Princess Elise

Chapter 9: Comforting Her

Chapter 9: Comforting her

Elise's Point of View:

It's good to see that in all this castle, at least I have my own bathroom and I don't need to get out of my chamber to go there, otherwise I would have peed my bed before I would go out and meet those monsters at my door. I don't want to see them. This time I would be called a traitor for real.

I've used the bathroom 2 or 3 times today from lack of water. Lucky for me I still had half a glass of water so I won't d*e of thirst.

In the middle of the night I went to the bathroom and checked myself into the mirror. My eyes were entirely red and puffy like I've been hit by a horse in the face, my whole face was puffy, my lips looked dry and I felt empty. I still couldn't believe that Michelangelo b*headed my dear friend ...  I can't believe that he's d*ad, I don't want to believe this. When he told me that he would go with me wherever I want, I felt so good ... and he also said that he wants to be mine ... If I had the chance to run away with him this morning I would have preferred to marry him as soon as possible and get my ' happy ever after'!

 I don't know what was so special about him, but there definitely was something. It just felt right being in his presence ... and somehow I felt safe. I know it's a stupid thing to say 'cause I just met him, but I truly felt a connection with him. Like I would knew that he would never hurt me or tell me to play by his rules.

They took this feeling away from me ... and I won't forget that.

I couldn't sleep all night, the image of Michelangelo placing the s*ord above Nate's head kept repeating over and over again. All the sleep I had was like ... perhaps 20 minutes and that was a total nightmare, literally. I don't know when I had the time to dream all this, but I saw him ... I saw Nate, and he was talking to me. 

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We were back in the forest, outside the cave. Then, Michelangelo and King William arrived on horseback, Michelangelo going for Nate and King William for me, but this time he didn't took me away, he made me watch the whole scene.

Michelangelo put his s*ord in the air, preparing to b*head Nate while I'm held down on my knees with my hands held tight by my father behind my back with one of his hands while the other one kept still my head up, making sure that I'm gonna watch.

This whole dream was in a dim light, but still clear enough for me to know what is happening around me. 

Just a second later, there was b*ood everywhere on the grass and cave walls. Under Nate was a pool of b*ood and his head c*opped off next to his feet. His eyes were looking at me lifelessly and before I knew, that little pool of b*ood transformed into a river that I fell into as the ground shattered into boulders that were swallowed by the b*ood and I almost d*owned as I remembered I can't swim, even in a dream, until I've got a hold on something that was floating around me.

King William and Michelangelo disappeared and I was left alone. When I took a closer look at what I was holding onto, I realized it was Nate's head and he was talking to me! I've got scared and desperately tried to swim on my own.

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-" You promised you won't let anything happen to me, Elise ...", he whispered and I heard him clearly tho I was panicking that I'm drowning. " Come get me! Don't lose faith in me!", I heard him yell from afar now as I woke up, screaming and my whole body being covered in sweat. His yell was almost inaudible when I woke up, but I knew what I heard was right.

I thought that maybe it was just a bad dream, I had it just because I was thinking about that all day and nothing more, no hidden meaning, not a magic message for me to follow. 

The rest of the night was just as horrible as the nightmare itself. It wasn't bad enough that I was seeing that s*ord raised above his head, now I have to see his actual head floating and talking to me.

'Till the next morning I've been thinking at all the possibilities to figure out how he could have escaped and stay alive, but I've got none. Then, I thought that maybe ... he was not buried and wants me to do it so he could be at peace and I'll have sweet dreams about him. 

What could be so wrong to go and see for myself? It would be a good thing to do.

That's it, I've setted my mind. I will go and search his body as soon as I can get out from this h*ll they name castle. More like a prison. 

Most likely they will come to knock on my door and ask me to eat with them, then I'm gonna give them a little surprise by coming out of my room to eat, dressing in tight black pants and a corset with some kind of a mini skirt attached to it just to cover my b*tt and hips, in the front, the skirt being absent and black leather boots with a messy bun in my head. No jewelries, and the corset is also black. I want them to know I'm mourning.

Just as I thought, my mother came to my door and begged me to open the door and come out to eat besides them. I remained silent and waited for her to leave.

 I prepared myself and got out of my chamber with my head held high and a stern face. They seemed shocked to see me there, but mother welcomed me with her hands stretched out to hug me and because there was no one expect for the King, I just ignored her gesture and took my seat at my father's left.

After a few minutes of eating peacefully, the King couldn't hold it together anymore.

-" Why are you dressed like that, Elise?", he asked coldly, not even glancing at me. 

-" I'm mourning.", I retorted on the same tone as his and he tossed the fork and the knife on the table, getting up and rushing towards the exit of the dinning room. Mother hurried after him and I've been left alone. I sat there for another 5 minutes, eating and making sure he won't just storm back into the dinning room when I'm trying to run away. I drank some water and then walked out casually like nothing is going to happen, not looking suspicious and then got to the stables and took Maximus out. At the gate I've been stopped by one of the guards and asked me who let me leave by myself.

-" The King let me, who else? You can go and ask him yourself if I can leave, but I wouldn't do that if I were you. He's already mad. So, are you gonna risk and go ask my father further or are you gonna to let me pas?", I asked, looking straight into his eyes.

He stepped aside and let me pas. In the second that the gate opened I began galloping away, not looking back.

