⚔️THE as-sas-sIN⚔️
I
❤️ FELL IN LOVE WITH❤️
•[He Captured a Princess]•
❤️⚔️Episode Twenty Seven⚔️❤️
••Leana’s POV cont’d ••
Never really imagined myself on a we-t chilly night,inside a river half n-ked and confessing my feelings to the man who captured me…
Totally out of the perfect future I planned for myself but perfect all right…
‘What exactly are we doing??’…He asked and I blinked smiling…
‘We are staring at each other aren’t we?? Besides it’s nice staring at you’..I whispered and he drew me closer…
‘You know you’re the first woman I’ve ever said the I love You word to’..He said..
‘You’re lying,you loved TJ’s mother more than anything’..I replied and his brows perked up…
‘Terin isn’t my son’..
‘He isn’t??’..
‘He’s my sister’s’…He said and I g@sped loudly…
‘I..I thought he was your son’…
‘He isn’t,enough with the questions will you??’…He snapped and pla-yfully I dived un-der the water..
‘Leana it isn’t funny!!’..He called out and from nowhere I dragged him inside the water…
‘Come here you!!’..He gro-an ed and carried me in his arms back up…
Hisl-ips went ha-rd on mine by surprise and I squealed in laughter trying to run away for the second time…
‘Come what is wrong with you?? You’re acting like an adolescent who just had her first k!ss!!’..He asked and another smile spre-ad across my face…
‘I think it’s cold out here and…Achoo!!’..I sneezed loudly and he wra-pped his arms around me…
‘Let’s go to sleep’..He said..
‘Let’s?? Are you saying on the same be-d??’..I asked..
‘Yes of course you think I’m going to let you sleep alone after the emotional turmoil you put me throu-gh?? Hell no princess’..He said wra-pping his hands around me…
‘Mmmmmh you’re warm’…
The Next Morning🌥️
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I opened my eyes and tried standing up but a hand on my w@!st st©pped me from doing otherwise…
‘Don’t go’…Jamal murmured with his eyes still closed..
‘TJ has to eat doesn’t he??’..I replied and tried moving but he held me down with his hands…
Here I am ma-king effort to leave and he isn’t even ma-king a fuss about holding me down…
‘You normally wake up before everyone but today you’re like this?? What’s wrong with you??’..I scowled…
‘You’re the witch who casted a spell on me Leana,I guess I’m lovestruck’..He said but still wouldn’t let me leave or open his eyes…
‘Yayyi and….Leaya??’..TJ exclaimed as he walked into the room only to see me on his father’s be-d and with a puzzled look on his face…
‘Uhhhh little one it’s not what you think’..i stuttered but his eyes just wi-de-ned the more…
‘What is yoing on?!’..He asked again ru-bbing his eyes and i ushered for him to come over…
‘Come here champ’..i whispered and he climbe-d on the be-d staying in between Jamal and I…
‘Now that we’re completely together and still sleepy can we all go to be-d again??’..Jamal asked and i chuckled lightly again…
‘Let’s all go to sleep’..
••Ivan’s POV••
‘I think I’m in the wrong room’..Nirvana murmured as she walked into my room but I didn’t smile or reply…
The deadline which father gave to me is ending next week which means I’m going to marry Nevida…
I betrayed Leana last night by k!ss!ngsomeone else which is totally wrong from all angles…
‘Your highness is everything okay??’..Nirvana asked bringing me back from my reverie…
‘I…Uhhh Nirvana I’m sorry for what happened last night,it shouldn’t have happened’..I said and her eyes went downcast..
‘Ohhh I was expecting something different but okay’..She said and dug her hands into her servant dress pocket…
‘You should know by now that I’m engaged to someone else and that i love her very much so I shouldn’t have k!$$£d you in that manner last night’..I said and her eyes glistened with tears…
‘It’s cause I’m a maid isn’t it??’..
‘No not like that,i would never be saying this just cause you’re a maid??’…I quic-kly corrected walking closer but she moved backwards…
‘I un-derstand perfectly your highness,you royals are always the same way!! Whenever you get what you want you come up with an excuse after leaving the person!! I thought you were different Prince Ivan!! I thought you were nicer and way more compas-sionate than the others but I guess I was wrong and Princess Nevida was right’..She cried out and I frowned..
‘Nevida??’..
‘Yes your highness,apparently she doesn’t like our clos£ness and she clearly warned me to steer away from you with the so painful words that I WOULD NEVER INTEREST YOU CAUSE I’M NOTHING BUT A MERE MAID….But it’s all good anyway your highness,I’ll take my leave now’..She replied..
‘Nirvana wait!! Nirvana I’m sorry!’..I called out but it was too late..
She was gone alre-ady…
Urghhh what’s wrong with me???..
I’m in love with Leana aren’t i??..
Then why does the opinion of a maid towards me matter so much to me??…
What is wrong with me??…
In all my life I’ve always pictured myself getting married to the princess of my dreams and i know she’s out there waiting on me to bring her back home…
I know she’s counting on me in fear to bring her back home but here i am trying to figure out my heart…
I miss Leana..
But now I’m getting attra-cted towards Nirvana..
