Ai Hod Yu In

Chapter 20

Clarke pulled her hood up, hoping to avoid being recognized. She walked slowly through the sprawling city, trying her best to find her target. She was not letting this go without a fight. Though she wasn't quite ready to admit her feelings for Lexa, she had quickly remembered them. It made her nauseous to even think about Lexa dead. Clarke was willing to take extreme measures to ensure the attractive other woman's survival. It was also why she didn't even flinch when the sword stopped so close to her neck.

"Is that death I hear stalking me? Or just the Commander of Death." Clarke had already lowered her hood by now, and she stood calmly in the hopes that perhaps he would move the sword.

"We need to talk."

"We have nothing to talk about." Finally, Roan lowered his sword. "I need to prepare. And do you not have a child to attend to?"

"I know you had nothing to do with Mount Weather. That's why I didn't tell Lexa you gave me the knife. This is what your mother wanted all along."

"What do you want? Spit it out."

"I want you to become the king," she told him, enjoying the look of surprise and confusion on his face, "I know you've thought of it. She was willing to let you die. Willing to let you be banished. I know you just wanna go home."

"When I win today, I will."

"For how long? How long until your mother finds another reason to cast you out? To sacrifice you? Myself personally, I could never imagine abandoning my child. I would die before I even let a single person touch a hair on her precious little head. Everything I do now, I do for her. Your mother works for no one but herself. She only does what benefits her. With her gone, you can be king. No one can cast a king out of his kingdom." Clarke told him.

"I can't do it. My people would never take me back," he told her, looking down, "But… I can help you do it."