" Kneel down " Eliose commanded which took Lancecrest by surprise.
What? Kneel down? Lancecrest asked himself while processing what Eliose just said.
" But my L... " Before he could complete his sentence, a heavy slap landed on his cheeks as William, Eliose servant appeared from behind and cracked his knuckles.
King Lancecrest was in a complete state of shock as he raised up his shivering head to look at Eliose and then at William who had just slapped him now.
" The king asked you to kneel. Do you want another slap? " William asked king Lancecrest who shivered by a different fear. As he looked into Eliose red irises, he felt a weight push him down. He felt a great power trample over him. A power that made him to feel like a nobody. Without realizing it, his knee fell to the ground and his face landed on Eliose feet as he shivered.
William knew how dangerous his master was, that is why he gave King Lancecrest a slap to stop King Eliose from acting by himself.
"Now peasant, let me tell you this, never treat my queen like your servant ever again. You must speak to her with absolute respect. Go and bow to her this instant and apologize for your indescent behavior " Eliose coldly said and without wasting time, King Lancecrest rose to his feet and dashed out to Eliose carriage. He found Emilia sitting there without an inch of smile on her face. Her eyes were teary, she was angry, furious and she wished she could kill herself instead of letting this wicked step father of hers to sell her to the tyrant king who had many bad rumours surrounding him.
Emilia was surprised to see the king outside the carriage. Maybe he was there to mock her and tell her that she is doing a good deed by saving her kingdom. She waited for his mockery until another shadow appeared before her.
Once again, when their eyes met, there was a feel of bliss in her heart. She wasn't even supposed to feel this way towards a man who sees her as nothing but an object to obtain for the position of queen . Both kings were using her and the end of such catastrophies was death since none really loved and cared about her.
"Emilia, my dear..." King Lancecrest started off with an informal talk but one glare from Eliose made him to clear his throat. Emelia stayed in her paralyzed state with shock as she was confused about what was currently happening.
"My lady, forgive me for being harsh on you. As from today, you are the woman of King Eliose VanDoph and I promise to give you the respect you have always deserved. Forgive me for any wrong doing, I wish happiness in your new life " King Lancecrest said and bowed to both Emelia and Eliose before exiting.
Emelia stayed shocked. What in the world just happened? Did he just, did King Lancecrest just apologize to her? Is this the doing of the tyrant king?
Eliose finally stepped into the Carriage and sat down opposite to Emelia as the door got shut closed. He stayed silent and just watched her. She was indeed beautiful but not as compared to Siren. Her blue eyes resembled that of Siren but apart from that, nothing was similar. From the moment he saw Siren dance, he fell in love with her movement and wanted her as his but something about her made him too weak to approach her. Just like that, she was gone and it had been two years now . He has made his spice to search for her but none brought valuable information up till now.
Emilia wondered why Eloise stared at her as if she was dinner. She had no idea that as he looked her her, he thought of another woman.