Betrothed To The King

Chapter23

I was dumbfounded by his reply; he sounded really serious. Why would he want me when he knows I am married?

“I’m afraid you can’t have me because I am engaged, as you know already,” I said, raising my brows at him; his lips curved into a mischievous smile. What was amusing about what I said?

“Young lady, do you think I care? I want you because you’re Archer’s best wife, and I will do anything possible to take away whatever or whoever he loves,” he uttered curtly and authoritatively.

If King Archer likes me more than his other wives, then I don’t know about that because he doesn’t treat me nicely one bit; he maltreats me at any little opportunity he gets. Then how could he possibly like me more? What is King Theo saying? Even if it’s true, how did he know?

“See, Pearl, I know that Archer doesn’t treat you nicely, and to be honest, you deserve a better partner than Archer; break the vows you made with Archer and marry me, and I promise to make you my only queen. You know that I am yet to marry, right? Being my wife puts you in less danger and trouble, so marry me. Let’s create an empire together,” he babbled disgusting words into my ears.

Yeah, indeed, I deserve a better partner, and that better partner can’t be King Theodore. King Theodore is ruthless, just as Archer is, and even if he turns out better than Archer, I would still choose Archer over him. I have studied Archer’s lifestyle and don’t find his tortures all hurting again; I was blending in quite fast.

“See, Pearl, Archer doesn’t know your worth, and that’s exactly why he treats you like trash. Marry me and let me take you into my paradise,” he said, piercing his eyes into me as if he was reading my mind.

He sounded weird trying to be nice; I can’t fall for his sweet talk because I already know that he has bad motives behind it all.

“Sorry to say, King Theo, but I really can’t marry you. I am okay with my husband,” I replied, staring down, scared of his next reaction.

“I was trying to make things easier, but you seem to like things the hard way. There is no problem loving your husband, dear Pearl, but the issue is how long you will keep seeing him because soon he will be… DEAD!” he said, stressing the word in a dangerous manner, which got me scared of how possible it is. They are enemies, and any day King Theo comes for revenge, there will be lots of damage in the kingdoms; people will definitely die.

King Archer paced around the room in anger and impatience. He was worried about Pearl as she was with his enemy; he couldn’t imagine another man sleeping with that particular woman; she was worth a lot to him.

He already knew Theodore’s plan, and he wouldn’t sit and watch it happen; he cheated, and Archer knew that quite well.

“Are they not still out!” Archer yelled angrily at the guard, who walked in with an uneasy facial expression. This was the third time he was checking and not getting a positive result.

He knew that King Archer would yell. King Archer decided not to pick a lady because he wasn’t feeling alright about the woman Theodore picked. He knew she was his wife by the few features he saw; he just wanted to see when they would finally come out.

“I am sorry, my king, but they are not out yet,” the guard said, staring at the ground as if he had lost his mind to it.

King Archer angrily kicked the table off; that wasn’t the response he needed. He needed a positive response; he couldn’t wait for Pearl to come out so that he could ask her all the pending questions in his mind.

He needed to know if she felt good, if she preferred Theo to him, ask her why she agreed to sleep with another man and why they wasted so much time together.

Why would he ask that in the first place? It isn’t her fault. It’s a normal thing that every king knows and respects. Why was he even worried? He isn’t supposed to care about her having a thousand men p€nis in her v****a; they aren’t married out of love anyway.

Pearl came out of the room sweating really badly. King Theodore had said lots of scary things to her, and that got her scared a whole lot because soon her husband would be dead, and maybe she will also be dead or an enslaved person.

She walked down the hallway as her legs trembled, making her miss her steps; those thoughts couldn’t leave her mind. She pulled off her mask in order to get proper air.

“My queen.” She turned to see a guard she could recognize quite well as being from Guham.

“King Archer wants to see you,” he added as Pearl walked towards the guard and entered the room.

The king was standing with his back facing her; she could see how angry King Archer was with his tightened fist. She wondered what the problem might be; she knew she hadn’t done anything to offend him, so the anger couldn’t possibly be for her.

He turned immediately as if he sensed her presence as he pierced his furious hazel eyes into her soul. She was starting to get scared by his look, but she stood strong. She didn’t want to be tagged weak because she was never a weakling.

“Leave us,” he said in that very cold voice that was trembling and scary; the door slammed shut, now leaving the both of them alone.

“How was s*x with Theodore?” he asked as Pearl smirked at the sound of the question. Was that why he was acting up? She didn’t even know how to reply. “Did he treat you better than I treat you? Was he better in bed than me? Do you find him more attractive than me?” A million questions, and she didn’t know which one to answer. “I can see from your silence that you like him already, and because of that, we are leaving this evening. I married you for myself and not for another man… Slut!” He sounded so angry and mean than usual, and the way he said the word showed how disgusted he was.

“We didn’t have s*x,” she simply said, now looking into his eyes. Why was he so bothered about her having s*x with King Theodore as if he didn’t know that it’s a normal ritual? Maybe it’s because they are enemies.

He scoffed and went over to a couch and sat on it; he obviously didn’t believe what she said.

“Do you think I am dumb enough to believe that lie!? If he really didn’t fvck you, then why did you waste so much time in there with him?” he asked as she sighed. Should she start detailing everything to him?

“King Theodore has bad…” she tried saying as he cut her short.

“Shhhh… Keep your lies to yourself, guards!” he called as the guard hurried in and bowed.

“Get the horses and chariots ready. We are leaving; where are my wives? Call them out immediately,” he said in a very loud, angry voice.

Pearl wondered why he was overreacting. He didn’t talk about his other wives and the men they had slept with, but he was just too focused on hers. He was always acting differently towards her, and she didn’t like that.

“My king, the queens still have their costumes on, and they can’t wear them to Guham as it was distributed by King Theo.”

Especially the one Pearl had on, it can’t be worn out, plus it was given directly by King Theo. King Archer totally forgot about the costume out of too much anger.

“Yeah, they should change back into their outfits immediately. Get Pearl’s dress from the maid that dressed her; she isn’t leaving my presence,” he said coldly as Pearl gazed at him with surprise as to why he was annoyed.

***

The chariots were ready, same with the horses, as King Archer and his wives came out, King Archer still holding tightly onto Pearl.

Zinnia saw the closeness, and that got her pissed as she decided to get close to King Archer and hold him too.

She held King Archer’s arm as they walked together towards the chariot.

“My king, will I be sitting with you this time?” Zinnia asked as King Archer turned to her, knowing the kind of woman she was and knowing that she was acting out of jealousy, and shook his head.

“I will be sitting with Pearl. Maybe next time you will sit with me,” he simply said as she frowned and went over to the next chariot; she felt like Pearl was slowly taking her position as the head Queen and wasn’t happy about that, but she was happy about one thing.

“Well, I am totally not a loser,” she said in her heart as the chariot started moving.

Pearl, in the other chariot, alone with the king, felt really unsafe with millions of thoughts running through her mind. What if they attacked them on their way? They would definitely not be able to fight much because they came with a few guards.

She suddenly felt like turning; she obeyed her mind and turned to see King Theo watching them from his balcony, having that dangerous smile curved on his lips.

Danger calls.