Chapter 14 - Change
Darkness. Everything around me was in complete darkness. But somehow, Crimson still managed to effortlessly run with me in his arms to the central wing. Rapid gunshots could be heard from outside the thick palace walls and I unconsciously held onto Crimson tighter. The tears had stopped flowing down my eyes but I was still terrified.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vL5U2yzhN
“Damn it,” Crimson swore under his breath as we hit a dead end. “I was sure that this was the way to the elevator!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjGjZyEkTT
“It’s dark Crimson,” I whispered into his chest. “Even you can’t possibly maneuver your way through this place.”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpdAuG4X4w
“What choice do I have Alex?” He exasperated. “Intruders are trying to infiltrate the palace! I can’t just stop, your life is on the line!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrycSApxSBM
“What about your life?” I shot back, “Yours is just as important as mine!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV0lLFDOjX
“You’re a princess!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNqK9RKMqZ
“And you’re mine so that means you’re important!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx4WQFi9AW
He sighed as he tightened his hold on me. He leaned his lips down to my forehead and gave me a long kiss; as if this was the last time he would see me. “Promise me that if it ever comes to a moment whether you have to choose between my life or yours, you’ll chose yours,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83KR5BnvfP
“But I can’t-”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlL46HYrJj
“Promise me Alex!” He pressed. “Please promise me so that my soul can be at ease.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17s3FW8H7o
I sighed as I slowly brought my head up to look at him. “I promise,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5LJyQiUE4
He sighed in relief and pressed another kiss to my forehead before readjusting me in his arms. 967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRUTsjPqHF
“I’m going to get you to safety,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQ61hKC7kx
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“ROBERT, THANK GOD I FOUND YOU!” Crimson shouted as he ran towards Robert who shined his flashlight directly in our faces. When he realized that it was us, he sighed in relief and told the guards to put their guns down.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAUBNl8oCJ
“Jesus Christ!” He ran up to us and began inspecting me. “It should be me thanking God that the Princess is unharmed! And you as well Crimson,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo2vRmBOo1
“Where’s the safe room?” Crimson asked as he scanned around the room.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5iXDEq1P8
Robert led him over to the wall where he knocked in an intricate fifteen step pattern that made the wall slowly come open and reveal the rest of my family, sitting quite comfortably if I must say, in an overly posh and large room. What kind of safe room was this? This looked like a 5-star hotel lobby!967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBFSXIVXTj
“ALEX!” Arty shouted as he ran over to me. “You’re ok! Thank goodness,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttdZx0BOju
“A-Arty,” I squeaked as tears fell down my eyes again. I was just happy to see that my brother was still alive. I reached my arms out to him and Crimson transferred me over from his arms to Arty’s. I held tightly onto my brother as he hugged me back equally as tight.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8F2sk6XIl
“Crimson,” Robert said resting a hand on his shoulder. “You’re Princess Alexandra’s Royal Guard so you will stay here to help guard the royal family. I will go with squads A, E and R to help out against defending against the intruders,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu6ZSFOo6q
“Just how much of them are there?” Arty asked as he set me down on the plush couch.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6pxYuW5Px
“We think at least one hundred,” Robert sighed. “But they’re all heavily armed,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilCYL1Rgbr
“Sir, I think it’s high time we make our move,” A guard said coming over to us. “The gunshot sounds are coming closer,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7bnLoYw3j
Robert nodded firmly at him before turning to us. “Stay safe,” He said to my family and I. “Crimson, I’m counting on you and the other guards to protect the Royal Family at all costs!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR4wtZ6ekF
Crimson firmly shaked his head. “Yes Sir!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JqIA60JYg
“Let’s move out!” Robert shouted as he took his squads with him. Crimson looked back longingly at me one last time before turning around and walking out of the room. The door was tightly sealed shut again and the room was filled with a deafening silence.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS8AD5EqVf
“What happened in your room?” My mother questioned.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml4ly6AWSc
“What’s it to you!” I snapped at her. “Who the hell do you think you are questioning me?”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJrGOvhmzg
“I’m your mother!” She spat as she arose from her seat. “Now tell me what happened Alexandra!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPd613bsduy
“I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU SHIT!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVt9XEgMDk
“Damn it Alex now is not the time to act like a fucking bitch!” Liam exasperated. “Just tell mom what happened so she can shut the hell up!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAZaDB1YHL
“Please don’t speak to mother like that Liam!” Grace interjected.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhomokf1Rz9
“Oh, shut the fuck up Grace!” Leo rolled his eyes.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzc0ffbBmX
“Watch your mouth Leo!” Arty interjected.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwyPJt74IQ
“ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP I’M TRYING TO SLEEP!” My father shouted at us. “All you fuckers ever do is make noise around my damn head all day! We’re fucking under attack and you’re all still bitching!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa0jYIoYxd
“How’s about you shut the fuck up ‘daddy’!” I spat.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyykDAQ6hyy
My father angrily shot up from his seat and stalked over to me. He yanked me harshly by my hair and pulled me up to his face. “Listen here you little bitch!” He spat. “You can have all the fucking attitude you want with anyone else, but this is my fucking kingdom and you will respect me!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSOsLaG6Y9
“What the hell are you doing dad?” Arty shouted as he ran over to us. “Let her go!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsD4AlZUya
“Shut up boy!” He growled967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhR8LAGsi6
“Respect has to be earned,” I glared at him. “And you’ve done nothing to earn mine!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnlCoERIq0
At that, he wrapped my curls around his fist even tighter and brought his other hand to wrap around my throat tightly. He lifted me off the ground held me against the wall. I clawed at his hand for him to release me but it was futile. “Want to try saying that again brat?”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKtg0VXJHv
“STOP IT DAD YOU’LL KILL HER!” Arty tried to intervened but was punched back by my father in the gut, which made him double over in pain.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJOs9jSP3b
“I told you to shut up boy!” He growled at him as he held on tighter to my throat. My vision was beginning to turn hazy as I gasped for oxygen.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAcp6wRLAn
“STOP IT TRUTH!” My mother screamed as she rushed over to us. She hit my father over his head with a thick book that instantly made him release me and I fell to the floor. As a result, he was knocked unconsciousness and fell forward on his face. Arty immediately rushed over to him and checked his pulse.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrYI4Sorax
“He’s alive,” He breathed.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSX8zyoCjB
Oh darn!967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWgMCiYEOA
“Alex,” Arty said rushing over to me. “Are you ok? Your throat is bruised pretty badly,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWPNVfebxW
I nodded my head slowly at him as I quickly took in oxygen. “I’m fine,” I breathed raggedly.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTzUlgJgI0
But Arty still lifted me into his arms and set me down gently on the sofa before hovering over me like a mother hen. “I said I’m fine Arty! You should be more concerned about that asshole on the floor that nearly killed me!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ5oXeo9SX
“He’ll live,” Arty said through gritted teeth. “I can’t believe he did that to you, he’s never gone that far!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ueN2Vuf9k
“Just goes to show how much he wants me dead!” I seethed.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC5v0vEsjm
The soft patter of my mother’s dainty footsteps made me look up at her in confusion. “Are you ok?” She asked.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAKo8hcYrC
Not only my jaw dropped to the ground, but so did Arty’s and everyone else in the room. Did she just ask that? “W-Wh-What?”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8WCr6AGHM
“Are you ok?” She said, sounding slightly more annoyed as she sat down next to me on the couch. “He had a pretty tight grip on your throat,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sjzES5I5W
I felt very apprehensive about her sudden attitude, even if she was the one who had just saved me from suffocating. “It’s fine,” I said impassively.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMjWX5ZEM2
“Good,” She said, but as she was about to get up, I stopped her with my next words.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCguT0ksNIQ
“What’s the catch to you saving me?” I narrowed my eyes at her. “I thought you said you didn’t want me,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA5oN4JkTz
She clenched her fists tightly and looked away from me, glaring at the ground. “Their are people out there who are fighting with all their strength to kill us all. Now is not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves,”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuj99DJncF
“So what, you just want us to put everything behind us and act like a damn happy family?” I seethed. Arty elbowed me lightly in the ribs, as if saying, “She’s actually being civil don’t ruin it with your bitchy attitude!’ “Listen, you don’t like me I get it, but guess what else “Princess”, I don’t like you either!” She said in a fake-happy tone. “But there are people out there who want to kill us and will kill us if we don’t fight!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMAqEm2sKu
“So this brings me back to my previous question,” I rolled my eyes. “Do you want us to act like a family just because we’re under attack?”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoVoyZ0Mue
“I don’t want us to act like a family,” She said stepping closer to me. “I want us to fight like one!”967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3vlhi0aYl
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Once again, this chapter is written on whims. I have no real clue what the hell is going on as usual.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vkbyotm0f
My awards ceremony was yesterday! I made the honor roll and I’m a member of my school’s bronze club (which means you have a GPA of 3.5 or higher!) I also got an award for being most lady-like in my school which I found highly ironic since my main character is anything but a lady lol.967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJf0Mqkv20K
Anyway enough about boring old me!967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxurqLNBNEQ
Keep on reviewing beautiful people!967Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpA4XdP6EP
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