Chapter 119 - 119

Joaquin had a big smile on his face, he was holding a very important piece of paper in his hand. This was the first step in achieving his goals. In his hands was a map that would direct him to the biggest treasure in the world. 

This was his dream, the only thing he was living for. From the day he learned about the treasures, he did everything in his power to get it. When he was around twelve years old, he met a traveler in the city while he was punishing an elder man. 

The traveler felt that there was something unique about Joaquin, and when he asked him what he wanted to achieve in life, Joaquin had answered that he wanted to be the King of Kings and Rule the world. He told the traveler that he did not know how to achieve it, but he will make sure that it happens.

So the traveler tells him about the story of the Maple Kingdom. This kingdom was the biggest, and richest kingdom in the world, they can rule all the other kingdoms. They became right because this kingdom was composed of traveling bandits and thieves that have managed to wipe out all the kingdoms that they have robbed.

But then there was a great flood that wiped out everybody in the kingdom, but to this day, the gold and jewelry were still intact, waiting for someone to find it. He was the only one who knew where this kingdom was located, so he made a map in case it may be needed by future generations.

People can use this treasure to procure an army, ammunition, and explosives to make one kingdom powerful enough to make the others surrender. So if Joaquin wanted to get rich, then his plan was to rob the Maple kingdom.

Joaquin told the traveler that he was not a kid to believe such fairy tales. Stories such as these were always repeated to kids during bedtime. The traveler had not said anything, he just smiled and left.

Joaquin did not expect the silence, he thought the traveler would surely convince him otherwise. But after going home, he could think of nothing else, it was in his mind, in all waking hours of the day and all sleeping hours of the night. Since he was only twelve at that time he never told anyone, nobody would believe him anyway.

When he built his secret army, he had enough manpower to investigate the truth about the Maple kingdom. Which was proved to be real, so he planned to steal the treasure for himself.

When his father learned about his plans, he warned him that the Maple kingdom was very strong and that they could never win in a war waged against them. His father told him not to place the lives of the citizens of Cadiz in danger and just be satisfied with what he has now and not to be greedy.

A good king should always think about his people first, then riches later. Cadiz was already a rich kingdom, so he should just strive to be a good king for the future.

Joaquin became king after he had his father ambushed. And once in power, he had tried various methods to overpower the Maple kingdom, but he could not even enter their castle to execute his plans.

Joaquin kept recruiting mercenaries, cutthroats, and evildoers to build a stronger army. 

Later on, he started a cult. They sacrificed animals, ate raw meat, hurt themselves to achieve pleasure, and performed obscene sexual acts with women. It included bondage, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism, just to fulfill all his sick desires.

Then he met Sara, he was mesmerized by her beauty, but just like everyone else, planned to bed her and get her out of his system, but he never knew her, she did not succumb to his charms.

Her feisty nature and sharp tongue interested him more, to him she was another woman that was begging for his attention. But then, on his search to overpower the Maple kingdom, he stumbled upon a secret, the princess and Sara were very well acquainted. The princess owed Sara a favor. And he was going to use Sara to cash in the favor and get into the kingdom.

People cannot just come and go into the kingdom, it was heavily guarded all the time, and Sara was his ticket to get in. 

He studied Sara for a while before he thought to approach her, he learned that she had a very caring personality, she wore her heart on her sleeve and gave it freely to people who cared for her., she had this strong exterior that she showed everyone but inside she was very soft and sensitive.

His plan was to trap her and make her fall for him. He was going to woo her until she gave in. The first time she saw him was when he went to a photo shoot and talked to her very politely, so Sara was impressed. Later on, he said he wanted her to be the model for his jewelry store.

When Sara suggested they meet at his office to talk about the details, he said he was going to meet her for dinner so they could talk casually. Sara reluctantly agreed. During dinner, he showed her one of the expensive bracelets he told her she would be wearing during the shoot.

Sara had praised the quality of the bracelet when he had offered her to try the bracelet so she could see how it looks. She declined but Joaquin wouldn't take no for an answer, he took her hand and placed the bracelet on her arm, and just at the same moment, somebody took a picture. The next day rumors came out that Joaquin had given that very expensive bracelet to her.

The truth was that Sara removed the bracelet a few seconds after he placed it on her arm, the reporters were planted by Joaquin.

Then he kept on creating scenarios that made it look like he was courting Sara, each time there was a photographer planted on the scene so they would be on the news the next day. For her, each encounter was merely a coincidence.

When she got sick and was confined in the hospital, he had bribed a nurse to take his photos and release it to the press.

And at the party where everybody had mocked her because of wearing the wrong attire, Joaquin had intentionally not told Sara about the dress code and the seating placement. He wanted her to embarrass herself, so he could appear the hero when he defended her from the press and everyone who mocked her.

By the time he was done with her, she was impressed because of his kindness. And had started to believe his lies. He had her where he wanted her. It looked like Sara was starting to fall for him.

But then somebody had ruined his plans. 

His sister-in-law was a great beauty, she had always wanted to be the queen but ended up marrying his brother, so instead of seeing it as a loss, she had gone and seduced Joaquin. 

And of course, Joaquin doesn't say no to women when they offer him their bodies. Thinking she was special to him because she was his sister-in-law, she started demanding and dictating what he needed to do for her.

Joaquin thought she was just jealous like every other woman he's had, so he never gave her any importance.

When the news came out that Joaquin was courting Sara and he would probably end up marrying her, the sister-in-law could not keep her cool and confronted him.

Joaquin ignored her, but for her this meant that he had agreed with what she wanted, to get rid of Sara. They were having one of their bondage sessions when Sara walked-in. 

She was dumbfounded by what she saw. There was a woman tied up in the middle of an altar, blood was painted on her naked body, and dead animals were everywhere.

Joaquin was surprised Sara was there but before he could say anything she ran.

When he turned around, there was a smug look on his sister-in-law's face. She said that she called Sara to come and see what kind of man he was. She thought that if Sara gets scared, then she would leave Joaquin. So later, she will be the only important woman in his life.

Joaquin was so angry that he killed her on the spot.

His next option was to blackmail Sara, so he wanted to find evidence against her, but Sara was never alone, she always had her assistant or someone else all the time.

He got Star Light on his side. Money can buy anything, or in this case, anybody. At the after-party, her assistant Bonnie spiked Sara's drink to knock her out. She then took pictures to show Sara was drinking too much that she passed out. After the pictures, she was safely taken to her room so she could rest.