Room of Lady and Lord Ace

Whittney was sitting on the bed holding a sorrowful Bella. The blonde was distraught on hearing about the invasion of Hearts. Lance and her uncle had went off to talk to the king and the queen about what they could do.

"Why?" Bella cried out.

"Please Belle, I'm sure that Tina and your parents are safe..." Whittney comforted the blonde.

"I know you're trying...but you don't that." Bella replied.

Whittney wanted to reply but she decided not to, she knew that any words that she could say wouldn't help the girl. She just held the girl tighter and rocked back and forth to calm her down. As she was doing this the door opened making the girl look up and meet the eyes of rogue.

"Why are you here, can't you see that I'm busy," she hissed.

"I know, but I have something to help," the man said as reached behind him and pulled out a loaf of memory bread.

Bella gently took the bread and placed a piece on her mouth, and Whittney looked at the man in thanks. After a few minutes Bella relaxed and laid her head on Whittney's shoulder. This caused the princess to start to sing, and in a few minutes the Lady Ace fell asleep.

With the help of the rogue, Whittney laid Bella down on the bed and covered her. Then the two quietly left the room. They walked in silence for a few steps then Whittney stopped and turned facing the man.

"Okay, I want to know why are you following me, or how you knew that the messenger was from Hearts, and how did you know about the memory bread?"

"You don't waste anytime do you Princess?" the rogue replied, with a small smirk.

"I'm waiting," Whittney replied as she crossed her arms.

"Alright, I know that messenger from hearts because I'm from Hearts, and I know about memory bread because I know Bella's family. As for why I'm following you...well..."

He leaned down and gave Whittney another kiss, but unlike the others, this was interrupted when a pair of hands pushed them apart. Whittney looked to see the red hair of her uncle, who by Whittney's judgment was very pissed off.

"What yer doing?" it was question directed to Whittney.

"Uncle..."
"It's not the princess's fault," the rogue interrupted.

"Oh, I know it's not the lassie's fault it's yers," growled the man.

"Uncle..."

"Quiet Lassie, the Alphas are having a talk," barked Alistair as he hit the rogue across the face.

Whittney didn't know what made her do it, but after her uncle attacked the rogue she ran over to try to stop the fight. She was stopped when she saw the look in the rogue's eyes; it warned the girl to stay back.

The two stared at each other both alphas wanted to win. The rogue freed himself from the Ace's grip, by kicking the said man in the gut. The other growled in retaliation and launched himself at the rouge, then it was mess of limbs.

Whittney watched as the two fought; her heart beating fast as she saw blood fly. She wanted it to stop; she wanted them to stop fighting. Her body started to shake, but the girl didn't notice; her mind was on stopping the fight. She took a breath and shouted, which filled the entire castle.

"STOP IT! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL EACH OTHER."

This caused the two to look at the girl who had tears flowing down her face. Both men looked down, they didn't mean to cause the girl any harm. Then they heard her footsteps going away from them to the direction where the rooms of Lord and Lady Ace were. The two were ready to go after her but were stopped when they heard a clearing of throat. The two looked to see the anger filled eyes of the queen.

(Rooms of the Lord and Lady Ace)

Whittney entered the room, and stopped in her tracks when she saw the Lady Ace. The blonde was in her uncle's clothes and had a dagger to her hair as she cut it. Whittney stood there until the blonde turned to her.

Bella bit her lip; she wanted to make a quiet escape. The blonde needed to know that her family was safe, and that meant she couldn't stay in the castle. So in seeing the princess standing there gave her a heart attack, then she saw the tears.

"Princess what's wrong?" she asked.

"Bella," was the only reply as the brown hair girl hugged the blond tightly.

Bella's elder sister training kicked in, and she sat down on the bed. She began to rub the princess's back, and hummed for the younger girl. After a few minutes of this, Whittney looked up at Bella, which caused the blond to ask the girl.

"What's the matter?"

Whittney explained what happened with the Ace and the rogue, and then started to cry again. Bella at first growled at the alphas need to fight, especially when an omega was in the room. Bella would kill both men later. Yet something was troubling her, the way that Whittney talk about the rouge and how she felt drawn to him and how it was easy for both of them to kiss. She thought long and hard, she had heard something about this in a legend that the Queen of Hearts told the children of castle.

"Could the Rogue be a cursed one?" Bella questioned.

"Cursed one?" Whittney asked her friend.

"It's a legend from Hearts, it's a long story...and I don't have enough time to tell it." Bella replied in hurried tone.

"That's because you're leaving," Whittney stated.

"I need to find out if my family is alright," Bella replied.

"Then take me with you."

"What?!" Bella whispered in shock.

Whittney was tired, tired of being protected all the time, and being fought over by Alphas. She wanted to get out the castle; she wanted to be free for once in her life. She looked at Bella conveying her friend.

Curse you father in giving me your weakness for cuteness.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I'm sure, I want to help and this seems the only way to do it."

"You're going to have to listen to me, and you might see things...things that you shouldn't see." Bella replied her thoughts going to the dead of the village that she was taken from.

"I know, but I feel that I have to do this..."

"I understand, hurry put these on and get ready to leave," Bella ordered as she gave Whittney a pair of breeches and a shirt.

Whittney nodded, her thoughts were on getting away, and learning more about the rogue.

End of chapter