-Marian

They say betrayal is the worst kind of torture, they say it can seep into your very soul and trick your mind. You become more tired, more fatigue, more vulnerable...

I am placed in my room, the same room I had contemplated seeing again. I relax as I breath in the familiar smells as my senses come back to me. My heart rate settles as I try to get to grips with the events that had just happened. Not long ago, had I thought this was to be my last place I'd be looking, before my spirit was free to roam this forsaken place for all eternity, but there had been a change, it seemed that I wasn't to be punished yet, I wasn't meant to die a traitors death.

I feel alone in my room, no-one is to watch me, no one to care about me, I am isolated by the walls and the men I cared about. I am living a mans life full of isolation and death.

I contemplate my escape, Guy had ordered a guard to watch my door, yet I still feel alone. I had ruined that man, Guy had protected me, cared for me, stuck up for me, yet I had done nothing but be an arrogant woman who was always pushing him away. I had missed his visits, his gestures for keeping me safe, His smile and his flirtatiousness. When my father had past away he and Allan had protected me from the sheriff, and what had I done? Gone and pushed them away, my stupidity and wilfulness had gotten the better of me and I was alone and broken

~Allan

It's not the feeling of being hit, and it's not the sound of it. It's the humiliation, everyone was there, all watching. Gisbourne's Right hand man being stuck at. They all snigger behind my back, they all laugh. I hide my face and follow Guy like a little puppy. We walk past the scaffolding and I notice a noose, one noose still there. It haunts my imagination, and I bite my tongue, Marian's noose.

"Allan!" Gisbourne screams at me and I flinch and follow, the image of Marian hanging makes me freeze but I carry on. How was I to tell everyone? How was I to tell Robin? Robin had loved Marian dearly, they had Been sweethearts from a young age, but she had grown out of love with him, and now she was dead. We get into the great hall, and the doors are slammed shut, sending a ringing through my ears, I sat behind Guy as he starts to pace.

"The Sheriff is going on a little trip, and we are to look after the castle" Guy snickers and grins deeper.

"Where is he going?" I ask, as he makes his way over to a chair and sits down on it, I too follow, my status not as great as his so I sit opposite him.

"Prince John, wants answers, Robin isn't dead, and the King is certainly not. He has gone to explain" I see Guy chuckle under his breath, I can see he is enjoying this ever so. The sheriff had sent Guy to tell him the last time but this time was different.

"I am to be the new sheriff" he smiles under his breath as he raises his shoulders higher. I on the other hand am not sure if this. I feel uneasy and sick to my stomach.