I was relieved hearing Jason say he wanted a truce. I think I expected too much from this seemingly happy note, I made a mistake of touching his arm. He flinched as he glared his anger at me. "Don't get familiar with me, I am not the man you think I am," Jason says with an angry tone. I am surprised , I thought things could go back to the way it was before. I was mistaken in my pursuit of happiness, Jason was definitely not up for a mushy loving relationship.
I don't know what I expected from Jason but it definitely was not what he said next, "I am a slaver, you thought I was running after you but the only reason I stayed on the ship after my parents left was to study the behavior of the slaves." I was stunned beyond belief especially when he went on to say " You think I fell for you, you were a slave and I just saw you as easy prey. I was on the ship to study slaves as my family was loosing so many slaves. I was bored and you were an easy distraction!" he said loudly with aggravation, I was stunned. At first I turned away from him but not before he saw a fat tear slide down one eye as I tried desperately to hide my pain.
Why would he hurt me so much and that is then when he stepped forward and grabbed me up into his arms with force he captured my head as he forces my face to his in a brutal kiss that leaves us both breathless. He flings me one side and says "I promised my father I would have nothing to do with you, but you make my blood boil for wanting you Antineba."
"Why can't we have a normal relationship,we are married after all," I make the mistake of saying. I was just flinging wood on flames , he was quite angry. "Antineba,you are a silly girl, who knows nothing about life," he said with a scowl on his face. This world is so scary especially when Jason said, "I don't know why you cannot understand the truth , I am finished playing games with you as my father wants our marriage anulled. He wants our relationship to be finished and send you back to the Prince you were supposed to marry. There was an important slave deal attached to your wedding with Prince Khalid , you ruined many people's lives with your selfishness. My family stands loosing everything we worked for!," Jason says a bit softer so that others outside cannot hear what he has to say.
We were given this tent last night but had slept apart on opposite sides. I know now why Jason had insisted on us sleeping apart but it still hurts knowing the truth. "We have a lot of things to sort out today so get over yourself now ...," Jason says seeming to just say this to fill a void of silence. I had decided to give him the silent treatment as I was determined not to speak to him for the rest of the day.
"Oh ,I see you are doing the Antineba thing today giving me the silent treatment but I have news for you if you don't work with me my father will send people here and I will not be able to help you," Jason says softly . I am the only one that can hear this an hour after we left the tent.
The oasis was larger than what I thought originally, last night I was tired and I could not see what the place looked like . With the desert in the background the very large lake of water looked marvelously beautiful as in a fairytale setting of palm trees and camels of different colors that was tied to the palm trees, so out of the ordinary I was stunned to see such magnificent natural beauty. I could smell the air smelled sweet and the palm trees were already giving shade to the morning rising sun.
"Help me?," I asked looking up at him suspiciously. I have stopped trusting Jason as he definitely does not want to be a part of this union between us I am mortified I actually wanted his love. I bite on my lip in uncertainty when he says, "I want you Antineba, I thought about things and I want us to be together not that stupid prince have my woman, What was I thinking anyway, We already lost so much time you and I," he said this as he took my hand and placed it to his lips sending a tingling sensation through my body.
When I look up to his face I can see that he is serious, his wavy brown hair is long now ,I see he has shaved off the hair in his face and I am captivated by his handsome good looks. His eyes are green but sometimes they shine blue. Right now his eyes are just so very blue I can see he is sincere and I know he is not lying to me.
The moment of intensity is lost when one of the men come up to us on his Camel to tell us "Your majesty there are some men looking for you." I don't know who they are but they could be Jason's family, I feel foolish being pulled into his world but I know his parents were hard and angry people they will never accept me has their true daughter-in-law anyway.
We were taking a look at a well now I have to wait here until Jason returns to find out who the mystery visitors are. It is strange who would visit us now anyway as we have nothing anyone would want way out here anyway.
.I have an idea who our visitor could be. It is clear what we should see who our friends are and who our enemies could be. If they are Jason's family they are my enemies