I’ve never been so confused all my life…
••Jamal’s POV••
‘Hold me’..TJ murmured as he placed Leana’s and my arm on his che-st which made me snicker…
All my life I’ve been blinded by pain and revenge to the extent that i never for once I never really knew what it felt to be loved by someone who loved me for who I am and someone who i loved back wholeheartedly…
But now in the most uncanny and unrealistic way I’m in love with the daughter of the man that cost me everything..
And now i realize that;
REVENGE ISN’T EVERYTHING…
All I ever wanted was a bit of love..
For someone to hold me and tell me that everything is going to be okay…
For someone to whisper sweet words into my ear and for someone to make sweet love to..
Now I’ve got that someone and a chunk of pain has been lifted from my heart…
‘You know you think a lot for an as-sas-sin who kills within the strike of lightning’..Leana muttered from beside me and rested her arms on my che-st…
‘I’m just calculating how many more years i have for my pain to be washed away’..I said almost smiling at the love and affection I saw in her eyes…
‘Your pain can go away if you actually talked to someone—If you can talk to me about what happened all those years ago then I might un-derstand’..She suggested and my brows perked up..
‘You really think so??’…
‘I know so Shadow and even though we’re from opposite worlds it still won’t change the fact that you’re THE as-sASIN I FELL IN LOVE WITH…I AM in love with actually!!’..She replied and k!$$£d me softly on thel-ips…
‘What about your fiancee?? Prince Ivan??’..I asked..
‘I’ll figure it out…Eventually’..She said and I sighed de-eply..
‘Alright then I’m re-ady to talk’..
❤️⚔️Episode Twenty Eight⚔️❤️
••Jamal’s POV••
‘Are you sure you really want me to speak on what happened??’…I asked as my hands toyed with Leana’s hair…
‘Yes.It’s high time I know the reason why you hate my family so much besides,I’m your wife remember??’..She replied and i sighed de-eply…
‘Well since you insist I don’t see why I shouldn’t tell you about it..but take TJ to his room cause I really nee-d fresh air before saying anything’..i said p@n-ting heavily and she sm-irked…
‘Looking for an excuse are you??No way Shadow he can stay here since he’s alre-ady asleep while we go outside’…
‘Okay fine then let’s go’..I winced loudly and we both went outside…
No one ap@rt from Kyra knows what happened all those years,not even Dagger cause she was my sister’s personal maid…
‘Well we’re here aren’t we?? plea-se tell me what happened years ago Shadow’..Leana muttered pouting herl-ips and I sighed again—More de-eply this time…
‘Well it was twenty years ago…..
Flashback💨💨💨
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I was eight years old..
Cunning,smart,loved books and bugs and also loved my parents more than anything in the world…
‘Mother!! Father!!’..I screamed as both of them walked into my room with a small box in father’s hand…
‘Hello there my mighty warrior,guess what mother and I got for you on our trip to Istanbul??’..He said and in acute excitement I rushed at the box and opened it to a beautiful wooden locket..
‘Thanks father i love it!!!’..I screamed in gratitude and he smiled…
‘Never take it off Jamal’..
‘I won’t,I would never take it —’..my voice trailed off as soon as I heard commotion…
‘Here hide here Jamal!!’..Mom begged as she pushed me inside a secret comp@rtment which was un-der my be-d…
‘Wh..what’s happening??’..I asked in fright…
‘Just hide and whatever happens just know that we love you’…Father replied and they shut the door…
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End of Flashback💨💨💨
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‘So the locket was their last gift to you?? That’s why you always t©uçh it??’..Leana asked and I sighed again…
‘Well that was only a reminisce let me tell you how your father fits into the picture’..
‘Hmmm okay’…
‘Well your father was my father’s second in command and just so you know I was a prince or should I say I am a prince.Lehan as I call him was my father’s best friend,they did everything together and my father told him everything’..I said and paused for a while…
‘I never liked Lehan cause he was rude to the servants and he wasn’t nice to me either but he was my father’s best friend and i was still a child so what do I know?? Well on that fateful day when I was hiding I heard screams,terrifying screams to the extent that i was almost prompted to leave my hiding sp©t….And then I heard his voice clearly yelling KILL THEM ALL!!! I raised the latch up a bit and then peered out a bit only to see my father begging his best friend not to kill him but….
‘My father killed him in front of you’..Leana completed the statement and when I nodded she g@sped loudly..
‘Oh Perdi!! I..I…I can’t believe my own father would do that to you!!’..She cried out and I pursed myl-ips….
‘It’s the truth Leana,I would never lie to you about what happened all those years.After he was gone I escaped with my sister and Kyra who was a servant to her,I was eight years old they were both four and young too…Your father thought he killed us but for weeks we both hid in a cave for months like savages,no food to eat,no one to heal our wounds,no one to call family anymore’…I said with tears almost brimming and Leana placed her hands on my che-st…
‘I’m really sorry for what happened Shadow,I’m ashamed of the man I call my father’..She said and I k!$$£d her knuckles..
‘It’s okay let me finish’..I whispered and she rested her head on my shoulder…
‘Go on then’..
