~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Chapter 18A- The Party
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Soft music played throughout the ballroom, just as I instructed Allie, she stayed at my side. We smiled and shook hands with people we won't remember, as the waiter walked by I grabbed a wine glass from his tray. Sipping my second glass slowly I looked around the room, hoping to see a familiar face. Allie tugged at my dress and I looked down at her, "I'm going to the bathroom."
"Don't get lost and be careful," I whispered.
She nodded and walked off, leaving me alone in a room filled with people. I felt a arm wrap around my waist and pulling me flat against there chest, "Miss me."
"Max," I whispered. His hand softly made it's way down my sides and rested on my hips. Taking one of my hands in his own, he walked in front of me. Leading me onto the dance floor, I quickly pulled away and he held my hand tighter. Once we were on the dance floor he spin me around until we were facing each other again, pulling away again he held me tighter against his chest. "You don't wanna make a scene do you, your boyfriend wouldn't be too happy for his first party in years to end with his girlfriend making a scene."
"What do you want?"
"Answers......Why did you side with Kivar? Why did you leave? Why didn't you love me? I have tons," he whispered in my ear each words he spoke was harsher than the last.
"You are actually asking why I left, how long did you and Maria think I wouldn't find out?" I asked back, just as harsh.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Max would you mind if I have my sister back?" I was never happier to see Allie standing there.
Pulling my hand quickly out of his I grabbed Allie's and replied, "If you will excuse me, King Maxwell."
Hand in hand Allie and I walked away from him, leaving Max alone on the dance floor. "I love you," I whispered in Allie's ears.
She smiled up at me and said, "It looked like you needed help."
Another hour went by and we meet more people we will never remember and more drinks sitting in our stomach. "I'm bored!"
Laughing at Allie who was slumping in her seat, "Would you like to dance."
Looking to my side, I saw Kivar standing there with his hand out, nodding and smiling a him. I placed my small hand in his and stood up, turning to Allie, "Stay here."
"Yes mother," she replied rolling her eyes.
Together we walked out on the dance floor, he pulled my body close to his and swayed slightly. "Did Max and you have a nice dance?"
"Worry doesn't suit you Kivar.......we hardly talked Allie interrupted us."
I bite my lip as I felt the sting on my foot when Kivar's dance steps went wrong,..........
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 18B- Escape from Paradise ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I felt empty, as I ran down the hallway of the ruined castle, my sister behind me her hand gripping mine almost to the point of painful. Our pure white dresses where now stained red with our own blood and the flowers I had put in our hair where laying on the floor somewhere down the hall. The bruises that marked our skins where painful as we rubbed them in our run, the gruesome site of the ballroom still lingered in our minds, I sighed in relief as I saw the main door no more than a few steps away. Gripping the handle in my hand and yanking it open, I pushed Allie in front of me. Everything happened so fast we couldn't have been more then a couple steps outside when I felt my body hit the hard ground, my vision blurred and I could hear Allie's whimpers beside me, her hand still locked in mine............... Then everything went black.
~*~*~*~*~*~ *~* An Hour Earlier ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The party had continued with out incidents and both Max and Kivar had yet to come in our sites since there dances. We filled our time with making fun of the many fake people that where dancing, drinking or causly talking to people that they hate with smiles on there faces.
"Twenty bucks that one is gonna be flat drunk by the end of the night!" Allie whispered in my ear, pointing to the woman who was grabbing yet another wine glass.
Rolling my eyes, "OH... you must be Eliza!" A screeching voice called out behind me, turning around I watched as a overweight woman walked towards us. When she stood in front of me, she grabbed my hand shacking it viscously and kissed my cheek. Beside me Allie raised her eyebrow and I shrugged my shoulders slightly so the woman wouldn't see.
"Do I know you?" I asked.
"No sweety. I'm a friend of Kivar's.... I just wanted to come say hello before the speech."
"Speech.... what speech," Allie asked beside me.
"Oh, never you mind about that; it's a surprises. You will love it," she said, winking at me. When the waiter walked beside us, caring a weird dessert, the woman in front of us grabbed one of the tray.
"Oh... that's just what she needed," Allie whispered, glaring at her she just shrugged.
"I must be going... it was nice to meet you," the woman said already walking off.
"Wait, what's your name?" I yelled out.
The woman ignored me and walked way, "Creepy or what."
"What was the speech she was talking about?" I wondered, as Allie shrugged her shoulder.
