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LOUIS TOMLINSON

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I managed to sneak out of the chambers Matthew had me in. It was actually a guest room but he decided to make it his room. It was nighttime, Matthew was probably with my father talking about the wedding, plans to attack our 'enemies' etc.

My plan was to attempt to rescue Harry and Edward and then run away with them somewhere, far away from the castle, far away from my crazy father and far away from power-hungry Matthew.

I made my way to the dungeons, avoiding the positions I knew guards were. They were always at the same corners. At least, they had been until now.

>>Hey!<< one of the guards yelled at me. I did manage to avoid them all the way to the entrance of the dungeon but when I tried to sneak inside of them when they were on a break, I miscalculated the time and they saw me. I started running to the pirates' wing, they had to be there.

I ran and ran but no luck finding them. The positive side was that I lost the guard somewhere in the tunnels. I stopped when I did not hear anyone around me. My breathing and pumping of the heart was the only thing I could focus on and I knew if I did not calm down I would faint.

That was how I found myself sitting on the dirty floor, trying to calm down from all the running. The gods were on my side at that moment because I heard Edward's voice. My first thought was 'they got free'. The second thought was 'no, they did not, Matthew would already make a search for them," but the second thought did not register in my mind immediately and I was already walking towards his voice.

>>Edward —<< I began whispering but as I turned around the corner, I screamed instead.

In the room were Edward, who was tied to a chair, blood over him, and a few men who, I assumed, were torturing him. My hands flew over my mouth and I backed away a bit only to crash into something... Or someone.

Hands grabbed my shoulders and pulled me against the chest of the person who trapped me. Person's arms went around my waist. I was still looking at my Edward so I did not fight back.

>>Well, well, well. Who do we have here?<< you can speculate who that was. Matthew. He bought me closer to himself and I saw Edward imagined killing him. It was in his eyes, how they seemed to burn with rage and bloodthirsty.

>>Fuck off, you pathetic excuse for a man!<<

>>Now, now. Be good, Edward, or I'll do something to this beauty that you won't like,<< he threatened, leaning his head against mine to show off on who he meant.

>>Don't you dare touch him anymore!<<

>>What're you going to do? You're trapped down here!<< he and his men laughed. >>We're going, this one needs to learn a lesson. You find out everything you can from this filthy pirate.<<

Before I could have said something to Ed, I was dragged out. He was deadly silent and I was scared. He was either talkative or loud. No silent. He led me to the room and threw me inside, locking the door behind us.

•TW - abuse•

>>What were you thinking? Running away like that? Did you think I wouldn't notice or that that guard wouldn't come to tell me someone was in the dungeons? It was easy to conclude who was there when I saw you weren't in the chambers.<<

>>Matthew — << I did not even properly start when the sound of skin slapping skin was heard. My head turned to the right and I covered my cheek with my hand. The burn was not that strong as the pain that rippled through me.

>>King Matthew for you.<<

>>Troy might have given you the title of the king but until you are married to me, you will not be a king. Our bloodline is not dead, we are not all prisoners.<<

I barely remember what happened after. I remember the pain, it was agonizing. I remember Matthew slapping me again and again over the face, the punches in the stomach. I was on the floor with him over me as he delivered punches all over me. He broke my nose. I had many bruises. He even grabbed my head and hit it on the floor. I probably got a concussion. I was surprised he did not break anything but my nose and a few ribs.

He left me, bleeding on the floor, slowly losing my consciousness. The last thing I remember before I blacked out was the door slamming closed, the darkness filled the room and me.

22:27,
21 June 2021.