40. Love And Betrayal

Back in Tondc, Lexa was trying to handle the situation with her people and the war, which was crumbling down into pieces little by little against the Mountain Men. They were losing the battle despite their great effort and abilities. More and more of her people were being killed off by that wretched acid fog and it seemed they could never get any closer to the mountain no matter what they tried to do. The battle couldn't continue on like this, if only she had the alliance and support from the Sky People they might have a chance to stop them, but Clarke had been determined not to allow any of her people in the war, which they had no part in and definitely didn't deserve to die for. So literally she was standing on a crossroad over what she was going to do.

She was sitting on her throne inside the tent, thinking about the situation at hand when a couple of her men entered and informed her that a representative of the Mountain Men was here to see her and was offering a proposition for her. Although distrustful over the sudden change, she reluctantly agreed to see him. At least she could hear what her enemy had to say and if she wasn't interested or simply disagreed with what was being offered then they could kill him. Shortly her guard reappeared with a Mountain Men, who was completely covered and dressed in black. While her facial expression remained neutral and stoic in their presence, her gaze was solely on the person, who's people took and killed her people in cold blood.

"I hear you have proposition for me," Lexa began the conversation. Her voice was empty and dull like she was bored and impatiently waiting for this meeting to be over. "Let's hear what you have to say before you leave my presence still being alive."

The man nodded understandingly and said with a monotone voice, "Of course, this shouldn't take too long. We have been in war with one another for so long that our leader has a proportion in order for us to stop more bloodshed to be spilled."

Lexa's eyebrow rose by hearing this, but didn't say anything and waited for the man to continue, which he did. "He is proposing an alliance between our two people, resulting this entire war to end."

Hearing this she instantly thought it was too good to be true and honestly didn't believe a word of it. There was nothing sincere about their past actions, so why in the world would they suddenly start now, especially since the Mountain Men found her people as worthless and vulgar? However she wasn't going to be too quick to judge and decide and continued to listen to this ludicrous proportion.

"Why should I believe you after what your leader and people has done to mine? And if what you are suggesting is true, what would be in it for us?" Lexa asked. She would have wanted to be angry, but after years of controlling and detach her emotions from the surface she acted rational and refused to give in to whatever she was feeling inside.

"We offer to return your people who is being imprisoned within Mount Weather," His voice had still not changed or tried to sound overly convincing to her. "In exchange we ask for an alliance and work together against any other enemy."

Lexa found the proportion to be too good to be true and personally didn't want to form an alliance with these horrible people, however she had to think about her people first and if things continued like they were doing now they all would be completely erased from existence. Being a leader was hard and she had to make tough and hard decisions for the sake of the wellbeing of her people, which was what she did the last time when she left Clarke behind inside that mountain. Regret over her past actions was bothering her conscience, but she knew that this battle couldn't continue any longer and though her people would probably despise her after this she would do it.

"All right, I will agree with forming an alliance with you in exchange for my people who is imprisoned inside Mount Weather," Lexa agreed, closing her eyes to hide the regret in her eyes. While she tried to ignore the horrible feeling she was starting to feel build up in her stomach.

"Good," The man answered pleased. "I'm glad that you are willing to agree with alliance, but since we are now officially allies would you care to share the information about these Sky People that we have heard rumors about."

Lexa didn't like the position this man was placing her in, but seeing as she already agreed the alliance for the sake of her people she began explaining the little she knew about Clarke's people. And as she continued the man grew more and more intrigued by her tales. Towards the end she was considering if she should inform them about the fact that Clarke and her co-leader, who was probably inside that mountain at this minute, trying to escape their grasps. If they discovered that she had held back information then the consequences could be bigger and more dangerous for her and her people. So again thinking about her people and the recent-developed alliance she thought over it quickly in order to make a decision, meanwhile the man nodded his head once she stopped talking and took her silence as a sign to make his departure and head back to the mountain.

"One last thing before you go. You may already have a Sky Person imprisoned inside the mountain, but you should probably know that there is another one inside, who is currently working for the two of them to escape the mountain. And from what I have seen they are willing to take drastic measures to do so," She said quietly. Nothing in her voice gave away the guilt and betrayal she was feeling inside.

The man stood for moment, like he was thinking very carefully over what she had just told him before he replied in a voice that was so sinister that it brought shivers up her spine, "Thank you for telling me. And don't worry we will make sure that those two will never see the light of day again once we get a hold of them."

Without anything left to be said the man left, leaving Lexa alone with her guilt as she had proably done the biggest mistake and error towards Clarke. And she was sure if the blond-haired girl ever came out of the mountain alive there was no hope for them to restore their former relationship, no even friendship would be possible because of her betrayal.

