I never asked for this.

Zosime's farther angered the powerful king Minos and she was punished for her father's wrong doing. Zosime was thrown into the Labyrinth where the Minotaur immediately stalks her. First fanfic so bear with me. Rated M for safety. Enjoy! ^u^

The Angry King.

Strephon was dragged by the throat by one of King Minos guard as he took him to the roil gardens where the king pacing back and forth with clench fists.

"My lord," the guard thunders out to Minos with his deep voice, "I have caught the rat!"

"Excellent! Bring him here, Nikon." The guard responded to his name and tightened his grip on Strephon's throat, making it impossible to breath. Nikon took large steps that he quickly fill the space between him and his king. When he through Strephon on the ground the old man breathed in the autumn air making him dizzy and his lungs ache from the lack of oxygen. Shaking and coughing Strephon almost didn't hear what king Minos asked him. "Tell me old man, how long have you been a servant for me?"

"For 52 years my lord." Strephon's voice was ridged, and he had the combination of pain, fear, and confusion on his wrinkle face.

"And had I ever treated you wrong these past 52 years, Strephon?" king Minos ask.

"No my lord." Said the old man, not daring to see his kings' face.

"Did I not give you work, a home, making sure that nothing happens to your pathetic family?" King Minos's voice was getting louder.

"Yes… you have", at that moment Strephon knew that they found out, that it was all over for him and his family.

"THEN EXPLAIN TO ME WHY I FOUND CONIUM (HEMLOCK) IN MY SOUP THIS MORNING?" Minos words were venomous and Strephon was trying his best not to cringe away.

"I don't know my lord. I haven't herd such news until…" suddenly the old man was kicked in the face by the guard, when Strephon try to get himself out of the mud Nikon placed his foot at the back of the old man's head pushing him back down in the cold mud.

"How dare you pséma to the king!" Nikon shifted most of his weight to his foot, literally crushing the old man. Strephon scream in pain and fear that his skull was going to crack.

King Minos began to rummage through his robes casually and brought out a golden sealed dagger, "you know, the last man I killed was with this dagger," he said as he caress the daggers' beautiful sheath, "stabbed him seven time in the gut, he died the next day," he pulled the dagger out of its sheath listening its sweet song, "I made sure of that." He smirked at Strephon.

"Please my lord, I swear I didn't have any knowledge of this," Strephon pleaded as he spit out all the mud in his mouth.

King Minos smile disappear and then it came back again. "You know the last time I saw your daughter was roughly three years ago? So that would make her what? 19, 20 years of age?" the king asks looking back at Strephon with deviants.

"No please! She did nothing wrong, she's young and innocent my lord, please!" Strephon's voice was filled with fear for his daughter, if he was able to move he would scurry to the kings' feet and kiss them like a mutt to his horrible master. Anything to keep his daughter safe from this heinous king.

"You baby your daughter whey too much, she's a grown woman with no husband or kids! It must be embarrassing for her, seeing all of her friends with families of their own." Minos said with his back toward his guard and the frail man. There was a moment of silence until Minos suddenly stops playing the dagger and looked back at Strephon muddy face, "Maybe… I should invite your daughter for dinner tonight; maybe I should sent Nikon to kindly bring her to my sleeping chambers. What is her name again?" Strephon was silent form the horrifying images of his daughter bing pin down by this king, hands all over her body, her face filling with pain and wet with tears. Strephon stomachs lurch and sicken with disgust. He started to pray for the Gods to strike the king with amnesia so the name of his daughter will never come to Minos's mind.

King Minos ponders at the girls' name. What was her name? It was only a moment to remember the faceless woman. "O yes, Zosime."

Grinning he took one look at his guard and Nikon brought the old man up and began to drag the frantic man away.

"Please I beg of you, don't hurt my daughter!" Strephon screamed. The king ignore him. "Alright! I did it!" Nikon stared at the man with anger. When he stopped he tighten his grip and raised Strephon roughly to his feet. The guard shook the old man to continue, "I put the Conium in your soup."

King Minos can hear the desperation and shame in the names voice, he almost felt pity for the man. But his face became dark and menacing that Strephon was afraid to look at him any longer and he lowered his head.

"Why?" Minos questioned.

Strephon looked at his king with anger in his eyes forgetting his fear. "Because every nine years I had to see 18 innocent people get thrown into the Labyrinth and hearing there last cries as they are ripped apart, gaging in there own blood, and eaten by the monster that your whore of a wife gave birth to!" he answer in a low voice, scowling at his king.

Minos did not reacted to this. Instead he put the dagger in its golden sheath and said, "You had been a good servant for me for 52 years so will give you a chants to leave. At the hour when the sun dies I want you and your daughter to leave Crete." King Minos tern his site to Strephon and continues on, "If you are not gone by than then I will order Nikon to bring both of you back hear and I will pass judgment on you and your precious Zosime." The way the king said Zosime's name brought coldness to Strephon's spine.

Strephon suddenly notes the sun was dangerously low at the west of the world. His fear came back to him all at once and then some. He looked back at Minos with shock. "You better get going, you're wasting precious time."

At that Strephon slipped through the guards hands and sprinted back home.