The Vindication Gents

Chapter 1.23

Kathleen Remes’ POV

I cannot believe that the assassination would happen during dinner, and to make things worse, I haven’t had the chance to say to Kai that I was in love with him. Yes. It was hard to acknowledge that feeling and, meanwhile, as my father had asked him to be my husband, I was not in the same room as he when he was first introduced to me.

I was still hiding under the table with Kai when he suddenly pulled me under. I was not complaining about the cramped space that made every movement that tingled with the sensation of the heat, but I was more concerned that the current situation had meant that I had to be there until the situation was clear.

“Stay here,” Kai said as he was looking at me. I scoffed at him as I was trying to get out and pursue that assassin. How dare he try to ruin my honeymoon that was being paid for by my father!

“No, I will not let you go after him alone,” I said as I took his wrist. He looked at me in the eyes as if I would not back down with him. Not for the reason that he was committing suicide himself.

“Kathleen,” he whispered.

“Don’t,” I said as I pulled him to kiss him on the lips. I hoped that my feelings would be portrayed in this, as we were here in this situation where we might not walk out alive.

“I’m sorry,” I said as I cuffed his wrists to the table.

“Kathleen, what are you doing?!” Kai said as he was panicked. I went to the left of the table and after the assassin. I saw the figure as he was running towards the upstairs, around our quarters. So he must be instructed to take us out there as well.

I went to our quarters and saw there was something inside the room. The assassin was at the window as he turned to look at me. I saw his lean figure but nothing more except his eyes. It was a green meadow but he could disguise it.

“Stop,” I said as I was looking at him. I was wearing a long dress so there was nothing much that I could do in it. I can hardly move in it. I could see his eyes were glistening like he was smiling before he saluted at me and went to jump from the window. It was on the fourth floor. I went to the window to see that he was running through the castle grounds. I gritted my teeth.

“Kathleen!” Kai’s voice was coming closer. I ripped my dress without thinking if it would be on my thighs. I have to go after him with or without Kai. And, of course, he would not want me to be in danger. I went to the window as Kai was at the door.

“Kathleen, don’t,” he warned me, but I just shrugged myself and I went to jump to the ground anyway.

I landed on my feet like a cat before I went to pursue the assassin. He was running through the garden as I did not have any slippers on. Clever indeed. I was looking for another option when I saw a swing around it. I smiled.

I climbed up the swing and went to the roof. I was following him from the high point so that I could see where he was making the turn and I would not lose him. It was a simple plan until he went to camouflage inside the forest.

“Damn it,” I said as I went to the ground as I was trying to decipher which way he was going, too. I was looking for tracks, scents or anything that I could work with. Suddenly, someone tackled me from behind. I grunted as I was hitting the ground as he went to hold me onto the neck and my hands on my back.

“Don’t make it harder than it is, princess,” he said gruffly as I was trying to get out of his hold. He was strong. I gave him that, but he was not smart or fast enough to see my next move.

“It already is,” I said before I twisted my wrists and I pushed myself from the ground, resulting in his body stumbling a few steps back as I landed on the ground, arms ready for battle.

“So, you want to play, well, let’s play,” he said before he took out daggers in both hands. I rolled my eyes at him as if he thought I was scared of it.

“Please, move,” I said as I went toward him. He was moving his dagger as he moved toward me. I slipped from his hands as I maneuvered through it and I went to kick his legs. He grunted before I went to snap the daggers out of his hand. He looked at me as he went a couple of steps back and it was not that long before he disappeared in the shadows.

“Till we meet again, princess,” he said as he looked at me with his intense green orbs before they went black. I was about to go after him before someone scooped me up and threw me onto their shoulder.

“Hey!” I shouted as I looked at the familiar blackhead. Of course, it was none other than my pissed husband.

“Haven’t you learned anything from the past?” He shouted as he was trying to keep me still when I was struggling to get out of his hands. He smacked me on the butt and I went silent as I gasped at the contact.

“Did you just—“ I was cut off when another one hit my butt. I gasped again before I looked at his head. He was looking straight ahead before I rolled my eyes at him.

“Kai, stop that,” I said as I was trying to get out of him.

“Kathleen, stop. From now on, you listen to me and you will listen,” he said as he was getting inside the castle. I don’t know who was watching, but I wanted to hide under the cover or the ground has just swallowed me whole now.

“Kai, my dress,” I said before his hand went to cover my short-ripped dress.

“Now you know why I was mad, love,” he said before he was running through the doors before he went to our quarters. He was kicking the door down before he locked it. He threw me across the bed and I was trying to get up before he came over me.

“You should never have done that! Are you losing your mind, Kathleen?!” Okay, mad was an understatement. He was furious. I never saw Kai furious with me before, as his sea-green eyes were blazing with fire. Anger to be precise. I gulped as I glued to the spot.

“Answer me!” He shouted and I was looking into his eyes. He was barely controlling his anger as I was looking into his eyes.

“I thought that maybe—“

“Maybe you can take him down yourself? For Christ’s sake, Kathleen, you could have died. And do you have any idea what would happen to me if you died?” He said as he dropped himself from top of me and went to sit at the edge of the bed.

He was running his fingers through his sleek hair as I was getting up from bed. My dress was ridden to my stomach before I settled it down a bit, to cover my stomach and my exposed knickers. Kai was rubbing his face again before he looked at me.

“Do you think when you jump from the window, Kathleen? You could have twisted your legs or died from the height,” he said quietly as he took my hands into his. He kissed my knuckles and I melted at the sight.

“I’m sorry. I thought that—“

“I would not want anything to happen to you, my love,” he said as he looked into my eyes. I was looking into his eyes as they were shining with anger, frustration, and love. I would not acknowledge that, as it had been a poison in my life until he came along.

“I’m sorry,” I said as I took his hand and caressed his cheek. He leaned into my touch.

“You should,” he replied.

“Let me make up to you,” I whispered to him as my hot breath was caressing his face. He chuckled as he looked into my eyes.

“Not all can be solved with that, you know,” he said as he touched his forehead with mine. I smiled at him.

“Well, it could be one way for us,” I said. Kai smiled again before he pushed me onto the mattress.

“Since you asked,” he smirked at me as he went to kiss my stomach before I laughed at his caveman style after denying it.

“What do you expect, my love? That I deny you? Never again,” he said as he was stripping off his clothes. I went to take off my dress as well.

“We learned that the hard way,” I said before he jumped on top of me and kissed me. I think my pursuit of the assassin might have gone badly but Kai would never stay mad at me for long.