The Princess and the Mercenary

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Chapter 10

***** I got outside of the castle and sat on the stony steps. After a minute or two of sulking, I just shrugged.

"I should have seen this coming. Simbodia was destined to get attacked sooner or later. That's probably why I'm not really surprised." I told myself. Just then, I heard the castle doors open and 'click-clack' sound exiting the castle.

"Lyndsay, why would you say that about Mary-Beth?" It was Karin. She sat next to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't know, Karin. I was just upset about Simbodia being attacked." I told her.

"So, you didn't mean what you said back there?" Karin asked. I chuckled and stood up.

"Oh, yeah. I meant what I said about her." Karin stood up and approached me angrily.

"Why? What did she do to you that you had the nerve to tell her to go and die?" Karin screamed at me. I should have never told Karin this. Karin and Mary-Beth are really close. Closer than Mary-Beth and I.

"She isn't my mother, Karin. I don't love her, I don't like her, and I don't care for her. She was a bitch and deserved to be kidnapped." I yelled at her.

"You know, the same woman your calling a bitch is the same woman who raised you, gave you two brothers, and gave you what you needed." Karin told me. By then, there was a crowd surrounding us because we were in the center of Crimea. I don't remember walking all the way down here.

"You don't know what happens behind closed doors, Karin." I told her, balling my fists. I could hear muffling from the crowd. Something along the lines of 'Shouldn't we get help? What's going on?' I ignored it.

"She wasn't that horrible of a person, Lyndsay. You were just a big baby who wanted attention." Oh, now she did it. I lunged at her and punched her square across her face. The crowd gasped loudly. From a distance, I could hear the castle doors open and feet scrambling out of it. Before Karin could get up, I kicked her in her stomach and she fell back down. I backed away and spit in a different direction.

"Next time, think before you speak, bitch." I told her as she got up. About then, the group made it to the center and looked from me to Karin and back to me. Soren made it before anyone else and gave me an angry look.

"What the hell were you thinking? Why the-" He started.

"Shut up, Soren. Just shut up. I'm tired of your bullshit. Don't fucking talk down to me anymore, you understand. She was asking for it. It's her fault. Let her fight her own battles." I snapped at him. He looked as if he had been beaten by a girl. Which he did.

"What has gotten into you lately? You have been acting like this since-" Soren stopped midsentence and gasped a little bit.

"Don't….say…it." I seethed.

"What? Since when?" Roy asked.

"You haven't noticed? Ever since we left, Emily has been acting like this. And I think I know why too." Soren said, whispering the last part.

"You don't know why." I whispered, putting my head down. I could hear someone approaching me.

"What did she do to you, Lyndsay?" He whispered. I snapped my head up and looked into his red eyes. Soren was actually being….nice? I couldn't believe it.

"I can't tell you. You'll get mad at me." I told him.

"I don't think I will." He smiled.

"She…..hurt me. Ever since you and Roy left. She slapped me, punched me, kicked me, spit at me, and called me names. Father didn't do a thing to stop her either." I told him, as I felt tears racing down my cheeks. I felt Soren wrap his arms around me and pulling me into an embrace. I clung to his mage robe and started sobbing. He tried soothing me, but it didn't work.

"I'm sorry, Soren. I just….I know how close you and her are. I was so scared to tell you." I told him through my sobs.

"You don't need to apologize, Lyndsay. It isn't your fault. Maybe if I never left, none of this would be happening." He told me, in a soothing voice. I pulled out of his arms and wiped my eyes.

"Do we still have to rescue her?" I asked him. He chuckled slightly.

"Unfortunately, yes. But don't worry, you get dibs to beat the shit out of her." I giggled.

"I think that's the best idea you ever had."