See Love Die

Chapter 2

"Yes, he said 'or just say we have'!"

Harriette was pacing the length of Cheryl's spacious bedroom.

"They're not even looking for him properly Cheryl, they're just fobbing him off. I need to do something"

Cheryl was fiddling with a pen, that had a long feather on the end of it.

"He is such a vile person, and now he's betraying the king? I can't wait to rip that pea sized heart through his ass"

Cheryl was now sat up straight, eyes turning a deep red with anger.

"I wish I knew the first thing about all of this, where to look and how to fight" said Harriette.

She started picking up some of the clothes off of the floor and folding them.

"Jeez you must be stressed, you don't even fold your own clothes. I didn't think you knew how" Cheryl giggled.

It made Harriette smile as she placed them down on the dresser, topped with makeup, body sprays and perfumes.

She knew without her, Cheryl wouldn't be able to afford half of those things and the thought made her smile.

She enjoyed sharing her fortune, especially with friends as good as hers.

"Maybe I could ask-"

"Don't even think about it, just carry on avoiding that monster" Cheryl snapped.

"Like, not to diminish your ideas, he's the one keeping secrets.. why would you go to him expecting him to help?

He's a monster, all he does is take" her rant continued.

"I know, I'm just desperate" and Harriette dropped her head to her hands.

"We could try asking Chase?" She chimed.

Harriette knew it was a good idea, it just meant going to another party that she felt way too depressed to attend.

"Yeah I guess that's a better idea" and she could do with a drink if Christoph was going to be at home waiting for her.

The girls put on some Khalid and started getting ready.

As Harriette was applying her eyeliner, she received a message from Chris.

'Hey beautiful, waiting for you to get back.

Have a surprise for you'

She groaned inwardly.

One of his many attempts at apologising for what he did, without actually having to apologise.

After literally killing her, knowing she didn't want that, he spent every interaction extra soft and tried to shower her with gifts.

She hadn't said anything, to anyone, so he must have thought it was resolved, but that wouldn't stop the guilt eating at him no doubt.

"Almost ready Harry?" Said Cheryl

Sticking the lash lash on, and applying some mascara, Harry nodded and wiggled into one of Cheryl's Nadine Merabi dresses.

It was blue, with a ribbed corset style waist and flowed freely just past the knee.

Paired with denim effect converse, knowing she was going to be doing some drinking, Harry and Cheryl left the room in despair and set off on a quest to talk to Chase.

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The music was loud, and Eli's living room was full to the brim of happy young adults dancing and gyrating on one another.

Harriet had already drank a full bottle of pink gin and it was lucky for her that she was a fast healing Vamp, because her quest would have been over already as would have been her night.

Chase was next to Conrad again, and a Blonde named Megan was edging closer to him by the second.

I heard a low hiss from next to me, and knew Cheryl had already spotted the girl on her way to be a homewrecker.

Chase saw the girls heading his way and walked towards them, a beaning smile on his face, no doubt grateful to be saved from the upcoming advance.

"My girls" he emphasised.

He embraced Cheryl with a kiss, and this made Megan roll her eyes and look for another victim for the night.

He gave Harriette a hug and walked them over to the boys.

Conrad smiled at them both, he was clearly in a good mood tonight, Ben gave them both hugs and they made their rounds saying hello to everyone.

After ther brief catch ups with people, they dragged Chase and Ben to their favourite spot, Eli's roof.

It had a pool and decking, and a mini bar with sodas.

They each grabbed a drink and sat down, the mood changed and got serious.

Harry was the first to speak.

"Sorry to be a mood kill, but my dad still hasn't been found and today I overheard the main soldiers on duty talking about how little they're looking.

I think we need to do something"

"Harry what can we do? We're just kids to these guys" replied Ben.

"What did you hear?" quizzed Chase.

"That some days they just pretend they've followed leads" she looked down at her hands and then over to Cheryl hoping for some back up.

"We can't just let them slack with this babe, imagine if it were your dad?" She'd caught the gist and added.

"Why would they do that? The king is our main priority right now, the rest of us are out there slaving our asses off and these jerks get to sit back and enjoy time off? Who was it Harry?"

"Do you even have to ask?"

"Oh.." replied Chase.

"Ugh the day I can get my hands on him."

Harry's deathening glare was enough to slow him down and stop him from saying to much.

Not with Ben's ears listening intently.

She didn't want to be pittied.

"We need more people on this, we need to do more. Nights are never covered, what if he's being moved and that's why leads always come up flat?" Her brain was going 10,000 miles per hour now.

