Hey guys. Sorry it's been eons since my last update, but I've been busy, which has been fun, but tiring and I haven't had much writing time. Is it sad that I've been in school for like 3 weeks and I'm already pissed off about a grade I got? Idk. I would've updated yesterday, but I had an audition, and I couldn't think straight when I was waiting for news. Final verdict: I didn't have to go to callbacks, but I'm not cut, but I'm not in. I'm just as confused as you are. :) Thanks so much for reading! I'm so sorry if this chapter isn't as good, but I just wanted to write something and this was good enough, so...Yeah.

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"He killed him?" I ask.

"Yes," Dad responds. "Christopher shot William last night because he wasn't following orders."

"I just can't believe he's this desperate." Matthew says.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures." Lance says.

"Still, he's this desperate?" I say.

"People will do anything when it comes to love." Mom says. She looks at Dad with a sparkle in her eye. He does the same.

"Well, what's our next move?" Matthew asks.

"That's what we need to figure out." Nat says.

"How do we even approach something like this?" I ask.

"We don't know," Nat says. "That's why we're here."

"No kidding," I say sarcastically. "Thanks so much for that."

"Your welcome." Nat winks at me and I blush.

"Well, we can't approach this violently," Mom starts, but before she can say anything else, the rebel alarm goes off. As usual, we are herded into a safe room. However, when we enter the safe room, someone is already in there: Kyle.

The doors shut behind us. Three guards run up to him and pin his arms. One guard pats him down while the other two hold him against the wall.

"No weapons, your highness." One of the guards says to Dad.

"Thank you, Officer Dillon." Dad says. Damn it! I think. Why couldn't I remember his name?

"What the hell are you doing here, Kyle?" I scream at him.

"April, stay calm." Mom warns.

"I just needed to talk to you. Especially you, April." He says.

"About what? What could you possibly want to say? 'I'm declaring war on you?'" I say, my arms crossed.

"No, I'm serious. It's about Chris."

I pause for a moment. "Keep talking." I say.

"April, I don't want to do this anymore." He admits.

"Why did you want to do this in the first place?"

"I was hurt. Chris seemed to share the same feelings, so I trusted him. But I don't anymore. You don't understand how crazy he is."

"He's been attacking my home because he loves me but I don't love him. He's gathering an army to help him. I think I understand."

"April, you really don't."

I pause. "What do you mean?" I take a few steps closer to him.

"He's insane. Like he has serious issues. He keeps making plans to kidnap people. You don't want to know what he wants to do once he gets ahold of you. I don't want to repeat it either. That's why he killed William. He didn't think what Chris was doing was right. Chris became enraged and shot him because William was going to spread the news. I couldn't believe that I actually got away from him. If he finds me, I don't know what he'll do. But I don't want to do this anymore. I've moved on."

"Why did you come here?" Nat asks.

"Where else was I supposed to go? My parents don't trust me, the Swendish King and Queen wouldn't trust me. They can't believe anything negative said about their son. This was the only place I could go."

I wait for a minute. "I still don't know if I can trust you."

"Fine, don't trust me. See what happens then."

He has a point.

"What do you want exactly, Kyle?" Lance asks.

Kyle sighs. "I want to see Chris either dead, or locked up in a mental facility."

Don't we all?

"April, please believe me. I'm done with helping him. I know that you don't love me. I've moved on. Please just believe me. I don't want you to get hurt."

That sounds too familiar.

I wait for a while. I look to Dad. He has a look on his face as if to say, "I'd trust him if I were you." I look to Mom and her expression says the same. Nat looks like he's trying to be supportive. Matthew looks like he wants to kick Kyle where it hurts. Lance looks suspicious. Crystal looks stunned. Nathan's still in the hospital. Sarah looks like she's going to explode in a few months.

"Okay." I finally say. I hope this is the right decision.