Third person point of view.

Miley sat in her room. Thoughts of Nate filled her mind, thoughts of them together, of the letter, of the pain that she's been through. She felt the tears falling down her face. She'd promise Alice she'd stop crying but she couldn't. She couldn't stop the pain that she felt, the heartache she felt in her chest. She wanted it all to stop, all the pain but she knew she couldn't.

"Why?" She whispered into the empty space. "Why me? Why him? Why us?" The questions went through her head over and over again, like a broken record, but there was nothing she could do. No way she had to find the answer. The only person who had the complete knowledge of everything was Nate, and he was gone. Now she was to be forced to act as if nothing was wrong. She looked down at her arm, feeling the scars, ashamed of what she had done.

"Miley" A voice said from the doorway spoke and she looked up, covering her arms. Lady Denise was standing there with a small smile on her face. Miley rose to bow but Denise stopped her. "Don't." She said quietly. "You are like a daughter to me now. I can't have you doing that." Miley nodded. Denise walked further into the room, closing the door. She motioned for Miley to sit on the bed and sat as the younger girl did. They were quietly for a moment then Miley spoke.

"I'm sorry." She whispered. "I didn't mean to cause this on you." She said. Denise shook her head.

"This is, in no way, your fault." She pulled the younger girl into her arms and felt Miley shaking. "Shah. It will be okay." They sat that way, with Denise stroking Miley's hair, trying to calm her down. They were that way for awhile when a panicked knock interrupted them. Miley removed herself from Denise's comfort and walked toward the door. Opening the door Miley saw a panicked Alice.

"Come quickly."


Back to first person pod.

Shane, Shane Jar and I walked down the hall. I took a deep breath; I couldn't believe I was doing this. We were about to tell Lord Paul Grey about mine and Shane's child and marriage, and how we have the right to the throne. Shane looked at me, kissed my cheek, and smiled. "I love you." I smiled at him.

"I love you too." I told him quietly. Shane knocked on the door. We heard a 'come in' and I picked up Shane Jr. We walked into the office and Shane cleared his throat, getting his father's attention. Lord Paul looked up at us both, his eyes narrowing on me.

"What did I say about bring this filth into our home!" He said, getting up from his chair. I gulped and felt Shane Jr., tighten his grip on me. Shane looked at his father.

"This 'filth' you call her is my wife!" He said, glaring at his father. Paul glared back.

"That's what you think." I looked at him confused. "You think I would let you two actually get married?" He let out a fake chuckle. "You should be careful who you tell, Shane, and remember that I pay them all." My mouth dropped in surprised. The papers we sighed-if what Paul was saying were true-then we signed false papers. "You were, and never will be married to filth, Shane. Nor will your brothers."

"How dare you!" I snapped at him. "How dare you tried to control something that is between two people!" Shane Jr. tightens his grip on me more. "What gives you the right?"

"I'm given the right for I am their father! They are Lords and Lords do not marry the help." I glared at him and set Shane Jr. down, he cling to my leg.

"I AM NOT FILTH." I yelled back at me. "You! You are the filth! You selling of your sons to women they don't want so that YOU CAN BE ROALYTY."

"DAMN STRAIGHT!" Paul said. "Oliver was never supposed to have children! I was supposed to be King!" Shane gasped in surprise.

"Father. He's supposed to be your friend!" Paul scuffed.

"Friend!" Paul shook his head. "He was never a friend; he was just someone in the way." Paul glared at me. "And that was taken care of, just like she will be."

"Never." Shane said with a deadly tone, and within in two seconds he attacked his own father.

"Shane!" I said trying to get to him but felt Shane Jr. head toward them. I pulled him back as I saw Shane being tossed. "Shane!" I yelled. I heard a guard come behind and I looked at him with tears falling, "Get Alice! Get Lord Jason! Hurry!" I said as the man nodded and ran.

"Daddy!" Jr. said as Shane was tossed again. I turned him away from it and prayed for the guard to hurry. I heard footsteps as I saw Jason, Alice, Miley and Denise at the door way. Jason ran in, trying to break the two up. "Help daddy." I heard my son say softly. I kissed his forehead.

"Paul." Denise said calmly, and then realized that she wasn't being heard. "PAUL! STOP THIS NOW!" Paul looked up and saw her in the door way. Shane took that as an opportunity to punch his father, knocking him to the ground. "Shane!" She said, rushing over to her husband. She checked for his pulse and let a relived sigh out. She looked at the guards that were entering. "Get him into the room. Tell him I'll speak with him when he is better." They nodded as they picked up the knocked out body of Lord Paul. Denise looked up at us. "What happened?" She said, grabbing an ice pack that a servant had apparently brought and handed it to Shane.

"We had come to tell him that I was taking over." Shane said simply pressing the pack to his eye. "He didn't like the fact that I was demanding it, called Mitchie filth and I lost it." Denise sighed. Jason looked at us.

"Because you have an heir?" Shane nodded. "Well, it would have gone to you anyways; you were the first to marry." Shane shook his head and everyone looked at him confusion.

"Father made sure we wouldn't get married. He had us sign fake papers. He knew we were married; he just wanted a reason to get rid of Mitchie. All he as ever wanted was that damn throne." Shane said then looked down. Our son was trembling next to me and Shane kneeled down. He looked at our son and hugged him. I noticed that Jr. was shaking then, he was scared and crying. "I'm so sorry. You shouldn't have seen that." Shane said softly to his son. Denise sighed.

"Everyone, just, go to bed." She said. "Get some rest, or relax or something. I'll have a talk with my husband." She said and walked out of the room. Alice walked to me and hugged me.

"Its so good to see you here" She said softly and I smiled at the black haired girl, hugging her back.

"Its good to be here" I said softly. I looked up to Miley and saw that she had a small smile. I gave her a small one back.

"Excuse me." Miley said quietly and walked out of the room. I sighed, letting go of Alice, and looked at them.

"We need to find Nate." And with the shakes of heads around the room, it was the same thing everyone else was thinking.


Two down, one to go.

I love you guys.

-Devin