Rosalia had sneaked out of the castle, without her parents permission. She was walking aimlessly around the woods, as the sound of the crickets echoed through the dark woods. She didn't care that her long light pink dress was getting dirty from the mud. The castle was too far away from where she, currently, was.

It was past midnight and Rosalia was supposed to be sleeping. She couldn't though, she wanted to get out of the castle, she needed some fresh air. She wanted some time for herself since her mother would accompany her during the day because she still believed she was not ready to be a princess, yet.

Her mother, Anna and father, Chris, were playing on marrying her with the rich prince Brad, since their parents were really good friends and they wanted them to be together. She was definitely not okay with marrying someone she didn't even know that well and most importantly, didn't love. She believed marrige brought two persons who loved each other dearly, together.

She wasn't going to marry that prince, no matter what. She was an only child and her parents wanted the best for their little girl. She really appreciated them and everything they did for her but sometimes, she just wanted to make her own decisions.

She would wait to meet the man who would make her the happiest, who would do anything for her, the man who she would love more then anything else, but until that day comes, she will remain by herself.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from behind her. Her heart dropped as she froze. She felt her heart beating faster as she turned to look at the direction where the noise came from. No one was there. She decided to ignored it for now but started to make her way back to the castle, hurriedly.

Not even five minutes passed by and another noise came from behind her but this time closer and before she had time to react, a rough hand covered her mouth and she felt something cold touching her exposed neck. Rosalia was terrified. Her eyes started watering as she struggled under his hold.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A raspy voice said next to her ear before he sniffed her black hair, making her wince in disgust. Her mind was going crazy, she was thinking of ways to get out of this situation.

Then, suddenly, she heard the man gasp in shock as his hold on her loosen. She immediately walked away and turned to look at him. Her eyes widen in shock as her breath hitched. She saw a middle aged man laying on the mud, blood was coming out of his mouth as his eyes stayed wide open.

After staring at him for a couple more minutes, she managed to pull her eyes away from him  only to find another man standing few feet away from the dead man. She guessed the man was in his late twenties but she couldn't be sure.

He was wearing a black hood which covered his hair along with a black face mask, showing only his eyes, his neck and mouth covered. Her eyes lowered to his black shirt with a black leather corsage over the shirt, around his waist and a black belt, keeping his black leather pants in place. He was wearing black gloves with black elbow asymmetric protectors. She noticed the dagger holsters on both his legs, with the knifes. He had some geralt leather greaves on along with his knee protectors.

Someone could definitely not notice him in the dark since he seemed to blend in well. She noticed the sword in his right hand and the blood dropping from the sharp edge. It was as if her feet were stuck, she couldn't move. She couldn't look away from the man who saved her from the old man, who God knows what were his intentions with her.

The young man turned his back on her and started leaving. Rosalia wanted to thank him from saving her. She was really greatfull. She didn't know when and if she would see him again, so she had to grab this chance to thank him.

"Thank you!" She called out with her soft voice, hoping he heared her as her eyes were following his figure. The man stopped for a minute before he disappeared in the dark.

Rosalia was left there. Her mind kept wondering back to everything that happened in just a few minutes. She was really glad she was okay. She couldn't imagine what would have happened to her if it weren't for this man.

She started walking back to the castle since she didn't want stay there with the dead man any longer. On her way back home, she found herself thinking about him again. For some strange reason, she wasn't afraid of him, even though he was holding a sword and he could have killed her as well, she somehow knew he wouldn't hurt her.

She wanted to see him again. Try to find out more about him. She was really curious about him considering the fact she had never seen him before. She had heard about men like him, they were killing different people who seemed to be bad or were hurting other innocent people.

They were known as 'The Shadows' because they would hide in the shadows, so no one could find them. They would do their job and disappear without leaving any trance behind them. Some of them are good and others were not. It seemed like he was one of the good.

She didn't even realize she had arrived at the castle. She carefully opened the back wooden door and walked in, trying to be as quiet as possible. She made her way out of the kitchen and quickly run up the stairs, heading to her room which was on third floor.

