The Royalties

Chapter 3

Andrea:

I looked at my little brother who was sitting on my bed.

“There is no way mum and dad are going to agree to us leaving” he stated, and I ran my fingers through my light brown hair shaking my head, they had snapped at us for even suggesting the idea.

“We need to find a way though, it’s too dangerous for us all to be here” Mia said as she and Rebecca were sitting on the couches in front of the fireplace.

“Try convincing them that” Rebecca rolled her blue eyes.

“They know and are convinced of that, but it’s a parent thing, we can’t really blame them for being worried” I said calmly, I understood their worry, we’ve all heard of the story about what happened with Uncle William and Amelia and how they attacked mum and dad.

“If they were really convinced then why did dad yell at us the way he did? Not to mention made that stupid dark aura thing appear” Rolan sassed, he like dad had the dark aura so he knew what it took to make it come out and appear.

“You know he’d never attack us, no matter how much the dark aura became strong, he was just scaring us” I said looking at him.

“You and I both know that’s not true” Rolan said crossing his arms.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked wide eyed, he couldn’t possibly be thinking that father would actually harm any of us.

“He would attack us should he see us dangerous, not because he wants to, but he’d do it to protect his kingdom” Rolan said and I shook my head defending him.

“He’s right Andrea, he and mum might love us to death, but should they see us as dangerous they would lock us up or attack us” Mia said looking away, she loved dad with everything she had, he was her best friend just like mum was mine, and I knew that saying that must’ve hurt her more than it would hurt any of us.

“Mia you can’t possibly believe that” I said softly.

“They locked the door Andrea” Mia said, and I frowned.

“No, they didn’t” I said looking at the door, they wouldn’t suddenly lock us up, especially not because of a simple suggestion or plan.

“They did Andrea, we’ve been locked for the past half hour” Rebecca said, me having not inherited any of the vampire powers except the slowing down of age, vampire speed and strength, I couldn’t hear or smell as they vampire and werewolves could.

I walked to the door and attempted to open the door conforming their words, we were locked in, our parents actually locked us up in my and Mia’s joined chambers.

Both Mia and I had our joined chambers with a shared living room and Rolan and Rebecca had their own, and right now we were both locked up in mine and Mia’s.

“Why?” I frowned.

“Because they see us as a threat” Rolan answered looking me in the eye, our green eyes met, and I could see his eyes darken as his anger rose within him much like my own.

“What are we going to do now?” Rebecca asked and I sighed, we really didn’t want to resolve to plan B, but looks like we were going to have to.

“Plan B”

Kiara:

“The kids do NOT leave the chamber” I ordered the guards who were standing at their door.

“Yes, your grace” they said in sync bowing down as they watched me walk away, Harry and I were worried about two killers roaming free, and they were suggesting leaving the kingdom? How foolish and reckless could they be?

I walked to Harry and found him and the lords assigning guards around the palace gates and gardens, if what Andrea said was true and they were in the palace then we needed to be prepared for anything that’s to come, and that included a sudden attack.

“It’s been done” I told Harry and he nodded, the lords looked anywhere but us, I knew they didn’t approve of us locking the princes and princesses like some prisoners, but we had no other choice.

“Queen Kiara, are you sure there is no other way in keeping the young princes and princesses safe? They are locked up in their own home” Lord Nicco asked hesitantly, his now light brown eyes met my blue ones and I could swear he flinched at the look I gave him.

Queen Kiara, you of all people in the palace know how it feels to be locked up against your will, they’ve done nothing wrong Lord Nicco fearing Harry’s reaction said in my mine and I closed my eyes not wanting him to get into my soft side.

“The young princes and princesses will stay inside their chambers until we know they are safe” I ordered, the lords and guards nodded much to their obvious dismay and bowed as I walked past them and entered the throne room feeling a lump in my throat.

I felt Harry’s presence in the room making me feel a little content as he my mate was by my side.

“You okay?” Harry asked softly, he wrapped his arms around my waist from the back hugging me tightly as he laid his chin on my shoulder, I knew he could hear and feel my racing heart as I feared what was to come.

“I’m scared Harry” I said honestly “what if the kids were right? What if they needed to leave the kingdom to be safe?”

Harry’s grip tightened around my waist as he held me close trying to sooth and calm my fears but him and I knew that we were entering a war we didn’t even know we were in, when the fight will be? When we’ll be attacked? All these questions were left unanswered which only added more to our fear.

“Everything will be alright love, I don’t know how, but we’ve succeeded in everything else until now, I’m sure we’ll do it again” Harry tried assuring both himself and I.

I sighed and turned in his arms wrapping my arms around his neck hugging him tightly relaxing in his embrace.

Our hug didn’t last long as the door to the throne room was opened suddenly revealing a frightened Ashton, his shirt was filled with blood as was his healing neck making our eyes widen.

“Ashton?” My heart raced as I saw his wide eyes, his body was shaking as he looked between Harry and I clearly having a mental battle.

“The princes and princesses” Ashton said gulping as he took deep breaths trying to calm his breathing, both Harry and I instantly became alert at what was wrong what our kids.

“What’s wrong with the kids?”

Ashton wouldn’t answer and his eyes looked anywhere but us, that’s when my eyes caught fire. The hall leading to the throne room was literally on fire, there were no guards, no maids, everyone was gone.

“What is going on Ashton?” Harry looked at him and Ashton gulped clearly afraid of the king.

“The princes and princesses have escaped their chamber” Ashton said shaking as he feared our reaction, both Harry and I looked at one another fearing what he was going to say next “and they are attacking anyone who crosses their path”