I broke my rule again. This was 2000 words... AHHHH

~~~Liam’s P.O.V~~~

We were almost ready. My parents weren’t on board with the entirety of this plan. Though this was our best plan that we could do. It was simple enough. Toni would bait Evan out into the garden where I would be waiting with Ryan. Once he saw us we’d split up. No doubt he’d follow me instead of Ryan.

Obviously there was the worry for his magic, but his magic revovles around the kingdom now. I couldn't use anything. Moon is non existent. So I'd have to be quick.

Ryan would go back for Toni and make it back to the town before we would. I lead Evan towards the town where Noah and Iv would cut him off.

Simple enough. We were waiting for the right time to get out to the places. I didn’t know what to do. I slowly walked over to my parents.

“Hey.. Lee..” Mom said gently, pulling up a smile. I smiled back taking both of my parents' hands.

“Hey guys..”

“You alright…?” Dad asked.

I shook my head. “I don’t know… I’m scared..”

“You don’t h-”

“No, not to do this… I’m afraid of the aftermath.. I’m afraid of what will happen after..” I mumbled looking up at both of them. I noticed their glance between each other.

“Will everyone be alright..?” I asked suddenly.

“Liam.. I’m sure eve-”

“No no no.. Will you two be alright when this is all over? Will you two still be together? Will Toni be alright..? Will she be safe..? Will Ryan be okay..? I-.. I need-”

“Liam…!” I felt Mom gently grab me by my shoulders. 

“... Honey… Everyone is going to be alright.. Everyone. Your Dad and I will be fine. Toni is going to be okay.. Ryan is going to be okay.. We just need to know that you're going to be okay as well..” She said gently.

I stared up at Mom before turning to Dad. “Your Mom’s right, Lee.. We’ll all be okay… But we need you to be as well..”

I looked down before nodding my head. I gently took their hands, giving them a small squeeze.

They smiled at me before I turned away, walking towards Ryan. “Ry.. It’s almost time..”

“.. Yeah..” 

“Ryan..?”

“Listening..”

“Ryan.”

“What?” He finally turned towards me.

“Why are you stressing out so much?” I asked gently, grabbing his shoulders. 

“Liam, You ever think of how many things can go wrong today?”

“Yeah, all the time.”

“Then how are you so calm about this!”

“You learn to put on a smile and face it. You learn to smile when you’d rather cry. It’s a skill I’ve had to master for the past 21 years of my life,” I answered, gently taking his hand. “It’s a skill you’ll master too..”

His eyes widened at the last part. “I-... I beg your pardon..?”

I pulled up a smile. “Ryan.. One day.. All of this is going to be a distant memory.. One day I’ll be the king.. It’s a daunting task to take on by yourself.. I’ve let the whole finding a mate thing scare me out of the job..”

He continued to stare at me.

“Though.. Recently a talk with my Dad cleared it up for me.. I figured out… I want to help people.. I want to give people hope.. I’ll still need someone to help me.. Someone who believes in me.. Protects me.. And loves me..” I continued gently placing a gentle kiss on his hand.

“Liam.. what are you saying..?” He mumbled his hand tensing up a bit.

“I know you're scared of commitment.. But just know that.. I love you.. If I could I would leave with you right now.. But my kingdom needs me. I want you to know that.. If you want.. And if you aren’t opposed to the idea of being with me… I’d like you to be my prince… my king… my love..” I answered by pulling up a smile.

“.... L-Liam… I-... I don’t know what to say..”

“Don’t say anything.. You don’t have to give me an answer.. But It’s just something to think about. I love you.. A lot and want you to know that I’m willing to wait, and if not.. Well.. That’s fine too..” I quickly added on gently kissing his cheek.

~~~Ryan’s P.O.V~~~

I felt a new kind of empty inside of me. I tried to wrap my head around Liam’s offer. In less than 5 minutes. Liam just offered me a crown, a new life, a new home, and a new level of acceptance.

I didn’t know what to tell him.

I couldn’t say yes to him..

I sighed a bit before looking down at him.

“Well… we’ll just have to wait and see what happens..” I assured him with a small smile.

Liam grinned before gently kissing my cheek. “Thank you, My dear.” 

“That’s my thing.”

“Well now it’s mine.”

I rolled my eyes before shrugging. “Whatever you say, love.”

Liam gently took my head before walking back towards everyone. I gripped his hand tightly as my eyes darted towards everyone. I hated this. Another reason why I didn’t want to assure Liam I’d be here forever..

Aiden, Iv, Alyse.. All of them.. 

I looked down at the ground avoiding Aiden’s gaze. Unable to say anything.

“Ry..?”

“Nothing..”

~~~Liam’s P.O.V~~~

I felt him tear his hand away from mine. I looked over at Aiden before turning back to Ryan. “Do you want to talk to him…?”

“He doesn’t know me… so what would be the point.” He answered. 

I opened my mouth but he covered my mouth. “Forget it, Liam.” 

I sighed but nodded my head before we looked around. Everyone’s grim expressions told me it was time.

~~~

Waiting in the woods. Ryan was somewhere deeper. Toni hasn’t come out yet. That wasn’t at all reassuring, 

I silently drummed my fingers against my leg. I was worried. It’s only been half an hour.