She made sure to take off her shoes, so she wouldn't dirty the floor made from clay. After walking up all these stairs, she took a turn to her right and found herself standing in front of her black wooden door. She pulled down the handle and went inside, closing the door quietly behind her.

She leaned against the door and breathed out in relief. She headed to her bathroom that was connected to her room and washed her face because she felt dirty. After that, she jumped on her king-sized bed and buried her face in the soft pillows. She felt exhausted. Her body relaxed completely and her eyelids started closing and the next thing she knew, she was asleep.

Rosalia didn't inform no one about the incident in the woods nor about the mysterious man. It had been a week since that day and Rosalia would sneak out every night and go to the place she had last seen that man. The body of the old man was nowhere to be seen when she went back the next day, she didn't know what happened to his body and her parents didn't mention anything about a dead body.

One night, she was walking through the woods, alone1, looking for sign of the young man. As she was looking around, her eyes met some familiar black eyes looking back at her. She flinched back in surprise before she realized who it was. She headed toward his direction with a hope to talk to him.

Realizing she was walking toward him, he started running to a different direction. She started running after him, trying not to loose him. She was so focused on looking at thim that she didn't see the big log on the ground, making her trip over it.

She felt a sharp pain in her leg, making her cry out in pain. The log was really rough and had scratched her leg on her calf. She leaned on her hands and looked at her leg, grimacing as she saw the blood running down her feet and on the mud.

Her whole calf was bleedinb but, thankfully, it wasn't  too deep. She took a deep breath and slowly tried to get up but fell back down as the pain was too much for her. The wound was starting to sting and she breathed out, feeling frustrated.

Suddenly, she felt a hand going under her knees and her waist, picking her up, bridal style. She squealed in surprise and quickly wrapped her hands around the persons neck. She looked up to see the identity of the person and gasped as her eyes connected with the dark black eyes of the man she was running after before.

The man quickly looked away and started walking toward the opposite way of where the castle was. She didn't know where he was taking her but she knew she was safe with him, at least she hoped she was.

No one talked the whole time. Rosalia couldn't take her eyes off of him. She was so curious about this man and entranced by him. She had so many questions running through her mind. The man on the other hand, didn't look at her not even once. He kept looking straight with his cold eyes.

After walking for a while deep in the woods, they arrived in front of a small cabin. It looked old and abandoned. He managed to open the old brick door and stepped inside and a shiver run down her spine. It was cold.

Rosalia looked at her surroundings. This place didn't have much furniture inside. There was a small table in the middle of the room and a small bed at the corner. He walked them to the bed and gently placed her down. He, then, proceeded to grab a bucket and fill it with water from the sink and a old towel. He walked closer to her and kneeled down in front of her, feeling her burning gaze on him.

He reached out to grab her leg but looked at her in the eyes, as if he was asking for permission. She nodded her head and immediately felt his hand on her calf. He carefully cleaned it with the water, trying to be as gentle as possible. After making sure it was clean, he wrapped her calf with bandages. Rosalia didn't even flinch. He was really gentle and she didn't feel anything.

When he was done, he threw the water outside and sat on the cold floor away from her. He light up the fireplace that she didn't even notice. He noticed her shivering and got up, making her look at him confused. He grabbed the fur blanket next to him and wrapped it around her shoulders before he returned back to his seat.

Rosalia felt bad for him. The bed was really small and she was taking the whole space. It was really cold and she didn't want him to sit there.

"Please, come sit here. It's cold." She whispered as she looked at him softly. He shook his head and continued starting at the fireplace. If he wouldn't sit with her, she wouldn't sit there either.

She raised herself with difficulty and limped to get next to him and sat down. She went closer to him and wrapped them both with the blanket. She smiled at him as he was looking at her with surprise the whole time.

"What's your name?" She decided to ask him as she looked at him, only to find him looking at her already.

"Zephyr." He answered her. A shiver run down her spine the moment his deep voice echoed through the room.

"That's a really nice name. I'm Rosalia." She replied with a sweet smile.

