Sold to the Cold-Hearted King

Buyers kept placing their prices, Some villagers stopped by to get a glimpse of what’s going on. Some people murmured at their stubbornness, Some looked at the slaves pitifully. The buyers kept placing their price because of how attractive promise was. Promise cried silently.

“Few months ago I was perfectly fine, Even though everything was one problem to the other. At least it is not worse like this, three weeks ago thing’s turned totally upside-down. Tessa lost her fiance, a lot of hidden things. And now we have been sold into slavery….

If I was told I will be part of people who are going to be in line for the auction, I will have the person beheaded. Oh heavens I missed mother, Queen Sabrina, Queen Lola, Fiona, Honour. I miss the whole entire castle.

Being a princess is really worthless”Honour thought bitterly. Someone interrupted her painful thoughts.

“I’m buying the one on the podium and I’m buying the two others there, so am buying the three all together”A voice said among the crowd.

Everyone turned around to see who made such a statement. The sisters also turned around to see who made such a statement. Murmuring filled the air upon who they saw. Not even someone they were expecting, the only King of their kingdom, the strict king with dark aura always. The king that hardly smiles.

“His highness”Everyone murmured. The slave master and buyers shiver in fear because of his wrath, anger and their future punishment… Some buyers made an attempt to escape but his guards caught them and tied them up.

“Are you ready to have your payment?”King Zain muttered, walking around the slave master with that dark aura of his.

The slave master urinated on himself asking for his forgiveness.

Tessa ran to untie promise from the chains tied around her hand, legs and neck,,, she did the same for the rest in line for the auction.

“Are you still interested in selling them or you want to release them?”King Zain growled.

“Forgive me your highness”The slave master asked for forgiveness.

“After sealing the a rule against slavery, yet some of you have the guts to enslave people. This is the made reason why I banned this cruel attitude of slavery,,, You will be a scape goat to the future stubborn ruthless people like you”King Zain muttered angrily.

“Your highness, please forgive me”The slave master cried, shivering in fear.

“What assurance do you think am going to forgive you, after releasing my new rule about slavery, after banning it from this kingdom yet you go against it. Guards drag this beast away from here”King Zain muttered angrily.

King Zain walked close to Tessa and stared at her briefly. Tessa bowed her head at him with a respectful greeting. King Zain looked like a deer in the headlights. He held the words he wanted to utter immediately.

Tessa bowed again and greeted him the second time.

“Who are you?”King Zain thought, not taking his eyes off her face. Tessa cleared her throat after finding his stares uncomfortable.

“I want to hear her voice, I have been dying to hear her voice,”King Zain thought.

“What’s your name?” He asked, hoping to hear her voice, he was hoping she wouldn’t ignore him and probably walk away.

“My name is Neveah Tessa Brown.”She replied with a respectful smile.

King Zain could feel butterflies in his stomach already.. He smiled deeply revealing his rare dimples, those smiles his villagers have been waiting for. Those smiles that disappeared the day his younger sister also went missing, those smiles.

“Her voice is so tender and gentle”King Zain murmurs lightly.

“Did you say anything, your highness?”Tessa asked kindly.

“Yes, I did , actually I didn’t”He replied, taking her hand.

A cold shiver ran down Tessa’s spine, she suddenly felt cold.

“Why am I feeling this way?”She thought, moving her attention to King Zain for a few seconds.

Murmuring filled the market. Tessa suddenly went numb with shock. She wasn’t expecting such from a strict king. Not after those words she heard about him. King Zain stopped.

“These are your sisters,”He asked, turning his attention to Tessa again.

Stuttering”yess ,,,, your highness”She answered.

“Get them on the horse, I will ride with her “King Zain uttered, raising up their locked hands in the air.

“He’s riding his horse with her, there’s shelter and good rest”She thought.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“What if he’s different?”She doubted, staring at him closely.

King Zain turned to his guards and assigned some of them to stay at his Kingdom boundary from other kingdoms because of protection. He assigned them to that duty as their everyday duty.

“Release them, “He commanded his guards.

“you have been released from slavery”King Zain shouted enough to their hearing.

“Thank You, Your Highness”The slaves and villagers jubilated. .

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A guard rode Royalty to the castle and the same goes with promise. Leaving King Zain and Princess Tessa alone.

“Should I assist you?”King Zain asked nicely.

“No, I am perfectly fine,”she replied to him immediately. King Zain chucked at her uneasiness. After her failed trial on getting her butt in the horse, King Zain smiled and held her waist and assisted her on seating on it.

A cold feeling ran through Tessa’s body ,,,

“Thank You”She appreciated it. King Zain smiled and climbed up.

“You are welcome”He replied and took their race to his royal castle.

All through their ride to Assyria Royal Castle, King Zain kept staring at Tessa with a soft smile on his lips. He felt happy, because someone who has been dying to see for a long time is here with him. Riding with him. He moved his hand to her tiny waist and smiled at her uneasiness.

TBC…