Thread: Wife of the Dark Lord (w/Kosmik_Khaos)

The castle, no matter how grand, was nothing more to her than a stone prison. Once upon a time, Eliza served a noble and kind leader. She was an elven mage who was renown through the lands as the most powerful when it comes to protective spells and a heavenly appearence. She was a shield that would never break. For years she served as an advisor and close friend of the royal family. That is until the Dark Lord came around. On the battlefield, he was a sword that could cut through anything. He had conquered all the kingdoms in his path to rule the entire land under his single rule. His path went directly for their own and he offered a deal. In exchange for her hand, he would not conquer the kingdom. They accepted. It wasn't out of love that they were wed. An elven marriage binds by magic. She could not disobey him with her magic. Thus, the kingdom was now defenseless when he went back on his word and stuck down the royal family. Her barrier had been the only thing standing between his victory over the kingdom. With her under his control, he took her back to his own castle and from that day on, she was an unwilling shield. Now she resides within a single wing of the castle. Her only visitor being her husband when he comes for her barrier. Not even the servants dared enter into her wing. Her food was already prepared and set out an a specific time and the maids cleaned while she was away in the garden. He doesn't even share the same wing as her either. His own was bedroom was in a separate wing. So she was left to waft about days passed. Other than that, she was thankful that they in fact did not have a honeymoon. He almost never really demanded anything more than a shield. The main reason why he married her instead of killing her. While he was a demon on the battlefield and none could stand up against him, he knew that his kingdom was left with little defense while he was out at battle. Thus she fit right into his hands. She was the shield while he was the sword that struck anyone down... Then it came to the time where he had conquered the entire land. Then his attention had turned to having to constantly go out and quell rebellions. During these times, she saw more of him. Rebellions coming to their door and her ability being used to keep them out of the castle. Though, now things have changed. She could actually point out the exact moment she knew that things would be different. Eliza had been lounging somewhere outside of her wing. Something she rarely did and was permitted to do. The servants made sure to leave her alone. She had been reading a book when her attention was pulled by the sounds of talking. Her husband and his generals as they often do, were walking to where ever they were going and talking about the next plan. Eliza turned her attention back to her book. The generals all dispersed to their tasks and her husband was left alone... Alone in the same room as her. Which after constantly being in the presence of someone, constantly being on his feet from the moment he woke up... It was probably something new for him. For years this had been his life on constantly being busy with his war and rebellions and now he had leisure time with nothing to do. Her attention was pulled shortly after again when she noticed that he wasn't out of the room with his generals. He was sat a bit a ways from her. It felt awkward and foreboding to her. A bit of fear seeped into her. It only lifted when his advisor came in with more news of rebellion. Still, she knew it was beginning. Sure enough, give or take another year, everything slowly came to a stop. He ruled with an iron fist, but not so cruel as to be a tyrant. The people were not suffering, they came to accept the harsh punishments of his reign. Now, there was nothing else for the Dark Lord to leave his home for. Their marriage had been a long one, one which consisted mostly of them not even really seeing each other. Now, other than hearing complaints and dealing out punishments, it was just the two of them really. Eliza focused on her book as she sat relaxed in a chair in their library. Briefly, she looked away to glance as none other than her husband walked in. It was a normal occurrence at this point. He walked in and relaxed in a couch. Sometimes he himself started reading, other times he just took a nap. During these times, she wasn't really allowed to leave. First time he had started doing this and she went to leave, she was quickly corrected by a piercing glare. Since then she knew that when he decided, then she could leave. It unnerved her for the first new months this started happening, now she simply didn't really give it much attention. Though, today was different. They had never really communicated much in all the years they had been married. Even during these times he didn't speak, just relaxed or did what ever he pleased. Yet it caught her off guard when he had spoken to her. She jumped a bit and snapped her attention to him. Then she placed her book down a bit as she asked,I'm sorry I was lost in my mind, my lord. Were you speaking to me?