The Curse of a Silly Deal

EMILY KING POV

“What about you?”

“What about me?” He asked, confused.

“Did Blake knows about you? Trying to kill me?”

He hissed.

“I plan to tell him once you wake up,”

“And I didn’t try to kill you,”

I scoffed.

“Do you really have to do that? You know, stabbing me? Are you trying to make a point or something?”

I still can’t get over the fact that I was beaten.

“Yes,” He nodded.

“Forget about telling my brother about it. How about keeping it as a secret between us?”

I suggest. But, Trent shakes his head. I grow aggravated. No one can know that I’ve been stabbed.

“If you’re gonna do that I’m gonna follow Joel to his kingdom,” I threatened.

“Huh?” He looks at me with amusement dancing in his eyes.

“He lied to you. Yet, you still want to go with him?” He scoffed.

I sighed.

It’s true. I can’t forgive someone who lies to me.

But, can I ever forgive a stranger who stabbed me?

Planting one ugly scar on me?

Urgh! It’s Blake’s fault!

What is he thinking making that announcement?

A deal?

It sure sounds like a death sentence.

“Who else knows about my scar?”

“Joel, Maddie, Jeff, Aunt Melissa, Belinda, Me?” His answer caught me off guard.

No. Too many people.

“Hey, Trent,”

“Mmhm?”

“What about my parents?” I asked him in a low voice.

He goes silent before he gets up from the chair. I grabbed his wrist, stopping him from trying to walk away from me.

“Please, tell me about it. Tell me you’re not the one who did it,”

“Did what?” A sudden voice came from the door.

We turn our head to see Blake and Maddie walking into the room.

“Nothing,”

They looked at us with calculating eyes.

“How are you feeling?” Maddie asked as I lower my gaze.

Not wanting her to know what’s going on my mind.

“Ahem...Hey, Trent. Thanks for saving Emily...and us,” Blake pat his best friend’s shoulder.

“It’s nothing I can’t handle. Hey, uh- can I talk to you for a second?” Trent sent me a look.

“No, you can’t!” I march from the bed and stand between them.

I shake my head towards Trent with pleading eyes, but he only smirks at me.

“Blake, do you remember what you said two years ago?” He turns his attention to Blake.

“Hmm..which one?”

God, please let him be forgetful for once.

“The one that includes Emily on it?”

“Oh, about that. What’s the matter?”

I wanted to bang my head against the wall.

“Well, I-uh-want to apologize, “He said as he scratched the back of his head, lowering his voice.

“What do you mean?” Maddie asked all of a sudden.

“I-I stabbed..” He stutters.

“Who did you stab?”

“Trent, don’t,” I gave Trent a warning glare.

The room fell into silence.

“Emily..” My name trailed off his lips.

“But, Emily beat you down. Didn’t she?” Blake asked, looking at me, confused.

I lower my head in shame. My cheeks burn at the thought of getting beaten.

“I’m s-sorry, Blake. I-I drained my power that day,”

“What?!” Blake frowned.

“I just want to make her surrender. But she doesn’t want to. So, anger takes over me,” Trent confessed.

“I’m sorry-”

Blake pushes me aside roughly before launching towards Trent. Punching Trent. While Trent stays unmoving as if accepting his punishment. Trent is laying on his back with blood all over the floor and onto Blake’s clothes. Blake raises his fist, ready to punch him again when I snapped out from my trance.

“Stop it!”

His fist stopped in mid-air as I stepped forward and pushed him away from Trent.

He angrily sneers at me.

“What do you think you’re doing?!”

I helped Trent sat up.

“I’m helping him!” I spat at him with anger.

He looks at me as if I’ve grown two heads.

“He stabbed you, and yet you still wanted to help him?” He laughs mockingly.

“Is it his faults that I got stabbed? He’s not the one who put me in danger every day,” I spat bitterly.

He got silent studying me with curious eyes.

“Did you fall in love with this man who stabbed you?”

His question sicken me to the bones. I gritted my teeth.

“This has nothing to do about love!! If you didn’t put up that silly deal of yours, this wouldn’t have happened!!” I shouted at him, outrage.

In a split second, my cheeks go numb. Blake slapped me.

“Wasn’t this what you want to do every time I sneak out, brother? You must’ve been holding it in-”

“Emily!” Maddie warns me.

My eyes went blurry as I hide my face in the crook of Trent’s neck. Hiding my tears from their view. My heart swells. Blake never raises his hand at me, ever. I wonder if his hand had been itching to do so from the very beginning.

“The deal. Grant me a wish,”

Blake goes silent as his stare burns at the back of my head.

“Tomorrow,” He answers coldly.

They leave the room, leaving me alone with Trent. I wiped my tears before I helped him sat up and sat on my bed leaning onto the headboard of my bed before I went inside the bathroom to find kits to clean Trent’s wounds. I went back inside the room and sat beside him and started cleaning his wounds. The sight of his blood didn’t stop my heart from beating fast, just being close to him.

