The Broken Element Warrior

Lord Marcus's captive

Caged and chained like an animal, Astrid sits on the cold concrete floor of her cell, knees up to her chest, arms wrapped around her legs. Wearing nothing more than a thin shear shirt that barely comes past her lower private parts, but see threw enough to show her every curve and the very color of her areola around the n*****s of her breast. Chains and cuffs around her neck, wrist, and ankles so tightly bound that the metal cut into her skin.

Astrid shivers at the thudding sound of footsteps stomping down the corridors towards the throne room in which she was kept on display like a trophy. " My little bird. It pains me to see you caged and chained the way that you are right now. Birds are meant to be free, not caged. Especially birds as beautiful and rare as you, Astrid," Marcus exclaims while circling her cage. "Then let me go since it pains you so much to see me this way, Marcus," Astrid snaps back coldly. "Why? So my little bird can try to escape me again? I told you, Astrid, I will release you only once you have agreed to marry me and give yourself to me," says Marcus as he caresses Astrid's arms, slowly moving down her body. "I will never agree to be your wife, and I most certainly will never willingly lay with you, Marcus. I despise you, you disgust me, and I find you grotesque and cruel. You might as well kill me now or get ready to wait forever," Astrid hisses back, jerking out of Marcus's grasp.

Astrid's reaction and response enraged Marcus, causing him to firmly and roughly grab her by the chin, forcing her to look at him. "I will have you willingly or by force little bird. It's simply up to you if the experience of our intimate encounter is that of a gentle pleasurable nature or a rough and painful one for you, little bird," Marcus says with a devious smile on his face. Marcus has sandy blonde hair, a thick course beard, blue eyes, and stands six feet two and a half inches tall with a wide bulky muscular build.

"Let's see if a couple of more days in this cage changes your mind, Astrid," Marcus proclaims as he slams the cage door storming off. Astrid falls to the hard floor, crying as she curls up into her prior position. How could she possibly escape this torment, and who would help her now.

After all, Marcus had doubled the guards around her and added the chains since her last attempt to escape. One thing she knew for sure was she would rather die than allow Marcus to have her in any way.

Tired and weary, Astrid finally manages to fall asleep. Dreaming of flying around the mountains of her home gliding freely through the air, Astrid is suddenly awakened by the shouting and screams of men fighting and dying all around her. Unaware of what was happening, Astrid began to panic.

"Protect the princess! Do not allow them to take her back! She's mine, do you hear me mine," Marcus shouts. Upon hearing these words, Astrid began to have hope covered by fear. Had her mother sent someone to rescue her, or was it another tribe trying to gain from having her as their captive as well.

Not knowing who was there to take her and why, Astrid starts to think of a plan of escape in case they are not there to help her. Before Astrid can devise her plan, the cage door swings open, and Marcus is standing in front of her. He throws a hooded cloak at her. "Put this on quickly, little bird," he demands coldly while grabbing her aggressively by the arm. Astrid jerks her arm away even before she speaks in protest; the back of Marcus's hand is landing a blow straight across her right cheek.

The pain from such a blow sends Astrid straight to her knees, eye throbbing, ear ringing, nose, and mouth bleeding, and a pounding headache which causes her to go into a dazed and confused state of mind. Marcus grabs her by her throat hard enough to start cutting off her air, choking her. "I said, put that on, and I want you to do as you were told now," Marcus says with an angry, deep, harsh growling voice just before he tosses her to the floor like an old dirty rag.

Now, in even more pain, Astrid hurriedly puts on the cloak. As she stands up, the pain is so severe that it causes her to collapse. Already weak and fragile from lack of sleep, and basically being starved for the past three days and now Marcus's abuse, Astrid did not have the strength to stand or move. Looking down at Astrid's small, weak, and fragile form, Marcus quickly scoops her up into his arms.

"Hold on, my little bird. I did not mean to be so hard on you and hurt you. Just hold on. I will carry you someplace safe away from all of this and away from the palace guards that your mother has sent," he whispers in her ear.

Right before Astrid passes out, she thinks to herself, "My mother did send someone to save me, and now they are all dead."