Warning: This fanfiction will contain harsh language, dramatic turns of events, sex and voilence. This is rated mature for these reasons and if you don't like it, don't waste time on reading and commenting.

Disclaimer: I don't own Be my princess, any of it's characters, or the original story line of Keith's route.

A/N: It's been a week since I posted the last chapter and I've been stalking the story traffic like crazy. Not too bad tbh, quite a few hits, which is enough to make me post the next chapter lmao. I would love some kind of comment tho uwu.

~ "Silver Lovers" ~

Episode 14

Without saying anything Prince Keith grabbed my hand, winding our fingers together, and started waking off. He went into the opposite direction of where the other princes had gone to. The farther we walked, the less people we saw. At one point all that I heard was our hurried steps on the floor.

He halted, glanced around and pulled me towards a door. Before opening the door he glanced around once more. Once he decided we were all alone he opened the door and pushed me inside the room. I stumbled forward and spun around just in time to see him lock the door. He turned around and walked over to me with a dark expression on his face. I shivered and took a step back. At this his expression only darkened.

He took a few long strides and instantly I was within his reach. I continued to step away from him until my back hit the wall. He smirked slightly as he placed his hands bedside me on the wall. "Did you really think you could escape from me?" He spoke in a teasing tone, but I knew from the look in his eyes that he was not in the mood for restraint.

I decided not to answer and looked up at him as I waited for him to say or do something. He stared back at me for a few minutes, probably deciding what to do. He suddenly balled his hands into fists and frowned as he seemed to remember something unpleasant. He lifted my hand and kissed it. Then he patted me on the head.

I raised my brow in confusion and let him do as he pleased. His hand slid down to my cheek and he leaned down. He entwined his fingers with mine as our lips touched. I closed my eyes, leaning into the kiss and hating myself for enjoying it so much.

He tilted my head and slid his tongue in. His hand slid down from my cheek. I felt his fingers trailing along the dozens gems on the necklace, and making their way to my breast. With my free hand I took hold of his. Instantly he broke off the kiss and glared at me. I shook my head. "Wrong place, wrong time, Keith." His glare hardened and he pulled his hands from mine.

I thought he was going to step away from me but he forcefully grabbed my face in his hands and kissed me hard. Because of his forceful manner the back of my head hit the wall painfully. I winced, trying to turn away from him, but he kept me in a firm grip.

His tongue found mine, but before it became enjoyable he bit down hard onto my lower lip. I groaned in pain and used all my strength to push him off. This time he allowed it and took a step back.

With shivering hands I reached for my throbbing lip. I could feel it starting to swell already and glared at Prince Keith. My glare didn't seem to have much of an effect on him because he was grinning at me in satisfaction. "That is your punishment. If you behave tonight I might be nicer next time." I continued to glare at him as I wiped the blood from my lip. As we glared daggers at each other I wondered when it was that he had become a sadist.

I hesitatingly took a step towards him, not even sure of the reason myself. He smirked and held out his hand. "We'll finish this when we're back home." He said softly. I rolled my eyes at him but placed my hand in his nonetheless. He quickly closed his hand around mine and pulled me into his arms. With his free hand he pulled my face up to his. The gentle look in his eyes made my heart skip a beat as he softly placed a careful kiss on my bleeding lip.

As he pulled away again he chuckled softly. "You have no idea how much I already regret biting you." After hearing this I couldn't hold back my own chuckle. I wrapped my arms around him and buried my face into his chest. I couldn't hate him for biting me if he was going to be so cute about it.

He softly stroked my hair as we continued to hug in silence. I was amazed that spending a little alone time with me, could calm him down this much.

Our moment was interrupted by a knock on the door. We froze in each other's arms and looked at the door. "Your Highness? Are you in there?" Luke's voice sounded muffled through the door, but it was enough to pull us both back into reality.

Prince Keith hesitated for a moment before he let go of me and took step back. He bit his lip with a pained expression. We looked at each other one last time before he turned towards the door. "Yes Luke, what is it?"

I unconsciously bit my own lip and winced in pain. I licked the blood away as I watched Prince Keith making his way to the door. He unlocked it and on the other side stood Luke, looking rather confused. He stepped into the room, not even noticing me at first. "Why are you here your Highness?" Prince Keith shrugged and quickly glanced at me. Luke followed his gaze. His eyes grew wide as he noticed me.

I wanted to kick Prince Keith for looking my way, because I was sure Luke was now suspecting something. Especially because my lip was swollen and bleeding. I turned my eyes away from him and sucked my lip.