Nathaniel's Point of View:

I've kept waiting for her since 6 a.m. as close as I could get to the castle's gate to don't be noticed. There were a few knights looking for me and I had to hide. I've got a few hours of sleep tho so I can't complain, it's better than nothing.

Around 9 a.m., there she was, leaving the castle by the front gate and heading to the only place I could be right now if that knight would have got a chance to kill me, the cave. I followed her closely and watched what she's gonna do when she gets there. The first thing she did was to jump off her horse and started looking around. My best guess is that she's searching for my lifeless body here somewhere. 

I watched her for a few minutes, but I just couldn't wait any longer to see her face when she'll see me alright so I approached her slowly.

Just as the last time, I placed my hand on her shoulder and she was just as frightened as the last time. She has such a funny face when she's scared. She widened her eyes and fell down on her b*tt, trying to crawl back and get away from me.

-" No, no, no, wait! I'm not a ghost! I'm alive! I've been waiting for you to come back for me.", I hurried to explain and got down on her level.

-" You ... you are alive? But how? I saw ...", she stuttered, pointing with her finger towards me. She paused a bit looking at me with tears filling her eyes and then jumped from the ground in my arms and sobbed with her head buried in my chest. I held her tight against me and gave her time to calm down.

I kissed her forehead while massaging her back and head and her cries muffled a bit. " I ... I had a nightmare last night ... you were b*headed by Michelangelo and then ...", she whispered while holding on the blouse I had on me, looking up at me with those big doe eyes.

-" Shh ... it was just a nightmare. I'm fine and I won't leave your side too soon. I can promise you that.", I said, placing my chin on her head, smirking and she backed away a little.

-" But you don't understand. In this nightmare ... you were talking to me ... that's why I'm here now. You told me to come for you ... to don't lose faith in you ...", she told me, still whispering and I frowned.

-" That's all what you heard in your dream?", I asked suspicious, not knowing how could that happen ... she can't share feelings or talk to me thru a mind link yet. I did not marked her yet.

-" Before this, you scolded me ...", she said averting her eyes from mine, looking at her lap.

-" Do you remember what have I said?", I asked, lifting her chin up.

-" You said ' You promised you won't let anything happen to me' ...", she said embracing me again. So it means it was just her imagination forbidding her to believe I'm d*ad. It's nice to see that after 2 days, she already cares so much for me.

I've told her that I know a safe place to be at, without being found by anyone and she agreed on spot. I took her to the place I've slept last night and she tossed herself on the bed of leaves and moss. I like her enthusiasm.

-" Elise, we have to talk ...", I said, laying down beside her and holding her hand.

-" What it is? Is there something wrong?", she asked concerned.

-" No, it's just that ... I don't think you should run away from the castle. At least not now.", I said, looking up at the sky.

-" What do you mean with that? You know they are f*rcing me to marry the beast. And you know that I want to stay with you.", she said annoyed at first, but her tone saddened as she spoke and towered over me, placing her hand on my cheek, making me look at her and caressed my face.

-" Of course I don't want you to marry that beast, I want you for myself. But the spring ball is coming and I'm pretty sure he will be looking for you in the crowd. You should remain until the spring ball is over and then we will have enough time to run away together unnoticed. That beast wouldn't dare touch you at the ball, so you should be safe there.", I said thru gritted teeth the last part. Clyde growling disapprovingly at me for the way I've been talking about ourselves.

-" You want me for yourself?", she asked blushing. From all the dumb things I've said, that's the only thing she heard or what? She better accepts me soon as her mate after the spring ball or she's gonna drive me mad from all the things she's doing to me right now!

-" Of course I do.", I replied in a husky voice tho I'm a bit mad at her. She couldn't look me in the eyes anymore and buried her head into my chest again with her face flushed and I find this pretty cute. She always finds a way to make me smile  and for the first time in a while now ... I feel happy and complete. Elise's the best thing in my life at this point and I won't accept losing it, I can't. Tho I have to admit, I hate being humble like this.

-" So, you think you can do this?", I asked her, wanting to know if she approves or not.

-" Yeah ... I can. But only because you ask me to.", she said a little sad, resting her head on my chest.

-" I don't want to suggest you to don't trust me, but ... how is it that you do it in such a short amount of time.", I asked, not understanding how she can trust me so easily.

-" Well ... I just do ... I don't know how to explain what I feel right now, it just feels right to trust you.", she said, smiling at me. ' Could it be the mate bond?'

-" You know I care deeply for you, right?", I admitted to her, talking as her future husband.

-" And I care for you.", she answered in a sleepy voice, placing her hand on my heart, caressing my skin.

I let her sleep for a few hours on my chest before to take her back to the castle and when she woke up and got there, there were a few guards leaving the castle to look for her and she wouldn't leave 'till I wouldn't promise her that I will be alright. I told her that we shall meet again in 2 weeks in a Sunday at down in the same place and she was a bit sad to wait for so long to meet me again, but agreed. I'm still a King and I have to take care of my own territory. Soon it's gonna be her territory as well.

I've got myself a kiss on the cheek before she left. It seems I will meet her again soon.

' Oh, man ... that's the worst part in having a mate. They make you look weak.', commented Clyde and I rolled my eyes.

' I don't know how you feel, but I know how to balance "being sweet with my mate" and " being the Alpha male".',

'Yea, whatever.', he sneered.

Can he get more annoying than that?