“It’s too late to do anything, My Lady. We were from the beginning fighting a war we would lose anyway. Even if we escape this time, how many more times will we be able to escape? Sooner or later they will find us.” He looked at me narrowing his gaze. “We all will die My Lady.”
The calmness in which he spoke told me that he had expected all this to happen and that he had accepted it.
“Callum, you should leave me here. At Least alone I am sure you can escape.”
“No my lady I cannot do that.”
“Think about your family, they need you. I will be fine, they won’t kill me. Their prince wants me alive.”
“No, I…” He stopped as we heard the sound of horses and men.
“Look for them everywhere!” A man yelled.
Callum looked around quickly trying to find a place for us to hide but unfortunately we were only surrounded by trees and hiding behind them wouldn’t help.
“My Lady, I will distract them and lead them that way. You endure the pain and run that way.” He whispered pointing in different directions.
I nodded and tried to do as he said but the pain in my leg was excruciating. I tried my best to ignore the pain and limped my way to the opposite direction of where Callum went.
“Someone is there!” I heard a man yell and then the clinking of swords. Would Callum be able to fight all those men?
I felt like a coward leaving him behind and contemplated for a while to go back. But how would I be able to help him? I could barely walk.
“There she is! Catch her!”
Oh no, they found me. Maybe it was for the better I thought since I couldn’t decide whether to leave Callum behind or not.
“Don’t move lady, there is no point.” The soldier who was approaching me warned.
If he only knew how painful it was for me to move he wouldn’t have said that.
He grabbed my arm harshly and was about to drag me when something caught his attention. I turned my head to see what was going on and then saw soldiers fighting someone wearing a helmet. The helmet man moved smoothly cutting and killing with his sword.
“Who is that? Kill him!” The soldier who held me yelled but unfortunately, the soldiers had a hard time killing the man with the helmet on and they all soon fell to the ground.
The man holding me pushed me away causing me to fall and then went to fight the helmet man. After a short while, he fell dead to the ground as well.
The helmet man put his sword back and looked my way. Whoever he was, he was skilled even though he didn’t look strong.
Stalking toward me he took his helmet off.
I gasped.
“Klara!”
She smirked. “Who did you think it was?”
I just looked at her astonished for a while. “Will you just stare at me or stand up?” She asked.
I stood up grimacing in pain. “What are you doing here? How did you find me? Why did you save me?”
Ignoring my questions she whistled and a black horse came galloping toward us.
“We need to leave quickly.” She said.
“But Callum…” I began
“It’s his duty to protect you and not the other way round. Now hurry!”
Married To The Devils Son.
Chapter 48
Klara made me wear dirty torn clothes, she put mud on my face and hair and tied my hands.
“If you look like a beggar no one will ever suspect you are a princess.” She explained.
I was angry at first. Was she making fun of me? But as we passed many guards and none of them even looked our way I guessed she was right. It must really have looked like I was a slave bought by her from the way she rode her horse and I was being dragged behind with my hands tied. I still hated her for this, but I had to admit she was smart and she was helping me.
Once we passed the guarded place we stopped near a lake and she gave me something to eat. I had never been so hungry in my life before so I ate the sandwich quickly.
“What happened to your leg?”
“I really don’t know. I think it’s swollen from all the sitting and walking or maybe I wrenched it.” I explained.
She just nodded and looked away.
“Why did you save me?” I asked.
“I promised Lucian to protect you the way he would.” She said, “Even though that was when we were supposed to get married.”
“You saved me to keep a promise you made to Lucian?” I asked surprised.
“I am stupid, I know.”
“You love him very much.” I said more to myself than her.
She truly did love him. I tried to deny that for a long time but it was a fact. She had helped us escape and she saved my life because she knew it did matter to Lucian.
“Don’t worry, I am not here to take him away from you. Now sleep for a while so we can keep going.”
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Klara watched Hazel while asleep. She really tried to dislike this woman but why couldn’t she. This woman had taken away the man she loved, the only man has ever loved so why didn’t she hate her?
Maybe because she knew deep down it wasn’t Hazels fault. She had been forced into marrying Lucian, it wasn’t her choice.
Sighing Klara lay down on the ground and tried to find some sleep but her thoughts went back to the time she first met Lucian
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“Klara, you won’t participate in this war. It’s final.” Rasmus said.
“But why?”
“Sweet sister. We are fighting against the most powerful kingdom and their armies leader is the seventh prince. He has never lost a war before.”
She had heard of the seventh prince of Decresh, the prince rumored to be the devil’s son. He kills without mercy and always goes back home with a victory.
“Brother, I can’t stay just because we might lose. What will that make me? A coward?”
Rasmus sighed in frustration.
“Astrid! Please knock some sense into your sister.” He said standing up and leaving the room.
Klara glanced at her sister giving her a ‘don’t even try’ look.
“If you want to die why don’t you just jump off the window.” Astrid said sipping her tea.
“And what makes you think I will die?” Klara asked.
“No one survives a war against the seventh prince.”