I felt a small creaking nearby only to see a shadowy figure approach.

I felt myself take a shrill breath as I saw him walking forward wiping a bit of blood off his knife.

"What have you done…" I asked in a shaky voice.

"Nothing she didn't deserve." He replied with a grin.

Toni…

No no no no

I raised my hand lifting some vines from the earth.

"What the hell did you do to my sister!!"

"Relax, she's still alive… for now." He added the last part on raising his knife towards me.

I took a deep breath before running. I just had to get to Ryan, I needed to tell him that Toni needed help. I needed her to be safe.

I felt him gaining on me before I smacked into Ryan.

"Bloody hell, what the fuck Lia-..." His voice trailed off as he saw Evan approaching.

He quickly pushed me off about to stand up before I grabbed his arm.

"No, Toni… she needs help.. he hurt her.. please go help her..!" I pleaded pushing him off of me.

I saw his eyes dilate before he nodded pointing in a different direction.

"Run, run there. Don't stop, go!" He urged, pushing me away before running away himself.

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Running, Running faster and faster. I didn't know where I was going.. but it was somewhere far away. He told me I would be safe if I ran in this direction... I knew I would be but I left him behind..

I left everyone behind.. I continued to run before I felt myself trip on a tree root. I felt myself slam into the ground as I cried out softly in pain feeling the thorns stabbing into my skin. I let out a chocked sob as I tried to get up. The night of the new moon was always hard... I felt my blood run cold... as I turned around and saw a shadowy figure approach..

"My, aren't you a persistent one.."

I quickly reached over grabbing a large stick tightly gripping it in my hand.

"Back off" I said backing away tightly gripping the stick.

“You really are the naive one that we were led to believe, aren’t you?”

“My life and choices are none of your concern.” I answered tightly gripping the stick.

“So it’s a stick against a gun? This will be over real quick.” He answered pointing the gun at me. I stared at it before looking back at him.

I stared at him, wondering why he wasn't burning me where I stand..

Then I realized, he can't..

We were far from the kingdom, his magic ran thin, and mine wasn't strong during this phase.

He shoots, I die.

I shoot, he dies.

I had to stall for time.

“What do you have against our kingdom so much?! Why are you still fighting! We gave up so why are you still here!”

“My life is none of your concern!” He answered.

“I’m asking you a question!”

“And I’m trying to avoid it!”

“Just answer me! What’s the harm in not doing it, I’m going to die either way!” I answered, raising the stick.

“Because you don’t understand how much your family's actions hurt us!!” He screamed at me harshly pushing me back against the tree. His eyes glowing a bright red.

I stayed silent, loosening my grip on the stick as he lowered the gun.

“... Fucking hell… You don’t understand two shits of what your family has done to us.. Have you ever felt the pain of watching someone you loved get caned? Or watching your brother get hanged?! No, because you were the ones behind it.” He answered with his gun pointed at the ground.

“... Elise..”

“Don’t say her name.”

“I knew what my grandparents did to her, she didn’t deserve it… I know she didn’t..”

He stayed silent as he glared at the ground.

“My mother knew her.. I wish I did too.. She seemed like such a sweet girl… I’m sorry.. But Elise.. She wouldn’t have wanted you to do this..”

“You don’t fucking know her…”

“Neither did you.. She was-”

“No.” He pointed his gun at me, his stance relaxed. “I didn’t know shit about her? I was the one who protected her. I was the one who made sure she was okay at the end of the day. YOU were the ones who caused her death on the front steps. YOU were the ones who killed her family, YOU WERE THE ONES WHO TOOK THE LAST BIT OF LOVE FROM MY LIFE!!” 

I stared at the gun. I knew he was going to pull it…

But I wasn’t going down without a fight. I raised the stick harshly bringing it down against his arm making him drop the gun.

“You false prince.” He growled before slapping my cheek harshly, causing me to fall backwards. I cupped my injured cheek, feeling the blood seeping out of the cut from earlier seeing the gun he dropped.

I quickly grabbed it, aiming it towards him, seeing him aiming one right back at me with a sinister grin.

“Shoot. I fucking dare you.”

I held my ground. I kept the gun facing towards him, not willing to let myself pull the trigger.

But..

It was the only way out..

“.. Lo siento .. Ore para que el cielo o el infierno me dejen entrar .. Te amo ..” I mumbled before pulling the trigger.

I felt something enter, causing me to cry out in pain. I looked down seeing a pool of blood starting to form as I looked up at him, his grin weak.

I saw him slump back against the tree. I slowly brought my hand down against the pool of blood tightly gripping the gun.

“I tried to give you a s-... second chance..” I slowly raised the gun. He looked at me with a shrug.

“You’ll die soon enough, and that’s enough for me.” He answered dryly.

I felt someone grab the gun from me, seeing Catherine aim it at Evan. “Your mind has been tainted far too much, Evan..” 

“Do it, pull the trigger. At least then I don’t have to deal with her loss.”

I heard gunshots but I couldn’t register them well enough. The edges of the world were becoming fuzzy, as I felt my eyes slowly slipping away.

“Liam..! Where are you..!?”

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“Love! Where are you!?”

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“..Lo s-siento.. mi amor..” I mumbled weakly, before I felt my eyes close tightly gripping my blood stained hoodie.

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