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Chapter 27

Miley POV

I stepped down some stairs heading towards the Hudson River, I hadn't been here since I was 5 and it was the last place of on my list of things I needed to see in New York. I gazed around into the blackness, it was 4am, hardly anyone was around and that suited me perfectly. I sighed pulling out my phone, I gazed at the screen displaying a photo of yesterday which instantly brought tears to my eyes. I was smiling in the photo, why was I smiling? I was never going to smile again I knew that…yet yesterday I pretended like my life wasn't over when in reality it was. I clicked into contacts and found Nick pressing call…I had to hear his voice one more time.

"Miley…" Nick groaned out after four rings, "It's like three in the morning...why are you calling me?

"It's actually four am…I just wanted to say I love you and this time I mean it" I stated, yesterday when I said it I did mean it, but I had just pulled enough courage to break up with him...then he said he loved me, it was understandable I stumbled over my words.

"Miles I love you too…what's going on?" He asked his voice sounded nervous and I gave a really fake laugh, gazing to see the ferry's starting up for their morning runs for people to get to work.

"Nothing is wrong…everything is going to be perfect, like before. I love you okay don't forget that…" I whispered and held my breath moving to press end call before he could respond.

"Miley…what's…" He started and I hung up closing my eyes as they filled with more tears, I held my phone in my hand and it instantly started ringing as I denied the call. I quickly got up a text and wrote a simple message to everyone else…

Love you guys so much, and I'll miss you more then anything. Just because I am not getting my happily ever after…doesn't mean the rest of you guys can't move on without me. Xoxo Miles

I went to send it as Nick's name flashed up again and I pressed deny call, I quickly got everyone I wanted to send the message from my contacts…and I hit the send button. I held it for a second gazing out across the water…after everything I had been through with my whole family. They were going to loose me all over again…

Mandy…Demi… both came up as I received texts and I bit my lip choking back tears. I pressed open for the one from Mandy and gazed at the water, it was never my plan to read the messages…

Miley where the hell are you? Please don't do anything stupid, what ever the King said we can fix Miles…just tell us where you are.

I gave a small laugh letting tears fall down my cheek, typical Mandy straight to the point. I clicked the next message seeing Demi as instantly my phone started ringing: Paul. I denied the call and went back to Demi's message.

Miley don't leave, where are you we can talk about this. Miles seriously, what ever he said to you it doesn't matter okay mom and dad will fix this…I love you please come home.

I felt the tears fall as I looked at my screen which Nick's name was now flashing up on again as I tossed it as far as I could. I watched it hit the water in the distance as I burst out crying, I was doing the right thing I was going to save them and that's all that mattered. I stood there for a while calming myself down before I quickly moved away from the river towards the street and hailed a taxi…

"The palace…" I stated as the taxi driver nodded, I pushed my hands through my hair and took a deep breath, it's not like I was going to loose my life. I was just going to loose my family and friends along with my freedom and choice.

Slowly the taxi pulled up and I gave the taxi driver all my remaining money, he seemed happy…at least I could make one person smile today. I stepped out and gazed at what was to be my new home, well more like a prison. I slowly walked over to the gates and the soldiers all gazed at me…

"The King is expecting me…" I stated, one of them stayed in position looking a me. Two other soldiers quickly moved away to there small little house near the gates. I looked down at the ground…this was actually it…

"The King is sleeping, he requested that if you were to arrive that you be escorted to his nephews quarters" One of the soldiers said coming back, the one who had been gazing at me suddenly looked confused.

"Your supposed to be Queen..." He hissed at me, I gazed at him confused; he was a soldier for the King…he should be on his side. The other two soldiers looked at me sympathetically…they were all on my side?

"He's going to kill my family if I don't…" I whispered and he just looked at me confused and the soldiers opened a side gate for me as I stepped inside and gazed around…

"This way Princess" A new harsh looking soldier said as two others came around me and grabbed both my wrists, I held myself together and didn't even bother struggling. They pushed me forward forcing me to walk towards living hell but I held my head high like Magritte had taught me...I was still a princess, no one could change that.

Kevin POV

Chaos, in one word what I was experiencing at the moment it was utter chaos. Everyone was yelling, everyone was shouting…yet none one was talking, and that's where the problem started. We decided to not push Miley to tell us what the King had said…so she never talked about it and we never talked about it, which had lead to this problem. We had absolutely no idea where she was, all we knew was that she sent us a text from beside the Hudson River, where "her" army well more Josh believed she'd thrown it into the water…on her own, no one made her, she chose to.

