Chapter 201: The Actual Fear
"My Lord, what are you doing?" Annalise asked for the nth time as she stared at Damien with a very unimpressed look on her face. Her current situation was not included in her list of activities of the day when she woke up in the morning and got ready to start another new day.
"The more you will stall, the longer you will need to spend here because I have no plans of letting you go so easily without doing exactly what I have asked you to do," Damien responded just as strictly but still warmly as he could manage in that situation.
Annalise quickly spared glances in the direction of people who had appeared there to watch her suffer in hands of the second Dark Lord. Leela seemed excited about the entire thing and while Ezra and Marley appeared a little bit sympathetic toward her, even they seemed to be looking forward to the show that she was supposed to put on for their entertainment.
Then there was Elijah who seemed to be lost in the chess board ever since he lost against Leela just a few moments ago when everyone’s attention was actually on their game and not on her and the new assignment she just received. The Crown Prince believed firmly that Leela cheated to win but he hadn’t been able to prove his words so far, so he seemed to be searching for a way to prove his claim.
Freya and Sera were also present there as the two had been serving them refreshments and while the former mostly carried an unreadable look on her face, Sera seemed to be the only person present there who was actually feeling sorry and a little bit anxious for her lady.
Finally, Annalise’s gaze found Kenric who just winked at her in response to her silent request. He was undoubtedly looking forward to her carrying out the assignment.
Then, with almost next to no hope, she turned to look at tge last person who was present there, and much to her dismay, he wasn’t even looking at her and was busy with some book that he had been reading for hours.
She couldn’t hold back the deep sigh of frustration that escaped her lips as she returned her attention to Damien who seemed to be enjoying her poor situation, after all, he was the one who started it all to begin with.
"Can’t we do this some other time? Our guests are here and we should be attending to them instead of..." Annalise was on her way to give another weak try to get herself out of the unwanted and unannounced situation that she was suddenly trapped into but someone interfered soon enough to make sure that she won’t get any way out.