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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBde3IZ7XZ
“Damn it,” Crimson swore under his breath as we hit a dead end. “I was sure that this was the way to the elevator!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXszRTqjj42
“It’s dark Crimson,” I whispered into his chest. “Even you can’t possibly maneuver your way through this place.”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Tjn9S4vN
“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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzCejtkLwj
“What about your life?” I shot back, “Yours is just as important as mine!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbePqrqXe0
“You’re a princess!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQOLFwkWo1
“And you’re mine so that means you’re important!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M4BnnbKsx
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,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTFsizbZaX
“But I can’t-”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIQvnztPOP
“Promise me Alex!” He pressed. “Please promise me so that my soul can be at ease.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVFbEMWHee
I sighed as I slowly brought my head up to look at him. “I promise,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHcJz8ux9b
He sighed in relief and pressed another kiss to my forehead before readjusting me in his arms. 821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tDMivAzNF
“I’m going to get you to safety,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7cGL0Xm2r
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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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQdd2dmqav
“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,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsGZ6HYgto
“Where’s the safe room?” Crimson asked as he scanned around the room.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGNBYL8GyS
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!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XO808mbD6
“ALEX!” Arty shouted as he ran over to me. “You’re ok! Thank goodness,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EQT78pQgg
“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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoCobV6UAM
“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,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bso0cKMtf
“Just how much of them are there?” Arty asked as he set me down on the plush couch.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5nPTmUBlh
“We think at least one hundred,” Robert sighed. “But they’re all heavily armed,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO9lxrhR7F
“Sir, I think it’s high time we make our move,” A guard said coming over to us. “The gunshot sounds are coming closer,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV57Z3F9nC
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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY03kUDMCSc
Crimson firmly shaked his head. “Yes Sir!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqBZ4xirfC
“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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXQ3P7mmfc
“What happened in your room?” My mother questioned.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVfYJUUKxD
“What’s it to you!” I snapped at her. “Who the hell do you think you are questioning me?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9ropz8rU2
“I’m your mother!” She spat as she arose from her seat. “Now tell me what happened Alexandra!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq42E6bIaJj
“I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU SHIT!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEZu4no0om
“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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0QVIaG8TI
“Please don’t speak to mother like that Liam!” Grace interjected.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8fwI7PabV
“Oh, shut the fuck up Grace!” Leo rolled his eyes.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RyXJCvYfJ
“Watch your mouth Leo!” Arty interjected.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiwJdle4ju
“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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8525EVJhA
“How’s about you shut the fuck up ‘daddy’!” I spat.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu09Z8jczP
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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsnWESUlPR
“What the hell are you doing dad?” Arty shouted as he ran over to us. “Let her go!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N6F2gknVQ
“Shut up boy!” He growled821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXOL6Zt1g0
“Respect has to be earned,” I glared at him. “And you’ve done nothing to earn mine!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMya8jsUoS
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?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG4Mcu6mOo
“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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgnJxPvd8v
“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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTXBhDJMtK
“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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6bz9GUssa
“He’s alive,” He breathed.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bcsw89S3D
Oh darn!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEk9jaxgn6
“Alex,” Arty said rushing over to me. “Are you ok? Your throat is bruised pretty badly,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2bpGMoqeC
I nodded my head slowly at him as I quickly took in oxygen. “I’m fine,” I breathed raggedly.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22DKKD6Cl5
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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGPD4V3W3J
“He’ll live,” Arty said through gritted teeth. “I can’t believe he did that to you, he’s never gone that far!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz2d7Rmx60
“Just goes to show how much he wants me dead!” I seethed.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvG07fabAK
The soft patter of my mother’s dainty footsteps made me look up at her in confusion. “Are you ok?” She asked.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wq6BeB6pQ
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?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ8KJV7VTJ
“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,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzX9oUnYAx
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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGdCetrVQg
“Good,” She said, but as she was about to get up, I stopped her with my next words.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85cHAhP47P
“What’s the catch to you saving me?” I narrowed my eyes at her. “I thought you said you didn’t want me,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKxTTEWmXq
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,”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW2vxIicOi
“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!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpNqAFLVKC
“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?”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kVdO0rScd
“I don’t want us to act like a family,” She said stepping closer to me. “I want us to fight like one!”821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85cLts7FO3
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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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pXApynD94
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.821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRUlZBCVQg
Anyway enough about boring old me!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz2uGeg5jV
Keep on reviewing beautiful people!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoQgrFoTPj
Peace Out!821Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOmLNUgmmB
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