MY REGENT STORM THAT

CHAPTER TWO

CYRA'S POV

I just felt timid and hid. I'm not sure of the exact direction I was taken.

A woman entered the room, looking a little pumped, "Forewoman, Zyra, take her, she is to be presented before Queen Ashara, the woman squirmed around me, sniffing my scent. She hummed, "What's your name?" She asked, but I didn't respond.

She shouted at me again, "What's your name!!" "Cyra."

"No more, I gave you Hetice," she said.

"Nooo!! my name is CYRA," I shouted.

She dragged me to follow.

She shoved me inside a room and knocked it up.

I keep hitting the door and slamming it violently, "Hey, open the door!!" over and over.

But nobody showed up again.

I stayed in the dark room for many hours.

I was tired, panting silently.

I started recalling how I was taken away from my family on a journey with no direction.

I cried until I felt tired, lonely in a dark, eerie room.

I crawled onto the couch in the room and lay down.

After some hours, the forewoman opened the door.

I crawled to choke her neck. Maybe I can defend myself. Because it is dark in the room, I guess she can't see me.

But the woman had seen me, she grabbed my collar shirt and dragged me up, then suddenly, I had a slap on my face, it hit me painfully, I tried to fight back.

She brought out a whip, she flipped it towards me, hit me, and tied my clothes and my flesh.

Immediately, I started bleeding. She didn't care.

Another one again, 'never do that to me again," she warned. I can't touch those areas of my skin because they've created a wound.

"I am coming back to clean you up, you can't be present to Her Majesty like that," she said.

Then she left.

I could not withstand the pain; tears rolled down my face.

She came back with a cloth in her hands, "hey get up," she commanded. I managed to get myself up.

Pain surged into my bones. She dropped the cloth in my hand. "follow me," she ordered.

I did as she said.

We moved to another corridor filled with the sounds of people.

Light is everything, a very big palace indeed and magnificent, the floor we step on is tiled, no wooden building, but a concrete one.

Long oil lanterns were lit and hung along the corridors, unlike where I had been kept hostage hours ago.

I was taken to a large bathroom, with ordinary towels on my body.

I wrapped it up from my chest to my upper tie.

I can't be naked; plenty of girls are also taking their baths.

I sat down and gently washed myself because I was feeling aches all over my body.

I dressed up and got out of the bathroom, to my surprise, she waited for me to be done.

"Follow me," she said. I followed, and it led me to a crowd of girls. She bounces and clears her throat.

"She's joining now, treat her special, a present for our King Alpha," she narrated.

I frowned as she shoved me towards them, wondering if I was taken away to serve a king, slit hummed escaped my gasp.

The place is a building inside, the palace corridor, no door, like a living room, girls sit on various beds, some have already fallen asleep.

I was given a bed to sleep on there.

I can see that some faces had developed hatred for me as I was introduced.

"So you are his Majesty's favourite," a girl beside me said," you will be the first person to mate him right", another one said sarcastically.

"I shouted at them, who cares about your Alpha," I shoved a girl who was about to move towards me, scoffing.

She raised her hand to hit me, "hey girl," someone warned behind.

"If you see the Alpha, is an old man with a big belly, he's Bald," they said together, looking very serious this time around. "he ripped the heart of Young lady," another added.

I just wrapped a blanket around my body. Their words are irritating.

Everyone keeps talking until I fall into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, I heard "girls, wake up, it's morning.

The forewoman has come for me again. "Cyra, follow me," he commanded. I followed her.

Ladies are assembled at Queen Ashara's doorstep; a dwarf man stands very close to the door, and everyone waits for him to command them to enter.

The ladies were carrying various items: clothes, shoes, jewellery, deodorant, and other food.

Suddenly they opened, but it was a little cat that the guard opened the door for. Everyone was about to take their steps, everyone smiled at it, but I couldn't stand it, I laughed out loud.

The forewoman tapped me. I glared at her wonderfully, "to laugh here is also an offence," I whispered to myself.

Moments after, the door opened wide; everyone got in, but I was dragged back to hold on.

Those who were carrying items were allowed to enter.

Then later, I was invited to enter. "Your highness, this is the girl you ordered," she introduced me as she bowed and continued looking down, but I stayed still until she grabbed my arm and forced me to bend.

I leaned a little, but I kept wary.

"Good," the Queen said.

I released my arm forcefully from her grip and bent down in front of the Queen. She parted her mouth, trying to pull me back, but the Queen stopped her. "Please return me to my parents," I pleaded.

She raised my chin with her hand, "You have a lot to learn," Queen Ashara said softly.

"Zyra, what do you name her?" the Queen asked. "Hectice," she replied.

"No! my name is Cyra," I interrupted.

"Leave her name," the Queen finalized it. I glanced at her, and we went out.

As we were heading back to the girls' living room, Zyra, with Queen Ashara's cat, suddenly handed the cat to me as we moved along the corridor. I looked surprised.

"Wait for me here," she said, setting her dress and cleaning her face, then moving forward.

I watched until she left. I followed her gently.

He went to attend to her lover. As I peeked at what was going on, they were having a romance with each other.

The man was in guard clothes, flirting in a corner.

I went back and stayed where she kept me. Suddenly, the cat leapt from my hand. I tried to locate him, but got lost.

I rise my head and saw a wide hole on top, I tried to climb the wall to search him, suddenly a block shift in and a path opened, I hesitated and watched in surprise, Then i slide in, after getting inside i pull it back to balance It, so that no one would find out, I was excited, maybe it might lead to a way out of this palace.

I bent down as I walked through the hollow, cobwebbed, occupied; it's very dark everywhere inside, and I was using my hand to slide it from my mouth. I keep going to see where it will lead.

A ray of light penetrates from the side, a smirk on my face; this will be the way out.

I rushed to reach the head out. As I stepped outside, everything was brighter. I couldn't watch directly; I frowned and covered my eyes, having passed through a dark, narrow passage.

I removed my hand from my eye and opened it clearly. I watched around.

I landed in a hidden garden, planted flowers everywhere.

It was very beautiful, but I wasn't carried away by it. It was built up high, concreted.

A window was carved around the wall, a little wider.

I tried to check through it; I noticed I was on a cliff.

Water was flowing underneath, and the depth was very deep.

I started climbing a creepy flower; maybe the way out might be there. Keep climbing.

"You will fall," a voice echoed, its thud in my chest, as I winced and turned my head, my hand slipping from the creepy plant's grip.

I felt my body empty in the air until I felt a hand around my waist.

Despite him grabbing me, both of us fell on the floor; my body wasn't hit on the ground due to the hand support, we just rolled on the floor, and I ended up on top of me.

We didn't move for some seconds, glaring at each other, "Who is the handsome young man?" I said it inside my head.

"You!, yoooou!" He stuttered surprisingly, I shoved him away and rolled down my gown, a humming escaped my gasp as I shoved him.

He stumbled back until he stood erect. I also got up.

"Who are you," I asked him, "me,"

"How did you get here?" he asked.

"I was taken from my family and am finding ways to go back," I explained,

"Same here, I want to escape," he said too.

"Let's escape together then," I suggested.

"Okay," he agreed.

"What's your name," I asked.

"Roman," he replied.

"Roman," I repeated

"Yes," he cleared it.

"Let's escape together then," I said fondly.

"Okay agreed," he said with a smirk on his face.

"You can go back to the palace," he said.

I nodded and hummed.

I kept staring at him as I winced back. Joy has grown all over my body.

"Why pass there, this way," he showed.

I wanted to pass by where I sneaked out, but then he showed me the right way to the garden.