"Looks like we are going to find out," she whispered. Pointing to the stage where Kivar was slowly making his way to the centre, all of the sudden the room went an eerie quiet, as I looked around the whole room looked frozen everyone eyes where on the stage. No one coughed or even made a sound even the music stopped.
Kivar's voice filled the room and jumped of the walls echoing throughout the ballroom, "Ladies and gentleman, I would like to thank-you for coming this evening. First things I would like to introduce two ladies in my life Eliza and Alisa," the spot light shined down on us and clapping meet our ears. Someone placed there hands on our elbows leading us to the stage, once we were beside Kivar he slipped his hand around my waist. "Tonight is a very special night, tonight is the night we take back Antar and kill the royal four." Shock spread through my body and Allie's hand clasped down on mine. I watched as the crowded room separated to both sides, revealing Max and the others. "I want to thank-you for showing up your majesty!" He yelled and everyone of the guests held out a weapon, I looked down at Allie and she mouthed the words, 'SKINS.'
"Great," I whispered. 'Alex this would be a great time to bring in the calvary,' I thought.
"READY" I watched as Isabel grabbed Max hand and Michael pushed Maria behind his back
"AIM" Every Antarian raised there hand.
"FIRE" I watched in horror as bullets came flying at them, Max, Ava and three other people held shield protecting them.
I looked up at Kivar and a smile was on his lips, his eyes held excitement, "Don't do this," I pleaded.
He put his hand to my cheek, "This way we can be together, no more Royal Four.......we will live happily ever after. Don't you want that?" he asked, again I looked in his eyes, desire, excitement, lust.
I stepped back, taking Allie with me, "Not in a million years. You really think I could ever love a monster like you," I yelled.
"I'm sorry, you said that. GUARDS KILL THEM!!" Whipping my head back and forth I watched as skins made there way up the stairs blocking of our exit. The only way left was a door at the back of the makeshift stage. Running towards it, I pulled it open looking back at Max as he was already making his way to the ballroom door. Running through the door , dragging Allie behind me by our clasped hands, side by side we ran down the stair and continued running, after a couple seconds we finally saw a door. Going through it, we stopped in mid step. As quickly as I could I covered Allie's eyes pushing her into my side, "We went in a circle......it lead us back were we came from.... the ballroom."
My stomach turned as the blood covered my sandles and stained my dress. Bodies covered the floor of skins and Antarians.... people that a couple moments ago had lived and breathed. There must have been hundreds, some of them could have been no more than 18 years old. It was hard to believe that this was a ballroom not a war zone, but which really made me cringe was the two man that where chained to the back wall of the make shift stage. There feet hovering above the ground and a dagger through there heart , there was no way you could miss that the bruises that littered there face and body were from torture.
Footstep echoed throughout the hallways and came towards us, beside me I felt Allie start to shake. Running across the room with Allie behind me, dragging her by her hand and out the side door. Behind me I could hear someone yell at us to stop and a bullets crashed in the wall beside me, grabbing Allie and pushing her down a hallway. "Liz, where are we?"
"I dunno," looking around and not recognising anything. The footsteps got louder and more gun fire rang throughout the hallway, looking down the two hallways. "Left or right?"
Allie looked up at me confused from where she was clutching my arm, "Left!"
Without waiting a second I took of dragging Allie behind me, I probably couldn't see my hand in front of me it was so dark in this hallway. We ran up stairs and down more hallways, going in doors and weaving bullets that came out of no where. Turning around another corner, my step falter as pain ran through my arm and shoulder. Turning around and grabbing Allie by the waist pulling her down the hallway we where trying to get to. Not stopping running I ran down the light hallway and saw a door I recognized as the office part of the castle. Allie tugged on my hand and slowly we stopped running, "I need a break!" she panted.
Nodding and leaning against the wall, wincing and looking down at my shoulder. The pure white dress was stained red down the front of the left side and a bullet wound was on my shoulder. "Shit!" Allie whispered, touching it lightly but taking her hand away when I winced.
"We don't have time we have to get outa here.... I'll be fine until we are out," I said already starting to walk in the direction we were heading.
"Wait," she whispered. Turning me around and ripping train like lacy from my dress, making me hit the wall. "Sorry," she whispered wincing. She wrapped my shoulder with the lace and tied the ends in a knot, we both spun around as we heard footsteps behind us. Grabbing her hand with my good one, we took of running down the hall, around another corner, down another hall, through a doorway and finally we saw an amazing sight the main front door!!