"Did you need me for anything Luke?" Prince Keith said in a cold voice, snapping Luke out of his thought train. "Oh uh... Well you are supposed to attend the party your Highness..." Prince Keith glared at him. "I know Luke, I was just going when you arrived." He then glared at me and held out a hand. "Come here, people will think badly of my character if I don't escort the lady I brought with me." I narrowed my eyes at him and smiled bitterly as I walked over to him.

I felt Luke's eyes on me as prince Keith took my hand. With a quick glance over my shoulder I knew exactly what was going on in Luke's head, because it was clearly written on his face. He knew.

Unable to confront Luke about his thoughts, I let out a defeated sigh and let Prince Keith lead me to the main party hall. Once there he let go of my hand again and walked off to somewhere without even looking at me. I let out another sigh and started wandering around the room. It was the same as before, couples dancing to classical music, nobles talking to each other, acing all high and mighty, champagne table on the other end of the room.

I wandered over to my goal, making sure not to make eye contact with any of the guests, since they might recognize me. Once I arrived at the table I recognized Prince Joshua's back. He was talking to Prince Roberto, who immediately recognized me and started smiling brightly.

I tried to avoid them by picking up a glass on the complete opposite side of the table, but knew it was in vain. Prince Roberto had already pointed me out to Prince Joshua, who was glaring at me. Prince Roberto made it perfectly clear that he wanted me to come over to them. Since I had already seen them I gave up and made my way over to them.

Prince Joshua greeted me with a cold glare. I gave him a bitter smile, sipped my champagne and glanced up at Prince Roberto. He was smiling as if he was extremely happy to see me and patted my head. "Did Keith abandon you already?"

I shrugged and took another sip. "I'm sure his Highness has important things to do. And I must say that I don't really need a babysitter." Prince Joshua sorted and downed his wine. "I don't understand why he decided to attend a party at a time like this." I looked up at him as he reached for another glass of wine. As our eyes met I shrugged. "I'm sure he had his reasons."

Prince Joshua narrowed his eyes at me and opened his mouth to say something, but Prince Roberto cut in. "Josh, don't vent your anger out on this lovely lady." At this prince Joshua swallowed his words with another sip of his wine. "If you'll excuse me, I have to find my butler." without waiting for our reply he walked off.

Prince Roberto chuckled. "Well then, would you like to dance Miss Anna?" I snapped my head up at him in surprise. "Dance? Shouldn't you ask your date to dance instead of me?" He grinned half heartedly. "I doubt she'd want to dance with me right now." His voice had lost its usual spark and I noticed him glance into the direction of a black-haired girl in a red dress with golden accents. She was happily talking with a few other girls and didn't feel our eyes on her at all.

I turned back to Prince Roberto. "You could always ask." I mumbled as I gave him an unimpressed look. He looked back at me and grinned. "Are you refusing my request to dance?" I chuckled at his not so subtle attempt to change the subject. "Yes, I don't wish to dance. I can't dance anyway." His eyes slightly widened. "But at the last party you danced beautifully with Keith."

I scowled at the memory of my first dance with Prince Keith. It was not something I liked to remember, that one dance changed everything. "I had his Highness to lead me back then." I mumbled, avoiding Prince Roberto's eyes. I glanced at the black haired girl again and found her looking our way. When our eyes met she narrowed her eyes and looked away again.

I grinned, she was adorably possessive over Prince Roberto, even though she avoiding him at the same time. I looked back at Prince Roberto and found him staring into her direction again. "I really doubt it's a good idea to dance with me while it's so obvious the only person you want to dance with is her." He glanced at me with a painful smile. "Like I said, she doesn't want to dance with me." I sighed and rolled my eyes. "It doesn't look like that to me." I grabbed his arm and started pulling him along. "Come, just ask her already." He whined slightly, but allowed me to pull him along.

Once we arrived at the group of women I pushed Prince Roberto towards them and took a step back. "I'll take my leave here. Good luck." I whispered at him while grinning. He gave me a desperate look before turning his attention to the girls with a smile on his face.

From my spot near the champagne table I watched as prince Roberto flamboyantly asked the girl for a dance. I noticed her glancing into my direction before accepting Prince Roberto's hand. He shot me a proud glance and lead her to the middle of the floor. I felt a pang in my heart as I watched the two of them smiling so happily in each other's arms. Even when they messed up they continued to laugh. I was jealous, I wanted a relationship like that too. But instead of a blissful relationship, I got a messed up sex-based relationship with the arrogant prince of Liberty.

I couldn't bear to watch their happiness anymore and turned my back to them. I fingered the rim of my half-empty glass of champagne. I had lost my appetite to drink, but figured I couldn't just place it back on the table now that I had already drunken from it. I took a deep breath and drank the rest in one go, placing the empty glass on the table with a slightly too loud bang afterwards.

