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“Shh, it’s okay, my love. It’s okay,” he whispers against my temple. He touches my head gently, trying to soothe me.
“I’m here for you, my love.”
I cry harder and hold him tighter, afraid this is all too good to be true. “How can you even look at me after knowing the things I did? How can you even love me?”
“Because you didn’t do them on purpose, my love.” He cups my face, urging me to look at him right into his eyes, full of love and care. All for me.
“Your uncle destroyed your life and force you to do things that you didn’t want to do. But despite all of this, you still stayed strong for yourself.”
I sniffle. “I tried to escape many times. But somehow, he would find out, or his guards would catch me. He broke my arm once, and for several months I couldn’t lift anything.”
“Fucking bastard,” he curses under his breath. “I’m here now, my love. And I will keep my promise of saving you and getting you out of here. I will protect you and kill any fucker who tries to hurt you.”
“I will protect you too, Silas. You mean everything to me. Because of you, I have this new hope I lost long ago.”
He smiles softly at me before kissing me. “You give me the same hope, my love.”
I lightly chuckle through my tears as he wipes them away with his thumb.
“We must escape from here as soon as possible. I have worked around the grounds for several months, and I think once we cross the hillside, we can get help. I even managed to get a shard of glass in case we get attacked.”
I nodded. “I also got a print of the exit key; in case the doors are locked.”
“Good girl.” He kisses my forehead. “Let’s wait a few days. I will keep track of the guards shifts and rotations. That way we can find the peak time to escape.”
“Just be careful. Please. I have already lost so much in my life; I’m not going to lose you either.”
Silas shakes his head, gazing at me with determination filled in his eyes. "Nothing will tear us apart, my love. We will escape.”
Five days later, Silas shares the guards would be gone from their posts for a few hours before dawn. He knows they have a common shift/ he suggests this would be the best time to escape.
I go to the rooftop, looking over at the hillsides to get an idea of how long it might take us to get far away from here.
We decided that we are going to escape today. It’s nighttime as I finish putting a few necessary items inside my satchel. I left the key to his cell under his bed, so he should be here any minute now.
My door suddenly opens, and who I see instantly makes my body still. It is Julian.
“I didn’t expect you to be up so late, Aella,” he mutters coldly, closing the door and stepping close to me.
I swallowed, trying to look calm. “I couldn’t fall asleep.”
“Hmm, is that the reason?” he questions, his hands behind him like he is hiding something.
I nodded my answer.
His eyes narrow as he gets close to my face. “I don’t think so, Aella.”
Shit. He knows.
“I’m not a fucking useless and stupid person like you, Aella,” he insults me. “When my guards reported that Silas was leaving early from his ground duties for the past few days, I knew something was going on. I surely didn’t expect you to be involved in it.”
He chuckles darkly with disgust in his eyes. “You really think you can leave with a man who doesn’t give a shit about you? He will leave you the second he is out of here. No man will ever want to be with a whore like you, especially when he knows what you have done for all these years.”
I don’t act anymore this time, but keeping my head high, I respond to him. “He knows everything, uncle. He is aware of every harsh truth about me, yet he chose me,” I mutter proudly. “Say whatever you want, but I don’t fucking care anymore. You can go and fuck yourself,” I curse at him before spitting on his face out of spite.
His face is instantly filled with anger as he grips me by my hair and throws me onto the floor. I grunt in pain and let out a cry when his boots meet my shoulder.
“I have had enough of your bullshit.” He straddles me from behind as I thrash out of his hold. His body weight keeps me down while he forcefully grabs my arms and places them behind me.