"I know who you are. Everyone does. The whole kingdom is talking about you." He told her nonchalantly as he looked away. She frowned, confused.

"What are they saying?" She asked curious. He shrugged.

"About your marrige with Prince Brad. They seem to like the idea of you marrying him." He answered with a cold voice. She scoffed.

"As if. I won't marry this man. I don't even know him. My parents want him, not me." She stated as she leaned her head on his shoulder, feeling him stiffen. She didn't hear a response from him.

That was the only day she heard him talking. They stayed there for an hour before he escorted her back to the castle. She didn't stop talking to him while they returned and she found his reactions funny. He wasn't a big fan of talking. She thanked him once again for helping her and he just left.

After that day, she would return back to that cabin everyday. She didn't have any other friends and she thought he could be her friend. She would wait for him to come back or sometimes she would find him sitting on the bed cutting with his knife a small piece of log into different designs.

Her parents didn't noticed her leaving every night and she wasn't intending on telling them anything. She knew that if they found out that she was visiting visiting strange man, they would forbidden her from leaving the castle again. It was her little secret.

Prince Brad and his parents visited them one day but Rosalia wasn't in the mood to talk to any of them, she just greeted them and then she was gone. She wanted to see Zephyr, so that's what she did. She escaped to the kitchen and after making sure no one was around, she left.

She started sprinting to the small cabin and after ten minutes, she was outside the door. She didn't even knock and opened the door. She gasped in shock as her eyes widen. Zephyr was standing middle of the room in all his naked glory. Rosalia gulped as she gawk at him. He had his back to her and he seemed to not have heard her.

His broad back had one huge scar that started from his shoulder and reached his cute butt. He turned around to grab his clothes as he was drying his black hair with a towel and his eyes open wide at the sight of her standing at the doorstep. He tried to cover his face as quick as possible.

Rosalia had the chance to drool at his very fit body. He seemed to have zero fat in his body. His arms were big and muscled and she knew his hugs would be amazing. Her eyes followed the water drop running down his six pack and down his very big cock. She felt her cheeks turn red as she took her eyes away from his cock, feeling embarrassed.

She found him looking at her with wide eyes, still shocked. He looked her up and down gulped. This was the first time he saw her with one of her dresses. She was wearing a beautiful light blue dress that reached past her feet, it was sleeveless and the dress was squeezing her breast together, showing her cleavage. Her black hair was in a nice bun as her tiara was placed on her head. She was wearing mascara, pointing out her long laces and a ligh pink lipstick.

She blushed harder under his intense stare and walked inside, closing the door behind her. She tried to ignore his almost hard groin and walked closer to him. When she was standing in front of him, she hesitantly reached her hand up and gripped the towel that was hiding his face. They were looking at each other and Rosalia slowly started pulling it away. He didn't make a move to stop her and she was really happy.

She dropped the towel on the floor and gasped. He was so beautiful. His wet hair fell in front of his eyes and she pulled them behind his ear. She cupped his soft cheek with her small hand and he hesitantly leaned in. It looked like he was afraid to look at her.

"You are so beautiful, Zephyr." She whispered in awe as she rubbed his cheek with her thump. His eyebrows raised in surprise.

"I should be then one saying that. You are stunning, Rosalia." He whispered in a soft voice and she felt herself melting. She loved the way her name sounded from his lips. She bit her lip and his eyes followed the movement, making him gulp.

"You are so mysterious, Zephyr and I can't help but want to see you everyday. What have you done to me?" She mumbled quietly. She heard him take a sharp breath.

"You should answer me because you have done the same thing to me." He answered back making her furrow her eyebrows in wonder.

"The moment my eyes fell on you the day you were at the village, playing with the little kids, I couldn't take you off of my mind. You were and still are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I wanted to see your pretty face everyday but it was not possible. The day that man attacked you, I was returning back from a mission and saw him threatening you. I couldn't let him hurt you. " He explained with honesty.

