Chapter 11: Not jealous

We reached the carriage very quickly and I tried to climb inside as fast as I could as the man behind me was extremely dangerous. He was breathing in my neck and his hands on my waist were slowly moving to risky places.

I am in danger. Help! Someone! Irina!

"Don't move, Lucia." His hands were traveling again near my chest under the cape and he didn't let me climb into the carriage. "Lucia." He whispered again.

"Miss Lucia!" Yes, my savior.

"Miss! Who is the child?"

"He is someone I found in the forest. Come quickly and help me get into the carriage."

Irina took the sleeping child from my arms and when I was about to get down, the horse galloped fast again to the road faster than before, leaving behind the astonished knights and Irina.

"What are you doing?!"

"Lucia! Don't move!"

"What?"

He directed the horse deeper into the forest.

"I can't stand it anymore."

"Wha… What are you trying to do?"

"Lucia! I need your help, my wife."

His pleading was making me blush and speechless. He took advantage of my dazedness and carried me to the shade of a tree, leaving the horse behind us.

"I need you now!"

"St… Stop!" I am scared.

"I can't resist anymore…" He kissed me, oh my goodness, he kissed me. His tongue opened my mouth and played with my insides so skillfully. I couldn't resist him, the feelings, the need, I felt it all. It has to be the connection. He was infecting me. I found myself clinging to him and moving on my own taking his lips too. Then I felt his hand moving to my chest and the other one wrapping my waist pushing me towards him. He started rubbing me hard to his body. I felt it, his lust and desire. However, when his hand went under my skirt and touched my skin, I had to bite him.

"Don't!"

I knew he could feel my fear.

"I want you Lucia, my wife!"

"But…" I am scared.

"I know, just a little, please?"

"Pervert!"

"I know… just for you, only you."

Liar, I notice your warm eyes looking at the Princess.

He kissed me again and turned me around, he rubbed himself against me while kissing me and touching my chest. I couldn't resist anymore…

After a while, we both calmed down.

He guided me towards the horse, while I rested in his embrace. I couldn't believe what I've done. I let him touch me everywhere. What is going on? He was smiling and happy but all I could feel was shame.

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After two days on the road, we arrived at a little town to rest for a while. The knights rented a whole inn to replenish our provisions and sleep. That pervert Duke tried to shove me into his bedroom but I escaped… luckily he felt my fear and let me off. I don't know what would we do if I stayed with him… *blushes*

"Your Highness, we want to accompany you to the Capital. Is it okay with you?" The alluring voice of Rebecca was, of course, irresistible. "I… we've never been to the Docrem Kingdom."

"It is alright. The Kingdom of Crotia is welcomed to Docrem."

The little smile on her face was beaming with happiness. Goodness! I felt so disgusted. Is he flirting? Are they flirting? I am not jealous, of course. They are the hero and the heroine, and I am supposed to be the ultimate jealous villainess that is bound to destroy everything. I am not jealous! Also, what about this black rose? What does this mean?

"Your Highness, the food in the Capital is very famous, would you like to recommend me something?"

"Your Highness, it is said that you visited the northern islands, is it true that you captured a big monster of the ocean?

"Your Highness, how old were you when you first went to war?

"Your Highness…"

I will kill her. I am certain. I don't want to hear her sweet little voice again. Since we started the journey, she had been always beside the Duke's horse, following him. What a stalker! I was inside the little carriage with Irina and the little dragon happily chatting, but her voice was an echo following me wherever I was. It didn't help that the perverted Duke was constantly beside our carriage trying to meddle into our conversation from time to time. Goodness, another stalker. But the Princess was behind him making small talks was driving me crazy. Please, stop! I know it is not jealousy it is an annoyance, yes annoyance.

Nevermind, we stayed in the inn for a night and I shared a room with Irina and the dragon child. I felt the Duke throw a sharp gaze at the little boy scaring him. What's with him?

I don't want to deal with that man for the moment. If we started breaking furniture, it wouldn't be good, and I wanted to rest. The night was tranquil, the sky without any sign of clouds, and the calm and relaxed sound of the sleeping town went without news, however, we all knew we were being watched.

We didn't have to wait too long when a group of well-trained assassins raided the inn setting fire to the rooms and stables. The horses came loose and the screams from the villagers resonated through the darkness. It was absolute chaos again. I took Irina and the child with me and summoned a big shadow to cloud the inn and let the rain cover the little town and extinguish the fire.

The knights were already wearing their armor and helmets, and the Duke was wielding his sword bravely towards the assassins. Many black-robed men surrounded us from the roofs of the nearby houses and some tall trees with their long swords and bows pointing at us.

"Surrender Duke and we may let you and your knights go. We don't want unnecessary deaths." These men looked well trained not like the mercenaries from before.

"You will be the 'unnecessary deaths'." The Duke looked around for the man behind the orders. I knew he was hidden close by as his blood smelled like the Duke's. "I am sorry for the one who sent you, but he will be killed by my hands soon."

The cruel and deep voice of the Duke traveled to everyone present even to the ones watching from one of the buildings, sending chills to the dignified man covered by the shadows. Fear invading his heart.

Then he called a man in white robes behind him. "Take his bride hostage."

"Yes, Your Highness."