The Crown's Obsession

Samuel's back hit with a loud thud against the pillar, and for a moment, he lost his balance, staggering to the side before standing straight again. In anger, he looked at Theodore and he spat the blood on the ground before raising both his hands forward.

"I think it is you and not I who is forgetting here, Theodore," said Samuel with a smug smile on his lips. "Lucy and I have been married for nearly two decades. If it still doesn't sink in your mind let me tell you, Lucy has slept with me on the bed. What a satisfying girl she is with the right curves and dips, I am sure you would like to hear how-"

Theodore's fist came flying to hit Samuel's face once again. Hearing the cheap words from Samuel's mouth, he wasn't able to hold himself back, and he continued punching Samuel's face in anger as the emotions that he had sealed until now had started to escape.

"If you loved her so much, why didn't you protect her? Why did you cheat on her over and over again?" questioned Theodore, and Samuel pushed him.

This time, Samuel kicked and punched Theo, fists flying one after another while one of the maids who had witnessed the fight quickly went to call Lady Madeline or Lady Lucy.

"You bastard," Samuel cursed Theodore. It was indeed Theodore who had told about his time with the maids to Lucy. "I am going to make sure you are going to pay for it. It must be vexing to think the woman you loved was in another man's arm."

At the same time, Theodore raised his leg for it to hit straight at Samuel's jaw that left a bruise. "Sometimes, people end up in wrong places, but after knowing where she has been all these years, I think it is time to bring her back to the place where she rightfully belongs and that's definitely not where you are," said Theodore in a low tone.

"I will not let anyone have Lucy," glared Samuel, "She is mine. My wife, my woman. You would wish you never tried to fight me." Drops of blood had started to spill around them while their knuckles were bruised.

When a couple of more punches were passed between them, Samuel was too intent on beating Theodore, not noticing Lucy had arrived at the end of the corridor.

Lucy had an alarmed look on her face.

"Sam! Samuel! Stop it!" Lucy shouted from where she was before hurriedly walking to where they were.

Hearing Lucy's voice, Theodore stopped throwing punches at Samuel. But Samuel sent another blow with his fist at Theodore, and the latter took the blow without backing away. Because of the impact of the fist, Theodore staggered a few steps back from Samuel, leaving a reasonable distance between them.

Lucy was angry at both the men for different reasons, and somewhere she wanted to hit Theodore too, but this was not what she had on her mind. She knew she was immature in wanting to hurt Theodore because of the way he had hurt her all these years, but seeing him covered in blood she quickly came to stand between them so that they would stop fighting.

But Samuel didn't care if Lucy stood there as his hand came right at her, and before it could hit her, Theodore had caught hold of Samuel's hand, and he pushed him back.

Lucy's eyes widened as Samuel's hand had come too close to her face, and the little hope she had for the man had utterly dissolved right now.

She stared at Samuel, who had minor cuts compared to Theodore, and she could only guess that Samuel had attacked Theodore first, taking advantage. She had asked him to leave the castle, and he had instead picked a fight with Theodore.

"What is wrong with you, Samuel?!" demanded Lucy.

Samuel glared at Theodore,"It is because of him. He is the one who tried to come between us and spoil our marriage!"

Lucy couldn't believe that Samuel was still spouting lies.

"I told you, Theodore has nothing to do with it. Stop making a fool of yourself and me, and leave the castle now," said Lucy to Samuel, holding her hand forward so that he wouldn't take another step forward. She then looked at the servant and ordered, "Get Mr. Greville his carriage ready, so that he can leave the castle."

Samuel looked taken aback by his wife's words, "Are you trying to humiliate me, Lucy? You are my wife."

Lucy realized it was time to make the decision for which she had taken so much time until now since she had found out about his affairs with other women. It was time to let the man and everyone know about it and she said,

"I think you have done plenty enough for both of us where I don't have to do anything. I dissolve the marriage between you and me. We are no more husband and wife. If needed, I will run through an official proceeding to free you from this marriage."

This time it was Samuel who was shocked and he couldn't believe that his naive wife was doing this. When his eyes fell on Theodore, there was a triumphant smirk on the man's face and it only made Samuel that much angrier.

Samuel then scoffed, "Of course, else you would feel ashamed that you are having an affair with this servant."

Lucy stared at Samuel, watching the way how his expressions had slowly started to change, expressions she had never seen in the last two decades. There was a snide on his lips and the eyes were not polite or gentle anymore, but rather harshly looking at her now.

"You should be happy that brother Calhoun is not here," she said to him. If Calhoun was here, Samuel would not be spared and would have been beheaded right this instant.

The servant to whom Lucy had ordered returned, bowing his head, "Lady Lucy, the carriage is ready."

Lucy stared at Samuel while Theodore stood right behind her, "Take Mr. Greville's trunks from the room and put them in the carriage. Make sure he returns to his house safely."

Samuel was more than pissed off right now because it was not Calhoun or any other person, but Lucy who was kicking him out of the castle. The rage he felt only increased as the servants had started to gather around looking at him. He turned around, walking away from them and then Madeline so that he could leave in the carriage.

He had never been humiliated like this by anyone, especially by a woman and with that thought, Samuel decided he wasn't going to leave things as it is. He was going to return to the castle to settle things with his dear wife.

When he reached the carriage, the coachman opened the door. But before Samuel could get in, he said,

"Take me to Cossington town." He would get his revenge on Theodore soon.

When he reached the place, he dismissed the coachman and reached a building where the demons and the half angels with whom he was working, lived there. Upon entering, one of the men looked up at Samuel.

"Look it's Sammy," sang the demon with complete black eyes. "What is with the trunk?"

After Samuel explained how he was kicked out of the castle, the man who had a beard came forward and held Samuel's head before slamming it against the wall.

"Do you know what you have done, Samuel? Screwing with women when you know exactly that we need someone at the castle so that we can find the lead to the dark angel?" glared the man.

Samuel felt his head turn dizzy and he was let go. He ran his tongue over the corner of his lips as it had a cut there. He looked down at the ground and said, "Forgive me for my negligence. This won't happen again, Greyson!"

The bearded man glared at Samuel, "We have lost demons and you have the audacity to take things lightly. At this rate we will all perish! You f.u.c.k.i.n.g bastard!" the man said in a low voice.

Samuel gritted his teeth, "I will fix this right away. Lucy will forgive me-"

"You are not going anywhere near her until we find out where this dark angel is! The King already killed some of our men and I cannot deal with the loss of more demons on our side as we need them when we hunt the dark angel. Don't f.u.c.k up my plan, Tony. Else I will make sure you regret what you did," threatened the demon.