Day 40

Around sunset

"The prince... He's a monster!" The lady cried out.

"What happened?"

"Every single unit that went to the castle was... Slaughtered! By his sword! He didn't spare them a second, even it they pleaded. Kai... House Lunaria is done for!"

"What the fuck? Doesn't he know I have the girl?"

"That's exactly why!" Tears streamed down her face furiously. "Because you took the girl, he's turned into the devil himself! He.... He..." Sobs began to muffle her voice and she fell to the ground.

The prince... Murdered all of them? Because I was kidnapped?

"He let me go just to inform you."

"Inform me of what?"

"You need to head to the castle, with the girl. Or he'll come here and burn down everything, and slaughter every last one of us."

"Fine." This person, Kai, sighed.

I was put into a sack until we reached the castle. It felt like over an hour has passed. By the time I was thrown out of the sack it seemed to be evening.

We were inside the castle by now. In a short distance, stood the prince, Kace, and Luca. Dead bodies surrounded us like a graveyard were the bodies weren't even buried. The prince bore a furious look on his face. His clothes and sword was tainted with the blood of those that dared to overthrow the kingdom. And he killed all of them with his own-

"Return her." His voice boomed.

"You killed almost all of my people."

"Because you took her away from me. And I will go to any lengths to make sure she's here with me, and safe." He growled. And Kai pulled out their knife, pointing it at my neck.

"Try anything funny and I'll plunge this baby right in her throat." He moved the knife closer, to the point it's tip was already poking my neck and causing it to bleed. It stung, and I was shaking in fear.

"You bastard!" Rowan attempted to move forward but was pulled back by Luca and Kace.

"I said, don't try anything." Kai snickered. I felt the knife push in deeper. I wanted to scream, it hurt. But I was to scared.

"Now. I want you to bring the king here, and I'll let her go... The Quentin, and their shitty rule, has gone on for far too long!"

"Fine." Prince Rowan responds. His voice bitter. Before he could even move, the sound of a gunshot fills the air, and Kai falls limp to the ground, followed by his lady companion. Two clean shots straight in the head, their blood splattering to the me, and the floor. The knife fell out leaving me to bare the stinging sensation of air against an open wound.

"Motherfuckers dare take away my bestie!" Adria comes out of the shadows. She was on the second floor with a sniper in her hand. She knows how to use a gun? Damn.

The prince ran over to me ripped the ties I had around my arms and calves then pulled me into a hug.

"E-eh Rowan my neck is still bleeding! It'll get blood all over you..."

"I don't care." He said softly. "I was so worried. I didn't think they'd take you." I felt tears soak my dirtied clothes. It made me begin to cry as well.

"I was so scared..." My hands tightly gripped tunic. "I thought I was going to die."

"I won't ever let you die."

"Ehem." Luca interrupted. "First of all, Riselle's neck is still bleeding. Second, we need to clean up this mess you made your highness."

The prince pulled away and sighed. "Alright. Kace, you do the cleanup. I'll go find the bastard who betrayed us."

"Betrayed?" I ask, slightly flinching from the pain of the wound on my neck.

"They wouldn't have abducted you if there wasn't anyone giving them info. Because that deadman would've been caught before he found your room."

"Oooi, aren't you guys going to thank me for saving Riselle's life!?" Adria rushes down over to where we are.

"Thanks, Adria." I tell her weakly.

"Hoho! Anything for my bestie."

"Come on now, we need to go fix up that wound of yours." Luca picks me up into his arms. Instant glares came from both Kace and the Prince, and squeeling from Adria.

He took me to the castle's clinic and set me down on one of the beds. I've already been here for over a month, but I haven't once entered the clinic before.

The mage took out antibiotics and a few other things from the shelf and set them on the small table by the bed, then grabbed a chair and moved it to beside the bed. "The wound is pretty deep." He frowned. "Does it hurt?"

"Yeah, but not too bad."

"I'm sorry that I wasn't able to protect you." He told me, dabbing a wet cloth around the bloody wound.

"You shouldn't have to feel responsible for what happened to me."

Even after what I said, he still looked guilty. And continued to clean my wound with that guilty look on his face.

Well today was a wild ride of getting kidnapped and almost killed. Then I find out Adria is a badass sniper.

"Hey... Luca."

"What is it?"

"Did the prince really kill all those people, with his own sword?"

"Will you hate him If I said he did?"

"No. I know he only did that because it was necessary." I'm sure he didn't want to kill all of them either.

"I was shocked, to be honest." Luca said, and put a gauze pad over my wound. "I didn't think him wanting you in his possession only would reach such an extent. He practically sacrificed his reputation as a kind prince."

"The kingdom is going to fear him now." I sigh. "Wait haven't they always?"

"Perhaps." Luca gets up to put away the antibiotics and other things. "So what are you going to do now Riselle?"

"Huh?"

"It's clear that he won't let anyone else have you."

"Ehh, I don't know."

"You should think about it soon. If you're going to leave and pursue your future elsewhere, you should do it before it's too late. Stick around too long and the prince won't even consider letting you look at another man." His voice was serious. "Or even woman."

"I haven't thought of it that way."

"Because you're naive, idiot."

"Am not!" I roll my eyes. But he's right, I can't just stay in this castle forever like a freeloader. The only reason I ended up here in the first place is because the prince wanted to marry me.