Soraya was sat at her table as she brushed out her hair, after her bath, she decided to wear a simple but beautiful blue dress that surprisingly fit her with her hair tied up in a ponytail, her long brown hair was naturally wavy as she pulled it up, causing her side fringe to fall over her beautiful big brown eyes, her cute nose and perfect pouty lips gave her an innocent and flawless look, just like her skin which was the colour of smooth caramel, she had a full figure, bigger that most of the women her age but not fat at all, she was just…well endowed.
After she was done with her hair, she walked over to her wardrobe where she found a pair of matching shoes which were both sleek but very comfortable. Once she was done dressing she sat on her bed, waiting to be called.
Now that she was alone, she actual to the time to think the few hours in her life, one minute she was home, even though ever since her stepmother came into her life, it didn't feel like home anymore now she was in some enchanted castle with a king who she had no idea of what he looked like, some books depicted him as the ugliest being to ever live, some said he was nothing but a vicious beast, but some also said that he was strong, brave and handsome.
Well I guess I'm soon going to find out, she thought as there was a knock on her door" come in" she said as Shawn popped his head in.
"ready my lady," he said to her as he looked over her appearance.
"lead the way," she said as she took his offered arm as they left her room and walked down the hallway.
"so Shawn, you never answered my question earlier," she said as he escorted her.
"well, just as there are different races of humans, there are different races that live here, there are dragons, demons, ogres, trolls, elves, fairies and all other sorts"
"wow," she said as they approached the dining room.
"he's waiting for you, just be yourself and you'll be fine," he said as he reached for the door knobs.
He was waiting patiently for her to come, he heard her, her song had captured his attention, at first, he wanted nothing to do with her, after all, she was a prisoner, but now he wanted to know more about the beautiful mortal girl with the pure heart.
Her voice was so calming and sweet, and those songs spoke of promises that he wanted to be addressed to him and only him.
Just then, the doors opened and at that moment, he thanked goodness that he was within the shadows, or she would have seen the surprised look on his face. She was beautiful, that was the only way he wanted to put it, even though he knew it was more that.
"will that be all sire," Shawn asked.
"yes, you can leave us for now," he said as Shawn left them alone, so he turned to her "Soraya," he said.
"sire," she said with a curtsey causing him to raise a brow, he had told her what to address him as but she chose an honorific instead.
"sire, why are you sitting in the dark," she asked as she pushed a stray piece of her hair behind her ear "I hope you are not scared of little old me" she giggled causing him to raise his brow again.
"why, does it bother you," he asked her.
"no I just wished to know what you look like," she said as she came closer to the table and took a seat right beside him, he was sat at the head of the table so she sat on his right.
"then you would be afraid of me," he said as she looked up into his green eyes and he looked into her brown eyes, for that moment, it was as if the whole world disappeared as they got lost in each others eyes.
"shall we eat," he asked as he broke eye contact with her after a while.
"of course," she said, trying to hide her face from him, as her light brown cheeks turned a slight pink, and she was sure it was not the blush she used earlier on.
Dinner went well, even though she wanted to ask him why he wanted he ate in the dark, but she decided not have to ask anyway. After a while, she turned to him.
"may I be excused taker," she asked as she finished her drink.
"you may but remember my rules," he said as he disappeared into the darkness, Soraya sighed as she got up, but then Shawn peeked back into the room.
"ready to go to your room, my lady," he said to her as she walked towards him.
"actually, I wanted to meet more people here," she said as they left the dining hall "so shall we," she asked him.
"sure," he said as they walked down the hallway, as they walked they passed a window, causing her to stop as she looked up at the moon, she couldn't remember the last time she saw the moon, so big and beautiful.
"wow," she said as she looked up at the night sky "this place is beautiful at night," she said as she turned back at him "sorry let's get going"
"sure," he said as they continued their walk till they reached the door and he turned the handle "hey boys" he called into the dark room.
"Shawn, what are you going bringing her here," hunter said as he came out of the shadows.
"she wanted to meet the guys," he said to him.
"well I have no problem with that," a third voice said as a large figure stepped out of the shadows as well, he was a huge individual, with long black hair and green eyes just as intensive as taker's, he wore all black as well but his arms were exposed.
"neither do I" came another voice, he was not as tall as the first but was still bigger than her, but had hair just as dark.
"guys this is lady Soraya, my lady meets Scott," he said pointing at the smaller of the big men "and Kevin," he said pointing to the other one.
"it's a pleasure to meet you all," she said with a smile.
"the pleasure is ours," Kevin said with a smile, with Scott agreeing "you're a brave little girl, taking your step mothers place"
"oh thank you," she said as she looked down with an embarrassed smile on her face.
"why did you do it anyway," Scott asked her, surprising her with the questions.
"well…I guess I just wanted to get away from it all" she said as she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"well you don't have to worry about them anymore," Shawn said with a smile "well it's getting late, I should probably get you to bed," he said as she took his hand.
"bye boys, have a good night," she said as she followed him out.
"sweet dreams," they said before they walked back into the shadows.
" you seemed troubled sire," a voice said as he stood beside the large chair which held his ruler "I hope that human is not giving you any trouble," he asked.
"no" came to the dark voice as a hand appeared in sight "but this is," he said as his adviser quickly took the letter and scanned over it.
"I understand your frustration sire but you must understand, your subjects are anxious to see you pick a bride and have an heir," Paul said as taker arose and walked toward the fireplace which roared into life as he came close. The flames revealed his dark clothing along with his dark long hair and intense eyes, her words kept ringing in his head, he knew that humans were good at saying things they never meant but she had kept every word since she had gotten there, did that mean that there were trustworthy humans? He would just have to make sure. Who knows maybe this girl was worth knowing.
Soraya sighed as she slipped into bed, she had changed into a pink silk nightgown that she found waiting on her bed, with her hair now in two braids.
But as she was about to go to sleep, there was a knock on the door, so she hopped out of bed and opened the door, but as she opened the door, a gust of wind caused all the candles in her room to go off, making the room pitch black.
"pardon me, my lady, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything" she heard as she looked up.
"no not at all sire," she said as she looked closely, thanks to her window being open, she was able to see his outline and by what she could see, he was a large individual.
"is everything alright," she asked him as she sat on her bed and beckoned him to sit beside her, which he did as she felt the mattress move.
"I have watched your kind for a while, the way you treat each other based on foolish things like physical appearance, how many of you act differently to what you truly are, judging others is something I do not tolerate in my kingdom, but judging by the way you interact with my men, you don't seem to have a problem with that, why" he asked her.
"well… my mother always taught me that I should treat others the same way I want people to treat me, to look beyond physical appearance and love them for what they have inside"
"I see… then I'm guessing that applied to people that are hard to like due to their behaviour" his deep voice rumbled.
"most of the time yes," she said, not really wanting to go into detail. She felt him get up as he walked towards the piano.
"thank you for the piano by the way," she said as she got up as well.
"I'm glad you like it," he said to her.
"do you play," she asked him.
"sometimes" he replied her.
"well I would love to hear you someday"
"maybe one day you will," he said as he walked towards the door "I'll leave you to retire for the night," he said as he opened the door.
"goodnight," he said to her.
"goodnight" she replied with a smile as he left her, as soon as the door closed, the candles came back on, causing her to look around in surprise.
"what are you hiding taker," she said to herself as she finally went to bed.