The only thing Mariku could see was darkness she couldn't;t make any noise either and every time she tried to get free or wiggle off the horse a hand slapped her back side making her cheek's redden as she muffled curse after curse. when the animal stopped so did Mariku her brow arched from under the blind fold. She gave another muffled yell as she was lifted from the horse and placed over someone's shoulder again, she knew it couldn't of been Akefia this time, her holder was feeling her up which she responded to with animal like growls.

Akefia's voice rang in her ear's once again "Take the princess to my chamber" there were a few snickers from the crowd of thief's "Not for that you idiot!" Akefia yelled "It takes more then a nice set of tits and a nice ass to get me off, Princess here knows and has been around the pharaoh so put two and two together" The King a waited for his men to get the idea.

And waited...and waited...and waited... Akefia face palmed with a sigh of frustration "I'm surrounded by idiots... Just put the girl in my chamber I need a drink". Mariku had no idea were or what they were doing, all she knew was that the blind fold got darker and it got colder with the sound of wooden door slamming shut. The men tossed Mariku to the floor, one held her down as they tired her to a wooden post or tied to .

"Ah! the bitch bit me!" One of the men yelled and growled raising his hand up to strike the blond girl, he blinked as his wrist was caught "What th-" He looked back to see their King "We don't hit girls" He spoke "But she-" . "We don't hit girls" He repeated his voice more serious and deep as he crushed the males wrist. "Ah!- Y-Yes sir sorry sir!". The male yelled "Now all of you leave" He spoke , without a second thought the group of them ran out shutting the door .

Mariku blinked as she watched the men high tail it from the room, that's something she didn't expect she watched as he took a seat on a large pillow like bed that was surrounded by a ton of smaller and longer pillows and leaned back against the soft wall of pillows. For a long while they didn't speak but shared a glance every now and then Mariku frowned the silence was starting to get to her.

"What do you want from me?" She asked looking at him "Two things" He spoke holding up his two finger's "One your family will pay a ransom for your safe return a-". "You bastard" She hissed "Now now let me finish" Akefia smirked "And you will tell me what you know about the Pharaohs palace all of it's ins and outs". "Like hell". Mariku spoke frowning "Plus with him gone you don;t have to marry him". Akefia spoke reaching over into a bowel taking out an apple crunching down into it

Mariku blinked "How did you know.." Her voice trailed off, her parents hadn't said or posted anything about the marriage nor the wedding. "The little asshole has it plastered all over the palace walls and gates 'please come and celebrate the union between the pharaoh and princess Mariku" Akefia smirked hearing the female growl. he rose to his feet crossing the room to meet her, kneeling down biting into the apple again, some of it's juice hitting her cheek

"And I'm sure you don't want that do you?" He spoke lifting a hand wiping the juice from her cheek, without warning Mariku bit down onto his hand drawing blood, growling her forced his hand back against her mouth making the young woman gag forcing her to open her mouth wider for air, he kept it there until she shook slightly grinning the Thief pulled his blooded hand away as Mariku coughed and tried to get her breath back and watched as the thief stood

Mariku glared at him, he just smirked it off "If I was certain you wouldn't;t run away I'd offer you a more comfortable sleeping arrangement, how ever by the looks of my hand, you will be sleeping at the post tonight" Akefia spoke turning and leaving the young female were she was. The princess's eyes grew slightly "You can't be serious you're just going to leave me here?! by myself?! " She yelled frowning with no answer she closed her eye's and tried to look at the positives if there any.

"Well one plus is that I won't have to marry the pharaoh and that I will be able to do what I want.. but what will stop my parents from trying to marry me off again" She spoke to her self a double edged blade "No matter what I do I'll get cut" She sighed before looking around the room at the little things here and there as she moved to sit on her back side, her knees starting to ache.

Meanwhile back at the Ishtar palace Mariku's mother Queen Alya was pacing back and forth in her and her husbands room "How could she do this!? we give that girl any and everything she wants and we do everything for her and we simply ask one thing of her and she vanishes!" Her husband sighed clearing his throat "Well my dear marriage is quite a big thing and not so simple" He spoke

"Plus we knew echo her when we wedded I'm sure she just ran off to a friends home" He spoke plucking a grape from a fruit bowel "Sir, Madam!" One of the Ishtar's servants ventured into the room in a panic holding a sheet of paper "Calm down what is it ?" .

"It's the princess!" The servant yelled "She's been kidnapped by thieves!" both the king and queens jaws dropped .

"W-Well read it!" The king demanded The servant fiddled with the paper almost dropping it "It says Dear Ishtar family we found a lost little kitten we'll give her back but in return we want , uhh umm..." He spoke and showed the King the page "What!? that's like more or less twenty or thirty camels worth! we barley have enough to keep this kingdom up and running " His wife looked and frowned "My love we need to contact the pharaoh maybe he-" ."No i will not borrow money from him, servant tell the guards to rise the towns peoples earning collections" He spoke "Yes sir"

The Queen arched her brow looking at the signature "T.K...t.k? what can... oh now". She spoke "The Thief King has our daughter!" Se yelled her hand over her mouth "He's probably done so many terrible things to her! or even killed her! my child!" She spoke her hands covered her eye's her mind showing such gruesome pictures of her daughter "Do not worry dear, we will get her back, come rest now" The king spoke walking his wife to the bedchamber