Clarke almost couldn't believe that Bellamy was really here and that she truly was in his arms that she had missed. However the wonderful scent of forest and fresh air confirmed that it truly was him. That along with the feeling his soft warm skin against hers that told her that this was definitely not a dream. He had really come for her, something she didn't think he or anyone would other than Lincoln perhaps, but in Lincoln's defense it was too great of a risk for him to enter the mountain to retrieve especially after last time. Still despite the fact that he had come here for her sake brought her back to the horrible life of reality as she pulled her arms away and leaned back to look at him.

"Why are you here Bellamy?" Clarke asked quietly, trying to disguise the sadness in her voice. Although she knew very well why he was here, the truth was that he shouldn't have come here and put himself in danger for her sake. He had the other delinquents and Octavia to worry about. Her life was not worth more than his sister and their people and she didn't want to be the reason that led him to his death like the voices accused her off.

"You know why I'm here, Princess," Bellamy replied with surprise and concern in his voice before he took a closer look at her to see what was wrong. When he didn't find anything physical wrong with her he continued. "I will always come for you."

His words were meant to reassure and warm her heart, which it did, but her concern for his wellbeing overruled her own as she shook her head and said, "You shouldn't have come."

Bellamy's warm brown eyes suddenly became darker by her response and she regretted instantly for saying those words, but her love for him was too strong to allow himself to get hurt or killed here.
"What is going on here, Clarke?" His voice was strong and serious, and pretty unlike Bellamy even when he was being in charge of the camp. "Did something happen? Did they hurt you or say anything to you?"

She shook her head. The Mountain Men had not said anything to her directly for her act this way. The voices in her head was again just voices and shouldn't have the power to convince and tell her what to do, but when she thought about it the voices represented her concern and her guilt that was speaking and taking a hold of what she had done in the past and how she would keep doing the same mistakes if she didn't do something about it. People would die because of her and she was too tired to handle more death and guilt from her side.

Bellamy sighed frustrated and moved his right hand and placed it against her cheek. Almost instinctively she leaned in to feel his warm and care, even though she knew that she shouldn't be craving for his touch when she was the thing that would destroy him.

"Look, I don't know what is going on with you," Bellamy said strongly. "But I need you to know something. You might think me coming here is a huge mistake and is only going to get myself killed, but let me tell you that I'm doing this because you are worth it."

Her eyes dilated and she could feel the wetness building up in her eyes. Despite the fact that she was trying to protect him from herself, his words pierced through her heart and she found herself drawn to him. And continued to listen as he continued saying, "Before I came down here the only thing that was important to me was Octavia and my mother. When my mother was floated I promised myself that I would protect those I care about and never let them go, even though I never expected to find anyone else important to me other than my sister. Then I met you, my warrior princess who has suffered and been alone for so long, and before I realized it you had become someone important to me. Someone I care and want to protect more than anything. When the others told me you sacrificed yourself and stayed behind my world shattered, the thought of you being gone from my life was horrible and smothering, and what was even worse what to know that your final words to be was that you were sorry and that you loved me. How do you expect me to just allow you to walk away from everything when I love you so much?"

He was literally losing it as his body was shaking and trying desperately not to break down in front of her. His head was down, so he couldn't see her face, which was fine by her because she didn't want his to see weak and frail state. The only thought going through her mind was what had she done to deserve his love when she was in reality too weak and broken to deserve or want anyone's affection. And in all honesty she wasn't sure what to say to his confession, because no words could justify or explain what she was feeling.

Bellamy took a few deep breaths before he looked up at her again and said so soft and tentative that it almost ruined her inside, "You forgave me for my crimes and the heavy guilt that was lingering in my heart. If it is forgiveness that you seek Clarke, then fine I'll give it to you. But please don't think you are unworthy to me or try and push me away from you because no matter what I love you and nothing is ever going to change that."

Hearing that was enough for her to break down and cry in silent tears while he carefully pulled her closer to him and hugged in a caring manner before he used his available hand to pet her hair to soothe her down.

"I…I love you Bell," She sobbed into his shirt, but her words were loud enough for him to hear her since almost immediately with the same soft and loving voice said, "I love you too, Princess."

They remained like this for a while in a comfortable silence until the mountain began to shake due to a loud alarm. They looked up, confused and scared what was going on, but didn't waste time before they began to run out of the cell. The alarm could only mean one thing and that was that the Mountain Men had discovered what was going on and they were hunting them down like a pack of wolves that was hungry for blood.

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