"Your highness, I wish to speak to you alone." Juliet said, the king was getting dressed.

His royal robes had yet to even be tied up and Juliet had burst through his doors asking for privacy.

"Excuse us." The king said to the two girls that were dressing him.

He takes the ropes of his robe and starts tying them himself.

"There's a walking living deer in the wolf with half it's face taken off." Juliet said, the whole way here she had debated about telling the king the truth.

"Ah- But May I ask what you were doing in the woods?" The king said causing Juliet to swallow harshly.

"I-I had a maid lie to you, I will receive the punishment but I had to tell you."

"What were you doing in the woods Juliet?"

"I just wanted some fresh air, out of the palace."

"Right, So that's the lie you've decided to use?"

The king said turning to face the servant.

Juliet looked down unable to make eye contact when lying to the king.

"Akia escaped in the night, I tracked her down." Juliet said and then within a moment a harsh slap was thrown at her.

Juliet falls down just from the intensity of the slap. She grips her aching cheek but says nothing.

"AKIA LEFT THIS PALACE AND YOU DIDN'T INFORM ME?" The king yells and Juliet bows in apology.

She was kicked and slapped a couple more times before the king walked out.

Juliet sighs with tears in her eyes and an aching body.

"You did good." She says to herself.

"You brought her back and that was good."

The king's tied robes began to unwrap as he walked with a startling speed.

The queen who was sat outside the throne room getting her hair braided stood up to talk to him.

"Afternoon your majesty-" the queen said but she wasn't heard by the king.

She frowns turning around to follow where he was going.

She sees the king entering the young girl's chamber. Without any kind of supervision.

Her frown deepened.

Akia was curled into herself on the bed as tears rolled down her face.

She's once again trapped in this bleak room.

Once again she has to live with restraints and restrictions she wasn't used to.

Her father never raised any of them the same way, with Clast the first born he trained him to be unfeeling and without fear, restricted him from falling in love or paying attention to women.

With April, father had tried to raise her like a proper lady but she had picked up one of his swords and never again wanted to drop it down. So he started teaching her to be a warrior, since Clast would fight for the king, April was trained to fight for the people.

Akia was just Akia. Her father would cuddle her and play games with her without teaching her anything, while her mother would teach her how to cook and plant flowers. they'd go searching for different flowers and create names for them. She was a soul whose destiny was to remain with her parents. She didn't mind at all.

The door to the chamber opened and Akia didn't bother looking.

"Your majes-" the maids began, alarming Akia and causing her to sits up.

"Leave." The king said to the servants.

They all leave the room and Akia grabs the fur on her bed and brings it closer to hide her body. Sure she was already clothed but she still felt naked.

"When did you start not bowing to me?" The king asked sternly, venom very evident in his tone.

Akia stands up from the bed and stands besides the bed and prepares herself for a bow. She plants both her hands in front of her head, bends her knees then her waist but before she reached the floor the king spoke again.

"Here, do it here." The king said referring to the spot in front of him.

Akia stands up straight walks over to the king.

And bows down in front of him. In front of his shoes.

"I don't mind your tantrums you know?, refusing to eat, talking about being ruined by me, and turning your back towards me in bed. I don't mind those at all, I understand your discontent with me and this place but you have crossed the line. I'm not a cruel man, but don't use that as an excuse to not fear me. Don't ever let that convince you to disobey me because I can be diabolical."

Akia felt tears roll down her eyes.

goosebumps appearing on her skin.

"I may be a bad man to you but regardless of your unhappiness I'm still your king. Do you understand me?" The king asked and Akia nods.

"I asked you a question." The king said and Akia looks up at him. For the first time his eyes hold resent and coldness.

"Yes sire." She said voice cracking under such a burning gaze.

"Guard." He calls out and three guards enter in the chamber.

"Make sure she doesn't leave this position until I tell you it's okay for her to do so. You have permission to beat her into it." The king said and the guards, some with widen eyes, agreed.

The queen who was listening from the outside smiles happily. All her worries drifted away.

The king comes out of the chamber, his robes undone showing his tone muscular chest and collarbones.

"Your highness, how can you come out so indecently." The queen said before walking up to him, grabbing his robe ropes and tying them up tightly.

"Are your parents here yet?" The king asked and she replied a 'no'.

"Well then it's still safe for me to do this kind of thing." The king said and the queen had a confused look on her face before the king lifts her off the floor and places kisses all over her face.

She laughs but then sees a servant walking towards them. She clears her throat.

"Please put me down." She said and the king does reluctantly.

"Any how, enjoy your birthday Marilyn."

Akia listens from the inside.

Her guts feel twisted, she feels uncomfortable and nervous.

"You shouldn't have lied to us little lady." The guard said.

"Yeah, you could've gotten us in serious trouble." Another guard said.

"But our king is a fair and just king." The third one spoke up too.

"We could've lost our lives" The first guard spoke again. "This punishment is simply too little for such a thing."

"Strip her." The second guard said and Akia felt her heart beat quicken and air stuck in her lungs.