"A few of us have suggested that" said Ben, "the elders are worried about hunts and spending time with their families"

"All while Harry's has been torn apart" Cheryl scoffed.

It hurt but it was true.

"We need to plan something, get royalists together and invest everything into this. We don't know what he's going through, Cheryl is right too, my family is falling apart. Poor Bee is literally holding us all up"

Then a thought hit her, Christoph was at her home.

Her mother was probably 5 bottles in by now, leaving Beatrix at home alone with that r****t.

She had to leave.

"I think I'm gonna go home guys, Bee has probably got to put my mom to bed soon and it'd be nice for me to take on that responsibility for her for at least tonight.

I'll see you all at school tomorrow though" she voiced, ordering an uber.

"Want me to come with?" said Cheryl.

"No babe you stay, get some quality time with Chase" She winked, Cheryl knew exactly what she meant by that, and Chase's face exposed that they would be doing exactly that, a night full of hot, superspeed, vampire s*x.

Ben groaned and Harry laughed as she made her way downstairs to wait for her car.

"You're going home early" she heard behind her.

"Yeah, long week" she replied, looking conrad up and down quizzingly, he never took an interest in her life.

"If you're a lightweight, you can always go for the alcohol free options" he winked.

"You love winding me up don't you, mut? I could outdrink you any day of the week".

she scoffed.

"Just not on Sundays" he remarked.

She had to laugh, and was saved by the Uber.

"Touché good friend, touché" she smiled.

Something about him seemed different.

She didn't say this, but she smiled and walked off into her version of the sunset.

A lift home to her screwed up life, a tear slipped down her cheek as Lyonell, her driver, pulled off and she wiped it as quick as it fell.

One day at a time princess, just one day at a time.

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As the gates opened, she took in the historical stone Palace, it had bricks out of place and small LED lights built into the walls, intruder flood lights and CCTV and all of the windows were only accessible from inside.

She noticed how dusty the blinds looked and made a mental note to tell the maids to work harder.

She felt like she needed to take a little more charge while her father was gone and her mother was struggling.

She would step up, for herself, and for Beatrix.

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She placed her bag and shoes at the door, and headed straight to the kitchen, where it was no surprise to see her mother and Beatrix trying to get some coffee made.

"Here, let me do that Bee" Harry chimed in, and she smiled ear to ear seeing that Harry was home.

"My diabolical child" Slurred their mum, "she's home to say goodnight for a change"

Here we go, thought Harry.

"Yes mom, I thought I'd come back to help. I'm sorry I haven't been around as much as I should have"

This was aimed at Beatrix more than anyone.

"Ohh don't worry darling, it hasn't been feeling much like home has it?" She slurred.

Beatrix looked at her sister, worried.

This was probably the start of a conversation that none of us wanted to have.

"No mom, but we still have each other right now, don't we?"

"We sure do babe" his voice sent shivers down her spine, making her stop on the spot and her hair stand alert.

She didn't turn, because she knew he'd be approaching her for a kiss.

Instead she allowed him to plant a kiss on her cheek with his hand on her lower back.

It felt so wrong, and she wanted desperately for it to be finished, but the strength to go through all of that right now had to be focused on her dad.

Once he found out what had happened, he would probably rip Christoph's head clean off of his shoulders in a way that would make every single man that had even the utterly sickening thought tremble.. she would promptly make perfume from his blood and wear it daily knowing he'd paid for the horrible things he enjoyed doing to her.

"Myyy son in law" slurred her mother.

The words were like sharp nails down a dry chalkboard.

"My favourite mother in law" he smiled, draping an arm around her shoulders.

It was cringeworthy to both Harry and Beatrix as they looked at each other and inwardly grimaced.

Harriette poured coffee for them all, while her mum and Christoph were in deep conversation about royal duties and getting crowds under control at markets and how to handle the financial crisis they were having at this current moment in time.

A lot of money was being spent on her fathers search.. it made her angry knowing that Chris could sit and talk about money knowing that he was wasting it when being paid handsomely to do a job he was slacking on.

She couldn't wait to see his demise.

She hoped it was slow and painful, like what he'd put her through.

She told Beatrix to run their mother a bath and watched as her mother sipped the hot, strong coffee.

"Take these before bed mom, they'll help how you feel in the morning"

Her mother smiled, and cupped her cheek.

"I'm lucky to have such wonderful daughters" she announced, as a tear rolled down her cheek.

Harriette brushed it away and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"Go and rest mum, we both love you so very much" she said.