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‘You have no choice,’ the deep voice said.
I looked up into his eyes and growled deep in my chest. I was on the ground, kneeling. His grey eyes were familiar but I couldn’t place who he was.
‘I said…do it!’
I jumped up suddenly and took the gun he offered. I glanced over my shoulder. She watched me closely. Her long blonde hair curled at the ends. Her eyes pleaded with me as I took a step towards her. Her wrists were tied to the wall by chains. The dungeon was dark. The light of the fire helped me to see. The man behind me chuckled and I froze. How dare he make me kill my lover?
‘I won’t do it!’
I spun and aimed the gun at his chest. He shook his head as the smile fell from his lips. ‘Every lifetime. This is getting so boring. I thought I had you then. I thought you would willingly kill your twin flame soulmate. I’m getting fed up of having to do it.’
‘I will kill you!’ I shouted, firing the old musket.
She screamed as he fell to the ground. The sound echoed around us. I went to her and tried to undo the chains but they were locked around her wrist.
‘You need to get out of here,’ she whispered.
I buried my head in her neck and kissed her gently. ‘I’m so sorry for this. Loving me has caused you nothing but grief. I will release you and then you have to run away. You can’t love me anymore.’
I heard a grunt behind us and spun to see our enemy moving.
‘He’s not dead,’ she said. ‘I can never leave you.’
I went over to the man and drew my foot back. Letting it sail through the air, I put as much force behind the kick as possible. My foot connected with his head. It snapped back and the groaning stopped. He went completely still. I searched his pockets. He stank of unwashed peasantry. I didn’t smell much better but I gagged anyway. There was a metal object in his pocket. I grinned when I pulled out the key.
‘You can leave me. You have to. He’ll hunt us down until one of us is dead. I will gladly die but I want you to live.’
She sobbed as I grabbed the chains and unlocked the clasps that held her captive. ‘Please don’t make me go.’
As soon as she was free, she pulled my head down to kiss her. My heart almost exploded at the heat that overtook me. I wasn’t an emotional person but her kiss made me crave so much more.
‘Let’s go.’
I pulled her towards the heavy wooden door. Our enemy had left it unlocked. We were low in the castle. The sound of the king and his men feasting, filtered down to us. My father knew nothing about the grey eyed man and his reason for being in his country.
We rushed into the stone corridor. I paused, uncertain of what way to turn.
‘Shall we tell your father?’
My lover looked towards the stone steps that led upwards.
A part of me wanted to go to the king and ask him to help but he wouldn’t approve. My love wasn’t of noble birth. She wasn’t even Scottish.
‘No, you must leave, my love. You must go far away and marry a nice man that can take care of you.’
Guilt washed over me as I realised how badly I had compromised her. Everyone in the palace knew that we were in love but my father had refused to let me wed her. Now, she would go and marry someone else. The thought made me curl my hand around her arm.
‘Ouch!’ she yelped.
I let her go and kissed her quickly. The grey eyed man was moving around in the dungeon.
‘You have to go,’ I hissed, pushing her towards the steps that led to the boats at the bottom of the castle.
She grabbed my hand. ‘I don’t want to leave you.’
‘If you stay, they’ll kill you. I have no idea if my father ordered this,’ I blurted.
Her hand came to her mouth and her smooth cheeks paled. ‘You don’t want me then?’
I looked into her eyes and knew that I had to save her. ‘No, I don’t want you. I want to be king more than anything. I won’t let you ruin that.’
I pushed her towards the top step. She spun to me, kissed my hand with a chaste touch of the lips and left me standing there. I listened to the sound of her dainty feet hitting the stone as she descended and left my life forever. I was going to kill my father for forcing me to make my heart leave. It broke then. My actual heart went up in flames.
‘That was very sensible. Let’s hope she stays away.’
I turned to see the grey eyed man. I had never seen him in the castle before but I recognised him.
‘She will stay away so you will leave her alone. I order it.’
‘You may be a prince but I take orders from no one.’
My heart hardened as he limped up the stairs to join the feast. I would never love another, or marry a Scottish princess. My heart belonged to one woman and she was no longer with me. I would never forgive myself for sending her away but I would rule my people when the time came.
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Published in 2015
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Rachel Medhurst grew up in Surrey, England. She writes to prove that no matter where you come from, you can be anything you want to be. Your past may shape you but it doesn't define you. When Rachel isn't writing, she can be found reading and walking in nature.
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