The night comes and everything is already prepared. I wear a thick and long cloak to hide my face, and Lyle also. We walk towards the back gate wherein Lyle already set up some guard that he knows. Lyle is walking with my luggage.
When we reached the gate, the guards opened it, and a carriage was waiting. I look at the door where the family crest is located, and I saw two swords making an 'X' and a black eagle with its wings spread. Their family crest symbolizes strength, protection, and freedom, that's why Zyair House is a House of Knights that had been protecting the Empire since its founding.
Lyle being the head of the house, which means that he is a Marquis, while being the personal knight of Madeleine. When he opened the door, he offered his hand and guided me to the step of the carriage. When we are both inside the carriage starts moving. He is sitting in front of me, and I remove the hood of my cloak.
I looked to the window to memorize the road because this is the first time that I will be gone too long, and I am sure that my dearest father will be shocked to hear that his imprisoned daughter escaped and is on the way to her paternal house.
"Are you bothered, Your Highness?" I glanced at Lyle and glanced back to the window "I'm not" I answered. I will be staying in Zyair Manor because going to the Southern part of the empire will take at least two days and it is still night, Lyle told me that going to the forest is dangerous at night.
We are on the way into his house and we choose the forest path because unlike to the main road royal guards were scattered and patrolling, if they saw the carriage who has the insignia of Zyair they will immediately think that Lyle is an accomplice of my escaped and I don't want my only loyal person to be caught, that's why I suggest to Lyle if there's a route where we won't be noticed.
And he said that the forest connected to his backyard is the best route, however we must be alert because night is for robbers. We need to be careful and if we get into trouble Lyle will immediately dispose of them.
I heard the neighing of the horse and the sudden stop of the carriage. I frowned and Lyle immediately went beside me and wrapped his hands to my shoulders.
We were so close that I could even hear his heartbeats, even feel his breaths. I was snapped back to reality when I heard some footsteps nearing the carriage door.
I cannot believe that they were brave enough to abduct the carriage of a Marquis. Lyle who is carefully listening into the men's footsteps, took out his sword and stood up "You need not worry, I'll handle it." He said and without looking back he went out and I was left watching him clashing his swords with the bandits who have their own swords.
I cannot help but look at him with so much amusement and admiration, this is my first time seeing a real-life knight and him fighting with his swords. His face was stiff but unlike his usually stiff face, his jaw was trembling and his pupils too.
Every swing of his swords is like he is dancing, and the sounds of the clash were his rhythm. I can feel my heart were beating fast and my smile were formed into my lips, my eyes were twinkling into amusement as to see him clashing his swords and stabbing the man.
I was stopped when someone harshly grabbed my neck and pointed the tip of his sword to my neck. How dare they hurt a royal person! Are they out of their mind?!
"You better stop, or we will kill this woman!" He said and I really want to cough when I smelled his breath. Ugh! God! It stinks!
Do they not know how to brush their teeth! It smells like he eats garbage!
My attention was caught when I felt something warm sliding through my neck, and I felt a sting. "How dare you!" My eyes were widening when I heard how loud Lyle's voice was.
It was like it echoed in entire forest. His eyes were throwing a very sharp death glare, his hands were gripping tightly into his swords, and I can see that he is emitting a light blue light all over his body.
Does he have a divine power? "If you attacked as we will slit her throat" the man spiked again and the lights that were emitting in his body gone. "If you handled as your money then we won't harm this beautiful lady"
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I need to think carefully. I am not in my own body, so I do not know the fighting capabilities of this body. If I take just a single. Mistake step my life will end. I need to find a way to distract this man and get my dagger.
I have my dagger strapped on my thigh but to get it I need my cloak and dress to lift and get it to be able to do that, I need to distance myself enough. I opened my eyes and I saw Lyle's confused look. 'Distract him' I muttered to him, and he just nodded at him.
Lyle throws something on the floor the man immediately pulls down his sword and grabbed me as he walks towards to where it is. As he is grabbing me, I lift my Cloak along with my dress and with my right hand and tried to find where it is, when I finally touched it, I slide it and I turned to face the man and stabbed him at his chest.
He stumbled and held his chest where I stabbed him. I took a step while he was stepping back, and when he was cornered by a tree, he pulled his sword.
