Silver and Evergreen

Chapter 20

His malicious uncle laughs. "Did she not tell you little nephew, that she has already been claimed. How I fucked her as Lord Hearthgrim, took her body as my own. She was begging for it too. You should have seen the pleasure she took from it. The sound she made when I got deeper inside her." His hand runs over my breasts then down to the place between my legs. Even with all the fabric, I can still feel his bony fingers digging in. That's when Seb hisses at him but he just hums softly as he touches me making me writhe. You will regret that old man. You will regret ever touching me like that.

"Haven't you sunk your cock into this one yet? She is quite exquisite. I wasn't surprised that you broke it off with the Tollund girl for her." Vernon comments, his voice a murmur. I glance at Seb and he's seething with rage, making Vernon chuckle. "If you had cooperated with me I could have shared her, you know."

"Shut up you bastard!" Sebastian yells and for a moment I think he is going to break free as he charges outward but both guards knock him down again. One even kicks him in the side where he is bleeding, for good measure. A pained grunt echoes from Sebastian as he leans forward.

Tears of anger stream down my face as Vernon holds my head in place. A hand comes up to my chin lifting it up to his face, ripping my view of Sebastian.

"I'm going to kill you." I say with clenched teeth. That is a promise. After what he has done, I'm going to kill him myself.

He just chuckles and holds me closer. His nose is at the base of my ear and he breathes in deeply then he hums. "You smell so nice, we've spent too much time apart my dear girl. After we kill my nephew and open the door, I am taking you up to the kings' chambers and have my way with you."

I shiver at the warmth of his breath. No, no. This cannot happen. He holds onto the cuffs, bringing my arms together with one hand and with the other he grips on the back of my neck at the base making me turn to the large purple doors. I hear grunts and some shifting coming from Sebastian as the guards move closer.

"Enough fighting nephew. You aren't going to win..." He says without turning around and shoves me toward the door.

"What do you expect me to do?" I say trying to steady my breathing. Stall, stall him so I can gain some strength and figure a way out of this.

Vernon grumbles grabbing my hair and pulls my head back so that I'm looking up at him again. "You are going to open this door for us because you are the only one who can. We know you have been practicing your magic with my nephew and the court mage."

My chest is tight as I stare at him. How does he know this? I don't even know what kind of magic to use to open this door. I may have been practicing but nothing that advanced. Even so, I don't think I'm strong enough at the moment. My whole body quivers.

"Don't do it Cam." Sebastian says from across the room, his voice trembling with rage. "Don't let them in."

"Shut him up!" Vernon yells.

Next I hear a thud and Sebastian grunting. No, no, don't hurt him. I turn my head back and watch the second guard slam his clenched fist into Sebastian's stomach as the other holds him. He grunts again and drops his head forward, his gold crown falls to the floor with a clang. There's blood dripping from Sebastian's mouth, splattering to the dark stone beneath him. They aren't letting up, if they continue they'll surely kill him like this. The man lifts his arm up about to hit Seb again.

"Stop!" My voice pleads. But the man punches Sebastian right in the face this time. Sebastian winces lowering his head but the guard holds his head up by his hair. "Stop it!" Again, this time in his ribs. "Stop it now! Please!" I scream but they don't listen. They need to stop.