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Chapter 7 - A rose for the king

The Following Morning, Christian went into the dungeon to look at Katrina thinking that she might be dead but when they arrived there, he found out that Katrina was alive and wasn't crushed by the wolves instead, She was chatting with them and they laughed at her jokes. This got Christian angry as he made his way into the dungeon.

When the Rogues saw him, they bowed and greeted him. Even though they were prisoners, King Christian was still their King. "Your highness," They all fell to their knees. When Katrina realized that the king was behind her. She didn't dare turn but she fell On her knees just like the rest and greeted the King. "Your highness," she greeted.

Christian laughed and stoop down in front of Katrina. "I sent you here to die but you've made friends with the wolves," he laughed añd beckoned to his guards. "Bring her out," he ordered.

"Your highness," Katrina cried out. "What did I do so wrong?" She asked. "I did what you asked of me. You promised to give me a chance if I go to the Cell" Katrina said.

"And that chance you shall get!" Christian shouted and walked out of the Cell and his guards dragged Katrina behind him. When they were outside the cell and in front of the Mega mansion, Katrina was pushed to the ground by the guards. "You lied to me!" Christian roared and grabbed Katrina's throat. He raised her and flung her to his left side. Katrina screamed out in pain when her back made contact with the Fountain. She coughed out blood and quickly wiped her mouth in order not to look weak in front of the king.

She wondered why he hated her so much. To her, she believed that she didn't do anything wrong but the King hated her the first time he saw her. "I expected the Rogues to have killed you but instead you laughed with them and plotted against me. That's treason!" Christian shouted.

Katrina knew treasons meant death. She didn't want to die and even though she was the king's Mate, she knew that he didn't care Whether she dies or not. She was always going to be hated by him so she begged for life. She begged to be saved.

"Your highness," Katrina shouted. "Have mercy on me, "She begged. " I would never plot against you. I could never do that," She cried out.

"Then Explain how you became friends with the rogues. Explain how!" He demanded. "You've plotted against me before who knows what you might do next!" He yelled at her.

Katrina shook her head in response. She had no idea of what the king meant. She had never seen him until the day she arrived at the Castle. She had never spoken ill of the King so she wondered what he meant by plotting against me. "Your highness," she bowed hat head to the ground. "I just got along with the Rogues. They were friendly towards me and we got along," Katrina explained but instead of listening, Christian asked her to be dragged towards him.

His guards grabbed Katrina's hand and placed her in front of the King. "You are friends with Rouges?"Christian chuckled. " This confirms everything. You are plotting treason and you need to be put to death!"Christian declared and turned to leave but Katrina grabbed his legs.

"Your highness, have mercy on me," She begged.

Christian felt his body react to her touch. It was electrifying and Christian didn't want her hand to leave his body but then he remembered what happened in heaven and Why he was sent to Earth. Christian growled at Katrina and kicked her In the stomach with his spiky booth. "How dare you worthless omega touch me!" He shouted.

His guard rushed towards Katrina and grabbed her. They held her down and looked towards Christian whole waiting for our response. They only needed an answer from him and Katrina's life would be ended in seconds. "Have mercy your highness. I'm sorry for touching you," Katrina cried out. "I'll do anything you ask of me. Please have mercy!" She begged.

Christian looked toward Stefan and they exchanged looks. Christian heaved a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. "You are going to do everything I asked of you right?" he asked and Katrina nodded in response.

" yes, your highness," Katrina agreed.

"Very well then," Christian beckoned to his guards to let her go. When she was freed, he walks toward her and stood in front of her. "Listen up! This will be your last chance and if you fail me, you'll die," he threatened. "There is a garden of roses at the back of the mansion. No one is allowed to go there because it's full of deadly traps. Traps that will make you lose your life in a few seconds if you miss your steps. You will go there and get me flowers."

"Your highness," Stefan shouted. "That's extreme. The garden of roses is a death sentence. Give her something lighter," he stated.

