Lane smiled sweetly at Hatter before speaking her mind.
"If we were in my world, you and Mad March would be considered pedophiles." Lane said.
"Wow, thanks for ruining the moment for me." Hatter said.
Hatter stood up and tried his best to look at anything else but Lane.
"Wait, I'm sorry." She said, getting up and hugging Hatter from the side.
Hatter wrapped his arms around Lane and started twisting her body from side to side.
"~You're into me.~" He said in a sing-song voice, smiling with his tongue in between his teeth.
"No. I think you're okay at best." She said trying to pull away from Hatter.
"Nope. ~You know you like me. You want to kiss me. You want to ride me. You want my children.~" He said in a sing-song voice, continuing to tease Lane.
Lane kept trying to struggle out of Hatter's grasp, which was fine enough before her started to tickle her causing her to start screaming and squealing with laughter.
"Stop! Stop!" She cried out tears starting to form in her eyes.
"You are very ticklish." He said in a matter of fact tone.
"Stop! It hurts! I'm about to piss myself!" She said frantically.
Hatter stopped at hearing this. Lane sank to the floor while holding her side trying to compose herself.
"You're the devil." She said catching her breathe.
"I know." He said with a wide grin.
There was a sudden knock at the door that caused both Lane and Hatter to jump. He opened the door to reveal it had been Mad March who was on the other side.
"The Queen is looking for you, Ace." Mad March said when he came in, completely ignoring the existence of Hatter all together.
"Hey you." Lane said getting off the floor.
"What were you guys doing in here?" Mad March said, looking at Lane's slightly sweaty and red face.
"We were just hanging out, talking about stuff, drinking tea; the usual." Lane said.
Mad March seemed to be analyzing the room and Lane and Hatter before saying what was on his mind.
"If there's something going on between the two of you, you better believe there's gonna' be a funeral for you Hatter." Mad March said threateningly.
"Oh, would you leave him be already. You need to stop with your jealous tirade. It's extremely off putting." Lane said.
Lane felt a tad bit guilty because she knew that the real Ace had been messing around with the Hatter behind Mad March's back; his jealousy wasn't exactly misdirected in that sense.
"We're having trouble with people who think they're above my laws. I want the two of you to go and kill them while their families watch so that there are no further misunderstandings." The Queen said.
"Really, just like that? Kill them in front of their families scarring them forever?" Lane said.
"What did you just say!?" The Queen said bewildered by Lane's comment.
Lane regretting opening her mouth. There was no way to really rebound it without sounding like a complete psychopath.
"I mean I'm all for it. Of course I'm always up for it, but why just stop there? Why not burn down the whole town instead?" Lane said. 'What the fuck, Lane?" She thought realizing she had made things far worse than the people already had it.
"You can't just go around being mindlessly violent like that. Slaughter the people and leave the village to be turned into more market lands. It'll save us time and money on rebuilding new spaces." The Queen said.
"Of course, I do get ahead of myself sometimes." Lane said.
"What was that about in there? It sounded like you were trying to get out of doing your job. A job, may I remind you, that you're damn good at." Mad March said.
"What do you mean? I was completely for destroying lives, especially since there's been nothing for to do lately." Lane said.
"You're going soft on me. You're becoming like a sorry little girl. What the hell happened while you were away?" He said.
"My outlooks on life changed." She said.
"Bullshit. You're obviously just trying to win over the favor of that shaggy tea sipper. Since when are you the type to care what people thought of you?" He said.
"There you go assuming shit again. Paranoia isn't healthy you dumb fuck." She said, becoming frustrated with Mad March constantly worrying about the dumbest things.
Mad Marched grabbed Lane by the arm before throwing her up against the wall and moving in front of her so she couldn't run.
"What did I tell you about that mouth of your!?" He yelled in her face.
"Don't fucking yell at me!" She yelled back trying to push Mad March away from her.
"I'm trying to show you that I care about you. I'm looking out for your wellbeing. Don't go throwing everything away for someone who isn't even fit the lick the mud from your boots. Commoners stick with commoners. You and me, we're the same. That's why it's you and me together not you and him. You will learn the difference or it'll be me who'll be ending you!" He said before walking away from her, anger radiating from his body.
Lane was pounding on Hatter's office door, it was after hours so no one was there to see her upset and desperate. Her eyes were red and her voice was hoarse from trying not to cry out loud.
"Hel-lo?" Hatter said, after opening the door.
Lane ran in and hugged the Hatter hoping he would comfort her the way she needed to be at that very moment.
"We really need to find, Ace! I'm scared for my life right now!" Lane said crying into Hatter's chest.
"Calm down, Lane. What happened to you?" He said.
Lane explained altercation that happened between her and Mad March not much earlier.
Lane was helping Hatter get ready for the trip he was going to have to take in order to set things right. He had to go out and find Ace so that there could be some sort of peace for Lane.
"How long do you think it'll take for you to find her?" Lane said, finishing the preparations.
"A few days maybe, if she doesn't want to be found then you're not going to find her unless you really know where and when to look." Hatter said.
"Please just hurry up." She pleaded.
"Don't worry about it. I will get this handled and no one will have to die for someone who most likely wouldn't appreciate it." He said.
"If I do die I will devote my eternity to haunting you for the rest of your life." She said while glaring at him.
"You went to see the Hatter again, didn't you" Mad March said.
"Yes, yes I did, because he is my friend and I can hang out with my friends anytime I want. You are not my father. You are not my husband. You sure as hell aren't mother, though I am starting to question if you aren't due to the fact that you seem to have a bigger vagina than I do!" Lane yelled in his direction.
The frustration of him constantly hounding her was becoming too much. She shouldn't stay in the castle if this was how he was going to continue to act with her in such a manner.
Mad March stared at rare for an uncomfortable amount of time before leaving, not even bothering to shut the damn door behind him.
"I hope that everything in the castle is to your liking." Jack said.
Lane and Jack had gone to the castle's maze garden and were conversing amongst themselves.
"They're alright for the most part, but I feel that I may have to leave for a while. Mad March is getting on my last nerves and I don't want to keep fighting with him." Lane said.
"I could arrange for you to stay in the quarters across from my room. I don't want you feeling more trapped than you already are." Jack said.
"That would probably be way better than the situation now, thank you." She said.
"Alright then, I'll have you moved over by tonight." He said.
"Good. I probably won't have to stay there for too long. Hatter went out to find Ace, yesterday." She said.
"Sounds like we're a go for this move then." He said.
"You're a really good guy." She said pulling him into a tight hug.
"I do try my best." He said returning the hug.