Again, I felt some chills running into my spines, my blood was flowing fast into my body, my mind went blank and all I see is the blood that the man we are spitting. My hands were trembling and cold, however I could not help but smile as if to see how afraid he was.
I ran and stabbed him again in his chest, I do not care if I got too much blood into my dress or my body, all I care about is the adrenaline that I felt again.
When the man dropped, I sit down into his stomach and stabbed him continuously and laughing.
This is it! This is what I always feel whenever I see them lying on the floor, bathed in their own blood. A never-ending adrenaline rushing through my whole body.
I was interrupted when someone grabbed my wrist and I looked to who it is and saw Lyle "That is enough, Your Highness..." He calmly said. His usually stiff face held a confused look. His gaze turns to the lifeless body of the man who just pointed his sword at me.
He has this questioning look at me on why did I do that? Or when did I learn to kill someone. I just need to produce a victim excuse.
I held his hand and stand up, we walked towards to the horse that his men brought, and he guided me to hopped on at the horse and after that he jumped as well.
"Clean the mess, make sure no one will ever know about this." He instructed
"Yes sir!" They all response, a total of four men were here and start moving the bodies of the men who abducted us, Lyle before kicking the horse he holds me first and when he is sure that I am safe he starts the horse.
The ride was fast, and I could not even focus on the road because of the strong wind that was slapping into my face. As soon as we reached the gate, the two guards opened it and when we reached the main entrance of the house he jumped and carefully grabbed me into his arms.
"Welcome back, My Lord..." a man in his mid-twenties greeted as "Welcome, Your Highness" he said I did not have any chance to answer because Lyle already took a step and went inside while I am his still in his arms.
"You can put me down now, Lyle" I said
"Prepare a hot bath" he instructed the butler, and I do not know where we enter but I am sure that we are in the bathroom. An exceptionally large one!
I cannot help myself but to be in shock, because how can a bathroom to be large as it is! Even in my Palace my bathroom was not large like this, it only has a large bathtub that exactly fit my body but not like this. It is not a bathroom it is like an inside pool.
It is like a jacuzzi since it is steaming. He finally dropped me when the housekeepers left a pair of towels and a robe, they also left something that was in the box, I could not see what it was since it was closed.
I froze when I felt his fingertips at the back of my neck go through my neck as he removes my cloak "Lyle, I-I can do it!" Stammering, I said.
But he did not stop and when my cloak was finally dropped to the floor, he unties the ribbon of my corset and started undressing me until I was fully naked!
I did not know why I was just left standing and doing nothing. It is like my body is not responding to what I want to do. He then carried me again and carefully dropped me into the water.
I felt refreshed as the warmth of the water touched my naked body, while Lyle was carefully combing my hair using his hands, I felt calm and even closed my eyes.
I do not know what is happening and why my own body is not reacting to anything. I want to run or hide myself because how can a man and a woman be in the same place while naked? I am not sure if Lyle is naked, but I am naked!
But instead of being embarrassed my body is familiar with this man's touch seeing on how my body reacts as nothing in his touches, it will be very awkward as I react surprised or embarrassed.
I need to know if Madeleine and Lyle already did something that has not been brought up even in the book because all I can remember is that not even a holding hands or a kiss ever happened in their timeline!
I was just closing my eyes and just feeling his touches, he soaped and scrub my body even give a massage into my whole body. I was just closing my eyes because I did not want to see his naked body.
I opened my eyes when I finally did not feel his hands and I saw him walking towards the towel, he wants naked he is in his clothes soaking. He grabbed the towel and a robe "Your Highness..." I was stunned when I heard his soft voice calling me.
What is happening? Did I miss some information in the book? But then I did not know why it was happening when my body suddenly started walking towards him, I wanted to walk away but I could not my body would not move, let alone do what I wanted!
He patted me dry from my head to toe and carefully dressed me in the robe. Then he carried me again and left the room.
I did not know where and how long it would take when he finally puts me down into a bed and he walks towards to a closet. What is this? Why does Lyle act like this? Is there something that I need to know?
Ugh! Does this two already did it? Their physical contact with them is remarkably familiar to this body and it was not giving an extremely dangerous one, it is more like a caring one. Like how a boyfriend's touch is. Of course, I knew how it felt, that is why I already know what kind of feeling this is.
Do not tell me that Madeleine has some feelings to this man?
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