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Soft music played throughout the ballroom, just as I instructed Allie, she stayed at my side. We smiled and shook hands with people we won't remember, as the waiter walked by I grabbed a wine glass from his tray. Sipping my second glass slowly I looked around the room, hoping to see a familiar face. Allie tugged at my dress and I looked down at her, "I'm going to the bathroom."
"Don't get lost and be careful," I whispered.
She nodded and walked off, leaving me alone in a room filled with people. I felt a arm wrap around my waist and pulling me flat against there chest, "Miss me."
"Max," I whispered. His hand softly made it's way down my sides and rested on my hips. Taking one of my hands in his own, he walked in front of me. Leading me onto the dance floor, I quickly pulled away and he held my hand tighter. Once we were on the dance floor he spin me around until we were facing each other again, pulling away again he held me tighter against his chest. "You don't wanna make a scene do you, your boyfriend wouldn't be too happy for his first party in years to end with his girlfriend making a scene."
"What do you want?"
"Answers......Why did you side with Kivar? Why did you leave? Why didn't you love me? I have tons," he whispered in my ear each words he spoke was harsher than the last.
"You are actually asking why I left, how long did you and Maria think I wouldn't find out?" I asked back, just as harsh.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Max would you mind if I have my sister back?" I was never happier to see Allie standing there.
Pulling my hand quickly out of his I grabbed Allie's and replied, "If you will excuse me, King Maxwell."
Hand in hand Allie and I walked away from him, leaving Max alone on the dance floor. "I love you," I whispered in Allie's ears.
She smiled up at me and said, "It looked like you needed help."
Another hour went by and we meet more people we will never remember and more drinks sitting in our stomach. "I'm bored!"
Laughing at Allie who was slumping in her seat, "Would you like to dance."
Looking to my side, I saw Kivar standing there with his hand out, nodding and smiling a him. I placed my small hand in his and stood up, turning to Allie, "Stay here."
"Yes mother," she replied rolling her eyes.
Together we walked out on the dance floor, he pulled my body close to his and swayed slightly. "Did Max and you have a nice dance?"
"Worry doesn't suit you Kivar.......we hardly talked Allie interrupted us."
I bite my lip as I felt the sting on my foot when Kivar's dance steps went wrong,..........
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Chapter 18B- Escape from Paradise ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I felt empty, as I ran down the hallway of the ruined castle, my sister behind me her hand gripping mine almost to the point of painful. Our pure white dresses where now stained red with our own blood and the flowers I had put in our hair where laying on the floor somewhere down the hall. The bruises that marked our skins where painful as we rubbed them in our run, the gruesome site of the ballroom still lingered in our minds, I sighed in relief as I saw the main door no more than a few steps away. Gripping the handle in my hand and yanking it open, I pushed Allie in front of me. Everything happened so fast we couldn't have been more then a couple steps outside when I felt my body hit the hard ground, my vision blurred and I could hear Allie's whimpers beside me, her hand still locked in mine............... Then everything went black.
~*~*~*~*~*~ *~* An Hour Earlier ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The party had continued with out incidents and both Max and Kivar had yet to come in our sites since there dances. We filled our time with making fun of the many fake people that where dancing, drinking or causly talking to people that they hate with smiles on there faces.
"Twenty bucks that one is gonna be flat drunk by the end of the night!" Allie whispered in my ear, pointing to the woman who was grabbing yet another wine glass.
Rolling my eyes, "OH... you must be Eliza!" A screeching voice called out behind me, turning around I watched as a overweight woman walked towards us. When she stood in front of me, she grabbed my hand shacking it viscously and kissed my cheek. Beside me Allie raised her eyebrow and I shrugged my shoulders slightly so the woman wouldn't see.
"Do I know you?" I asked.
"No sweety. I'm a friend of Kivar's.... I just wanted to come say hello before the speech."
"Speech.... what speech," Allie asked beside me.
"Oh, never you mind about that; it's a surprises. You will love it," she said, winking at me. When the waiter walked beside us, caring a weird dessert, the woman in front of us grabbed one of the tray.
"Oh... that's just what she needed," Allie whispered, glaring at her she just shrugged.
"I must be going... it was nice to meet you," the woman said already walking off.
"Wait, what's your name?" I yelled out.
The woman ignored me and walked way, "Creepy or what."
"What was the speech she was talking about?" I wondered, as Allie shrugged her shoulder.