"What happens if she's dead?" Joe suddenly yelled over everyone, but no one listened to him as the yelling continued. Both families were here including Josh and a couple of guys from his team to overthrow the King.

"She's the damn Princess and a 17 year old…someone would have noticed her, she would have needed someone to take her to where ever she has gone" Dad stated, I gazed at my little brother staring at the window…he was absolutely devastated. Nick was just watching the gates, waiting for her to come back but she wasn't and even though I was pretty sure he knew that, he still kept watching.

"Everyone shut the fuck up…just sit down and talk" I screamed and for the first time, they listened. It was nearing 8am and I myself already knew there were only a few places she'd go…

"Okay step one, Miley would never run off on her own…she'd tell someone. Everyone here knows she told no one she was leaving, which means she's still in town. Secondly The King, he wouldn't kill her, he can't...he knows that it will cause absolute outrage. Which leaves me with my final conclusion" I yelled over everyone as they looked at me.

"He has her…I don't know what they are planning, but I have this horrible feeling in my stomach that it is all about Jake. Think about it, how can you kill two birds with one stone" I stated while everyone was just looking at me confused.

"King Fredrick wants Jake to be King, why not marry him off to a princess? That way no one can complain she technically will be Queen, just without the power" I stated, I'd been thinking about this since when we all saw Jake behind the King...it seemed obvious to me.

"He's threatened her with us…we all die if she doesn't agree, she dies is she doesn't agree. He is going to keep her locked up in a world he wants, a world he will control until Jake takes over…" I stated as everyone just stared at me in absolute shock, but no one interrupted me.

"It makes sense…" Nick suddenly whispered "It makes a lot of sense"

"I told her I loved her, she tried so hard to say it back and when she did she meant it, but at the same time she was almost crying. On the phone she kept telling me she loved me and now it makes sense, she wants me to know that she does love me and that she would never love Jake" Nick whispered, it was like a jigsaw all the pieces were coming together but still there were huge chunks missing.

"Okay that sounds good but legal marital age in New York is 18…anything under 18 and over 16 needs to be agreed to by parents or a legal guardian…wait who is Destiny's legal guardian…" Josh stated as we all looked around.

"Well it wasn't Mandy for sure, we never read Leticia's or Robert's will. I do not know who Miley's legal guardian would be" Alexandra stated looking between all of us.

"Okay well its bound to be one of you, have any of you signed anything recently, an autograph…check…" Josh asked and I saw a look of horror come across Alexandra's face.

"I sighed a document at the charity ball for the money, I didn't even check what was written. It was handed to the King, he was personally going to give it to the hospital. This is all my fault" Alexandra whispered in absolute horror…oh shit now we did have serious problems.

"Okay so lets go on the idea this is the parental agreement, then the wedding will be a go ahead. Jake will be able to legally marry her seeing as he is 18 and with their past relationship it would not be a surprise to the public. Two star crossed lovers in the middle of a family feud…like Romeo and Juliet" Josh stated as we all just stared at him.

"But this is a one sided battle, Romeo and Juliet were in love Miley is not in love with Jake. I am not going to let him just marry my niece off like a slave, a life of pain just to save us" Magritte stated and everyone just looked at her, for once she was thinking of Miley and not herself.

"I am expecting the King to make a rather large deal over this wedding, if there is a wedding. I am giving it two weeks, I think the most vulnerable point will be after the wedding, the King will think he has gotten his way…he'll drop security" Josh stated and we all just looked at him.

"But what about Miley, we're going to let her marry him and how quickly after the wedding because I don't think she would have thought of the aftermath of a wedding...like the wedding night…" Mom stated as we all just realized…

"Oh it will be that night…hopefully around the time where they are both together, even if something does happen…it's the best time. Security will be lower after the wedding then before" Josh stated, I couldn't help but agree but it just didn't seem right.

"So we're letting a 17 year old get emotionally destroyed and then letting a guy she hates most likely rape her before we do anything…" Demi stated seriously, like that Nick was up and walked out of the room as everyone feel silent.

"We don't have any other choice…we'll just have to hope nothing happens to her before the wedding let alone after it." Josh stated,"That's if this is even right…if there even is a wedding…"

A/N-This is just to mention some questions in the reviews. Random reviewer Julz, the town next to Queenscliff :P And Silentheartc I had to translate your review haha but you are right! I think the translater didn't really work! But from what I worked out...you and me think the same! Thanks to the rest of the reviwers as well especially Gelly-Roll who reviewed 9 times in one day :D