" Woah princess where are you rushing off to." Ian asks. I don't chance looking at him with the tears still falling. " Princess?" I look up at him and when he sees me crying,he grows concerned. "Ariella what happened?" I look back behind me and thank God he isn't there. " It's nothing Ian." Just then Dex comes running up behind me. " Your highness!" I shrink forward a little and Ian seems to understand. Instantly his mood changes and he looks mad. Before Dex reaches me Ian steps in front of me like a shield. " You bastard!"
I can feel the anger coming from him. " Oxford get out of my way. I need to speak to the princess." "Like hell I will!" Dex goes icy and his voice matches Ian's. " Move." Ian dosent budge. " What the hell did you do to her?!" Dex is hesitant to say but eventually does. " I kissed her." That breaks Ian's control and he punches Dex. " You kissed her? Against her will!? You bastard!" Dex and Ian start to spar with eachother. And I yell at them to stop. Both of them ignore me and continue to fight. I rush over to them to try and pull them apart when I get hit in the stomach. I double over and drop to the floor from the impact. Ian is the first to notice me on the ground and stops throwing fists. Soon I hear boots and footsteps heading towards us. The hit to my stomach is causing my vision to become blurred. Hands are on my arms and supporting my head.
" What the hell happened here?" Max. Soon I feel another set of hands. " What happened to my daughter?!" The king. I see the look on both Ian and Dex's faces. A look of horror and regret. I am barely able to choke out words. " Dad. I'm alright. It was my fault." I try sitting up and a wave of dizziness washes over me. Max's arms are the only thing that kept me from hitting my head on the floor. The king shakes his head. " It doesn't matter whose fault it is right now. Maxwell take her to the royal physician. I want to make sure there are no internal injuries." Max nods and places his hands beneath my legs and around my back picking me up. His hands are warm against my skin. My senses are becoming weaker. I can vaguely hear the conversation going on behind me. As Max walks away from them I can see my father,Ian,and Dex engaged in conversation. Ian still looks pissed and Dex just looks his icy cold self. I don't know what my father's expression is but I'm sure it's not anything good.
Even though I'm blacking out it seems that Max's arms around me are more prominent. I feel the muscles separated by my clothes,the warmth helping me stop shivering. " M-Max." I whisper almost inaudible. Although I think he hears me because his arms tighten around me. " It's ok Ari. I'm right here." I look up to see his face. The only emotion showing that I can see is regret. But for what I don't know because at that moment I finally give into the blackness and fall asleep.
Max P.O.V
I'm sitting in Ariella's room holding her hand as she sleeps. She looks so pained and weak like this. Not the Ariella I know.I wish she would open her eyes. I haven't seen her beautiful blue eyes in a week. All I remember is seeing her on the ground groaning in pain as she clutches her stomach. The next she is in my arms and I am walking her away from my idiotic brothers and hearing her whisper my name. My heart sped up when I heard it. A blush hit my cheeks. Now I am waiting for her to wake up. Even though she is alive the physician said that her injuries though not life threatning, were bad. Her stomach took a hard blow and left a lot of bruising and a broken rib. I squeeze her hand and brush a stray hair from her face. " I miss you Ari. I know you have only been asleep a week,but I just want to see you. Do you remember the night of the ball? When we went out to the garden and you told me how you were feeling. I can't believe I didn't get just how lonely you felt. I remember the way your head was on my shoulder as we watched the stars. I don't know if you can hear me. That night as we were about to go in,I wanted to kiss you but I couldn't. There is something I haven't told you. But because of it I can't be with you. No matter how badly I want to. No matter how badly I wish I could be the only one who protects you and holds you." I feel a lump rising in my throat. " Just please wake up so I can tell this to you as I look you in your eyes." I brush my thumb across her hand. I fall asleep holding her hand just praying my princess would wake up.
Dex's P.O.V
I find my brother in the room with the princess. I wanted to go in but I just stood at the door listening to him as he speaks to her. So he still hasn't told her what was arranged. I sigh and shake my head. " Stupid little brother. You should have told her." I whisper to myself. I listen more and as I listen to him I suddenly have a weird urge to run in the room and jerk him away from her. To protect her from him. I don't know why. I remember the kiss in the hallway. The way her lips felt against mine. How warm they were. The jolt of electricity that went through me. How much I wanted to pull her closer to me. I have to get away from her room when I bump into Ian. " Hey bro." We got our fight in the hallway sorted out,but it's still a little akward. Apparently my face gives something away to him. "Something wrong?" I rub the back of my head. "It's just Max is in the princesses room and for some reason I really wanted to pull him out of there and shut him away from her. I got angry that he was in there with her." Ian just stared at me for a minute then it looks like surprise shows on his face. " Sounds like you were jealous,brother." I grunt and shake my head. "I'm not jealous. I just don't want her around him." Ian chuckles.
"Say what you want but that sounds like jealousy to me. I know you won't ever admit it out loud but I think that you have caught feelings for the princess." All the blood drains from my face at his words. "I haven't. She's the princess and I am-" Ian interrupts me. "A prince. Your a prince Dex. As are Max and myself. You can't say your a commener because your not. It's ok to have feelings for her." We hear the princess's door open them close and soon Max has found us. "What you guys talking about?" "Just that our brother hear has caught feelings for the princess." It seems that the color drains from Max's face too. "What?" Ian shrugs. " I was just telling him that it's ok to have feelings for her. But-" Ian turns to face me."I have feelings for her to. So I will fight for her." I get angry again. "You will not get her." I realize that maybe my brother is right. Maxs face becomes cold. "She won't be with either of you. I knew her first. I will protect her."
Author Thoughts
Thank you guys so much for reading my book!!! I am still new to it and any suggestions would be very helpful. I will update soon.And sorry about the name changes I didn't think the first names fit with my book.