Ganon's words made me angry. "The only way you could get me into bed was if you raped me, and it even that would not be an easy task." As I said this, I also backed up enough so that he was no longer touching me.
Ganon arms dropped then he crossed them, his half smile was still in place.
As we continued to stare at each other, me glaring and him smiling, I heard the groans of the men behind me. I felt bad for the men I had wounded, they were simply Ganon's people and I know they would not have killed me. But I was still a sucker for someone in pain.
Signing, I looked away from Ganon's gaze and turned towards the men tending to their wounded comrades.
Over my shoulder I said, "I am going to help your men, and we shall continue on to Gerudo. I do not know how you plan to marry me, but I will not go anywhere but my own destination." This was said with more confidence than I currently felt, but I couldn't let him know I was scared of what was to come.
His now common chuckle echoed close behind me. "We will be making our way to Gerudo, but it will be a slow journey there." I glanced behind me, his words felt as though he was leaving much information out.
Keeping my face blank, I approached my horse, Ganon following close. My head was buzzing with everything that had happened so far. Why was Ganon so set on me? Was I the reason he became such a force? Why did he want to marry me, was it possibly some kind of sick revenge for refusing him all those years before? Had he really done all this for me? And lastly, I know I had to escape him somehow.
Grabbing some herbs and wrappings, I knelt beside one solder that had his nose broken and was glaring at me. He began to say something, and by his face it wasn't nice, but stopped when he looked up and I assume received a look from Ganon.
As I began cleaning the mans wound and applying medicine I asked, "what do you plan to do when we get to Gerudo? Cut out my tongue so I cannot speak of what you have done to me?"
"No, by the time we get there, you will cooperate and agree to marry me, telling your family you have changed your mind." He was still standing so close behind me. "Nice going though, changing the subject so quickly."
"I do not know what you are-" Suddenly I felt him kneel behind me and bring his mouth close to my neck.
I froze, and felt something slide across my lower neck. "Tsk tsk, looks like you're a bit rusty, one of my men managed to nick your neck." As he spoke, I realized there was a small pain where he was wiping at. As he said, one of his men had managed to barely get me.
Attempting to quickly stand up, I felt Ganon grab my arm and yank me back to a kneeling position. The solder was still directly in front of me, though he scrambled to get up and leave quickly.
"Let me go." Was all I managed between my clenched jaw.
Still behind me, I felt Ganon lift a piece of my hair and smell it. "You know, though you were covered in dirt and who knows what else, when I met you as a child you had a scent about you I could not get out of my mind. It drove me wild after you had so rudely rejected me." His voice was calm, but had a purr to it.
"There were times when I thought about you, and what kind of woman you would become. You have not disappoint" He stood and lifted me with him, still standing behind me.
I whipped my hair out of his hand and faced him. At this point I could no longer hold in my anger and slight fear.
"Why am I here? Why do you not kill me for the embarrassment I have caused you, would that not be easier than forcing us both to do something we do not want? I see the hatred in your eyes and surely you can see mine plain as day! If it is money you wish for, I can give it to you, just leave me be to go home, it is much past due..." I wandered off. The pain my family would feel if I died before coming home would be enough to kill me again. I had not seen them in four years, I was home sick.
I could feel my cheeks flaming as I thought about showing weakness to Ganon, and quickly felt my anger come to the surface again.
"Let it be known now that I will never marry nor bed you in this lifetime or any other! You may have changed your body and being, but I have not changed my mind."
Before I saw the anger flare into his golden eyes, I ducked and dashed out of his reaching hand. Though moments ago his touch had sent a shiver down my spine, now I knew I did not want him touching me ever again.
"You will learn to respect me and you will do as I say. Your life is in my hands now, not those weak Hylians." His eyes still blazed and after he lunged at me, he stopped and got another of his smug grins.
"That blonde knight you were oh so very fond of, especially at night, cannot come and save you. So you would do well to remember who I am as well."
I was taken back by his words. There was no way he could know that me and Link had shared a bed, and if he did know then why would he still want me? In my culture it was not a big deal to share a bed with others before settling down with one partner, in fact, it was encouraged to explore ones sexuality. But Ganon did not seem like the man that liked to share.
"Don't even say his name to me!" I spit out at him.
Ganon turned away and began gathering things that had fallen after my tumble with the guards. "Save your passion for the bed, princess, you'll need it.