He chuckled all of a sudden, breaking the silence.

“Your heartbeat is so noisy,”

My face goes red at his statement.

“You-”

My voice was cut short when he grabbed my waist swiftly. Pulling me into his lap.

“Wha-” I was cut off once more. But, this time with his mouth covering my own.

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My sleep was cut off by the sound of someone knocking on the door.

“Come in,”

The door creaked, I lifted my head and saw Blake and Maddie stopped by the door. Their eyes went wide in horror. I frowned. I sat up only to realize that a heavy arm is draped on my body.

I gasped in horror seeing a shirtless Trent beside me. I sigh in relief, realizing that I was still in my nightdress. He stirs up on my movement and opens his eyes before his signature smirk appear. I look between my brother and Trent, not knowing what to say.

“It’s not what you think it was!” I try to explain as my face goes red.

The couples sent a look towards each other before rolling their eyes at me.

Trent sensing other people in the room sat up on the headboard of my bed. He went stiff at the sight of my brother.

Blake cough awkwardly.

“So, What do you want?”

“How about giving your kingdom to me?”

Trent’s blunt answer earned a gasp from both Maddie and me. Blake looks at Trent angrily and about to argue about it when Trent chuckle.

“Kidding,”

I sighed in relief.

“I want Emily to be my queen,”

I gaped at him in horror as my heart runs a marathon inside my chest.

“Are you insane?” I asked him only to earn a wink from him.

“You stabbed her once!! I-” Blake open his mouth to argue, but he was cut off by Maddie covering his mouth as she dragged him out of the room.

“I grant you your wish,” The Queen said with a mischievous smile before she pulls the King out of the room.

We burst out laughing once the bedroom door is closed.

“Tell me you’re kidding,” I look at him.

“I’m not,” He said in a serious tone.

“I’m not ready to marry yet,” I whined.

“Oh, really? My wish is granted, though,” He pouted back at me.

I am shocked, to be honest.

Trent? Pouting? It was an adorable sight.

“From the Queen,” I raise one of my eyebrows.

“Oh, come on! We both know Blake can’t resist Maddie! She’s the best woman I ever met!”

Jealousy spread into my heart within second as I frown at him. I stand up abruptly and try to move away from him. I haven’t even take a step forward when his hands grabbed my wrist, pulling me back into the bed. I squeal as I landed on my back as he hovers over me.

“You-” my voice was cut off as he leans in and captures my lips between his own.

I try to push him away, but it was as if I was trying to lift a heavy stone. A low moan escaped my lips as his mouth travel downwards. His mouth didn’t stop travelling as he pulls my dress strap down, making the scar on my chest appear on his view. He kisses the scar a few times before his mouth moves back towards my lips.

“I’m sorry,” He said as he stares into my eyes.

I only nodded, and my cheeks flushed red when his smirk came back.

We pulled apart from each other when we heard footsteps heading to our room. Fixing my dress and hair, We waited as the door is pulled open by none other than my brother and the Maddie.

“When do you plan on marrying her?” Blake blurts out, making me choke on air.

“Are you kidding me? I’m not going to marry him!” I narrowed my eyes at him.

“Why not?” Blake raised an eyebrow at me.

“Because..I-I don’t want to,” I stutter.

“Then, I’ll marry him to someone else,”

The King walks to the door as I began to panic. If he marries someone else, the scar will be revealed to the world and who will marry a scarred women?

“No, You can’t do that!” I shouted as I block his way.

“Try me!” He walks past me, but I block him again.

“Okay! I’ll marry him, okay, please?”

I can’t bear the thought of my scar getting exposed. I’ll protect my secret no matter what.

“Are you sure? You have no regret, right?”

“Yes,”

“Okay, everyone! Get ready for the wedding of my sister and my best friend in two days!!”

“What?” My eyes almost popped out, hearing this.

“Don’t be shocked,”

A pair of arms hug me from behind, making me squeal. Everyone leaves the hallway at once.

“Let me go!” I patted his hand and tried to pry his arm away from me but ended up failing.

“I love you,” I froze at his words.

He turns me around so we could see each other face.

“I wanted to marry you so that I can protect you from your brother’s silly deals. That’s not the only reason, though. I’ve been wanting you ever since words about you reach my ears. Two more days and you’ll be fully mine. So, don’t look at any other man. Just look at me and only me, okay?”

My heart nearly jumps out from my chest, hearing his confession as I nodded at him like a doll.

“And forgive me?”

I narrowed my eyes at him.

“Only if you’ll be mine forever,”

He blinked before a husky laugh came out from his mouth.

“I don’t know you have this kind of side within you,” He said.

As for the first time ever, I saw him genuinely smile at me with happiness etched into his face.

-The end-

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