"Do you want her to fear you? She would hate you Alexander, she would."
"No!" Alexander yelled out. Somehow, when he heard someone saying his wife would hate him, it hurt him deep, even in his not-so conscious state. He couldn't bear the fact that his wife would hate him if she saw him in this state. He didn't want his wife to ever see him in this monstrous state and he never would allow that. He had lost all of his rationality because Beowulf had done everything to provoke him and all he wanted that time was to spill blood.
"No! She won't hate me! I won't allow her to hate me." He said as he staggered backwards. The sword was still buried in his abdomen and it was then he realized that Beowulf had stabbed him.
He fell backward and Bruce, Lago and Finn went to to help him up.
"Your highness!" Finn said.
"Alexander, why didn't you remove the sword? You're hurt!" Bruce said and Alexander shook his head painfully.
"It's poisoned." He said as he opened his eyes, it was then Bruce realized his eyes were red and he cursed.
"F*ck!"
"Don't worry. I won't die. I need to find my wife." He said. It looked like he was clearly in pain because of the poison but he swallowed the pain.
"You're hurt Alexander." Bruce said but all he got was a cold glare. He violently pushed his way forward and stood close to Beowulf. "You're lucky I didn't kill you but I'll come back for you." Alexander said in a cold tone but Beowulf only chuckled.
"By then, you'll be gone and I'll make your wife my personal servant on bed." He said and Alexander charged to attack him but he was held back by the three men behind him.
"Alexander you're hurt."
"I don't care. I need to find my wife." He said and Bruce sighed. He let go off him and looked at the beaten Beowulf who didn't feel like he was in pain. They stared at each other for a long while but Bruce didn't say a word and left. Lago and Finn took the prince out and Beowulf only chuckled devilishly.
"I'll sit back and watch how y'all find her!!"
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Lucas who had been checking the palace security heard footsteps coming towards his direction. He turned only to find Bruce walking forward and his prince who had a sword pierced in the lower part of his stomach. He could also see Lago and Finn slightly injured and he gulped. He knew that the injuries meant nothing to Finn and Lago but his prince?! His prince got stabbed, not that he had anything to worry about but his gut feeling told him that sword there meant something more, but his head couldn't figure out what it was.
Bruce was the first to meet up with him, he told him about Alexander's situation and Lucas went wide eyed.
"P-p-poisoned?!!
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Ellie was still hugging Amir tightly, it had been minutes but she still didn't let go. Tiny drops of tears fell on his shirt and he pulled her away to check if she was really crying for him. Although, he was weak due to not being able to wake and move for weeks, he still tried to gather any strength left in him and pulled her away.
He gazed deeply into her eyes as he could not even open his mouth to speak. He was too weak that even speaking was a difficult task for him to do. He smiled as he saw few drops of tears on her cheeks. 'Is she really crying for me? I feel like I want to cry too!'
"Amir I want to beat you up but only when you've recovered. Are you okay with that?" She asked and Amir slightly nodded. Though, it pained him, he still had to answer her.
"Good! I'll leave you to rest. See you tomorrow!" She said and hugged him once more before leaving. Amir wanted to protest, but he was helpless. He couldn't even speak. He inwardly sighed as he saw her retreating figure.
Bang!
It was the sound of the closed door. 'I rested for weeks, I don't need to rest anymore. Please come back!' He could only say inwardly.
Ellie slowly walked through the hallways, reminiscing what had happened back there. A smile curved on her lips as she remembered.
Earlier, she had planned to leave since he was still not awake. She had her hands on the doorknob when a voice stopped her. Though it could be heard that what he said was excruciatingly painful for him. He said it while gasping a little.
"Are you....planning on.....leaving....my....love?" He spoke with ragged breathing. Ellie turned to look and she found out that he was awake, his eyes were slightly opened and he was trying so hard to stand but couldn't.
Ellie rushed to hug him, all other thoughts leaving her head, she had almost forgotten that she still needed to beat him. She hugged him tightly, not minding if he was choking or not, all that mattered to her was that he was alive and he spoke to her, even it was a little bit. He still spoke to her. She pulled away and gazed at him.
"A-amir? Y-you're okay and alive!" She spoke in a daze, she didn't know that her words confused him and he creased his brows. 'Alive and okay? She initially wanted me dead? Well, not her fault. I was the one who sucked out the poison, meaning. I didn't care if I died or not. It's a miracle I'm alive. How did it happen?' He said in his head.
Seeing his creased brows, she leaned forward and hugged him. Amir could feel the warmth emitting from her body. He almost wanted to grab her and also hug her but he knew he couldn't as his body was too weak to do so.
"I didn't mean it that way. I'm just so happy that you're finally back and I could hear your annoying voice once more." She said with muffled words as her face was buried in his clothing. She chuckled a little at her own words but shook her head as if, trying to clear any thoughts that were coming in.
She stayed that way for minutes until few drops of tears appeared on her cheeks. Amir used all of his strength to pull her away. She didn't know why he did it but she didn't feel angry. She couldn't even feel angry after seeing him open his eyes. She had told him that he wanted to beat him up and he agreed to it.
She giggled as she remembered what happened in there. It was nothing special but being seeing him awake was a relief to her.
Shaking her head to clear out all thoughts, she moved towards the throne hall to inform her mother about Amir. She smiled as she pictured Titus's ecstatic face. She ran through the hallways, not minding who she bumped into. She only apologized to whoever she bumped into.
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