SOLD TO HIM

Chapter-26

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I jerk awake, my heart pounding and my body dripping sweat. I look over and see jimin nestled in his furs, his face relaxed.

Jungkook snores softly beside me, Jaehyun positioned between us. I silently slip out of the furs and make my way out of our tent. I tilt my face up to the sky and breathe deep of the cool night air. I notice a small ledge overlooking the camp and sit down. I clasp my hands together and say a silent prayer to the ancestors for jimin. He has suffered so much at the hands of a man who should have loved and nurtured him. A hand brushing my bare shoulder startles me and I shriek. Jungkook squats behind me, a small smile on his lips. He cradles jaehyun in one arm, our little babe snoring softly.

"You scared me my lord." Jungkook moves to sit beside me. He opens his arm wide for me and I settle back against him. He strokes my arm with his calloused palm and we watch the stars flit across the sky.

"Something weighs on your mind my moon. What is it?" Jungkook squints at me and I smile slightly. His hair is unbound and blows gently around us and I catch the scent of smoke and spices. My mind spins back to jimin and I consider my words.

"It's jimin my sun and stars. I wish to take him with us and have him as one of my handmaids." Jungkook nods his head, his fingers dancing over my skin. Jaehyun snorts and shifts in his arm. He smacks his lips together and lets out a tiny fart. I chuckle quietly and jungkook huffs in amusement.

"He is a widow of a lord. Tradition states that he be given to the Ancestral service." I know jungkook gives me many liberties but I have hope in my heart that he will give me one more and let me take jimin with us when we leave.

"I know but you are the great Lord who answers to no man. Can't you persuade the other lords to allow him to come with us?" I flutter my eyes at him and pout my lips. Jungkook watches me with dark eyes as he ponders my words.

"Why do you fight so hard for this man you just met?" There is no malice behind his words, only curiousity. I watch as jaehyun sleeps in jungkook's arms and I wish that jimin could be reunited with his own babe.

"I suppose I see what could have happened to me if I had not been married to you." If I close my eyes I can still imagine the horrors Bogum would have put me through just to achieve his goal. Jungkook pulls me close and kisses my hair.

"This man, he means this much to you?" I feel a sort of comradery with jimin and I know jin hyung does too. I nod my head and jungkook sighs. He pulls his hand through his hair and looks up to the ancestors.

"I will think on what you have asked of me my moon. The night is late, we should get back to bed." Jungkook helps me up and I snuggle into his side.

"That is all I ask. Thank you my lord." Jungkook caresses my check with infinite tenderness. My heart swells with love for my fierce husband and I lean up to kiss him deeply.

"I love you moon." Jungkook whispers against my lips and I smile.

Night has fallen and I lean down to kiss jaehyun goodnight. Jin hyung will watch him tonight while jungkook and I convene with the other lords about jimin. It is not unheard-of for a prince to be present but I must still be on my best behavior. Jungkook ruffles his hair and he giggles sweetly. I hand him to jin hyung, and he snuggles into his neck as he rubs his eyes.

"I love you my starlight. Be good for jin hyung ." Jaehyun reaches for me and my heart squeezes with love.

"Come my moon. The meeting can't start without us." I look at jaehyun and my stomach churns uneasily. I shake my head and blow him one last kiss.

"I find no reason why he shouldn't go with you." Lord emo rubs his bulging belly and licks his lips as food is brought in. I'm not sure how a Lord of his size has survived but from what I hear he is a demon on the battlefield. He is also very much on our side at the moment and for that I am grateful.  Lord shin sits back in his seat thoughtfully.

"What use would he be to you Lord Jungkook? Do you plan to take him on as another husband?" I narrow my eyes at him but before I can open my mouth jungkook sneers at him.

"Does it look like I need another husband ? He has given me a son. The babe who will mount the world. I need no other husband. He is my one and only beloved" Jungkook grips my waist and squeezes my hand. I pat his hand and inwardly smile. Leave it to jungkook to say exactly what I'm thinking.

"I meant no offense Lord jungkook just merely a question. Why do you want him then?" Lord shin swats a serving girl on the ass as she scurries past him. I clench my teeth to keep from hissing my anger at him and jungkook squeezes my hip in warning.

"I care not for him but my beloved wishes to have him as his handmaid." I understand that jungkook must play his part. I smile sweetly at shin and flutter my eyes at him. He grins at me and leers.

"Ohh your beloved has a taste for men then." It sickens me that he thinks I wish to have jimin as a bed slave, but he relaxes in his seat and pulls a serving girl down on his lap.

"I care not if he stays or goes. By all means take the young man and enjoy yourself great Queen." He burrows his face in the girls naked breasts and begins to ravish her. I turn away from the scene.

"Where is west Lord ? I wished to hear his words on this." The other lords merely shrug, indifferent to the absence of the odd lord. I can't help the worry nagging in the back of my mind and I look down at jungkook. He merely shrugs and turns his attention back to the other lords.

"I will be taking the widow with us when we leave in two days time. That is my decision." Jungkook spreads his hands, waiting for any disagreement and I hold my breath. The lords nod their heads in agreement and I sag against my Lord in relief. I smile briefly at him before schooling my expression.

"The night is late. We will convene once more before we depart." Lord emo continues to gorge himself on food and Lord shin grins at me and licks his lips.

"Enjoy great queen." I grin at him despite the bile threatening to rise in my throat and I hurry out of the temple. I lean against the walls and wait for jungkook to join me. He closes the temple doors and I fling myself at him. He holds me tight as I pepper kisses on his face. Jungkook chuckles quietly and I snuggle close to him. He grips the back of my head and crushes my lips to his. I open eagerly beneath him as his tongue sweeps into my mouth. I moan at his taste, and he grips my ass in his hands.

"Let us hurry back to our tent, so I can properly show my lord how pleased I am." He groans and sweeps me up in his arms. I giggle and trail my tongue down his neck. I continue to tease him, and we see jungkook's worriors rushing into our tent. Jungkook sets me down, and we rush inside to see jin hyung sitting on the floor a cloth pressed to his temple. Blood cakes his hair and he leans against namjoon hyung.

"Hyung what happened? Are you alright?" I hurry to his side and drop down to my knees. He flings herself in my arms, tears coursing down his face.

"I'm so sorry my queen. I didn't see them coming and when I came ...he was gone." I look at him and then at jaehyun's furs. They are empty. My blood turns to ice in my veins and I feel all the air leave my lungs. Never before have I felt a fear as deep and soul crushing as this. My heart threatens to burst from chest as I scream for jaehyunie.

Someone stole my baby.

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