Open starter ~ Royalty AU ~
The king was missing. Almost four years ago, the king and queen had been murdered, the oldest son had left the kingdom, and the second son was just fifteen. He had been forced to become king at such a young age, but had upkept the kingdome. It was as kind, open-minded and accepting as his parents had been, and as he himself was. His one flaw was, that he was too forgiving.
No one had seen it happen. A servant said king Markus had gone into the gardens, but there was no sign of him, or any sign of him having been taken. But he was gone, and the news spread like wildfire. The kingdom had no ruler, other than the royal adviser, which had to keep the kingdom calm, and find the king again.
Oliver wasn’t anyone special within the kingdom. He and his brothers were so-called ’ reformed ’ mercenaries who tended to keep a low profile. He had heard of the young king’s disappearing act when it had happened, but the stability of the kingdom wasn’t particularly his concern. If things went downhill too quickly and there was little or nothing that he could gain from it, he would travel somewhere else. It had been a short while since they had moved.
Markus didn’t know where he was. It had been days, days that turned into weeks. All he knew was, that he was transported out of his kingdom via a ship, mostly since he could hear it and heard a few snippets of conversation sometimes.
On the ship, he was stuck in a barrel. No one cared to try and keep him somewhat healthy; he didn’t get food or water, and he could barely sleep. He was getting sick, he had a fever. Wrists and ankles bound tightly together, gagged.
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