"You son of a bitch." Roger growled and throws the knife is their direction.
The next thing Jon knows is a flash of hot pain through his body, and everything goes black.
Jon opens his eyes to find himself on the ground, the pain still there and a whole bunch of voices talking above him.
"Oh God, oh God—"
"He's not dead, he's still breathing—"
"Thom, can you heal him?"
"Let me through—"
Jon couldn't see any faces as his vision was blurred, but felt someone come next to him, and the next second he felt a tingle of magic, which was followed by a searing pain as his flesh was rearranged to heal the would.
"Oh, God." Jon gasped sitting upright. "What the hell are you doing?"
"I'm healing you." Thom snapped. "It isn't exactly easy, you know."
Jon didn't answer, but kept gasping for air as the pain continued.
Alanna felt her heartbeat return to normal, as she watched her brother heal Jon. He rage, however, intensified. Jon was her friend, and Roger's cousin. She couldn't believe that Roger was so low he'd have instantly killed his own cousin.
"Come on, let's help Jon inside." George said, and the boys all helped Jon into the Dancing Dove. Alanna followed them, feeling completely useless. But, she did have one constellational thought. She would get her revenge on Roger, not just for herself, but also for Jon. And this time, it will be painful. There will be no mercy.
"You did what!" Alex exclaimed angrily.
"You forget you're place." Roger said sternly. "You don't speak to me like that."
"Like what!" Alex yelled. "Like this? Well, I'm not the one who just committed treason by murdering our goddamn prince, am I?"
"Oh, god. I didn't murder him." Roger said. "He's mage friend, Alanna's twin, was there."
"Still, throwing a knife at your future king is treason." Alex said angrily.
"True." Roger replied mildly. "But only if I get caught."
"You will, this is dangerous." Alex warned. "Can we just stick to the plan?"
Roger sighed and called out, "Delia."
The pretty blonde stalked in, and smiled at Alex with a coy smile before turning to Roger.
"Yes sir?"
Roger grinned. "Alex wants you to go over the plan with him."
"I do?" Alex glared at Roger.
"Yes, you do." Roger glared back.
"Okay." Delia smiled, and Alex shrugged as she led him out of the room.
"Okay, that'll keep him busy for a while." Roger grinned and went back to his work.
"What's the plan?" Alanna asked eagerly.
"We attack with all we've got." George replied just as eagerly.
"What?" Raoul asked in surprise. "Jon has just been stabbed with a knife, and we're going to attack with all we've got?"
"Yes, they won't be expecting an attack, so soon after Jon's injury." Thom added. "Now is the best time to attack. We have the element of surprise."
Alanna nodded. 'And I can hold a knife long enough to stab him." She nodded.
Gary, who had until then remained silent, nodded. "We can't keep doing this. It has to end. For all our lives."
Everyone sat there solemnly, feeling the weight of his words. Jon was first. If they don't take action, any one of them could be next.
"Do you understand the plan?" Alex asked Delia, who was sitting so close to him that they were touching.
She grinned shamelessly and lent closer to him and whispered. "Forget the plan."
She then pressed her lips against his.
Alex pushed her away, then thought 'What the hell'
Alex led her to the bed, and was soon on top of her, feeling her warm body beneath him.
Delia kissed him, and Alex tasted her sweet lips as he ran his fingers through her blonde hair.
'Forget the plan.' Delia's words ran through his head, and Alex grinned. 'The plan's forgotten.'
Alanna looked down at Jon's pale form, so still it hardly looked like he was breathing.
She felt tears run down her cheeks as she watched him. This was her fault. If she hadn't come here, he wouldn't be hurt.
"Don't blame yourself." George's voice interrupted her thoughts. "It's more my fault then yours."
Alanna was startled into laughing a little through her tears.
She shook her head. "It's not your fault George. You know its not."
George nodded. "He will pay." He whispered.
"Yes." Alanna nodded. "He will."
Okay, another update. Yay for me. And to all you people who were disappointed in me for the ending of my last chapter: as if I'd kill Jon off like that. Seriously…