Chapter 23

We both stared at each other, I guess he seemed tense and weak to respond but then I trusted my judgment, he wouldn't object to it.

He let out a sided smile which got me jinxed if perhaps that was a mockery or I was just being fooled.

"Consider it done" he whispers and kisses my sullen lips. He pulled me closer to him and said;

"Ela, you've cast a spell on me and I don't mind having you as mine"

I felt shy as my cheeks flushed red. I miss him when he calls me that. He came right for me just like a knight that I've dreamt of.

I let out a smile and whispered;

"Does that mean I'm free from the punishment?"

He rolled his eyes with an expression of contentment as he nudged my neck.

It didn't end there, it was just the beginning. I started seeing a different side of him and maybe, he wasn't all that bad. I respected his decisions and found myself falling deeply for him without control.

Then came my powers which were bemusing and frightening. I almost blew out the castle in my first attempt. I realized his mark had caused it. It wasn't something I could fathom for.

He noticed that too, and rather than being pissed off, he teased me that I could become the first human soldier in their world. I bluff over that, terrified if I'd cause destruction rather than rebuilding.

I wanted to be a data analyst, not something to do with their weird kind of power because I wasn't ready for what might come. However, he encouraged me to keep it as it would be beneficial to me.

It wasn't like he could take it off and so didn't want to make me feel sad about it. Gradually, he taught me steps to controlling these powers.

My training ground was the field and fuck, I got him injured several times, got him trapped and created inanimate objects to stroke him. I felt bad but he ended up making me laugh with his wistful words.

I had all his time, it was though his world didn't matter anymore but me. The affection and uncontrollable fondness he showered me was never expected. I wonder if he'd ever make this relationship of ours known.

I got to make a friend Lydraea, a V’rek female, who was trusted. He had assigned her to me to guide me in controlling my powers. It feels so awkward but I have eventually become one of them or perhaps stronger like the king.

Recently, he left the palace to attend to wars outside the orbit, planet or space. When he was away, I missed him, staying up late at nights, wondering when his ship would arrive.

When it did, I was always the first to receive him, shower him with kisses in his room and we'd have an erotic night together. He promoted me to becoming the head of maids, to foresee every servant's operations and robots assigned to cater for the palace.

I no longer loved the shanks but had a comfortable place to call my own but it would never be my home.

I was loving every bit of my stay here, not having to worry over my kind because they were in safe hands, no much brutal punishment but the only grievance at heart is that we were still trapped in their world and do not have as many rights as they do.

However, life wasn't a fairytale after all, there was always something in between. It wasn't as though I'd be spared from my cruel fate. Something to remind me that no one knows me, I was just his mistress, something to pleasure his erotic desires and when he wants to dump me, he'd do it without a second thought.

She was the one teressa, her appearance in the castle got me jinxed. He never told me why she'd be staying and whenever I bring up the question, he always refrains from it and claims it's for the meantime.

I was fine by that as he still has me as his. However, I was scared of losing him. I didn't know why but then, my feelings were getting mixed up. One thing I was sure of was using him, although, my emotions for him were sincere and I was waiting for the great feast to finish everything off.

The first time we met, I had a queer feeling about her, she came in like a novelist, claiming to write his biography. If I wasn't mistaken, the royal library has no hard copies of books but e-books where it could be accessible on the system.

I guess she was just bringing up the past to fascinate him. I was getting a bit jealous as most of his attention was suddenly becoming hers. Her smiles, the way she acts like a good girl, push me aside.

I felt I was losing him, not for my game plan but for my feelings. She was gradually taking my place, I felt it and I just wanted to put an end to it.

I was on the balcony gazing around when a maid handed me a tray of coffee on it. It was weird because I never served anyone but the king and it turns out he wasn't around.

It had three cups of Americano. Something they suffice in their menu because of humans like me who can't take their beverages.

"Lady Teressa wants you to serve her" the maid ordered and I squinted my eyes at her. It was time for me to resign from night duties but then she was bringing up a request.

I sensed she had a guest and wanted me at all costs to be present, certainly to mock him or use me as a subject of their topic.

I pulled it from the maid's hand with a gruesome look and bounced over to her room, with anger inside of me. I imagined how I'd approach her. Bash the tray on her face, freeze her, send a rock to fall on her, make her disperse for always being around arakan.

I wished Nick was around just for me to lay a complaint through to Arakan but then, it followed its soldier and I miss them both.

I see what she's trying to do. To make him fall in love with her but I doubt if he'd give in to that. I have so much faith in Arakan and believe his words when he told me; I was the only one for him.

However, a sense of fear lurks inside me, fear of the unknown.

I knocked softly, suspending the tray in the air. In my heart, I wanted her to know that I've got some powers, to let her know that I had arakan's mark on my neck.

The door slid open and I grabbed the tray with both hands and it was time to get too loud. Immediately I got in, the door slammed closed. A way to flaunt her powers.

I raised my eyes to meet her gaze but then flinched at the unwelcomed faces I found with her.

"Uncle?"