"It was stupid of me to think you could ever turn to look at me. You deserve someone better than me. I don't have money, Brad is someone who could make you happy, Rosalia." He added and it looked like he was in pain saying that. Rosalia was speechless. This man wanted her. How could he think like that though?

Rosalia cupped his cheeks and pulled him closer, connecting their lips. She moaned at the feeling of his soft lips. Zephyr was frozen in his place as Rosalia closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck.

He felt her lips moving against his and he groaned, kissing her back. His rought hands immediately went around her waist, pulling her closer to him. It felt wonderful. The kiss was slow and passionate, enjoying each others taste.

Zephyr pulled away to breath and Rosalia whimped in dissapproval. Wanting more, she started trailing kisses down his neck, making him shiver.

"Rosalia, stop. This is not right. You will marry another. Please, stop." He whispered weakly as he kept his hands around her. She placed one more kiss and pulled back.

"I want you, Zephyr. Make me yours. As I told you, I won't marry him. Be my prince, Zephyr." She whispered back needily. Without waiting for his response, she kissed his cheeks and then started licking, kissing and biting his neck, leaving dark bruises. He moaned and his hold on her tighten.

"If we do this, you will be only mine, Rosalia. You will marry me, you will carry my children, I will be the only one to fuck you, do you understand? This is your last chance to go back to the castle and forget me." He stated as he stopped her and made her look at him. His words turned her on. She wanted that, more than anything else. She didn't care about the castle, about the prince, about her title.

Her response was to loosen the laces from the dress and take it off, standing in nothing but her underwear in front of him. She, then, kneeled in front of him and took his erect cock in her mouth, sucking it deep and nicely, making his head fall back and whimper in pleasure.

That day he made love to her all day, wanting nothing else to but to make her feel good. The next day, Rosalia grabbed him by his hand and took him to the castle with her, where she found her parents worried to death. Her mother was crying and her father looked like he was lifeless. The moment she walked inside, her mother cried harder and hugged her along with her father. Rosalia pulled away from them and went next to Zephyr, who was standing a few feet away from them.

She took his hand in hers intertwining them and gave him an encouraging smile. Her parents were looked really curious.

"Mother, Father, this is Zephyr, my boyfriend." She announced happily, making their eyes widen.

"What are you talking about, Rosalia? You don't have a boyfriend. You will marry Prince Brad soon, don't be silly." He mother laughed it off, not taking her seriously, making Rosalia roll her eyes.

"No, mother. This is what you do not understand. I'm not gonna marry him. Let me have a saying in my own damn life for once! Zephyr is the man I'm gonna marry and have children with and if you do not agree, I will leave with him and you will never see me again." She said with a serious look on her face. The smile left her mother's face and looked at her husband, who was stating at Zephyr the whole time.

"Fine. You can marry him but I'm expecting a lot of grandchildren from you! I want you to be happy and if your happiness is with him, so be it." Her father finally spoke for the first time since they arrived. Rosalia squealed and jumped on Zephyr, who was quick to catch her.

Her mother started scolding her husband, making him roll his eyes and grab her hand, pulling her out of the room, leaving them alone. Zephyr placed her down softly and rubbed her cheeks with his thump.

"I can't believe you did this for me. You would really leave your parents behind and leave with me?" He asked her, his eyes filled with joy.

"Yes. I don't want anything to stand between us. I just want to be with you." She replied with her sweet voice as a beautiful smile decorated her lips. He shook his head as he chuckled, bringing his face closer to hers.

"Fuck, my love. I will do anything to make you happy. Your happiness is my happiness. I'm so glad I met you. I'm the luckiest man alive." He chuckled and kissed her. She was on her tiptoes and wrapped her hands around his neck, returning his kiss.

She was delighted. She couldn't believe this was all happening and it all started the day she was almost raped or killed. She didn't want to loose him. She hoped for nothing but happiness for the future.

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THE END

Hello cuties! I hope you enjoyed this adorable one-shot. I wanted to make on of these for a long time and I finally did it. Let me know what you guys think about it! If you enjoyed and want more! If so, feel free to tell me!

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