I glanced around the room, spotting Prince Keith somewhere at the other side. He seemed to be talking happily with some random noble lady. It was so obvious she was trying to flirt with him. When Prince Keith flinched as she nonchalantly placed her hand on his, I caught myself grinning. I was pleased that the touch of other women made him flinch in disgust, while my touch only made him crave for more.

I decided to leave the room for a moment while grumbling to myself that I didn't want to be happy about what I just discovered.

In the hallway I leaned against the wall and let out a long sigh. Royal parties were so tiring. My feet had started to hurt and I started to feel the weight of the necklace. I slowly rolled my head, trying to get rid of the stiffness in my shoulders. As I let out another sigh I heard someone approaching in a rapid tempo. Their footsteps stopped abruptly, making me curious enough to look up.

In front of me stood Luke, with his mixed emotions written all over his face. "Anna..." He mumbled softly while taking a step closer to me. He let his eyes travel up and down over my body and halted them at my lips.

His expression turned into a frown and he took another step towards me. He reached out and brushed his thumb over my lip. It instantly started to throb again. The alcohol and my conversation with prince Roberto had made me forget completely about my wounded lip. Prince Roberto also hadn't mentioned it, though I was sure he had noticed it.

I winched slightly and let out a pained noise. Luke instantly drew his hand back. "Sorry." He whispered as he took another step closer. He reached out again, this time cupping my face in his hand. I leaned into his warm touch and let out a pleased sigh. 'Maybe if it had been Luke I could have had a normal relationship.' I thought to myself. Just mere seconds after that thought my eyes shot open. I hadn't even noticed that I had closed them.

Luke's hand was still cupping my face, and he was staring at me with a look on his face that said everything he'd have ever wanted to say. With pain in my heart I turned my head away from his touch, but before I could step away he stepped closer. His hands found my face and he forced me to look at him.

His eyes lingered on my lips before he looked into my eyes. "What has he done to you?" He whispered, his voice tinged with sadness. He softly pressed my lip again, watching me as I winched. I pulled away from him and shook my head. "I don't know what you mean." At this he frowned. "Don't lie, I already know. I first only had suspicions, but after today I know for certain. There is something going on between you two and I don't approve of it."

I glared hard at him. "As if we need your approval. And it's so not like you think it is." He sighed and leaned in closer. "I didn't mean it like that... I... I don't want him to hurt you." He gazed deep into my eyes add I found myself unable to look away. I swallowed. "I-I can take care of myself perfectly fine Luke." I whispered in a hoarse voice.

He placed his hand against the wall and brought his face closer to mine. "Can't it be me? He whispered, staring deep into my eyes.

My first thought was no, then I changed my mind to yes, but deep inside I knew my first thought had been right, it couldn't have been anyone else but prince Keith, even though I still didn't want to admit that. What I felt for him was mere attraction, and the idea that this was being returned confused me and made my heart mistake it for love.

But I couldn't love Prince Keith, I couldn't and I didn't want to.

I was completely lost in thought and had entirely forgotten about Luke who was still waiting for an answer. "Anna?" His fingers brushed against my face as he repeated his words, breaking me out of my thoughts. "Can't it be me?" This time there was a tinge if sadness in his voice.

I wanted to say yes, but I also wanted to say no, so I shrugged. His face hardened into the familiar glare. "It's impossible for you two to be together." I glared back. "I don't want to be together with him." His face fell. "Then...why?" I rolled my eyes at him. "Like I said, it's not like you think it is." He pulled back slightly, but not enough to make me feel comfortable. "If it's not like I think it is, then tell me what it really is."

I looked away from him. "It's not like we love each other... We just..." I felt Luke's eyes burning into me as I looked for the right words. "You just what?" he said, urging me to spit it out already.

Just when I opened my mouth a voice came from behind him. "Well if it isn't Lukey, you brought a date too? How unusual." I sighted in relief as I recognized Prince Roberto's cheery voice. Luke stiffened and stepped away from me. Prince Roberto looked at me and his eyes slightly widened.

"Sweet Anna, you're dating both the prince and his butler?" My relief vanished and I glared at him. "I am not dating either of them!" My loud words echoed through the hallway and someone answered. "That is correct. I would never allow myself to be in a relationship with a mere commoner."

I looked at the ceiling with a sigh, wondering why he had to show up right this moment.

A/N: To the person who hit me up on tumblr. Thanks so much your message made me really happy. I replied but I dunno if you got it because it's tumblr after all. You can also message instead of sending an ask if you want w