JP - The Keep - Dormitory - A Rude Husband

Hours later, after caring for women, tending to newborns, and making sure everyone was comfortable and stable, Miyuki was finally heading to her room when it was dark out. She was thankful for the distraction from her troubles, but now that she was done and returning to rest, she felt all those emotions and words come flooding in. The tone in Lek’s voice when he told her it would never happen, basically, kept slapping her in the face.

She didn’t even realize, as she took a flight of stairs, that she was crying.

“SLUT!” Mr Royce screamed as he grabbed the kitsune by the throat. “Why are you keeping my wife and son from me?”

Miyuki gasped and was quick to claw at Mr Royce’s wrist. “Release me!” She choked out desperately.

“Hey! Stop hurting her!” A man with an acne scarred face tried to intervene, only to be roughly shoved away by Mr Royce.

Mr Royce slammed Miyuki against the wall. “Why are you keeping my wife and son from me, you slut?”

Kluk, seeing the poor man get shoved, and as a chicken warrior, chose to rush up and started to peck at Mr Royce’s ankles violently.

Miyuki cried out as she hit the wall, pain shooting along her spine from the impact. “She needs rest!” She yelled.

“She is my wife! That’s my son!” Mr Royce braced himself on the wall with a hand on either side of Myuki’s head to keep his balance as he tried to kick Kluk away from his feet. “They are MINE!”

Bob clumsily got back to his feet.

“You can’t own people!” Miyuki screamed and slapped him, putting enough of her fox magic into it to cause a sting of heat. “Get away from me!”

Kluk kept dodging, picking wildly as she rushed around to be a distraction.

“I married her! She belongs to me! I DO own her! And my son! How dare you?” Mr Royce only seemed to be getting more angry. He gave her a slap of his own.

Bob tried to pounce on Mr Royce, only to be thrown back again.

Lek, sweaty and tired from a long workout, heard Miyuki scream. He tore up the stairs.

Miyuki screamed in pain this time and tried to slip away from Mr Royce, worried he might hurt her badly enough to do damage to her unborn child. “Then why is she scared of you?!” She snapped.

Kluk squawked and rushed to Bob in an attempt to check on him.

“She’s not afraid of me! You don’t even understand her!” Mr Royce grabbed Miyuki by the shoulders and tried to shove her to the floor.

Bob was clumsily trying to get up but kept tripping over his own arms and legs he was so tangled up.

Lek’s panting breath could be heard as he was coming up the stairs.

Myuki thrashed and pushed and fought, trying to pull free from Mr Royce. “You’re lying!” She snapped. “And stop calling us that! That disgusting word! You filthy monster!”

Kluk attempted to hop onto Mr Royce and peck at his head.

“You’re knocked up without a husband- you’re a slut!” Mr Royce said venomously, trying to wave the chicken away from his face while shoving Miyuki.

Lek recognized Miyuki’s voice, could make out her words and what the man was saying and found an extra burst of speed.

“Not having a husband doesn’t mean I’m that!” Miyuki kicked at his stomach while Kluk had to flap her wings and tumble away.

“You didn’t keep your legs together!” Mr Royce grunted.

Lek saw what was happening and saw red. He grabbed Mr Royce and hurled the man away from Miyuki.

Miyuki was quick to move away, tumbling to the side a bit where she would hug her stomach protectively. Those words had stung, a constant reminder of what had happened, what she’d been forced to endure. Men like Mr Royce were as bad as the monsters in her opinion.

Finally realizing who saved her, the kitsune’s eyes widened. “Lek?” She gasped.

It took all of Lek’s self control to not throw Mr Royce down the stairs. When the man stood up Lek threw him to the floor again. “Miyuki is not a slut.” He said, his voice cold with anger. “Nothing gives you the right to treat anyone this way!”