Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 15

Bellamy’s POV

I don’t stop running when I make it back to the opening. I don’t even take the time to set Miller down. I just continue to run to Clarke. I can still hear the echoes of her sobs, the ones that I ran away from. I’m not going fast enough. I quickly scan my surroundings and when I’m convinced that no one is watching me I focus on the earth below me. I feel it shift slightly and then hitch. I dig deeper inside, stop running, and force my energy out.

A ribbon of dirt springs to life. It shoots me forward. I will be there soon. Just hold on. When I start to run on it I move even faster. I’m not going as fast as I did with Harper, but pretty close. Within a minute I can hear voices. They are just up ahead. I release my hold on the ground and slow to a jog. Carrying Miller has started to take its toll on me. I see a big boulder and can tell that the voices are coming from the other side of it. One sounds like Clarke, but I’m not positive.

I set Miller down, making sure to stay quiet. I pull my dagger out and peek my head around the boulder. I let out a sigh of relief. It’s Clarke. She is fine. I can’t see any injuries on her and she’s with the prince. I feel a tightness in my chest when she hugs him. I don’t know why but I really want to hurt him. They start to talk again so I lean closer to hear what they’re saying.

“So, it was her. She did it. Why would you let me think that you got my dad floated? I’ve hated you this whole time.” Clarke says.

“I just couldn’t let you lose two parents on the same day. She did it to keep you all safe. She had her reasons.” Wells tells her.

“What? What reason could she have to get my father, her husband, floated?” Clarke yells.

“It’s not my place to say. You’ll have to ask her.”

“Wait, is that why you’re here? She sent you to keep an eye on me, didn’t she?”

“Clarke, it’s not like that. When we heard about what was happening I volunteered, but me being the prince they wouldn’t let me.”

“Then how are you here?”

“Well, I got myself arrested. They couldn’t pardon me just because I was the prince. My father was so upset with me that I thought he’d just float me.”

Wells mentioning the king reminds me of the horrible thing I’ve done. How could she forgive me when I can’t even forgive myself?

I see the whites of his eyes as he begs for me to help him. He asks me why I did it. I say nothing to him. I just lay him down and run to find my sister. When I looked back for my sister I saw her.

“Princess.” I whisper with reverence.

She is the one that my mom was talking about. I’m not sure how I know; I just do. I need to get to know her. She will save me.

“Bellamy, what are you doing here?” Clarke is glaring at me.

“What?” I’m trying to shake the vision of her in her dress out of my head.

“Were you spying on us?” She demands.

Her anger is like a bucket of cold water being dumped on my head. “No, I heard you screaming for help. I was down the other path. I heard you through the veil.”

“I never screamed for help. I’m fine.” She looks at me as if I’ve lost my mind.

“I can see that you’re not hurt, so why did I hear it?” I ask, now more confused than ever.

“I don’t know. Maybe you’re going insane. The veil can do that to people. We’ve all heard the horror stories.”

“I’m not crazy. I heard you.”

“Okay, Bell. You can see that I’m fine, so you can go back to camp and boss other people around.”

“I’m not leaving.”

“Bellamy, I’ll watch out for her. Go.” Wells steps forward so that we are standing toe to toe. He’s shorter than me but not by much.

“No,” I try and think of a reason to not leave her. My mind flashes to when Spacewalker got hurt. “Miller, he’s hurt.” I practically yell. I bite my lip to keep from smiling.

“Okay, where is he?” Clarke asks with a look of worry. “What happened?”

“Right here.” I motion behind the boulder. “He got hurt in a cave in.”

“Okay, go back to camp and I’ll see what I can do for him.” Clarke kneels next to the unconscious boy.

“I’m not leaving, Princess.”