FLASHBACK
Everyone seemed to be up on their guard after Christian sudden out burst, but Elliot didn't see the problem. He knew that his younger brother had always been a bit temperamental, but he figured that Christian would cool off. He walked around the castle, and paused as he caught sight of Elena. He rolled his eyes but didn't have the patience to deal with her.
"Oh Elliot," Elena sung, and followed after him. She had a plan, and a plan that her dad was going to approve of. "I wouldn't walk away from me."
"Why is that?" Elliot replied, he spun around to face. Crossing his arms over his chest, and narrowed her eyes. He didn't share Christian hate for this woman, but he didn't like her either. "Christian isn't here and I'm not interesting, Elena."
"That's the problem, Elliot," Elena smirked, and raised an eyebrow. "Christian isn't here and I bet that you know where he is. You're going to take me to him right now."
Elliot scoffed and leaned against the wall. "Why would I do that?" He questioned, and waited for her answer. "You honestly think that I should just bow down to you?"
"You're going to do that because little miss Mia is currently being held by a friend and if you want her back you'll take me to Christian." She smirked at him. "If you don't she might die or anything could happen to her."
Elliot felt the fury rise up in his throat. He wanted to kill her, but there was also fear in him. "What did you do to her?" He demanded. He wanted his sister because Mia had nothing to do with any of this.
END OF FLASHBACK
The scene couldn't help but replay in Elliot's head as he watched Christian and Anastasia being led away while Christian cursed him. He pressed his lips together and knew that he deserved it. A small part of him wished that Christian would understand that he had to get Mia back, but clearly he didn't. Once Christian was out of sight he walked up to Elena. "Now, where the hell is my sister?"
Elena smirked and grinned at Elliot. "Well, you're a straight to the point kind of guy aren't you?" She asked, but didn't wait for his answer. She snapped her fingers and watched as Jack Hyde appeared with Mia. Mia had her hair messed up and a bruise on her face. "Here you are." Elena spoke, as Jack threw Mia at Elliot.
Elliot caught Mia and held her close. He ran a hand on her back trying to soothe her. "You can kidnap and kill all you want but Christian will never love you, Elena." He held Mia close to him as he began to walk back to the castle.
Mia looked over at Elliot. "What in the bloody hell is going on?" She demanded. She had seen Christian outburst but couldn't believe that Jack had actually managed to kidnap her.
It had been a long trip back to the castle which had resulted in Christian getting a few knots on the back of his head. He knew that he was going to kill them all, every last one of them, well except for his brother. He was just to going to kick his brother ass, but he didn't want to think about that know; he only wanted to think about Anastasia. He cursed himself knowing that Anastasia was in this trouble because of him. He narrowed his eyes as they tossed him into the dungeon.
"How the mighty have fallen!" Elena sung and leaned against the metal bars separating her and Christian. "Suddenly I bet that marriage proposal isn't looking so bad, now is it?"
"Fuck you!" Christian snapped, and fought the urge to beat her head against the metal bars. "Why don't you go die or something where I can appreciate you?"
Elena scoffed and began to walk away from Christian. "You'll marry me, or I can drop off your little commoners head to you. I don't give a damn what you do, your highness, either way I win."
"No one touches the girl without my permission," Carrick spoke, and cleared his throat. "I need a moment alone with my son. Now." He commanded, and knew that there was little room for negotiation. Carrick waited until Elena was out of ear shot. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Why do you care?" Christian snapped, and knew his tone was much like a small child but he didn't care. "What happened to Anastasia?" He waited a few moments but got no answer. "Where the fuck is she?"
"Safe for now," Carrick responded, and sighed softly to himself. "Christian I can't excuse your behavior but I will do everything to keep her safe. You clearly care very much about her, and I can't deny that you might even love her."
"Since when do you care about what I want, your highness?" He replied, and knew that he was being cruel to his father. "All you care about is if I marry Elena to save the precious kingdom."
Carrick sighed and knew that Christian had a right to be upset. "I've acted like your king and not like a father for too long. I shouldn't have put you into the position because I could be a good king. I should have acted like a father. Your mother may have pointed that out to me."
Christian looked up to meet his father eye for the first time, and couldn't believe his ears. He had never known his father to be this understanding. "Help me take down King Henry and Elena. We can be powerful together and rule together. I want to be with Anastasia that is the deal breaker. I will die for her."
Carrick stared wide eyed at his son and couldn't believe that Christian had just said that. "You have a plan." He noticed, and knew that Christian was surprised but no one screwed over his family like that and got away with that. He was going to war with Christian.
