Maura meanwhile was having troubles of her own.
"Ms. Maura?"
"Oh, um…sorry I forgot your name."
"Quite all right. My name's Dylan."
"Yes, of course now I remember your Mahaado's personal assistant aren't you?"
"That's right miss. I've come to tell you that Master Mahaado would like to see you."
Maura gulped, "See me? Why?"
"That I cannot say, miss. The king does not confide such things to me."
"Oh, I see well then lead the way."
When Dylan had told Maura that Mahaado wanted to see her. She could only imagine what he wanted and it wasn't good. They made their way to where they were supposed to meet. Seeing him approach she quickly bowed. Making sure her head and eyes were lowered.
Mahaado glared at her and then nodded to Dylan after he gave a short bow of respect telling him to leave. He didn't waste any time and made a hasty retreat.
"Well at least living here with these…people. Hasn't made you forget who and what you are!" Mahaado said with disgust.
He'd seen the way they treated Mokuba and figured that that's most likely the way they treated her. Not as royalty as they should. Not teach her to someday be obedient and rule by her husband's side, to love and obey her husband, as she should. No they've been letting her run around to do as she pleased. Treating her like a baby and spoiling her much like their own brat. Yeah so they claimed, he came from an abused home he didn't buy it. Why would a single never married king adopt a child? Much less one that supposedly came from an abused home; like he'd ever even consider that! No to him there was a much simpler explanation. He either knocked some bitch up and for whatever the reason decided to keep the child or as he claimed it really was his brother, but decided to let the brat rule him instead of the other way around!
He himself, unlike what his parents always thought; had lost his virginity at 14. He knew his mother would have had a heart attack if she had known. He'd seduced a princess, he was supposed to be engaged to, but he was lucky, for she wasn't a virgin! It seemed she'd fallen for some little street commoner and was seeing him. Not like he cared, he didn't want to marry her anyway. His advisor caught her with her lover and after she was exposed, he was saved from having to marry her. His advisor warned him to never do it again, that marriage was the least of his trouble if he'd ever been discovered! Other possible consequences were things like the country demanding they pay them for compensation for what he did to their daughter, war or exile! That got his attention. After that he didn't try again with other princesses. The maids did the job just as well and he could always claim they were lying if he got one knocked up. There were times he wished someone would find a way that he could prevent that from happening, but it never mattered to him one way or the other anyway.
In his kingdom the wife is supposed to technically help with the kingdom's decision making process, though Mahaado had been raised that a wife's place though not exactly by his side, more like behind. His father never treated his mother as an equal so he didn't understand why his trainers say he must! He had had to train Diana, she hadn't had a lot of training but it didn't take him long to train her in the ways of a wife! She was trained in the ways of royalty and society but that was it! Nothing on how she was supposed to act or be around her husband! But in a way it was all the better for him. He could train her the way he wanted! He did hate it that she was so young when they married. An advisor warned him that if he took things too fast and went with his natural instincts that it could frighten her to be afraid of him forever and have to deal with people looking at him like he beat her. That was something he didn't and couldn't afford!
Maura's blood was boiling over his comment about Seto and Yami! Seto might not exactly like her, but doesn't exactly hate him either! However her training dictates she not move till given the signal no matter how long he makes her stay like this!
Mahaado smirked, happily watching her trying to keep from squirming at being made to stay bowed down like that. Finally he relented, "You may rise."
Maura glared at him, not bothering to hide her contempt for him!
Rather than being insulted by this, he actually found it rather amusing. He laughed, "Hate me that much do you?"
"How can I hate someone I barely even know?" Maura asked coldly.
He just smiled, "You know I want to take you away from a place that's ruining all the work your stepmother put into you. You didn't show this much spite for me the few times we've met in the past."
Maura blinked, was her memory that bad? She didn't really remember ever spending any time with him. But decided that though she couldn't really remember to play along. "Well before you were only a visitor. Now you're not just my sister's husband, but want to make me go and live with you. You want to force me to leave my new home, where I've found the peace and happiness I've never known!"
"Don't raise your voice to me kid!" Mahaado roared and slapped her.
Maura fell to the ground with the force of the slap and Mahaado showed absolutely no remorse for what he did. She was crying. But stood up to him anyway. "There's no way I will ever, EVER go to live with you! I'd kill myself first!" Maura screamed at him before running off.
Mahaado just shrugged after she ran off, "Have it your way brat. I've heard about the assassins. So one way or the other, you'll be out of your misery. Though it's a shame, it really would teach her some better respect and discipline to have to take care of baby David. Oh well, she'd probably hurt him or worse yet that rebellious attitude of hers might wear off on him. No son of mine's going to be a spoiled little brat like her!" With that he walked off.