#11 Traumatic memory

The merchant replied “your majesty I don’t think am comfortable selling my land”, You don’t need to be difficult said the king, You can come back anytime to my castle when you have thought about my request.
The merchant replied saying, "your majesty, at the moment my land is not for sale, for it is a family heritage, it was bought by my forefathers by their sweat and hard work."
Out of anger, the king shouted; "who do you think you are to decline my offer? If you don’t comply, I will acquire your land by force, I will make life hell for you." The king ordered the guards to toss the merchant out of his castle.
He had to stroll back to his home since no carriage was provided to head back home. The king decided to place heavy taxes on the merchant, he could not make a profit because of the heavy taxes placed on him.

Sales were bumming, as usual, and the king decided to send guards to the fruit stand to destroy some of the merchant’s properties. During the commotion, the land caught fire, and the means of survival of the nation of humans got burnt in the fire.
The merchant and his wife died in the fire but his son “Jack” managed to survive the fire, leaving a burnt scar on his face. Jack got rescued in the fire by a beggar that sleeps opposite the house of the merchant, the beggar decided to raise Jack as his son.
The beggar ventured into carpentry to enable Jack to eat at least two square meals and have a roof over his head. Jack grew up hating royals because of the incident that happened in his childhood, he sought to take revenge by killing the king and his only daughter for making him lose his parents at a young age.

Present day...
“Your father, the so-called King Brock, was the cause of the death of my parents. I watched them as they burnt in the fire. From that moment I just hated royals, I swore to them as they burnt that I would kill the king and his loved ones.
Didn’t you think of how your father died? I was the cause of your father’s death, I slaughtered him sitting in his carriage with his head in his hand, with all his guards.
To clear all evidence of his death, the king’s body and his guards were burnt in a fire.” Sara, your stepmother, also played a part in all of this.

Flashback...
The war between humans and werewolves was a violent battle that took place on the outskirt of Giovanni, it was a low-intensity conflict with a few pitched engagements,
culminating in both humans and werewolves taking a drastic blow, with both sides suffering from the war, both sides refused to give in. Since there was war between the two regions Queen Sara saw this as an opportunity to take over the throne by killing king Brock.
The queen requested mercenaries to kill king Brock, She told them his movements and the best time to attack him, the queen said vividly to the mercenaries “I would try and convince the king to move to his safe house since that is his most secured and safe location.
Only me and the king are aware of this safe house, so if anything goes wrong, he would suspect me, so make sure you get the job done. The King will probably leave the castle in the afternoon, so be at the location that leads to a safe house”.
The next morning the queen went to the chamber of king Brock to seek his undivided attention since he barely gave her any of his attention and has been off his toe for several months because of the famine and war.

The queen said to the king that since there is war and anything can happen, why don’t you move to your safe house temporarily till the war ends. Just to enable prevent anything from going wrong,
I and your daughter will go to the safe house on separate days, as to not attract attention, “I never knew you to be this wise” King Brock said to Sara.
Sara said to king Brock “I don’t think I am that wise, it just comes naturally”. “ Well actually I thought about going to the safe house since you reminded me, you are welcome to tag along”, “you should head there today since this is the best time and just have two-guard.
So you won’t attract attention to yourself,” “Yes, great idea'' the king replied, “I would head there in the afternoon.” King Brock seated nervously in his carriage,
the carriage rocked back and forth as it went down the cobbled roads and the hooves of the horses galloping down the road. He had his eyes closed in a carriage, on his way to a safe house,
he got attacked by mercenaries who were organized by Queen Sara, the leader of the mercenaries, ‘’Jack” saw this as a great opportunity to exert his revenge on the man that killed his father.

The windows in his carriage got shattered with arrows, the glass fell like raindrops on the floor and they appeared like little crystals. Jack said to king Brock “Do you remember my face, your highness,
I know you can’t remember my face, since you never even knew but before you die, just remember you caused the death of my father and mother.” King Brock said “Wait please don’t kill me, is it money you want just tell me, am willing to offer anything you want.
Jack said “since you are willing to offer anything then I want your life”, before hearing what the king has to say, he got slaughtered sitting in his carriage with his head in his hand, with all his guards.
To clear all evidence of his death, the king’s body and the two guards were burnt in a fire, “our next target is Lilly”, Jack said to his subordinates.

Present day...
“You shall share your father's fate, but you don’t worry I won't kill you right away; I still want to have some fun with you, and killing you won't be fun.
Remember you asked me what I want from you, he brought her to a sitting position and leaned to her head, and whispered. I want your body."