Meili stared at her father's face as the court room was filled with murmurs of disagreement with the king's order again. They wanted the king to act on what the princess had done, Meili was actually not to blame for the bad fate of the duke and so she kept her cool and sat calmly on the floor, ignoring anything and everyone in the room.
"Order in my presence!" The king yelled and the court room became quiet, he ran his hand through his hair, that was turning gray each day. He sighed before looking at his daughter's face which had no expression nor emotion, " what do you suggest I do, she's my daughter and your princess! Should I order her death?" He directed this to his people especially those who choose to be the leaders of those who wanted his daughter dead, even though they said nothing really, their reactions were just giving away.
"My king….our son is the victim here and the princess must be punished!" The mother of the duke spoke and received a supporting response from the people present in the courtroom and it was filled with noise again.
"She is a cursed child!"
"How many more must she destroy, your majesty!"
"She must be banished!!" They kept saying what they wanted and so on...
Meili turned to look at crowd, banish her? But why? She's the victim here and not the ass duke! She was always the victim and they didn't seem to care, who suffered first! She was molested by the crook and he just deserved what happened to him!
" I didn't do anything!" Meili now was fed up with the court and it's accusations. She glared at the family of the duke and they winced at the strange pair of eyes that was glaring, the king rubbed his temple, he knew his daughter was innocent but she never spoke or talked to him like she used to before her mother passed.
He certainly couldn't kill his only daughter, she carried his beloved wife's memories…. " The princess will be punished according to the royal law of this land, no order suggestions!" The king said not giving room for any other judgement from anyone. The murmurs continued, they were still not in agreement with the king.
The lady of the Duke mansion frowned, why must she get away with this every time. She had to think of a way and that to, very fast, this was certainly not over, not yet! She thought as she painfully bowed her head to the king and glared at Meili who was now being taken by the palace guards.
Meili suddenly had the urge to finish off the duke for his attempt on her, his mother wanted her banished? What a joke! She scoffed and blew air on her face sending the hair on her face away.
Meili was dragged into the dungeon by the guards who were strangely rough with her and she knew, her skin was going to have bruises.
She was thrown in the dirty cell and she winced, clutching her bleeding kneecaps, it burned and she wanted to cry, " you should have accepted my offer, princess " the guard said with a grin, enjoying her misery. Meili glanced at him from head to toe and wrinkled her nose, as if she was disgusted just by his appearance making him frown and he grabbed a hand full of her hair, yanking her up to her feet with force that she staggered forward into his chest and he held her waist. The grin returned to his face and she straggled to be free, " let me go!" She shouted yet he wouldn't bulge away increasing his squeeze on her small waist, " you have just accepted it you know?" He spoke again staring down at her, his eyes taking in her disheveled appearance, he licked his lips as his eyes wondered down from her face to her slender neck and now on her chest, Meili was still in her nightwear that had come down from her shoulders because she was being dragged around like a criminal, seeing the swells of breast with how her chest raised and fell.
She instinctively kicked him between his legs and he dropped her like he had touched fire, only to hold his bulk painfully. She moved backwards with wide eyes, what was that!