"Looks like we are going to find out," she whispered. Pointing to the stage where Kivar was slowly making his way to the centre, all of the sudden the room went an eerie quiet, as I looked around the whole room looked frozen everyone eyes where on the stage. No one coughed or even made a sound even the music stopped.
Kivar's voice filled the room and jumped of the walls echoing throughout the ballroom, "Ladies and gentleman, I would like to thank-you for coming this evening. First things I would like to introduce two ladies in my life Eliza and Alisa," the spot light shined down on us and clapping meet our ears. Someone placed there hands on our elbows leading us to the stage, once we were beside Kivar he slipped his hand around my waist. "Tonight is a very special night, tonight is the night we take back Antar and kill the royal four." Shock spread through my body and Allie's hand clasped down on mine. I watched as the crowded room separated to both sides, revealing Max and the others. "I want to thank-you for showing up your majesty!" He yelled and everyone of the guests held out a weapon, I looked down at Allie and she mouthed the words, 'SKINS.'
"Great," I whispered. 'Alex this would be a great time to bring in the calvary,' I thought.
"READY" I watched as Isabel grabbed Max hand and Michael pushed Maria behind his back
"AIM" Every Antarian raised there hand.
"FIRE" I watched in horror as bullets came flying at them, Max, Ava and three other people held shield protecting them.
I looked up at Kivar and a smile was on his lips, his eyes held excitement, "Don't do this," I pleaded.
He put his hand to my cheek, "This way we can be together, no more Royal Four.......we will live happily ever after. Don't you want that?" he asked, again I looked in his eyes, desire, excitement, lust.
I stepped back, taking Allie with me, "Not in a million years. You really think I could ever love a monster like you," I yelled.
"I'm sorry, you said that. GUARDS KILL THEM!!" Whipping my head back and forth I watched as skins made there way up the stairs blocking of our exit. The only way left was a door at the back of the makeshift stage. Running towards it, I pulled it open looking back at Max as he was already making his way to the ballroom door. Running through the door , dragging Allie behind me by our clasped hands, side by side we ran down the stair and continued running, after a couple seconds we finally saw a door. Going through it, we stopped in mid step. As quickly as I could I covered Allie's eyes pushing her into my side, "We went in a circle......it lead us back were we came from.... the ballroom."
My stomach turned as the blood covered my sandles and stained my dress. Bodies covered the floor of skins and Antarians.... people that a couple moments ago had lived and breathed. There must have been hundreds, some of them could have been no more than 18 years old. It was hard to believe that this was a ballroom not a war zone, but which really made me cringe was the two man that where chained to the back wall of the make shift stage. There feet hovering above the ground and a dagger through there heart , there was no way you could miss that the bruises that littered there face and body were from torture.
Footstep echoed throughout the hallways and came towards us, beside me I felt Allie start to shake. Running across the room with Allie behind me, dragging her by her hand and out the side door. Behind me I could hear someone yell at us to stop and a bullets crashed in the wall beside me, grabbing Allie and pushing her down a hallway. "Liz, where are we?"
"I dunno," looking around and not recognising anything. The footsteps got louder and more gun fire rang throughout the hallway, looking down the two hallways. "Left or right?"
Allie looked up at me confused from where she was clutching my arm, "Left!"
Without waiting a second I took of dragging Allie behind me, I probably couldn't see my hand in front of me it was so dark in this hallway. We ran up stairs and down more hallways, going in doors and weaving bullets that came out of no where. Turning around another corner, my step falter as pain ran through my arm and shoulder. Turning around and grabbing Allie by the waist pulling her down the hallway we where trying to get to. Not stopping running I ran down the light hallway and saw a door I recognized as the office part of the castle. Allie tugged on my hand and slowly we stopped running, "I need a break!" she panted.
Nodding and leaning against the wall, wincing and looking down at my shoulder. The pure white dress was stained red down the front of the left side and a bullet wound was on my shoulder. "Shit!" Allie whispered, touching it lightly but taking her hand away when I winced.
"We don't have time we have to get outa here.... I'll be fine until we are out," I said already starting to walk in the direction we were heading.
"Wait," she whispered. Turning me around and ripping train like lacy from my dress, making me hit the wall. "Sorry," she whispered wincing. She wrapped my shoulder with the lace and tied the ends in a knot, we both spun around as we heard footsteps behind us. Grabbing her hand with my good one, we took of running down the hall, around another corner, down another hall, through a doorway and finally we saw an amazing sight the main front door!!
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