"Unclean girl? My princess and my wife, a girl from an unknown origin? (Shaking his head) Unknown origin!!!" Prince Laurent barked, his eyes turned red, he was boiling with anger.
"Jules!!!!"
Prince Laurent stretches his hand to Jules, the carriage rider and also his right hand man. Jules walks forward and hands him a sword.
"Hold her down!!!" Prince Laurent said with a thunderous voice, shaking the walls of the castle. Two of his special guards grabbed the lady that spoke.
"Repeat what you said!!!!" Prince Laurent said, advancing towards her with his sword. He stopped and turned to me, he noticed I was terrified. He had a menacing look, it was very different from the smiling prince I met in the carriage.
"My prince, you can't kill me. I am only conveying, Queen mother's message to you and your wife." The girl said, but with a strong attitude. She was very scared but only tried to look fearless.
"If you kill me Queen mother won't let you go!!!"
Prince Laurent held my cheeks with both hands, smiling sweetly at me.
"Tiamera my princess, can you close your eyes for me? Let's do a hide and seek. I will come find you when I am done."
He raised my hands and covered my eyes, but I was still peeping.
Prince Laurent rushed to her, dragged his sword and slit her throat in a second. His sword dripping blood as her head rolled on the floor and stopped at my feet. His aura changed to that of a blood tasty monster.
Seeing the head closer to my feet, I screamed my lungs out.
Prince Laurent rushed to me, kicking the messenger head away from me.
"Jules, deal with it, don't let it dirty my princess eyes." He said those words which ringed in my heart.
The other ladies scamper for their life's but his guards held them from running.
"Make them stand on the hot charcoal," Jules said to the guards.
Laurent smelled like blood, a very strong stench of blood. Now I know why they said he is a blood tasty wolf.
"My princess, let's go in." he held my waist, walking into the castle, he stopped by the burnt charcoal.
"Jump over it," he said.
I jumped over it, and tripped. My barefoot touched the burnt charcoal little.
Although there was not much pain, I overreacted by yelling loudly because I was curious about his reaction. He hurried over to me and prevented me from hitting the blazing coal. He carried me in a bridal style heading into his own part of the castle.
His castle was different, it was at the back of the main castle. It has a pond of water filled with red fishes in the entrance. The beautiful scent of flowers engrossed me, I kept looking around. It was different from what I saw growing up in the dungeon.
He carried me into the bedroom, placing me gently on the bed.
He knelt down before me, pulled out my feet gently.
Seeing my foot, his countenance changed. My feet were chapped by the cold weather in the dungeon. He carefully touched my other foot, it was an eyesore, red and very cold.
"Where are your shoes?" He asked in a low tone, and I pointed to the door of the room.
I stood up limbing, I grabbed the cup on the table.
The room was very spacious, with so much valuable antiques. It was designed with pink floral net around my bed. A very beautiful sight to behold, it was more like a Queen's room than a princess. Seeing it I believed he was ready to give me everything in this world.
I hugged the mirror on the wall that showed my appearance, with a wide smile on my face.
He stood watching me and smiling.
"You like them?" He asked with a smile on his face. I nodded in response.
"(Smile) I will get you more pretty things like you. But you have to come sit here." He said, patting the bed beckoning me.
I rushed to meet him, I was almost close to him when I slipped. Falling on his feet, he stood up and helped me to stand, he took me to the bed.
"Your feet hurt?"
I nodded in response.
"Jules!!" He called out loudly. Jules rushed in, he was waiting at the door.
"Where are the maids in waiting for Princess Tiamera"
"My Prince, None of them was sent up," He said looking down.
"Call my castle maids to get me a bowl of warm water and put some mugwort that can heal wounds faster." said Prince Laurent, and he waved his hand for Jules to leave.
Jules saw my foot and screamed.
"Haaa!!! Why does her feet look like that of a farmer working in snow. Isn't she a princess? How can a princess foot be that ugly?"
Prince Laurent made a sharp turn, staring at Jules with eyes that could kill.
"I am sorry!!" Jules bows, leaving hurriedly.
Prince Laurent was staring at my foot, his eyes filled with pity. He gave me a faint smile, his fire blazing eyes were wet. He raised his hands touching my cheeks lovingly.
"Is he feeling sad because of my feet?" I thought.
His smile was dry without any emotion. "Does he like me already?"
A few minutes later, a maid came in with a bowl, she bowed to me, before she placed my feet in the bowl of water. It felt new to me, no one has ever bowed to me.
"Your highness, you can apply this balm on her feet," she said to him. She bowed and left.
Laurent bent down, rubbing my feet gently with the balm.
He rinsed it with water, to cool the hotness of the minted balm.
"So your sisters and stepmother couldn't give you shoes? I am sorry for not noticing it on time. Your gown was so long that I didn't notice you were barefooted," He said, looking at me with those pitiful eyes.
"From now on, I won't let anybody treat you badly. If anyone treats you badly, I will make their heads roll just like that lady we met outside."
Jules rushed in, panicking.
"My prince, Queen Mother wants you at her palace,"
"Tell her today is my wedding night, so I want to spend the night with my Princess," He said, not looking at Jules' terrified face.
"My prince, you know how she is. She will throw a tantrum tomorrow because you killed her messenger."
"Jules, tell her I said. "Let her do her worst." Prince Laurent said, with a smile on his face as he kissed my foot.