A Night With The King

Sophie woke up in fear, she opened her eyes and was ready to jump out of the bed, felt a hand around her and wiped her eyes to the right, she let out a sigh of relief when she saw who it was. Lancelot, he found her, she had not been dreaming.

“Lance,”

She whispered. Looking at the man she didn’t know if she deserved, he came to her when she needed him the most, he didn’t make her wait for long and showed up. she thought she had dreamt about him but he was in bed with her right now with his arm protectively wrapped around her, she fell asleep in the car, all the days she spent with Damon, she couldn’t sleep properly because she had been in constant fear that he might come around and do something to her.

“You are awake,”

Lance voiced as his eyes fluttered open. Sophie nodded wordlessly, she still found it hard to believe that she was with him now, safe, and that Damon would never be able to hurt her again, she had Gavin and the good old woman who let her use her phone and also gave her jacket so that she won’t be cold, she tried to return the jacket after Lance arrived but she had insisted.

“Do you need anything? Are you okay?”

Lance asked; she nodded.

“I am fine, just tired,”

She answered looking around.

“We are still on the plane, we will arrive in about three hours, once we do, we will go to the hospital, okay?”

He asked, caressing her face. She still felt like she was having a long dream and that she would hate it when she woke up to no Lancelot, it would hurt so much, she preferred to stay in the dream than to ever wake up to a world where Lance wasn’t in.

“Why do you look so worried, my love, don’t look so worried, there is nothing to worry about anymore, I got you, you are with me now so no one can ever hurt you,”

he continued, she dared to believe that it was real, she reached out to touch him, and he held his breath, his fingers still caressing her face; he was real, he felt so real, there was no way it would be so real if she was dreaming.

“You really found me, you saved me,”

She whispered. Her voice broke because of how emotional she felt.

“Of course, I found you, I got you now,”

He told her. She removed her hand from him, covered her face with both hands, and sobbed into them, it wasn’t a pain-filled sob, far from it, she felt grateful; she got a second chance even after messing everything up.

“No, please, no more tears, I don’t like it when you cry, Soph, it breaks my heart when I see you crying,”

He said; pulling her into his arms, he gently patted her back, telling her it was okay and everything was fine now. His words made her sob even more, she couldn’t stop crying thinking of everything that happened to her, what would have happened if she had not had the courage to knock Damon out and run, what would have happened if that woman had not let her use her phone, what would have happened if Damon and his men had found her instead of Lance; it would have been a disaster for her.

“You are safe now, my love, get it all out,”

He switched up when she didn’t stop crying, encouraging her to cry it out. She continued sobbing into his arms and he held her close, patting her back and telling her it was fine now; they stayed like that for a while until her emotions let her stop crying, she lifted her head to meet his eyes, and he looked worried for her.

“Are you okay now?”

He asked with so much kindness and care in his voice; so different from the way Damon had spoken to her. She almost started crying again.

“Yes, I am sorry,”

She whispered. She knew she had so much to apologize to him for. He let go of her and sat up on the bed. She did too.

“What exactly are you apologizing for, Soph? That you left the kingdom without my notice or that you didn’t trust me enough to believe my words? Or that you didn’t trust me with your past? Which one is it?”

He questioned. he sounded hurt; she hated herself for putting both of them through pain just because she couldn’t trust in their love enough.

“I am sorry for everything, my king, I am sorry that I left, I am sorry I didn’t trust and believe in you enough, I am sorry I didn’t get the courage to tell you about my past and why I had to leave my country,”

She said in a remorseful voice, he slowly turned to her, he genuinely looked so hurt by her actions.

“You should have trusted me, Sophie, do you know what it felt like walking into our room, ready to see you, and finding out you were gone? It was hard, I fought with Patrick, and almost ended our friendship if the princess had not intervened, I couldn’t eat, I had a kingdom to run but I couldn’t do anything because you were not there, I lost all purpose, Soph, it was painful waking up every day still not hearing from you,”

He told her, the hurt in his eyes increased with every word. She saw Patrick when he came to get her so she was sure they made up. she wasn’t resentful towards Patrick, he was only looking out for Lance, she felt it was all her fault for not standing her ground like she had wanted. She should have insisted on waiting for Lance. She hurt the person who loved her the most in the whole world.

“I am sorry, my king, I am truly sorry that I didn’t trust your words, I am sorry that my actions hurt you,”

She apologized.

“How did you even end up with that man? What happened?”

He asked. She knew it was time to tell him the whole details about her past and how she knew Damon.

“My dad wasn’t the best, I left home when I became legal because of him, anyway, he got even worse after I went no contact with my family. When I got back in contact with them around three years ago, I found out he got worse than ever, he gambled away everything he had and even borrowed from the devil, I mean Damon; dad couldn’t pay back and the interest rate increased by the day, it got to the point that they started harassing my whole family, I tried to pull my mom and younger brother away from the mess but I was late, I came back from work one weekend and found the three of them dead, he killed them all,”

Sophie paused as the scene of her finding her whole family dead flashed through her mind like a fresh memory, it still hurt so much and she still felt guilt for not being able to save her mom and younger brother from both her dad and the devil Damon; Lance’s soft hand over hers reminded her that she wasn’t alone.

“I am so sorry for your loss, Soph,”

He consoled.

“After what happened to my family, I thought it was all over but that wasn’t the case, Damon kept sending people to me and making my life hell, even threatening to kill me too, I had to run away and I found out about Otano from a newspaper that was brought to the hospital that I used to work in,”

Sophie revealed.

“You worked in a hospital?”

He asked in surprise.

“Yes, I am a nurse and before Damon stole my family and life, I used to work as a nurse at the general hospital,”

She revealed. She paused and took a deep breath before continuing her story.

“When I found the papers, I read all about the kingdom and decided it would be the best place to go, I didn’t really have anything planned out that’s why I got scammed when I arrived,”

Sophie further revealed.

“You got scammed? How?”

“Yes, got scammed out of all the money I brought with me that’s why I ended up looking for a job and that’s when I found out I could only work in the palace as a foreigner, I applied and got in, oh, I forgot to tell you that before I left Briscout, I adopted my aunt’s name, we both bear the name Sophie but our surnames were different, I took her identity just so Damon would not be able to find me,”

Sophie revealed the details she had been keeping from him.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“And because of those little details, you decided to leave me? How is that fair?”

He asked, she couldn’t say a word because she was guilty.

“I didn’t want you to have to choose between me and the kingdom, I didn’t want you to lose something you worked hard for because of me,”

“You were worried for nothing, both you and Patrick were worried for absolutely no reason, I had everything under control and all both of you had to do was trust me a little,”

She didn’t have that much faith before but not anymore