Bound To Him

Joaquin was seeing red right now. He just wants to hurt somebody.

He had been looking at Sara's picture with Blake for a while now. He was getting angrier by the second, wondering why she was looking at Blake so lovingly, that look was reserved only for him.

"Aggghhh…," Joaquin clenched his teeth and crushed the glass in his hand. Blood was dripping onto the carpet, but he didn't care because he didn't even feel the pain, all he felt was rage like he'd never felt before. After all, she was slipping away from him, and nobody ever slips away from him until he was done with them. 

He had more surprises for her, just wait and see, "Oh my kitten, I don't want to keep on hurting you, you have to come to me soon," he said with longing.

There was only one thing in his life that he wanted right now, and he expected everything to go according to plan, otherwise, he will destroy anybody that gets in the way of his happiness.

He had been an evil and manipulative person since he was a kid. 

Most kids start out innocent and sweet, then something happens during their growing years that transform them into monsters, but nothing like that happened to Joaquin.

He was the firstborn prince, and that alone would be enough pressure to be put on a child, but his mother, the Queen who was mostly busy with helping her husband made time to pamper him, and make him feel like a normal kid, loved and longing for nothing. His father did not coddle him or show him too much attention, but that would be expected of any King who had the whole kingdom to worry about.

He never liked it when people told him what to do, he was a prince, and he should be able to do what he wanted, being a spoiled kid, his parents gave in to his whims and never denied anything.

You would never see him being kind or nice to his siblings either, he never played with them. Their nannies would always find them tied up or locked up in closets, that was because Joaquin even at a young age, liked it when they cried and begged him to let them go. It made him happy.

The most horrible thing he had done when he was younger was to torture small animals. People around the castle and in the surrounding forest would find birds, cats, and small dogs tortured or mutilated, hanging from the trees. It had scared people thinking somebody was practicing witchcraft or dark magic, but eventually, they learned who was doing it, but nobody would say anything, lest they be punished like the animals themselves.

When the King and Queen eventually learned about the animal torture and the things he did to his siblings they consulted several doctors. To evaluate him and eventually diagnose his problem, they wanted to make sure that the crown prince was capable of handling his future responsibilities.

Since he was manipulative and smart, he made it a point to appear normal during these evaluations. So the doctors would always release him with a good bill of health, informing his parents that he was a very normal, happy, and well-rounded kid. They added that he was probably just cooped up in the castle and just needed more activities to stimulate his brain.

So he was taught sword fighting, stick fighting, horse riding, sailing, archery, philosophy, maths, and anything and everything to keep his mind occupied, his parents had hoped that maybe he would stop all these torturings and become a regular kid, but he never did, it just stimulated his mind and added more arsenal to his techniques. 

Then he eventually moved on to people. He loved it when people cowered in fear, he felt a thrill in his bones that made him happy, knowing that he could control people and that he had the power to let them live or die.

The first time he discovered that he loved having this power was when he was a young boy of eight. He had disappeared into the forest as he always did, evading his caretakers and nannies. But unbeknownst to him, a group of bandits had been following him. They recognized his clothing to be expensive, assuming that he was the son of a rich family, and they could ask money for his head.

But his captors were too lax, thinking he was just a kid, they left one person in the same room to guard him. He was trained to protect himself at a young age, so he never got scared and knew that the opportunity would come for him to escape, all he needed was to wait.

Joaquin found his guard's knife and placed it against his throat. That scared look in his eye fueled him to slash his throat. He was thrilled to see the light leave the person's eyes when he died. 

Nobody knew this event had taken place, but the next day everybody could sense that there was a darkness that had overtaken him.

He was now on a mission, so he started going to court. He had demanded his father start his training, saying that he wanted to know the responsibility at this age so he could serve his kingdom better.

They got reeled in with his sense of responsibility and love for his kingdom. So they agreed to teach him everything, not knowing that this would be their downfall later in life.

He was sharp-witted when it came to matters of the court, always working in the interest of the people and his kingdom. Everybody had commended that they have never met a young man like him that thought as an adult.

But Joaquin was a snake, he was charming everybody in the kingdom. Showing them a very kind and loyal prince, but behind their backs, he was forming his own army, so he could overthrow the King.

Recruiting mercenaries, cutthroats, and vigilantes to join his army. They pillaged neighboring towns and recruited anyone who would join them. Covering their tracks by spreading rumors that his father's enemies were trying to wage war on their kingdom.

He was broody and secretive, and his mother had noticed these changes in him. It scared her to think that the very happy prince they raised was becoming someone else. So she swept this under the rug, pretending everything was fine, even though she knew that his siblings were scared of him and avoided him at all cost.

Women were a plaything for him. He knew that they would come willingly because he was a prince, the prospect of being a princess, and the future queen blinded them, and he dangled it in front of them every chance he got.

He would seduce any woman he found attractive. It didn't matter if they were single or not, everybody comes to him eventually, and those that don't are forced to share his bed.

Men would always try to come at him, taking back their wives or girlfriends, so he would either eliminate the competition or just get rid of them both.

Later on, the head minister got wind of Joaquin's secret army and his plan to overthrow the king.

As his father confronted him about all his evildoings, Joaquin said the king should be proud of his accomplishments.

The king was so mad, he could not imagine this child, who showed a lot of promise and love for his kingdom was the one destroying it.

He had slapped Joaquin, saying, "You are not my son! You are a snake, and you are not fit to be a king! From now on you are banned from this country, I am stripping you of your title. Your brother will be the next king," his father said 

"You cannot do that! You should apologize for slapping me," Joaquin said.

"I will let everyone know your true identity so they can avoid you. I will tell all the kingdoms not to cater to you, or house you or they will endure my wrath," the king said angrily.

The next morning there was news of an army invading the Queen's home kingdom, and that they were losing, so the King went with the head minister with half of the Royal army to lend them aid. The king thought he would take care of Joaquin's problem later, thinking he might have been too hasty in giving him his punishment. 

On the way to the Queen's kingdom, they were intercepted and slaughtered by Joaquin's army. Everything was a ploy to get the King out of the castle. There was no army invasion. And just like everything, when Joquin was involved, it was covered up as an accident.

He was 15 at that time, and since the edict of his punishment was not officially announced, Joaquin was crowned as king. He was ecstatic, finally, his dream had come true, there was nobody above him.

Now he had more power, and he could do whatever he wanted. He executed anybody that undermined his authority and replaced them like he was replacing furniture, they were there to agree with whatever he said, and nothing more. 

Because he was smart and very tactical in his transactions, the kingdom became more prosperous under his reign, so nobody was inclined to complain. Prosperity brought the adoration of all the citizens, in their eyes, he was the best King. 

Behind closed doors, he was becoming Satan day by day and killed whoever came on his way without any second thought.