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Chapter two
The morning after the dinner the king hosted, she woke before dawn for her every day run. Unfortunately James was also running and tried to catch up with her. "Morning, princess. Did you want to see me?"
"No," I say in short response, not wanting to speak with him. He stays silent but keeps running beside me.
Afterwards I go back to my chambers to shower and after I walk to the garden. I sit down on the bench near the fountain surrounded by beautiful, colorful flowers. I start to think of how I can discover if James was the one after the killings in my kingdom. That's when I heard something, not footsteps but I felt a presence. A strangely warm presence.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" i announce the presence making it known that i can feel it. I pulled out a dagger I had hidden in my boot. I feel uncomfortable and tense up when I hear something behind me.
I turn around and swing the dager scratching… oh no i scratched James in the face. "James, what are you doing here!?!" I say annoyed.
"Why do you sound annoyed? I'm the one whos probably going to have a scar. Why are you so jumpy?"
"You're gonna have more than that scratch if you keep coming out of nowhere. And you still haven't answered my question."
"Fine, I saw you come in her and wanted to make sure you weren't planning someone's death."
"So you were spying on me. Ugh! You and your father are so alike" i say while hitting his shoulder when i walk by. "Basterds." I mumble. He then grabs my wrist roughly.
" I heard that, and you should remember your in my kingdom right now. I can order your execution if I want to."
"But you're too cowardly to do that." i say while taking my hand back and starting to walk away. Of course he took that as a challenge.
"Just like you were too cowardly to protect your own people." he countered.
If looks could kill, mine would as I turn around. "What did you say!!" it wasn't a question but a promise that if he ever says something like that i will make sure he regrets it.
"You heard me." he says as if he was expected to repeat himself and of course the great James Griffin doesn't have to repeat himself.
I try to kick him out of rage. How dare he say i can't protect my people. My people the people, I was one hundred percent sure he was killing. Of course he saw that coming and he moved out of the way and grabbed my leg and pulled me but I regained balance.
"Sorry princess but i have to go. Nice talking with you." he says and walks away or at least he tries to before I pounce on him and put my dagger to his throat again. This becomes a cycle but this time she was slowly losing control.
She has lost many people who were loyal to her and respected her. They were the closest thing to friends she ever had and he was killing them so that his father could gain more kingdoms.
"I Know it's you," she breathed " I know it's you killing my people." he smirks. That drives me insane. He is killing innocent people and smirking like he was just playing a game. I got so mad I hit his head almost knocking him unconscious and pointed the dagger to his heart. If he even had one.
The guard that was hiding in the corners came out. Of course I knew they were there this whole time. The king would never let a rebelouis assassin queen roam the castle with none to keep her in line.
"You move another inch and I will kill your crowned prince." I announce to the guards.
"Know you and me prince are going to have a talk." I pull him up and make sure there's no way he can grab his daggers or weapons he's always carrying around. I take him to my chamber and after I take care of all the guards. I sit him on a chair and tie his hands and legs.
"Well princess, how long did it take you to find out?" he asked as if he wasn't in a powerless position.
I lost my calm and told him I knew it was him now. I had to make sure he doesn't tell his father or he will have my head.
"I figured out on your first kill. Lord and Lady Mills. I knew it was your form of assasination" i answered. Every assassin has its style to some it's an art form. Some are messy and some are tortuous.
"Well done, princess"
I grab his hair while he's sitting on the chair and pull his head to look at me straight in the eyes. "Why are you doing it? Is it your father? Was this all a part of his plans, to get me to marry you and unite our kingdoms?"
"Yes, my father told me to kill those people but about his plans, I don't know. He never told me about his plan for you and I to get married."
My theory was confirmed. I let go of his hair and searched in his eyes. Balancing out my options. I decide to let go of him. "I'm letting you free not because I trust you but because I know you don't want to involve your kingdom into any disagreement we have. We have been enemies for a long time but you and I have one thing in common, we do not like to involve our people into our problems."
Chapter two
The morning after the dinner the king hosted, she woke before dawn for her every day run. Unfortunately James was also running and tried to catch up with her. "Morning, princess. Did you want to see me?"
"No," I say in short response, not wanting to speak with him. He stays silent but keeps running beside me.
