Conquest of Love: Leo X Reader

Chapter 4: A Painful Climb Down

"You know, not be rude but I can walk on my own!" You yelled as Camilla had you hauled over her shoulder.

"I know that darling, but I can't take any risks. You might run off." She said as you heard a door open.

You were finally put down as she closed the door. "Why would I run off if I came here willingly?"

"Just being cautious." She said as she sat down on the giant bed in the room. She patted her hand next to her. "Sit."

You got a little scared. "Nope. I'm fine standing. It was a long ride over here."

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Almost an hour later, you found yourself sitting on the floor in the corner of the room, your arms still bound behind you. You groaned slightly because of your boredom and your uncomfortableness.

You looked up as you heard the door open.

"Father is not willing to speak with her now. Leo and I think he will be by tomorrow though. He's been a bit under the weather today." Xander said. "Has she said anything?"

"No. Not a word from her." Camilla said getting up and walking to him. "What shall we do with her until tomorrow?"

"Since she is going to be with us for longer than we thought, we need to make sure she is in no way a threat to us." Xander looked at you. "Stand up."

You stood up having to use only your legs which hurt a little because of the effort. You slowly made your way over to Camilla and Xander.

"Camilla," Xander started, "make sure she takes off all her armor and that she is not armed with any small weapons. I'll be back shortly."

You immediately stepped back as Xander left and closed the door.

"You heard him. Take off your armor." Camilla said as she turned around, and undoing the ropes on your arms.

You sighed heavily before turning around yourself. Slowly, you started to take off pieces of your armor.

You turned around once you were only in (f/c) leggings and a long sleeved white shirt.

"Perfect. Now you stay here while I take your armor to Xander. Be a good girl and stay put." She left and closed the door.

'Idiot.' You thought to yourself. She didn't tie your arms again. That was a mistake.

You made your way to the window. You looked out and down. It was high. But you say some stone on the wall that you could put your feet on and climb down. Slowly of course.

You hoisted yourself out the window and placed your feet on a firm piece of stone. You found another foot rest as you made your way down a few inches.

Your heartbeat was rapid and uneven as you repeated the process for a few more feet. Eventually, there was a tall tree behind you. You decided you would jump over and climb the tree the rest of the way down.

So that's what you did. You turned and jumped. Tightly grabbing onto the trunk of the tree. From there, you climbed down, branch by branch.

You got to the ground and flinched as you clapped your hands together once. The wood and hard stone had left cuts and scratches on your hands.

All you needed to do now was find your horse and leave.

You shouldn't have left the tree without being more cautious. And it took a new voice to make you realize it.

"Ho ho. What do we have here?"