‘Thank you.We had absolutely nothing and I just had a hvge responsibility on my shoulders to take care of my sister and Kyra,I couldn’t go back to the palace cause of the fear that i might get killed like my parents so Kyra,my sister Mila and I did a small service with rocks as my parents grave.I wanted to bury the locket given to me real bad but I couldn’t,i couldn’t let go of their last gift to me cause it was just to painful so I kept it instead…On a fateful day I decided to go to the village for food but to my own dismay every youngster from 12 to 60 had been killed,the rest fled with their families so we were all alone.I summoned courage and carried both girls on my back and we walked for days until we got to the red river….I stole,got beaten,got painful scars,worked from sunrise to set just to feed the both of them and it was one of the most terrible things i had to go throu-gh,no one believed I was the prince?? No one believed and even if they did your father had alre-ady ascended the throne so they dare not even try anything stupid…Unable to bear the suffering any longer I had to take the most difficult decision of my life—I had to…I had to sell my sister and Kyra to a slave trader with the promise that I would come back for her when I’m capable to pay off the loan I took.Call me selfish but she could take care of the both of them more than I could’..I muttered and the tears couldn’t bear it anymore and just dropped…
‘You did your best Shadow’..Leana said also crying..
‘You think?? I toiled the streets,the money which I wanted to use to start a business even at that young age was stolen from me,I bec@m£ a pick pocketer and stole from people just to eat and then from pick pocketing I began fighting at the age of thirteen,bloody fights which rich people pay to watch.I hated it no doubt but I fought for survival and then on a p@rticular day a man took special interest in me,he said he knew my father and that he wanted to help me but what I didn’t know was that he was an as-sas-sin —He trained me and taught me how to be heartless,all I wanted was revenge but he said I wasn’t re-ady i had food to eat and a roof over my head and that was enough for but it was short lived.Your father s£nt guards to kill him and cause he was very old he couldn’t fight back a hundred men?? It was a miracle I escaped that night’..
‘I’m ashamed of myself Shadow,I’m really—
‘Shhh don’t say that my love,it’s not your fault anyways back to my story…I was back to the streets and instead of pick pocketing I bec@m£ a robber for years and even at seventeen people dre-aded the name shadow.I hated your family,hated you in fact even though i had never met you,I hated the fact that you were enjoying and living in my own luxury but revenge aside I bec@m£ a killer,I started killing people for little pounds and then at the age of twenty I started as-sas-sinating big targets and never got caught —Well only once though and was thrown in prison re-ady to be killed but I escaped along with two other prisoners one of which happens to be Dagger’..I replied…
‘So Shadow from an exiled prince bec@m£ the most fearsome as-sas-sin in the whole of Egypt?? What of Mila??’..She asked..
‘Well that was another nightmare for me entirely—Three years ago,alre-ady established and rich enough to buy my sister back but was too late’..My eyes went downcast in tears…
‘Too late how??’..Leana asked…
‘She was all grown up and then I found out that the woman I sold her to was using her as a se-x slave,my sister was slee-ping with men right from the age of thirteen according to Kyra who was the woman’s son personal slut.I killed everyone there,killed every single man in that brothel and then when I finally saw my sister she was alre-ady pregnant,was in labor and gave birth to Terin right in front of me and then died.My thirst for revenge increa-sed the moment her eyes closed I mean what kind of a brother am I?? I sold my own sister cause i had no other choice and she died because of me!!’..
‘It wasn’t your fault Shadow,you did it to protect her!!’..Leana said as a form of consolation…
‘It wasn’t enough Leana,it wasn’t enough if I had kept her and Kyra with me they wouldn’t have been se-x slaves?? This is why TJ is like a son..is my son cause she told me ‘His name is Terin Jamal,it wasn’t your fault brother,take him as your son and teach him to be a good man like you’.Those were her last words and do you know how hurt I felt the night she left me?? So yes this is my story and this is why i am this heartless and cold man but everything happens for a reason doesn’t it??’..I muttered and she wiped away the tear drop sli-pping down from my eyes…
••Leana’s POV••
All my life i thought my father was a demi god,strong,kind and willful but hearing Shadow’s story just turns everything upside down…
I couldn’t have survived if I were in his shoes???..
What my father did to the Gal’s is unimaginably callous and heart wrenching..
‘You know I didn’t want to capture you,I wanted to kill both your parents so you’d go throu-gh what I went throu-gh that day but when I saw you in the market and your beautiful golden brown eyes I didn’t know what propelled me to do the otherwise,I guess things happen for a reason don’t they??’…He said pressing hisl-ips to my forehead…
‘Things happen for a reason but there’s no defending what my father did to you Shadow I…I..I can’t even look at you in the eye and tell you how my whole life has been a lie,my whole existence is a lie’..I replied in tears and got up…
‘Lea..Leana what’s the problem??’..He asked getting up with me..
‘I’m sorry Shadow I..I don’t deserve you’..I said and ran away in tears…
I love him more than anything but i just can’t face him tonight not after what happened…
Maybe tomorrow but just not tonight cause I nee-d to cry my heart out..
TBC🥺..