I stare at the man leaning against my cage, his amused smile never reaching his cold eyes. "Whats the matter song bird? Did the tiger catch your tongue? " the man said after a moment of silence. Everything in the room stilled as people turned to stare at the man.
There was nothing special about his clothes. He was tall and devilishly handsome. He wore black jeans with a black belt, combat boots, a navy blue dress shirt that stretched accrose his chest, poorly concealing the mass of muscles that would make any female swoon, and a worn out leather jacket. His hair was styled to look messy and a pair of sunglasses sat ontop of his head. His whole attire screamed designer, as casual as it was, and his posture possesed a rich kid look.
"Your highness!" The shop keeper exclaimed, walking over to greet the man infront of my cage. The two began a conversation, leaving me to examine the man more carefully, realising that he was Alekai, the prince of Symphrain. "-and I would like to hear her sing. If I like her voice, I will pay three trillion dollars for her." I clued in to the last part Alekai was saying, my eyes widening at the fact that he would pay three times the ammount specified by the shop keeper. "Of course she will sing for you, if not she will be punished severely. " came the reply of the shop keeper.
I swallowed hard, memories of beatings I recieved from my father if I had misbehaved or didn't follow instructions rushing through my mind. "-the anthem." I had missed most of what they had said, comming to a conclusion that I was to sing the country's anthem. I sighed. The anthem was drilled into us since kindergarten and even with out the music, I knew the song by heart.
Everyone seemed to hold their breath as they stared between me and the prince, waiting to see what I would do. Even if I hadn't been taken here, I would have had to sing anyways since he was the prince.
Taking a deep breath, I calmed the nerves that had crept over me - the reaction surprising me with the situation I had awoken too - and began to sing, my voice the only sound in the room as slaves and shoppers alike stared on in silence. I felt like a bird, as the prince implied, sitting prettily in this cage and singing at the whim of man.
Soon I came to the end of the anthem and I held tye last note for a few secconds before ending the song, the room silent for a few moments before a roar of applause spreads around the room. Non of that mattered as I turned to stare at the prince, his smile that of triumph as he hands a suitcase to the shop keeper, his eyes never leaving me. My face became clear of any emotions as realization sets in. I had been sold to the prince as his slave.
The rest of the time past in a blure as the prince signed papers saying I belonged to him, an envelope was placed in his hand and a man roughly grabed my arm and dragged me from where I sat "Handle her with care or I will have you arrested for damaging royal property." The prince yelled out, taking me from the man and pulling me behind him. "If I have to drag you to the limousine you will regret it." His words send a kind of fear through me as I snap out of my self pitty. To weak to fight back, I had no choice but to try and keep up with him.
We reach the main door in no time, exiting the building to find that I was in the trendy area of Lotross, the capital city of Symphrain. A gleaming silver limousine with the royal crest waited for us outside, the driver opening the door and bowing. I was roughly shuved into the interior, landing in a heap on the seat as the prince gracefully slides in. Before I could straighten out and try to run, the prince grabs my waist and places me on his lap, his hands roaming my body and groping wherever he liked, traitorous moans escaping my lips as the drugs injected in me earlier kick into motion. "You are mine" he growles out, his breath husky as he grabs between my legs roughly.
He never did anything other then explore my body with his hands as the limousine pulled out of the drive way and towards the palace, but I knew it was only a matter of time before I was pinned under him. I just had to find a way to escape.