Ok so here is chapter 9, hope you enjoy :-) This chapter is dedicated to KeepCalmAndDon'tBlink97 and Redvelvetjade who have both reviewed every chapter so far, it really means a lot :-) No Copyright Intended!

Chapter 9

Helena's Point of View

Eleanor had been home a few days and aside from her constant phone calls telling me she was bored, she was doing ok. She even managed to get through her fathers funeral, which was hard on all of us but especially hard on Eleanor.

Now that things had become quiet she realised how much she missed being able to walk around and go out. I personally was glad she couldn't, aside from the fact Cyrus was acting King until the blood test results we still hadn't found Lucius. Which was concerning me more and more the longer he was gone.

At first Eleanor was concerned when she didn't see Lucius but I assured her he wasn't going to bother her and eventually she relaxed. Something I wished I could do but unfortunately couldn't.

Things got even tenser when I found out Alistair was killed and I was convinced Lucius was responsible. It crushed me to think he was dead because of me, and I even went to Eleanor for answers. She was after all the last person I knew of to see him alive.

I hesitantly walked into her room, afraid of the response I would get. However much to my surprise she was grinning.

"Thank god I have company. Liam was here earlier, but he made some excuse and left. Nobody wants to stay here with me. I'm so bored its unreal. Can I please go for a walk or something?" She begged as I approached her.

I couldn't help but laugh at the desperate expression on her face. She had never spent as much time in her room and it was killing her.

"Eleanor how many times do I have to tell you? The doctor said no, only short distances and given the size of this room I think that's plenty." I replied.

She sighed loudly in disgust before flopping back down on her bed.

"Hey, I need to ask you something…." I trailed off.

This seemed to intrigue her as she sat back up and looked at me.

"What is it?" She asked.

"It's about Alistair….." I began but she cut me off.

"Did the blood tests come back already?" She gasped.

I shook my head and looked at the floor.

"Ohh…." She whispered.

"You know he is dead." She added.

I slowly looked up at her, and couldn't help but feel hurt at the fact she didn't tell me. Given that she clearly knew it had happened.

"Why didn't you tell me? I might have been able to get to him before he died. Or I could have stopped Lucius earlier, before he went missing!" I asked, harsher than intended.

I could feel tears form in my eyes as I waited for her response. Eleanor glared at me before replying, and I knew I had upset her. Something I didn't intend to do.

"I got shot, maybe that had something to do with it!" She hissed.

She then proceeded to get up and storm towards the door before I could stop her.

"Eleanor wait, I'm sorry I didn't mean to sound like I was blaming you!" I called after her.

It was too late she had already run off down the corridor, leaving her security detail in shock at her door.

"Find her." I instructed, not wanting her to leave the Palace.

Eleanor's Point of View

After mums outburst I managed to escape my security detail with the added bonus of being out of my room. As I walked towards the tunnels I couldn't help feeling angry with mum for the way she reacted about Alistair.

It was almost like she was blaming me, and given how understanding about the whole 'he's your dad' situation I was, she should have been grateful. I could have been mad at her, even hated her for lying but I didn't. Instead I forgave her, I let her into my life and now she was blaming me!

I stormed through the Palace using tunnels only Liam, a few individuals and myself knew. However I was too lost in thought to remember Lucius knew them, almost as well as Liam and I. So when I bumped into someone on the way to the kitchen I shouldn't have been shocked to see Lucius.

"You!" I yelped when I saw who it was.

He smiled evilly at me, it was then I realised he had his trusted gun with him. This time however it was trained on my brother.

"This is even better than I hoped." Lucius commented as I looked at Liam.

"Eleanor why are you here?" Liam cried.

I didn't reply, instead I looked back towards Lucius.

"Why didn't you run? You had plenty of time, you idiot." I spat.

Lucius reached over and grabbed me by the hair, pulling me towards him as he did.

"Remember what I told you the first time you where in this situation?" He hissed.

"Get off her!" Liam yelled as he tried to swing for Lucius.

Lucius released me roughly and turned around just in time to avoid Liam's fist. By the time Liam had recovered from the miss Lucius punched him straight in the jaw before shoving me over beside Liam. He then aimed the gun at the two of us.

"You ok?" I asked Liam as he spit out blood.

He nodded in response but didn't look away from Lucius.

"What do you want with us?" Liam questioned.

"I want to make the Queen pay for using me for years. She took advantage of me, used my ideas and didn't appreciate what I did for this family. Then the King announces he is going to abolish the monarchy and that was the final straw. I couldn't lose this image, this job, even if it meant you two brats being heirs to the throne. Which thankfully we now know is not the case." Lucius revealed.

"So what? You kill us?" I hissed.

"Yes, you are not heirs to the throne anymore, and killing you two will truly ruin the Queen. She loves you more that she cares to admit, even you Princess Party." He stated.

I lost my mind at that and lunged for him. However he aimed the gun at my forehead stopping me dead in my tracks as the barrel skimmed my hair. I could feel Liam put his hand around my waist and pull me back.

"There's a good brother, now both of you do me a favour and walk. We are going to the panic room where I will call the Queen." Lucius said.

He gestured with the gun for us to walk and slowly we did. Liam reached over and took my hand as a sort of comfort as we made our way towards the panic room.

"Where is Marcus?" I whispered as we walked.

"I took care of him, he will be out of it for a while. Shame he likes dessert so much, otherwise he would be here protecting you." Lucius answered for me.

I sighed in annoyance at how good Lucius was; guess he really did learn a lot about our routines during his years of service. It was a shame he turned out to be a psycho.

Helena's Point of View

I was still in Eleanor's room waiting to apologise when she returned when my phone rang. My heart stopped dead as I read the caller ID. Slowly I slid it to answer and put it to my ear with a shaky hand.

"Come to the panic room alone or I will put another bullet in your daughter and this time I will kill her. If that isn't reason enough I will do the same to your son. I suggest you hurry your Majesty, we all know how feisty the Princess can be and I don't have patience for her today." Lucius's cold voice explained before he ended the call….

Until next time ;-)