Calla Lily, The Eunuch King's Goblin Bride

"Haahhh"

I shot up and sat instantly with my right hand on c.h.e.s.t and my heart pounding faster against my c.h.e.s.t.

I could feel the 'ba dump' sound of palpitations in my ears, I was certainly not in a position to question or even look around.

The uneven beat of my heart was obvious after I encountered the nightmare with the inclusion of that mysterious demon.

His red eyes were horrifying, the nightmare terrorized me to the extent that my lips were quivering. I don't even know any demon and neither contacted any nor  ever summoned. 

But that person in my mind was there with some other intentions. I could not grasp mentally that either he tried to taint me by arriving in my dreams or he was there to offer any help. 

It was quite early to judge that person or precisely demon with those flickering red eyes that could easily cast an influence on everyone. 

I was not that kind of lady, a warrior like me never feared anything but that ...that demon intentionally chose darkness to converse with me.

Conversation was also not right to describe what I saw and experienced, he kept me confined in that energy bubble then he caged me and tried to….it was rather imposing his threat on me instead of a conversation. 

It was hard, nearly impossible to say either that demon was helping by warning me to beware of some kind of magic potions, or he tried to threaten me by giving me hints that he would come to cage or kill me.

But I was clearly frightened by his stare that almost penetrated through my soul, I became concerned about his words and started to process his words.

I never ever had nightmares, why would the daughter of Dark Lord started to have nightmares? We, Goblins were people's nightmare, their worst dreams and their fears!

As that is at least what humans think of us, and the way they describe our appearance by making and exaggerating it to hideous extent.

It was taught in our schools and I read this in a session with my personal royal teacher that in our history how humans created false myths about us.

How these barbaric humans had dual nature and how rapid they were in making an assumption about an entire race or species. The 'strange' creatures portrayed us like a diseased race, evil creatures, born and fed on darkness and fears.

Humans gave a totally opposite presentation of our species by portraying and writing us cruel and cold blooded creatures in their pages of history and knowledge. 

When in reality we are the same as humans, much better and considerate, when I arrived here I was unable to register that why these beings treated me like an epidemic but gradually I realized that how easily they labelled me as a symbol of bad luck. 

Although we ruled the dark kingdoms of the universe but it was only a title given for differentiation. Even my father is far better and a great king comparable to this King Theon.

My mind was running across many things, jumping and slipping onto many theories about demons and humans with the exclusion of the theory that yin and yan can't coexist. 

In between this 'unnecessary' battle I finally decided to heed the words of that demon.

"I have to remain alarmed now, maybe that demon…maybe he is someone who is trying to help me to get out of this cage."

My heart whispered assuring me with such assumption, but then still that was all I could rely upon in such a critical situation. Ezlynn had already chatted with the National Master about reviving my powers but that hunched old hag clearly refused as it was equal to stir up the cause for the kingdom's damnation.

My heartbeat had became normal by now, but the lavender colored robe I was wearing was drenched in sweat, my body was still profusely releasing…..

"W-what is this?"

As I rubbed my palm against my forehead, a few blonde strands had already bathed into the sweat beads and were shamelessly kissing my forehead. 

When a strange realization stuck my head like a lightning bolt, I felt as if Zeus himself burnt me with his bolt.

My body was giving off a few radiations, a black aura was emitting from my body as the black snake circled my body, coiling around my silhouette while I was sitting on my bed.

"T-that de-demon tainted me in my dreams!"

It was none other than the result of the marking of that demon, that now I had his aura around me.

"Oh heavens! I'm already engaged and now...now that demon…Oh God! Why? Why did I end up in this chaos and now this…what I'm going to do now, how will I face my fiance, let alone my father?"

My hands went cold as I heard the organ pounding with fright in my c.h.e.s.t, that it would pop out from my ribcage amy time.

How I was going to face and explain this to the person whom I was betrothed, what if he thought that I…

Words got stuck in my larynx as I felt it impossible to utter, my tongue was tied and mouth was sewn now, all happened just because of one thing and the person I didn't even know.

I covered my mouth with right hand which rested on my b.r.e.a.s.t earlier and sobbed. I felt myself guilty for committing a sin unknowingly, for cheating on my future husband. 

My eyes rained with tears, my shivering body was the proof of my innocence but would he forgive me? Would I be able to keep this treaty signed through this marriage? 

The stream of warm tears were asking for forgiveness but no one was there to witness me at my weak state. The chamber was sombre, dorned with silence as Ezlynn went to the West wing upon the call of the queen. 

Seren accompanied her to the chamber of royalty as both women were summoned at once, Eire was gone too for my work.