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Chapter 24

Hector walked away from the meeting that he had just had with his father and fellow men. They were to attack at day break. It was suicide what they were doing and Hector didn't like it one bit. It was just sheer madness.

He was fuming as he walked to his chambers. He stormed into the room terrifying Kia in the process. Hector looked around hoping to find his wife, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Kia, have you seen my wife?" he asked.

"No my lord. The last I saw of her was when she was walking towards the gardens." Kia said a bit terrified.

Hector walked out of the room with as much fierceness as he had came in. He walked down to the gardens but didn't find her anywhere. He searched every inch of the garden and she was gone.

He began walking back to his rooms when he heard a sound down the hall. It sounded like metal crashing to the ground.

He walked briskly towards the sound. He rounded the corner and saw a silver plate lying on the ground, fruit and meat spread everywhere. He picked up the plate and looked both ways down the hall trying to figure out who had made such a mess.

He decided to take the plate to the kitchen in hopes of finding Anama there. He set off towards the kitchen, having no idea that his world was standing just a few feet behind him, and that everything would turn to ruins.

Anama woke with the biggest headache this side of the Aegean Sea. She slowly opened her eyes to see nothing but darkness, except for a spare light that shown through the open flap to her left.

Anama felt a sticky substance on her head. It must of been when the brute knocked her unconscious. She went to wipe her head but found her hands to be detained. She tried to wiggle her hands free but she did not prevail.

She slumped to the ground in defeat. She was very uncomfortable. Being pregnant did not help the situation either.

She tried to get into a comfortable position when a man dressed in heavy robes, and hair as long as hers walked into the tent.

She noticed he was a very heavy set man and had a scar that ran across his cheek. He walked up to her and knelt in front of her.

"I see your up. How are you feeling?" he asked with no concern in his voice.

Anama kept her mouth shut, and chin raised high. She knew she didn't look to intimidating with blood running down her face and the start of a black eye beginning to form.

The man sighed. "You don't know who I am do you?"

"I know who you are." Anama hissed. "You're the man who was defeated am I wrong Agamemnon?"

Agamemnon set his jaw. He was clearly angry.

"Now you listen to me. I am not here to play games with you. Now, I need you to tell me how to get inside the walls of Troy without being seen."

"And why would I tell you?"

"Because you are the princess of Troy and it is your duty to serve your country."

"Serve yes, help to destroy no. Do you really think that I will help you destroy my home?"

"Why yes I do. You see Anama,"

"It's Princess Anama to you sir." she spit out interrupting him,

Agamemnon just laughed.

"Oh you silly girl. You won't be a princess when I get done with burning Troy to the ground and watching your beloved husband die at my own hands."

"You will never get away with this."

"Oh well see that is where your wrong. You see, I am in need of a wife, and seeing as you will be without a husband and a kingdom to rule, I figured you would become my wife, and together we would rule our own world!"

"You're insane as to think I wold become your wife! I would rather die than become yours." she spat.

Agamemnon walked over to her and kneeled before her. He gently placed his hand onto her stomach. He smiled to himself as he felt a bulge beneath her robes.

"Are you so certain? I have killed many." he said as he got closer to Anama's face. "I have even killed children."

Anama gulped. Agamemnon rose and went to the door. He stopped before he left and turned back to Anama.

"I would rethink my actions if I were you. It may be the end of your country, but it surely won't be the end of you."

And with that he left. Anama shrank back down and began to sob. Tears fell from her eyes like the fountain that sat within the gardens of Troy.

She fell asleep with silent tears falling from her eyes.