Chapter 4

I couldn't go to sleep that night so I went outside. It was a beautiful night. There were no sounds. It was perfectly quiet. I thought to myself for a while. Life is perfect now,I thought. Nothing can go wrong. I have found love now. Paris loves me. He'll never leave me. He cares about me.

I then started to hear footsteps. I thought someone was trying to kill so I hid in a bush. But it was only Hector.

"You can come out now,"said Prince Hector. "It's only me."

"I'm sorry. I thought you were trying to kill me."

He smiled. "No. But you startled me."

"I'm sorry sir." I was down on all fours.

He smiled. "Get up now. You don't need to bow down to me. Are you afraid?"

"No sir. At least...not anymore."

"There is no reason to be afraid of me Lady Kikyo. My brother loves you so I have no reason to harm such a beautiful woman."

"Thank you oh great Prince of Troy."

"Call me Hector Lady."

I nodded.

"At least you have manners. But you are different from the other women. My brother says that you have come from the east."

"I ran away from home sir. My parents died and I no one cared about me. I was no expecting to end up here."

"As my wife told me."

"You're wife is a kind and gentle soul,if I may say."

He then saw my sword. "You're carrying a sword?"

"Yes...It's a precious symbol. It reminds of my father sir."

"Well,I had better take leave. You stay out of trouble now,"and he left me.

Trouble..right,I thought. That's the last thing I need right now is to get into trouble. Like if someone comes after me. No. That's never going to happen. No one ever cared about me. People care about me now.

"Kikyo?"it was Paris. "Is that you?"he asked as he tried to find me.

"Yes. I'm over here."

"I thought you had left,"he said as he found me. "And then my brother told me that you were out here. Aren't you cold out here?"

I shook my head. "No. I'm fine."

He smiled and kissed me. "You're getting more beautiful every day."

"Thank you."

"Come. Let's go inside now."

"Paris..."

"Yes?"

"I haven't had the chance to thank you for saving my life...so I just wanted to say thank you..."

He nodded and smiled. "You're welcome. Now let's go inside now. I don't want my father to worry about us."

And with that we went back inside the palace.