"Stay out of this," Christian warned in a stern tone. "You don't have the privilege to talk anyhow you wanted and if you think this is a sentence then should I punish her for Treason then?" Christian asked but got no response from Stefan.

"What do you think Katrina? Will you rather be punished for Treason or go to the garden of roses?" He asked.

Katrina have no idea what the garden of roses looked like but she refused to be charged with Treason. She knew that she would be killed in front of people if she was charged with Treason and her sister would have to live all her life In shame and not even Leilani would take her sister in. Her sister would be left alone until she dies.

"I agree with going into the Garden of roses to prove my innocence," Katrina replied to the king.

"Innocence?" Christian chuckled. "You are not innocent," he stated. "But if you decide to go to the garden of roses then it's fine!" Christian said and beckoned to his guards. "Take her to the garden of roses and stay guard!" He ordered and walked away.

"Thank you, your highness," Katrina said as the king walked away and raised her head to look at the king that hated her so much. If only she wasn't born as a weak omega then the king wouldn't hate her so much and make her suffer like she was at the moment. The guards pulled her from the ground and dragged her towards the back of the mega-mansion. They walked for ten minutes and when they arrived at their destination, Katrina never knew that a hideous place could exist in the King's mansion. Although the garden was far from the building, it wasn't what she expected.

When the king said garden of roses, she had expected it to be filled with roses but instead, it was filled with Withered roses. "Go!" The guards pushed her forward.

Katrina took a deep breath and walked into the midst of the withered flowers. Everything around the flowers was dead and she knew coming to look for a flower for the king was pointless. She took a step forward and an arrow flew from nowhere piercing her face. Katrina ducked another arrow coming and walked backward. The arrows stopped flying toward her and everything went silent except for the guards that were laughing at her.

Katrina took a deep breath and placed a hand on her bleeding cheek. She sighed when she saw the red liquid in her hand and she rubbed it on her clothes. She looked forward and spotted a flower that seems to grow beautifully amid the dead flowers. Katrina jumped forward realizing that the step in front of her could shoot out arrows. She Sighed when she realized that nothing happened. No arrows were shooting at her. "Just a few steps," Katrina whispered as she took another step forward. This time it wasn't an arrow but a sword. It swung towards Katrina and hit her on the chest.

Katrina yelped out in pain and fell to the ground while holding her aching chest. She crawled forward and sighed when the sword disappeared. "This place is filled up with nothing but death traps," she whispered and stood up again. Katrina took a step forward and squat in case anything was to appear but when nothing happened, she smiled and took a step forward. The place where she stood suddenly went up and threw her forward towards the beautiful rose flower. Katrina groaned in pain as her chest made contact with the ground adding more pressure to her shoulder. "Ouch," She cried out.

Katrina took a few seconds to relax and when she was done, she raised her head towards the flower and looked around her. She realized that there were three colors on the ground. They were red, purple, and blue. Katrina study the colors and noticed that they all pointed to the same thing.

The flowers.

Katrina knew that two of the colors were traps and only one of them was a trap but she had no idea what to choose. She stood up from the ground and heaved a sigh. "I hope heaven will help me out," She whispered and took a step forward awaiting her death or Victory.

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"You know sending her out there means her death. Why did you let her go?"

Christian chuckled and poured himself a drink. "Simple. To return to heaven Stefan," He raised his glass and drank. "She should be dead by now and all I'm waiting for is the news from heaven," He smiled.

"Heaven? You do realize that Veronica and that omega are two different people," Stefan stated. "You can't continue to punish her for Veronica's sins," he dropped his drink on the table.

"And you supposed I leave her alone and I should remain on earth forever!" Christian yelled and threw the glass in his hand on the wall. Just then, someone knocked on his office door and he answered them. "Enter!"

Two guards entered with Katrina behind them. In her hand was a rose flower. Christian eyes widened while Stefan stared in awe at Katrina. "Your highness, I bought the flower," Katrina knelt. "Here it is," she stretched forth the flower towards the king.