Chapter 8
With a calm, placid smile on her face, Sophia walked calmly to her room. Already guests were walking past her so the Ice-jin Queen had been right. The meeting was over.
After walking down the hall, at peace at last Sophia didn't even blink as Vegeta ran up to her.
"Listen Soph. I have been thinking about it and if you do not wish to be wed then I will stand by you."
"I want to."
"WHAT!" Vegeta held her shoulders and gawked at her with his mouth hung open.
"I have been seeing only part of the bigger picture. I have had a talk with someone who has been in the same place as I am and she told me of her experiences and her deep love for her mate. They have had children and she loves her husband dearly. I have seen them together and I would love to be loved like that."
"But…Soph…" Sophia smiled up at her Brother. He had always been just slightly taller than her.
"I am a free woman. I will never do what I do not agree with. You know that. But I am also a Princess and the future Queen of the planet. Which I now see that I can't be if I am mate-less. Not only that but how will I continue the family line if I am childless? I have not thought about this situation full. I only saw one side of this. Now I have looked through the eyes and experiences of another, and it really isn't all that bad."
"You are alright with this?"
"Yes. I am now. All of the races at that table are trustworthy. We both know that so I will be wed to a good man. If I am not happy I will let him know about it."
"I know you will. You certainly let me know about it back there in the training hall…so. Can you forgive me for not being able to sway father?"
"Of course. But now I am tired. So I need to sleep."
"Soph?"
"Yes?" Vegeta pulled her into a tight embrace and licked her cheek lovingly.
"I love you sis. Never forget that."
"I wont. Now stop being a burden and let me sleep." They chuckled tighter and Vegeta released her. None of them aware of the two beings watching from afar…
"So. She is willing to wed me is she? We will soon see about that." The younger male chuckled behind his hand, still hidden by the darkness with his father.
"Calm my son. She does not know you are here yet and I intend to keep it that way until the wedding day."
"You ruin all my fun."
"Calm yourself boy. I can still remember how taken back you are of her from the last time I asked you about marriage."
"Back then I thought kissing her was fun. Now I have a whole different motive. I will make her SUFFER for what she has put me through the deceiving bitch!"
"Quiet my boy or I will restrict you to your chambers. Remember, the look on her face will be more enjoyable if she sees you on your wedding day, when it is too late."
"indeed father. You win on that one. Kami I wish I could just take my revenge now. She is so close and yet so unaware of my presence."
"And we are going to keep it that way. Your mother has already made a bond with her. And I have been putridly pleasant to her. And you know how convincing your mother gets when it comes to talking about me."
"Alas. In her eyes you do no wrong. She is so blandly loyal to you that you could kill the Saiyan king himself before her and she would still call you her hero."
"that is what I love about her. Obedience, loyalty and above all else. Her bedroom antics."
"Father. I really did not need to know that. I need to bathe."
"Then I will escort you to your chambers and be silent!"
"I shall. For if I am quiet, if I am unseen. My revenge will be far far sweeter."
"Tell me one thing boy. Why out of all of the punishments that I know you are capable of, did you choose marriage as her punishment?"
"she is a strong spirit. She is physically strong. To break both her spirit and her strength, what better way to curse her very existence if she was forced into wedlock with the very force she has strived for so many years? To bind her to the very thing she has tried so hard to kill?"
"Son. I love the twisted way your mind works."
"I learnt from the best, father."
"Now off to bed with you. You will need your rest with the wedding day and all hell is about to break lose tomorrow when she finds out that this is a blind match. She will hate not meeting you until the wedding day."
"Indeed father. Let us take our leave." Both shadowed figures turned and left. The younger one waited until his father had turned away from him before turning back to his future wife. Oh how long I have wanted you to myself fair, fair Sophia. To break you and force you into submission for me and only me. ever since the day I tasted you I have been driven made, just to taste you one more. Now I can have you when ever I want and all I have to wait are a few measly days. For me they will seem like months. First I will make you pay severely for your deception. Then I will love you whether you like it or not. And not sounds very fun. The younger male smirked deviously at all the things he would do to her once she was his. And she would be his, sooner rather than later…
