CHASED BY THE FIRE OF LOVE. EPISODE 3

News of the raid gone south had been the talk of the province for the past week, but the most interesting news was the fact that one of the princesses had gone missing and that there was a high reward for whoever found her. Many people have made it their lives work to find the missing princess and collect the reward for them.

But here I am, devising ways to capture the heart of my dark haired beauty which is proving to be on a whole new level of difficult. She knows most of the gang members wants her and uses this fact to her advantage; in fact she literally controls the camp now leaving me with little authority and a crazy desire to have her.
Though she’s a little bit weird like the fact that she speaks fluent English, most of the girls in the province are more comfortable with the native language and speak the English language only when needed. She walks with her head held high like royalty and the fact the she blanked out first then laughed when she heard the king was looking for her and the sum of the reward for the person that found her.

In all, life was going on fine and full of good surprises because just yesterday we passed side by and our bodies brushed against each other in regions that…… and she smiled at me in a knowing manner. What else could you want when you have food, money and a beautiful independent girl in your grasp.
The promise of nights with the dark haired beauty haunts me day and night depriving me sleep for nights and an ache that never goes. She makes matters worse by smiling in a devilish manner that insinuates a very erotic picture.
She prances around the camp with her sexy derie twisting it to a rhythm that would make a saint think twice about his decision. A smile always plastered on her face, a fact that she was enjoying her stay in the camp.
But the pressing question of when she would leave still hangs in the air taunting everyone to take drastic steps in getting under the skirt of the dark haired beauty. But what we didn’t expect was the fact she was a master player when it came to men, she understood the game and played it well.

Today was another day to rob a train but the heat of the failed train robbery still scorched us and everyone was still wary of another mission. Asides the fact that they loosed their friends to the province patrols, none of them wanted to lose their life also, not that I blame them.
So now we just want to lay low for our lives literally. Collect dues from people, interest from lent money, small pieces from bullied farmers that would last us for two weeks at least. Though rations are diving low, there is still enough to last for weeks conveniently. The camp seemed peaceful at the moment except for the presence of the dark haired beauty.

So here I was taking a stroll through the forest, at first I thought it was a deer or a squirrel but later on I found that she was the one tailing me. But I just continued on waiting for her to reveal herself. I came across a river and stopped, removed my shirt, I was about to remove my trouser when she screamed for me to stop. I pretended to just notice her and drew my trouser up, but the smile on my face was still wicked and she saw it, recognition dawning on her face.
Then she laughed in her melodious tone and sat down on a nearby rock looking at me unabashedly making me look like an idiot. She licked her lips and bit her tongue all the time smiling.
“Are you seducing me” I said. Then she stood up and came to my front and said “Yes”. Then I wore my clothes and went to sit on the rock where she just stood up and she followed suit. There was silence until she broke it with a question.

What was your childhood like?. She said. I didn’t know what to say at first and I didn’t want to say it but something about the tilt of her lips made me want to tell her everything, and this made me scared. She was like a time bomb waiting to explode on my face because it was like she could read into my battered soul.
Instead I stood up, backed her and took a few steps forward. She noticed the change In me and she came to hug me from the back and said “It doesn’t matter”. I turned around and my lips brushed against hers, the chill that went down my spine was a welcomed one and I think she felt it too for she shivered. We were like this for about two minutes before she raised her head and looked into my eyes and right there I knew I would never allow anyone take her away from me. I had no experience In fighting nor skilled in any art of it but I would fight for her till my heart stopped beating.

And that was when she kissed me. It was an innocent kiss with just the mating of lips, but I felt it went deeper than that. There was no ringing of bells or the display of fireworks, but the shocked expression on our faces said it all. We disentangled ourselves in an awkward movement of limbs and I could swear she was blushing. “What’s next”. She said.
“Well, we could spend the rest of the day here or go back to camp, but it would be best if we went back to camp and meet the rest”
“Oaky, race you back” She said. And off she went, her derie bouncing with every step she took. Oh! How much can a man take?
I followed her, or I tried to for she was too fast and by the time we got to the camp we were breathless, not only because of the chase but the sight that was before us. Province patrols carrying the royal banner, killing some of my friends and taking some. I was dumbstruck for a few seconds “How did they find us” was all that was echoing in my mind. Then I saw her talking to the leader of the garrison and she was pulled onto one the horses and with the same speed they used in coming they left but not before she mouthed the words “I’m sorry”. And just like that they left.

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“ I want my sister right now, there won’t be any wedding until I see Katy, mom wouldn’t have just stayed in this bloody castle if one of her daughters were missing and she definitely wouldn’t have sent her on a stupid mission in the first place”
“Calm down my love, we will find your little sister, nothing to worry about. There are many things your mom wouldn’t have done, but she isn’t here and we have to live on without her. This is what she would have done if she were here.”
“Your highness, word from the royal patrols, the princess has been found.”

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