Cursed Bond: Claimed By The Monstrous Alpha Prince [BL]
Chapter 46: Tense

Chapter 46: 46: Tense

Lilac

After the grand king left, I let out a relieved sigh. After a few seconds, I asked myself what I was relieved about because now that I’d have to be reporting to him while also having the Prince’s butler watching me and giving me near impossible tasks, it was clear as day that my life had just gotten much more worse than it previously was.

The two messengers were still present even after the grand king left. Jared and Nikolai. I remembered their names from the last time, and I remember begging them desperately to not throw me to the beast that night, but they did just that, showing how cruel they both were. I hated them so much, they were the ones who bought me from my uncle like a fucking object, they’re the reason my entire life got ruined, and of opportuned, I’d make life a living hell for the two of them.

"I can’t believe you’re alive." Nikolai finally said, breaking the silence. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes, feeling beyond irritated. I wanted to snap at Nikolai right now, to demand that he don’t question me, but of course I was still the weak one in this situation and would still have to answer to him.

"Did you really not know how you survived?" He continued and I shook my head. His partner, Jared who is the silent and meaner one, scoffed at that moment.

"It doesn’t matter since he’d die soon anyway. Someone as pretty as him can’t survive in a place like this palace where so many hungry men would undoubtedly sink their claws into him."

I shuddered at those words, my mind traveling to what went down in Prince Vlad’s bedroom about an hour ago. I still felt so disgusted with myself and the fact that he forced me to swallow his essence up.

"Anyways, for your own good, kid, do not step out of line. As you already figured out, the grand king is very cruel. He can snap your throat right now if he deems you useless to him, which is why you must always make sure that he’s still seeing you as something useful." Jared said this time, surprising me and even a surprised looking Nikolai.

"Is that why you two always do whatever he asks you to and also say whatever you believe he’d want to hear, because you also want to always appear useful to him?"

I asked those words before I could stop myself. I slapped a hand over my mouth, realizing that I might have over spoken. Jared looked furious even though half of his Face is presently covered by a nose mask, he seems to always hand his face covered at all times.

"Do not question us, and don’t forget your place." Jared responded coldly and I sighed as I reluctantly nodded. Nikolai stepped close to Jared and whispered something to him. I didn’t know what it was, but Jared had an unreadable expression on when he focused on me this time.

"Yes, you’re right. Just like you said: we constantly have to do whatever is asked of us. We’re in no place to question anyone in power here or refuse to carry out an order. So, yes, you’re right." Nikolai spoke this time right before he crouched before me.

"So, I was wondering— since we’re pretty much in the same predicament, why don’t we join forces smf work together?" He asked and I instantly stiffened as I glanced between the two men.

"Um..." I began but trailed off because I wanted to be clear with my answer. They were offering to work together with me, but the clear fact that they’re on a higher hierarchy than myself clearly means that I’d be outmatched in this union.

They could choose to do anything to me at any given moment and I wouldn’t be able to do a thing about it because to everyone here I was nothing but a fucking slave. Besides, I couldn’t trust these two anyway. It would be stupid to trust people that thoroughly beat me up and threw me into the confinement of the beast that wretched night.

Which was why I shook my head as I got to my feet. "I’m sorry but I can’t do it. I don’t want to work with anyone."

Nikolai nodded while Jared just turned away from me.

"We understand and respect your decision."

~~~

When I got back to the slave quarters, Jake opened the door for me after knocking. It was like he could read me perfectly because his eyes instantly widened as he looked me up and down.

"What happened?"

It was like a dam broke within me because I burst into tears at once, just as he pulled me into the room, closed the door, then pulled me into his arms.

~~~

That evening, the brown haired guy— named Damien? came to summon me.

I thought it was because he wanted to take me to the Prince’s butler. But instead, we just kept walking and walking while being asked me questions after questions that had nothing to do about the task they gave me, and was more about my personal life. Real personal questions that were starting to make me uncomfortable as it got worse.

"Why haven’t you had sex before?" He asked right after I told him I hadn’t slept with anyone yet.

"I- I don’t know, I don’t want to yet." I responded awkwardly while my cheeks felt hot.

"Are you curious about how it feels?" He asked and I shook my head.

"I don’t."

"That’s boring. And I guess I was wrong to have assumed you were a slut after you told me you didn’t know the name of the person that gave you that bite. You’re not a slut at all, you’re still untouched, which makes you much more... alluring,"

I felt more awkward and uncomfortable and I wished he’d stop talking about this topic already.

He faced me as he spoke this time.

"What do you think of having sex with me?"

My eyes bulged out of my eye sockets as I gaped at him. He grinned as he stepped closer to me and I stepped backwards, feeling extremely scared and weirded out.

"I- I don’t want that." I whispered and at once, but he only rolled his eyes, then he stepped even closer to lay a hand over my shoulder that made me flinch.

"Think about it and give me a response in three days."