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Love Story
Chapter 9:
"You know, I... We can't be together."
Richard looked into her eyes, her eyes were filled with sorrow, despair, and hurt...
"Why...? Why can't we?" Richard took hold of Rachel's shoulders and shook violently. "Is it because of your father? We can escape this town, and do whatever we wanted to. Close your eyes, think about the wonderful future we can have. Just please..."
"No... I... I am not worthy for your love. And besides, my father, he..."
"Raven! I... I... please..." Richard wrapped his strong arms around Rachel's waist and rested his head on her shoulders.
"Get your filthy hands of Princess Rachel!"
Both birds looked towards at the source of the voice.
Richard froze, like he had stopped time. Suddenly, images of his childhood days flashed in his mind. All he could see was when his parents fell and crashed onto the ground. He saw blood oozing out from their wounds. He saw how ugly it was when their joints were dislocated and protruding out at the wrong angle. He saw the murderer, an image that he could not bear to forget. All he could hear was the screams of disgust and shock. He heard himself cry. He heard the evil laughter of the murderer. He was lonely. He was scared. He felt pain.
The forest was silent except for the wind. Richard changed, his facial expression turned into something deadly.
Rage started in his face. At the end of his nose. A heat that washed slowly into his cheeks. "Why... Why you! You... Beast! You killed my parents... And you're... You're Raven's... Ahhh!" Down his neck, growing hotter and stronger. He whipped out his dagger and charged forward, but stopped abruptly, panting, trying as hard to cantrol his emotions. The heat reached his hands, oozing down his fingers like lava until it reached the very tips. Then it all came rushing back. From everywhere. From his fingers, from his toes, from his arms and legs and chest and exploded all togetherin his head. He roared with rage and pain and sheer disbelief and hurled himself into the water.
"Robin...? Robin!" Raven gaze swept across the lake, finding Richard.
She panicked when the water showed no sign of ripples and bubbling surfaces. The man pulled her arms towards him, but the stubborn princess shrugged it off.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty summoned me to sent you back home."
"Go away!" Rachel screamed. "Robin, where are you? Please, answer me! I... I..."
Rachel was beginnning to feel despair surging up her throat just when the waves crashed violently on the rocks caught her attention, "Robin! Robin!"
Robin clutched at his head and surged back to the shore, slipping, falling, lurching out of the water.
A wave of relief swept across Rachel's mind, she rushed towards the prince and helped him up hastily. Richard shrugged her hands off and dashed towards the mysterious man instead.
"You, you are the one who killed my parents!"
Rachel was shocked by what he said. She could not utter a single word.
"You, beast! Give me back my parents. Give them back to me! If it was not for you evil deed, they will not die. If it was not for your greed, I will not be an orphan. Bring them back now! You deserve to die, not them!" Richard screamed as if he was a mad man, tears soon cascaded down his face.
"General... General Wilson... Is this... Is this true?" Rachel walked over to Richard's side and placed her palm on his shoulder, but he pushed it off.
"Don't touch me!"
Rachel's eyes were now brimmed with tears. No matter how angry Richard was, he would not scold her, but yet... Her tears were glistening as they reflected against the pale moon light.
Richard yelled at the top of his lungs. "Go away! Go away! All of you! I do not need your concern! Shut the hell up! You!"
He pointed at General Wilson, "You! Get lost now!"
"And you!" he pointed at Rachel.
"You are one of them. I know, you knew all this thing the whole time, and you pretended to be close to me so that you can suceed in invading my country. I shoudn't have been your friend. I shoudn't have fell in love with you! I shoudn't even have met you in the first place! Bi—" Richard froze instantly.
Rachel, who just had been letting him vent his anger, suddenly gulped. Her face turned sour and she wished she had not heard him. She fled, wiping her tears away with the back of her hand.
General Wilson smirked, "My, my... Poor Richard... What does the arrogant prince get in the end? Nothing."
Richard stood rooted to the ground. He then fell onto his knees, crying. Richard slapped himself repeatedly and he wished he had not said all those things to Rachel just to vent his anger. She had been worried and flustered about him when he plunged into the water. And back then, she was always there when he needed somebody. And now, this is how he reciprocated Rachel.
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