"I see." I mutter to myself, trying my best to dismiss my own thoughts as I look up at him as he smirks again.
"Now, I think it's time that we get a drink, no?" He says to me, standing from the bed side and bowing over to me to give me right of way.
Wincing in pain, I attempt to sit up the best I can, but I stop and lay back down as I felt my wound ripping apart, shaking my head to him to show that I cannot move properly.
He sighs deeply to me, obviously disapointed.
"Alright, come here then my Queen." He said leaning over and suddenly picking me up bridal style and I freak out.
"R-Reaver!" I shout out in horror as he keeps his arms wrapped around me, smirking largely.
"Come now my Queen don't be so fearful, I'm taking you to my common room so we may drink the night away!" He says in his happy and dismissing way, starting to walk with me through hallways of his mansion and into a large room with two black leather chairs, a lit fire and dim lighting. He then went over to one of the chairs and sar me down before grabbing two filled glasses already on a table just infront of us and handing me one before sitting down himself, crossing his legs and smirking.
"Ah yes, here we are my Queen." He says with a smirk. "Now we may speak." He says ajusting himself to be looking at me properly.
"Now, the thing I'm going to ask of you may be shocking." He leaned over to me and I felt another twang of fear inside of me.
"I want you...to pretend to..come to me to the hunts ball this weekend." He said, lowering his head and voice down.
"What? Is that all? You got the Queen of this country shot to ask her that? Are you mad, Reaver?" I ask him, going to stand from my chair to go over to him to punch him, but the way stopped me.
"No it's just that you see my dear it is tonight and I thought you'd come here anyway." He said as he looked back up and smiled at me.
"You bastard." I mutter to myself and I attempt to stand again, managing to finally stand.
"I'm going back to the room where I awoke. I will come out when I hear music." I hiss at him as my back is consumed back pain. I then hear him call my name out after me, but I continue to walk and I make my way back into the room I awoke from and I went back over to the bed.
"The Hunts ball? Why did he want me to go with him?" I ask myself before going to lay down on the bed, and I do, accidently falling asleep.
I suddenly awake to the noise of loud music playing and I sit up with a fright, suddenly remembering where I was.
How long...was I asleep?
Sitting up slowly, I look at the door of the room and it was slightly open as if someone had been in the room at some point of my sleep, but there is no trace of anyone. Sitting up properly I reach to the end of the bed where my corset was and I wrapped it back around my wasit before securing it back onto my body before standing up and going for the door as he music got louder and louder as well as the sound of voices. As I make my way into the hall there are people all around me, all of them in masks talking to each other with drinks in hand and I make my way into the main place where the music was loudest and the sound of talking was most apparent. As I made my way in the place was filled to the brim with people and I casually made my way through them and I couldnt see a single person I recognised. So, I leaned against the wall and I just began to listen. As the music changed everyone got into a circle and began to dance with each other gracefully and smoothly before a man suddenly approched me.
"Hello there." He said to me with a smile and a glass in hand, a black mask covering his face.
"Hello." I say back with a half smile, crossing my arms.
"My names Jack, it's a pleasure to meet you m'lady." He says beginning to now smirk.
"Yes indeed I agree." I say giving him a slight nod as I look back to the dancers.
"So, you new to these kind of parties?" He asks me, coming towards me slowly.
"What? A hunt ball?" I ask him as he puts on hand on the wall by my head, leaning over me.
"Yeah. That's why you're not wearing a mask, ain't it?" He says as he gets real close to my face.
"You're our little toy tonight, ain't you? Only the sacrifice doesn't wear a mask."
What? What the fuck? I'm...the sacrifice?
I begin to panic and I don't know what to do.
"G-Go away!" I shout at him as he leans in even closer.
"Ah, shut up love, come here." He looks as if he was about to grab me, but he suddenly puts on a face of shock and then he falls back as Reaver is revealed.
"My lady." He says in a paniced way, taking a step towards me, gun in hand as the crowds are looking my way. I stand there, terrified and shaking.
"My..lady." He repeats to me, walking right up to me slowly.
"Is that it then? I'm your sacrifice to keep you young?" I say making my way around him, throwing him out of the way and running through the crowds and making my way out of the room.
"My Queen!" He shouts after me, beginning to run after me as I continue to run, holding back tears. They weren't tears of sadness, they were tears of sudden fear. I didn't care to even look back at Reaver.
I don't think any more and I continue to run and I make it back to the castle.
"My lady, it's 6am, it's finally time to arise." I hear in Jaspers voice to the right of my bed as I bat open my eyes. It's been 4 months since the events with Reaver and his party and I hadn't heard from him since. I hadn't gotten into contact with him and he hadn't got into contact with me. We kept seperated.
"My lady, come now, sit up." Jasper says impatiently as I attempt to wake up. I slowly open my eyes fully and I notice the darkness in the room and I notice it is raining heavily outside. I sit up slowly sit up in my bed as Jasper draws over all of my curtains again.
"Ah, we don't need to look outside today m'lady." He said with a smile as he turned and bowed to me as he went to the door of my room as I sat proped up in bed.
"Oh, yes of course. Did you hear the headlines this morning?" He asks me with a smile as I look over to him with a returned smile.
"What was it again? Ah yes it was that Bower lake is getting weaker and that Millfields industry is getting better." He says.
"Thank you for that Jasper." I say as I go to stand up.
"Oh and one more thing." He says as he goes for the door handle.
"It was said that that man Reaver has fleed Millfield. I think that's it. Good day, my lady." He then turned and went out of the door, slamming it behind him as the rain poured outside.
Did I...hear him right? Reaver has fled Millfield?
As I stand up I go to my dressing quarters and I put on gothic wear again to match the weather outside and I stand and think. Why would he leave? Maybe something has happened to him...
I have to go find him.
Without another thought I open the doors from my room out onto the steps I stare out into the rain as the sky rumbles lowly. Why do I even care enough to go find Reaver? He doens't care about me and I don't really care for him but...he does run Bowerstone Industrial and I do need him for that. I must go.
I immeditly run out the doors, leaving them open and running out into the rain, getting immeditly drenched. Where could I go? Where could he go? Where would he go? I need to find a town crier, out of the castle grounds I make my way into the almost empty streets and I hear shouting and I notice it to be the town crier and I try to listen though the extremley heavy and loud rain.
"This just in! Master Reaver fled Albion!"
Albion? He's left Albion?...
Wait, now I know. He's in Auroa...that place with the darkness. Why would he go there?