Afterwards I go back to my chambers to shower and after I walk to the garden. I sit down on the bench near the fountain surrounded by beautiful, colorful flowers. I start to think of how I can discover if James was the one after the killings in my kingdom. That's when I heard something, not footsteps but I felt a presence. A strangely warm presence.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" i announce the presence making it known that i can feel it. I pulled out a dagger I had hidden in my boot. I feel uncomfortable and tense up when I hear something behind me.
I turn around and swing the dager scratching… oh no i scratched James in the face. "James, what are you doing here!?!" I say annoyed.
"Why do you sound annoyed? I'm the one whos probably going to have a scar. Why are you so jumpy?"
"You're gonna have more than that scratch if you keep coming out of nowhere. And you still haven't answered my question."
"Fine, I saw you come in her and wanted to make sure you weren't planning someone's death."
"So you were spying on me. Ugh! You and your father are so alike" i say while hitting his shoulder when i walk by. "Basterds." I mumble. He then grabs my wrist roughly.
" I heard that, and you should remember your in my kingdom right now. I can order your execution if I want to."
"But you're too cowardly to do that." i say while taking my hand back and starting to walk away. Of course he took that as a challenge.
"Just like you were too cowardly to protect your own people." he countered.
If looks could kill, mine would as I turn around. "What did you say!!" it wasn't a question but a promise that if he ever says something like that i will make sure he regrets it.
"You heard me." he says as if he was expected to repeat himself and of course the great James Griffin doesn't have to repeat himself.
I try to kick him out of rage. How dare he say i can't protect my people. My people the people, I was one hundred percent sure he was killing. Of course he saw that coming and he moved out of the way and grabbed my leg and pulled me but I regained balance.
"Sorry princess but i have to go. Nice talking with you." he says and walks away or at least he tries to before I pounce on him and put my dagger to his throat again. This becomes a cycle but this time she was slowly losing control.
She has lost many people who were loyal to her and respected her. They were the closest thing to friends she ever had and he was killing them so that his father could gain more kingdoms.
"I Know it's you," she breathed " I know it's you killing my people." he smirks. That drives me insane. He is killing innocent people and smirking like he was just playing a game. I got so mad I hit his head almost knocking him unconscious and pointed the dagger to his heart. If he even had one.
The guard that was hiding in the corners came out. Of course I knew they were there this whole time. The king would never let a rebelouis assassin queen roam the castle with none to keep her in line.
"You move another inch and I will kill your crowned prince." I announce to the guards.
"Know you and me prince are going to have a talk." I pull him up and make sure there's no way he can grab his daggers or weapons he's always carrying around. I take him to my chamber and after I take care of all the guards. I sit him on a chair and tie his hands and legs.
"Well princess, how long did it take you to find out?" he asked as if he wasn't in a powerless position.
I lost my calm and told him I knew it was him now. I had to make sure he doesn't tell his father or he will have my head.
"I figured out on your first kill. Lord and Lady Mills. I knew it was your form of assasination" i answered. Every assassin has its style to some it's an art form. Some are messy and some are tortuous.
"Well done, princess"
I grab his hair while he's sitting on the chair and pull his head to look at me straight in the eyes. "Why are you doing it? Is it your father? Was this all a part of his plans, to get me to marry you and unite our kingdoms?"
"Yes, my father told me to kill those people but about his plans, I don't know. He never told me about his plan for you and I to get married."
My theory was confirmed. I let go of his hair and searched in his eyes. Balancing out my options. I decide to let go of him. "I'm letting you free not because I trust you but because I know you don't want to involve your kingdom into any disagreement we have. We have been enemies for a long time but you and I have one thing in common, we do not like to involve our people into our problems."
I half expected him to pounce on me when I let him go but he didn't. "Then let's work together. Just this once." that i didn't expect. "We both don't want to get married and we could use this to our advantage."
"How? it's not like we can just convince your father to let go of the idea." I say intrigued. "And how would this benefit you and me? Why help at all?"
"Well, princess, I will stop killing your people and of course we won't have to get married." He says with an exaggerated disgust face. I roll my eyes. "Anyways, I will convince my father that you and I won't work and that it's not what's best for our kingdom. If that doesn't work well sneak you out. But you have to help me with something." I wait for him to say what it is but he just stares at me.
"What is it? Just spit it out." I blurted out impatiently.
He walked up to me and in a low voice he said "Can I trust you?" This was strange because we both know the answer to that question.
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