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Chapter 4 - ~Chapter four ~The Bargain

Inside the carriage was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, the only thing that could be heard was Ana's breathing, the two gentlemen who were sitting beside her seemed not to be heard when they were breathing, but they both had pulses and they had hearts, she wondered what type of people they were, if they were even human, she looked at Edward for a moment and then glared at Alexander, then she thought that she was crazy for getting into the carriage and sitting with her kidnappers, before she got interrupted by Alexander.

"You should stop staring if you don't want to give us the impression that your falling in love with us" said Alexander playfully.

"What?" Said Ana disgusted, she was trying to get back home and this dude was here thinking she had a crush on him?, no way.

"You know, for a prince you really are a dickhead" she said as she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Pardon me, but you are not allowed to speak to his majesty like that" said Edward, defending the prince.

"Oh please, give me a break, what type of prince kidnaps a lady and even says perverting words, he's a rascal to me" said Ana angrily. The whole thing made Alexander burst into laughter surprising Edward and scaring Ana .

"It's alright Edward, she'll learn her manners, it doesn't take much time, she's just fussy because we took her out of her will" said Alex looking straight forward.

"So you do know you kidnapped me?, you have no shame" she said angrily.

"Sorry to inform you, but the one that is supposed to be ashamed is you, yesterday you showed up almost naked in the forest and today your walking around in your night gown and barefoot like it's not a big deal, do you work at a brothel by any chance?" Asked Alexander.

"What the hell?, I was in my sports outfit you nitwit and this cannot even be considered a nightgown, look at how thick the material is, this is enough for a wedding gown"

Ana was furious, she didn't even know why she was replying to this silly prince sitting beside her, she got so pissed that she didn't say any more words till they reached the castle.

When the carriage arrived at the castle, Alexander instructed the maids to get a wheel chair to bring her inside, he wasn't thinking of getting the dirt on her clothes on him, he walked past her like she was stinky and didn't even look back.

"Milady, please sit" said one of the maids with a shaky voice, all the servants were now afraid of Ana, they didn't know what crazy thing she will do next that will lead to the death of more servants, they all wanted to keep their distance from her and didn't want to associate with her.

Ana sat down on the wooden wheel chair and they took her inside the castle, they called the physician that quickly inspected her ankle and told the prince what to do.

"Your majesty, I've prescribed some medicine for her and this balm that should be applied on her leg only at night, she should be able to be in bed for two days before she will be able to use her ankle again, the swelling will go away in no time" said the physician as he excused himself and left to attend his business.

"So did you hear the physician?, two whole days in bed, and don't even think of running away again, if you do you won't be able to go back home" said Alexander.

"Are you threatening right now?, your so petty for a prince, why did you even kidnap me in the first place, you could have just left me there or erased my memory, I didn't need your help, and FYI I had a better life than this fucking fairytale you brought me into" she screamed at him and crossed her arms.

Alexander wanted to yell at her, but he kept his cool and said.

"I'll arrange for someone to bring you dinner" he left the room without making any sarcastic comments, and that shocked Ana.

"What's up with that psycho he didn't even say anything?, must have gotten into his head" she said as she looked out of the window from her bed.

Back in Alexander's study, he kept on complaining to Edward on how Ana was getting on his nerves.

"That lass is very complicated, she yells too much, she has no manners and no respect for me, and she says the weirdest words, what is FYI supposed to mean?" Asked Alexander with hands on his waist.

"I've never seen you complain so much about someone except your mother, looks like she really is special" said Edward giggling.

"What's so funny now?", asked Alexander frustrated " You know what, you should go back home Edward, your new plaything must be waiting for you " he concluded.

"I no longer have a plaything, I disposed her off this morning, she was trying to get in bed with me twice, and I don't do twice" he said chuckling.

"Do you see how evil you are?, and yet everyone thinks your innocent with your straight face and simple smile, you wanker"

Edward couldn't contain himself and laughed at the comment Alexander made.

"You really need to fix your sarcasm Alex, I'll leave you to your lady mess, I'm off" he left the study and headed downstairs to the carriage.

In Ana's room the maids knocked on her door to bring her dinner, she was so excited to eat that she didn't waste anytime in allowing them in.

"Come in" she said softly as she sat up on her bed and the maids came in with a pushing a cart filled with meals.

"Milady, your majesty ordered us to bring you dinner" said one of the maids shaking.

"Okay, thanks but tell him we need to talk, I can't stand being here", said Ana looking at the cart and imagining what was under each of the covered plates.

" I'm sorry milady I didn't quite catch that, can you repeat it?" Asked the maid confused.

"Tell your majesty I want to see him right away" she smiled and sat close to the tray. All the maids left and she started opening the plates, her eyes widened when she saw the delicious treats that were waiting for her to eat.

There was rice and pork meat, chicken soup by the sides, vegetables, coleslaw and it even had desert, with fruits, she felt like she was in heaven, she started digging in as she couldn't remember the last time she ate a homemade meal, not that she didn't know how to cook, she was a professional, but she was already used to ordering Starbucks or pizza, visiting Target to get anything she wanted, that was her life since she had no one nagging her on eating healthy food. She rushed everything in front of her and the only things she didn't eat were some of the broccoli, she hated them.

She drank her glass of water and sighed in relief.

"Hmmm, I might be getting used to this" she said and then slapped her cheeks. "No, we have to get back home okay?, keep yourself together bitch, we can't be swayed by a mad prince and his resources" she said as she gathered herself and covered all the empty plates.

Few minutes later the prince barged into her room and asked, "Wanted to see my handsome face I heard" he smiled at her and walked towards the bed and sat down.

"So full of yourself, I wanted to see you because I wanted to make a deal with you" she said as she looked at his face to catch his expression which didn't change.

"A deal?, like a bargain?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yes sort of, so what if you tell me what you want from me, and I'll help you if I can do it, and then in return you let me go" she said calmly.

Alexander gave it a thought and he didn't actually know why he kept her in the castle, apart from the fact that he wanted to get into her pants there was someone he saw that night behind her in the balcony that made him bring her to their time.

"No, get used to the idea that this place is your new home and your new world" he said.

"What the f man?, you can't just keep me here because of God knows what, I was happy on my own and comfortable in my century, I didn't ask you to bring me here" she complained.

Alexander didn't listen to her as he was not facing her but he was facing the tray of food, he thought she will also be too stubborn to eat, but to his surprise, there was nothing under the plates except the broccoli, he smiled to himself and said. " You have a nice appetite there young lass.

" I don't care if I have a nice appetite you bastard, I want to go home!!!" she said to him hands in the air.

"Shhhh, you talk too much for a lady, and you eat like a beast, it looks like your leg has gone back to normal" he said as he pointed at her ankle.

She was surprised herself at how fast the swelling reduced, so she tried lifting her leg and it was not hurting at all.

"Hmm, looks like your not human after all, I'll leave you to let the idea of you spending the rest of your life here sink into your head" said Alexander.

"Wait, what? I can't stay here for the rest of my life!!!that's insane" she screamed.

"I dont care about your silly tantrums lass, your going to stay here, you belong to me so you do as I say, sleep tight and dream about me" he said as he disappeared from the room.

Ana was terrified by the fact that this psychopathic prince was not going to let her go, she didn't know where she was except that it was Gilmore the 15th century, she didn't know what this so called prince was either or what he wanted from her, he was definitely not human, and that gave her a more reason to be scared for her life.

She wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.